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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Shenon
9/11 Commission Expose - Not the Last
Word
Kyle HenceI first met Philip Zelikow, the Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission, during the "independent" investigative body’s first hearing in New York City in 2003. As Executive Director, Zelikow was to set the course of the investigation and I was ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00331.htm
2:
Roosters
Punters Left Fuming
CentrebetRoosters Punters Left Fuming Over Video Refereeing Disgrace! Punters around the country are screaming "blue murder" tonight after the most diabolical, incompetent refereeing display for a long time shut the massively-backed Roosters ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00218.htm
3:
Protest
against "blood furniture" trade
Green PartyMana Green Party members will hold a protest at the front entrance of Harvey Norman's megastore at Porirua on Easter Saturday calling on the store to commit to not stocking "blood furniture" from illegally and unsustainably logged tropical kwila ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00392.htm
4:
Undernews
For March 20, 2008
UndernewsI'm in trouble again. The proximate cause is not my failure to accept the fact that Barack Obama is as good as we're going to get as president given our fouled up election system, but that I'm not enthusiastic about it. As a fellow journalist put it, "You ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00346.htm
5:
Family
Party Open Letter To NZ Immigration
The Family PartyPRESS STATEMENT FOR RELEASE THE FAMILY PARTY www.thefamilyparty.org.nz 22 March 2008 Open Letter From Paul Adams To NZ Immigration Regarding Refugee Status For Miss Bahareh Moradi • Mary-Anne Thompson, Department Secretary, Immigration NZ • Clayton Cosgrove, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00225.htm
6:
Lulling
Americans Into False Sense of
Security
William LewisThe war on terror and the war on freedom are nonpartisan issues. Both Democrats and Republicans alike have consistently voted for legislation that, through the illusion of protecting our families and our homeland, have actually removed critical components ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00343.htm
7:
Hot-air
balloons set to light up Oriental Bay
Wellington City CouncilThis Easter Sunday, up to 16 hot-air balloons will be inflated - weather permitting - on Oriental Bay Beach, providing a stunning sunset spectacle. The balloons are being brought to Wellington as part of the ‘Lift off Levin’ balloon festival ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0803/S00220.htm
8:
Bush's
Faith-Based Initiative: Future Up For
Grabs
Bill BerkowitzAfter seven years both Democratic presidential candidates express support for and reservations about Republican religious patronage system
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00338.htm
9:
Hundreds
Arrested in War Protests
Chris KuttrufOn Monday, more than 200 protesters across the nation were arrested in response to their demonstrations against the war. The protests, rallying thousands across the nation, were organized by United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), an organization comprised ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00353.htm
10:
Maori
TV Hosts Indigenous Broadcasters
Maori Television ServiceIndigenous broadcasters representing Australia, Canada, China, England, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Ireland, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and the USA will gather for the first major conference of its kind ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00219.htm
11:
Canterbury
bound for international exercise
New Zealand GovernmentNavy amphibious sealift ship HMNZS CANTERBURY will depart from Devonport Naval Base on Tuesday, bound for an international exercise in Noumea and a re-supply of a Department of Conservation operation on Raoul Island, Defence Minister Phil Goff said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00396.htm
12:
J.
Sri Raman: Pakistan's Anti-Terror
Priority
J. Sri RamanThe first of the issues likely to pose a serious, if not formidable, challenge to Pakistan's incoming government involves two of the three A's associated with the country: Army and America. The coalition regime, expected to be in place soon, may ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00354.htm
13:
Prisoners
to refurbish state houses
New Zealand GovernmentA new partnership between the Corrections Department and Housing New Zealand will see prisoners learning building trade skills while refurbishing relocated state houses, Corrections Minister Phil Goff announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00391.htm
14:
Siddhi
B. Ranjitkar: China Cracks Down on
Tibetans
Siddhi B. RanjitkarAfter setting up the communist government in China in 1949, the Chinese communist army marched into Tibet and captured it in 1950. The Chinese forced the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to leave Tibet after the unsuccessful Tibetan uprising against ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00351.htm
15:
Kiwis
say shops should close over Easter
Research New ZealandAlmost two thirds of Kiwis support retaining the current ban on trading during Easter, Research New Zealand polling shows.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00224.htm
16:
National
tables Electoral Act amendment
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Deputy Leader Bill English has tabled an amendment to Labour’s fatally flawed Electoral Finance Act, “to fix one of the many stupid aspects” of the controversial law, rushed through Parliament late last year.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00394.htm
17:
Outstanding
landscape protected at Aoraki/Mt Cook
New Zealand GovernmentOutstanding high country landscape has been protected in a deal announced today by Land Information Minister David Parker and Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00393.htm
18:
Re:
Travesties Of The Political/Media
Complex
Lawrence R. VelvelI gather it is common to become less tolerant of nonsense, stupidity and their like as one gets older. Never having had a high threshold for these things to begin with, I find myself getting even shorter with political bullroar (a 1950s Chicago word), ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00335.htm
19:
Regrets
and Paying for Reagan- Bush Policies
Stephen CrockettOur current list of national economic difficulties and governmental failures is a direct result of nearly 30 years of failed Republican policies. We are paying the price in many ways for our national love affair with slick, emotionally appealing ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00348.htm
20:
World
Water Day: The Need For Basic
Sanitation
Bobby RamakantHow will New Zealand and other countries in the world achieve the millennium development goal (MDG) target to reduce by half the proportion of 2.6 billion people who have no access to basic sanitation by 2015?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00350.htm
21:
Rescue
Helicopter Attends Stricken Diver
Westpac Rescue HelicopterThe Wellington based Westpac Rescue Helicopter rescued a diver with a suspected case of the bends this afternoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0803/S00226.htm
22:
US
Top Egg Producer Accused of Deceptive
Labels
Martha RosenbergSince TV celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Hugh-Fearnley Whittingstall launched exposes of poultry production in the UK late last year, three quarters of polled consumers said they’d buy free range chicken and eggs and that stores should not carry any ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00352.htm
23:
Evolution
Of: Altenberg! Woodstock Of
Evolution?
Suzan MazurIT'S PRIVATE. That is now the word from organizers as to whether or not the public can listen-in to the conversation of 16 scientists meeting to remix the theory of evolution at Altenberg, Austria in July. So while Konrad Lorenz Institute where the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00333.htm
24:
Youth
Charged Over Fatal Crash
New Zealand PolicePolice have charged a 16 year old youth in relation to a fatal car crash at the intersection of Gardiners Road and Styx Mill Road, Northern Christchurch which occurred at 9.35 pm on the 20 March 2008 after a short Police pursuit.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00223.htm
25:
On
the 5th Anniversary of Iraq’s
Deconstruction
Genevieve Cora FraserPrisoners in their own land A million Iraqis Dead Mission accomplished The man grinned and said Plunder, rape, destruction Occupation's output Islamic tensions fed Dehumanize Western soldiers A new zombie
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00341.htm
26:
Army
Successfully Tests New Javelin
Capability
New Zealand Defence ForceThe detachment commander (firer) is Cpl Joseph Van Arendonk (centre) and his Number 2 Pte Laurie Clark (right) overwatched by Safety Supervisor SSgt Phil Kay (left) as they successfully launch the Javelin medium range anti-armour weapon targeted ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00221.htm
27:
Iodised
salt in bread a good idea
New Zealand GovernmentOp-Ed: Iodised salt in bread is a good way to tackle Iodine deficiency disease
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00387.htm
28:
Stroke
And Stride Race Report
Stroke and StrideAfter one hundred and thirty-four days of one of the best summers in memory we return to Mission Bay for the eighth race and final Stroke & Stride of the season. Back at the start of the Series defending champions Carmel Hanly and Brent Foster appeared ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00222.htm
29:
Fund
payout and rules still ‘clear as
mud’
New Zealand National PartyTen days after Labour announced its so-called Fast Forward Fund with much fanfare, many of the details are still unclear and undecided.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00395.htm
30:
100
Nest Eggs For Easter, With Love From
Lotto
New Zealand Lotteries CommissionThe Easter Bunny has tough competition this Easter, with this year's celebrations set to be huge for 100 Lotto Triple Dip players who will win a share of $1.85 million in cash prizes.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0703/S00441.htm
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