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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
Having fixed Iraq, Richard Perle is now ready to advise us on Iran. The former Assistant Defense Secretary in the Reagan
Administration, and Neocon darling, appeared on a recent Charlie Rose show on PBS, following his nemesis, Seymour Hersh
of The New ...
Discrepancies in New Edison/Mitofsky Report and Urge Investigation of U.S. Presidential Election Results.
1. Benefits—Restructuring Reports 2. Economy—Prime Minister's Comments 3. Families—Labour Force Participation 4. School
Fees—State Secondary Schools 5. Savings—Beneficiaries and Low-income Earners 6. Corrections, Department—Emergency
Response Unit 7. Orthopaedics—Operations ...
Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, is to add Bangkok as a destination on flights out of New Zealand from
May 1.
The significance in differences in argument between what Colin Campbell terms the ''flat-earth fraternity'' and Peak Oil
theorists is profound.
"Imperialism Is Not Invincible" Venezuela’s Chavez Closes World Social Forum with Call to Transcend Capitalism Monday,
Jan 31, 2005 By: Cleto A. Sojo - Venezuelanalysis.com
Over the last five weeks floods have ravaged Guyana, killing six, causing enormous property damage as well as displacing
thousands and affecting over half of the country’s population.
Well, the time has come again to sit through another session with George. It is interesting to note how this
constitutionally-mandated rap session with congress has changed over the years.
When viewed as a whole, the post 9/11 'security state' seems less about protecting us from terrorism, and more about
population control and quelling dissent.
On 1 February 2005, nearly one year after the de-facto coup against Haiti’s democratically elected president, Jean
Bertrand Aristide, the AP reported that the Lavalas party will not participate in the local and municipal elections
scheduled for October, ...
Questions to Ministers 1. STEPHEN FRANKS to the Minister of Police: Did it occur to him to ask the police what evidence
they were still seeking when they informed him they were still investigating the Tame Iti case when Tame Iti was seen on
television ...
Righto: I defy any member of the Mac faithful not to get in a lather about this. It turns out that Mac-hacker Scott
Knaster has, for 21 years, been holding on to a Betamax videotape of the event at which Steve Jobs introduced the
original Macintosh...
The day of blood and elections has passed, and the blaring trumpets of corporate media hailing it as a successful show
of ''democracy'' have subsided to a dull roar.
The surprisingly large voter turn-out in the January 31 Iraq elections, held in spite of a pervasive climate of fear
punctuated by guerrilla attacks and mass murder on the part of die hard Baathist and Islamicist guerrillas, has
occasioned a global ...
Two John Chuckman State of the Union cartoons...
Police statement on Tame Iti firearms incident would be in public interest says Police Minister
Reader Chas Edwards used the right word when he described your editor's appearance on the Bill O'Reilly show as a
''smackdown,'' for television of this variety has far more in common with professional wrestling than with professional
journalism. ...
The PM's Address - "2005 began with the international response to the catastrophe caused by the tsunami in the Indian
Ocean. Worldwide, hearts were touched by the appalling death toll, the plight of the survivors, and the sight of the
devastated ...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was warmly received at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where he said
that a radical transformation of society can be made democratically.
In his State of the Union Address, President Bush described the state of our Union as confident and strong - the U.S.
economy is growing steadily, more Americans are finding jobs, and our Nation is serving as an active force for good in
the world. ...
MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment) today launched a highly controversial billboard
campaign in Auckland and Wellington to provoke public debate about the social and cultural ethics of genetic engineering
in New Zealand.
Have you noticed? Those of us who suspect that the election was stolen (a.k.a. ''conspiracy nuts''), have presented an
impressive array of evidence – statistical, anecdotal and circumstantial – to support our claims. In response to this we
have been provided ...
The Lord of the Ring's stars come face to face with themselves on the side of Air NZ planes as they bid New Zealand
goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters
Aragorn and Arwen.
1. Protesters—Police Charges 2. Foreign Workers—Criteria 3. Oil Prices—Economic and Fiscal Update Prediction 4.
Economy—Government Fiscal Program 5. National Certificate of Educational Achievement—Scholarship Results 6. Wellington
Transport Infrastructure—Government ...
A complaint was received by Police on 24 January concerning the discharge of a firearm at the Waitangi Tribunal hearing
in Ruatoki and the public can be assured that appropriate action is being taken, the District Commander for Bay of
Plenty District, Superintendent ...
"In 2002 Brian Connell told New Zealand it wouldn't be long before he was the leader of the National Party. In 2003
Brian told us Bill English wasn't doing a very good job. In 2004 Brian said Lynda Scott was an average MP. Today Mr
Connell, speaking ...
Having examined their respective updated multi-annual convergence programmes, the European Commission has concluded
that Denmark and Estonia fully meet the requirements of the Stability and Growth Pact on budgetary discipline while
Malta is on track ...
As requested by the Minister of Police I formally request that Tame Iti be prosecuted for the following offences:
ACT Associate Justice spokesman Deborah Coddington expressed outrage today that from 1999 to 2003 between 30-40 percent
of criminals receiving prison sentences were on some sort of benefit when they committed their crimes.
Remarks at Town Hall Meeting Secretary Condoleeza Rice Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC January 31, 2005
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