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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Stateside:
So Long, It's Been Good To Know
Ya
If smirks wore boots, George W's was wearing steel caps with razor blades in the toes the day, last week, he was asked if the incoming administration would keep a federal order in place to help California weather the power crisis. California passed ...
2:
Howard's
End: Do We Truly Have
Democracy?
Why should lobbyist's who represent for-profit entities and trade associations have privileged access to politicians and Ministers while the rest of us have to organise petitions or make formal submissions to legislation to have our voice heard? John ...
3:
NOT
SHARP: Y2k Darwin Awards
For those not familiar with the Darwin Award, it's an annual honour given to the person who provided the universal human gene pool the biggest service by getting killed in the most extraordinarily stupid way.
4:
Okarito
Second Generation Kiwi Chick
Hatched
Photo Caption: Chris Rickard with Dawn, the new generation kiwi from Okarito in South Westland
5:
Media
Flash - Monday, January 22, 2001
YOUR ABC: Radio's National New Political Editor - AIR WAVES: AK Looks To Sell Vegemite - GLASS HOUSE: Guess Who Hoser Uses As A Source? - STIX AND STONES: A Collection Of What They REALLY Said - MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Bodytalk Links With US Supersite - ...
6:
Former
Canadian Spy Criticises Swain
Bill
Mike Frost spent 34 years working as a spy, with the final two decades being with the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), the Canadian equivalent of the NZ Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), which operates the Waihopai spybase. ...
7:
Future
Lefts - A year of fun
ahead
CONTENTS: Editorial: Looking to the future - Shipley imagines Cabinet papers - "State of the Nation" speech ignored - Rebels get a new name - Website of the week
8:
Prime
Minister cripples Defence again
Is Helen Clark proposing that our navy should comprise of two frigates and one tanker?
9:
Wellington
Accommodation Affair
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble has questioned the handling of the inquiry into out-of-town living expenses claimed by Cabinet Ministers Marian Hobbs and Phillida Bunkle.
10:
David
Miller: The Legacy of William
Clinton
Towards the end of his eight-year term in the White House, President Bill Clinton made it his personal mission to bring peace to the Middle East and forge a lasting settlement between Israel and the Palestinians. He invited both leaders to a summit ...
11:
Govt
must act over disgraceful union
tactics
Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley today called on the Prime Minister to ensure the Government enforces its own Employment Relations Act.
12:
Pressure
mounts on Govt. to support Green
bill
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said pressure was mounting on the Government to match its words with action and support a Green Party bill which would outlaw nuclear shipments from New Zealand's 200 mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
13:
Clinton
Urged To Grant Pardon To Leonard
Peltier
Amnesty International is today calling on President Clinton to grant Leonard Peltier presidential pardon before leaving office. Leonard Peltier, a Native American Indian, has been in prison for 23 years for the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
14:
Who
remembers Steven Wallace?
Remember Steven Wallace - the young man killed by a police officer in Waitara on 30 April 2000 ?
15:
National
Radio Midday Report
Murdered Jogger – Waterfront Dispute – Contact Director’s Fees – Galapagos Oil Spill – Raft Death – Cervical Cancer Case – Bush Blocks Abortion Funds – Oil Prices – LabPlus Woes – Face Peel Case – GM Commission – Baby Ads – Marion’s Furtune
16:
September
2000 overseas investment
approvals
CAFCA's analysis of the overseas investments approved by the Overseas Investment Commission in September 2000 are now available on CAFCA's web site At
17:
Belgium
Sees Cannabis Sense
Jean Claude van Damme’s hometown has begun to recognise that the War on Drugs is a failure, and decriminalised cannabis use. "Good on Belgium!" says Libertarianz Leader Peter Cresswell about this small advance in individual liberty. "This ...
18:
Horny
Wassup from the Matterhorn kids, busy as ever, this time we are flat out organising the Jazz stage for the Cuba Street Carnival happening on both Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of February. Make sure you note it down on your calendar as it's going to be ...
19:
Kidney
Sale Illegal, Ad Withdrawn
Buying a human kidney for transplant is not legal in New Zealand, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health said this afternoon, after discovering a Chinese man offered one of his kidneys for auction on a New Zealand website, with a reserve price of ...
20:
Lesson
For New Zealand In Californian Power
Chaos
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said the fact that the Californian State Government was intervening in the region's troubled electricity market showed the clear dangers of electricity deregulation.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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Gordon Campbell: On The Skycity Convention Center Blowout & A Negative MBIE Review
Syed Atiq ul Hassan: Eye-Opener For Islamic Community
Jonathan Cook: US Feels The Heat On Palestine Vote At UN
Fightback: MANA Movement Regroups, Call For Mana Wahine Policy
Ramzy Baroud: The Mockingjay Of Palestine: “If We Burn, You Burn With Us”
Don Franks: Future Of Work Commission: Labour's Shrewd Move
Asia-Pacific Journal: MSG Headache, West Papuan Heartache? Indonesia’s Melanesian Foray
Valerie Morse: The Security State: We Should Not Be Surprised, But We Should Be Worried
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