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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
Photo-Essay
1: Death and Casualty From
Iraq
Editor’s Warning: The images in this series are horrific and depict the reality of injury and death in this US-led War against Iraq. Scoop is determined that its editorial policy will continue to serve truth, accuracy and honesty and that its reportage ...
2:
Images:
Lord Of The Rings Exhibition At Te
Papa
In anticipation of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central instalment in writer/director/producer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, Te Papa proudly announces a world exclusive and a bold ...
3:
Why
Not Just Genetically Engineer Women For
Milk?
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.
4:
George
W. Bush And The Stealing Of
America
Iraqis have a slang term for those whom they believe guilty of thievery and chicanery, those people who steal, lie, cheat and are endowed with low levels of scruples.
5:
Laser-Guided
Liberalization and Latin
America
While the US military unleashed laser-guided weapons of mass destruction on the peoples of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush Administration’s aggressive international trade and investment agenda has developed some “smart bombs” of its own.
6:
Medical
Professionals Dispute How David Kelly
Died
On the eve of publication of the Hutton Report, medical specialists are making public their doubts over how Dr David Kelly died. Items found with his body suggested suicide, but a UK surgeon and a specialist anaesthesiologist from South Africa believe the ...
7:
Peters
Rejects TVNZ Allegations
Rt Hon Winston Peters has rejected fresh allegations on TVNZ tonight that: - During the Scampi inquiry in 2003 he went to the Kermadec restaurant between three and ten times. - Went to the Kermadec about every two months. - Never paid his account. - ...
8:
President
Bush Order's Ribs In Roswell
THE PRESIDENT: I need some ribs. Q Mr. President, how are you? THE PRESIDENT: I'm hungry and I'm going to order some ribs. Q What would you like? THE PRESIDENT: Whatever you think I'd like.
9:
Saddam
Found, Parker Still
Missing!
"Otago deserves better representation on the Project Aqua debate," warns Brian Connell, MP for Rakaia and Spokesman for Commerce. "They are being poorly represented by the 'Invisible Man' himself, David Parker."
10:
UQ
Wire: Commentary - Paranoid
Shift
Just before his death, James Jesus Angleton, the legendary chief of counterintelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency, was a bitter man. He felt betrayed by the people he had worked for all his life.
11:
Coke
with Yet Another New Twist: Toxic
Cola
The Indian parliament has banned the sale of Coke and Pepsi products in its cafeteria. Indian parliamentarians should take the logical next step, and ban the sale of Coke and Pepsi products in the entire country.
12:
Images:
Egg Balloon Flies Non-Stop Over
Tararuas
The incredible Egg Balloon has achieved a world first with its historic crossing of the rugged Tararua Ranges early this morning.
13:
Algerian
ambassador no-show confirms
suspicions
Green MP Keith Locke said today that the abrupt cancellation of the Algerian ambassador's visit to New Zealand raised doubts over the real purpose of his visit.
14:
Govt
must resist Algerian attempt to get
Zaoui
Green MP Keith Locke is urging the government to resist Algerian pressure to deport Ahmed Zaoui when ambassador Soufiane Mimouni visits early next month.
15:
'Ethnic Separatism' Becoming The Big
Issue
A drift towards ethnic separatism is rapidly becoming the biggest issue facing New Zealand, National Party leader Don Brash said at the Ratana celebrations today.
16:
Wake-Up
Call for Australia on E Timor
Resources
January 26, 2003 -- To mark the Australian national holiday, Australia Day, the East Timor Action Network/U.S. (ETAN) today demanded that the Australian government honor the national sovereignty and resource rights of East Timor.
17:
Legal
Action To Be Taken Against TVNZ
Rt Hon Winston Peters today instructed his solicitors to start legal proceedings against Television New Zealand in relation to allegations made in news programmes and the Holmes show last night.
18:
Religious
Conflict & Sensitivities In Thailand
The government warned against a Muslim-Buddhist "religious conflict" after assassins killed two Buddhist monks and a novice in southern Thailand, while the army cancelled sending Israeli-trained Thai troops to Iraq because they might anger Iraqis.
19:
Junk
Science & Bigotry Over
Cannabis
Following the apparent "cannabis poisoning" of a 36-year-old Welsh man, otherwise-forgotten Progressive MP Matt Robson has reiterated his party's opposition to cannabis law reform, . Libertarianz Deputy Stephen Berry says, "Robson is ...
20:
Jay
Shaft: The Real State of the
Union
So what’s the good news George? Homelessness increased 50% in three years, poverty increased again in 2003, and more children are going hungry. 502 soldiers died in Iraq, and 100 soldiers have now died in Afghanistan. Is there any good news?
21:
Government
failing on basic services
National Party Regional Development spokesman Phil Heatley says that while Labour is promising all sorts of party tricks for business it can't provide even basic services.
22:
Rich
irony in business visits
"There's rich irony in the visit by Marian Hobbs to a sex gear manufacturer, when this Government has had small business in bondage for so long," says the National Party spokesman for Small Business Lindsay Tisch.
23:
Greens
endorse foreshore stand
The Green position on the Foreshore and Seabed has been endorsed at the party's annual policy conference in Dunedin today (Sunday).
24:
Chuckman
Cartoon: Bush Likes His Flags
2004 State of the Union cartoon from John Chuckman
25:
Stateside
with Rosalea: The Little Tool That
Could
It was twenty years ago yesterday... a weird little computer was advertised during the Superbowl, launching it on its path to change the face of computing forever. I didn't get to work on one for another couple of years, but it was in an unexpected ...
26:
DOC
Buying Birchwood-Idealism Out Of
Control
National's Conservation spokesman Shane Ardern says the purchase of Birchwood Station by the Department of Conservation is idealism out of control by an urban-focused socialist Government.
27:
Smartest
parking machines in the country
trialed
Wellington City Council is starting a six-month trial of TXT-a-Park – the country’s first pay-and-display parking machine system that allows Vodafone customers to pay for parking via Txt.
28:
Succeeding
in International Wine Business
An initiative of New Zealand Winegrowers New Zealand Wine Exporters’ Forum 27 & 28 January 2004 Succeeding in International Wine Business
29:
Norma
Sherry: What Are We To
Do?
(FLORIDA) - We need to stop singing to the choir. We've already got it. We know all too well what's wrong and what needs fixing. Now we need to reach the other side. We need to put aside our frustration, our anger, and start doing something productive.
30:
Eco-Terrorism
Graduates Show What They Learnt
Following this month's Motueka Direct Action Training Camp organised by the People's Moratorium Enforcement Agency - in which training in vandalism and eco-terrorism was the declared aim - cases of vandalism and rights-violations by environmental ...

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

