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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: 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.
2:
Ghost
Stories Haunting Thailand's Tsunami Zones
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Many Thais believe ghosts are wandering tsunami-hit beaches, spooking taxi drivers, making the Andaman Sea hungry for more victims, and jinxing an economic recovery for devastated resorts.
3:
Tamihere:
Speech to Waitakere Rotary Club
J Tamihere, MP Presentation to the Waitakere Rotary Club Trust Stadium Waitakere City - Wednesday 19th January 2005
4:
Steve
Weissman: Target Iran. War with No End
For months before taking his second oath of office, the resolute Mr. Bush has done exactly what he promised he would. He has raced full-throttle to expand his Middle East Crusade, this time against Iran, number two on his Axis of Evil.
5:
IBM
serves up Australian Open results on demand
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA – January 18, 2005 -- Marking thirteen consecutive years as the Official Information Technology Provider to the Australian Open tennis tournament, IBM today announced a range of innovative new and enhanced initiatives to support ...
6:
Emirates'
Airbus A380-800 Fact
Sheet
Emirates was the first airline to order the A380 and has 45 on order for delivery ? more than any other carrier by far, and a full third of the firm orders received by Airbus for this new aircraft.
7:
Artificial
intelligence alive and well
While statistics students at The University of Auckland are taking a break from studies for summer, their new "teacher" can't wait for the new semester to begin.
8:
Sam
Smith: Getting Through The Bad
Times
Logic has failed us, theories have failed us, technology has failed us, policy has failed us, diplomacy has failed us, our military, our leaders in government, media, and the intelligentsia. . . even our faith seems to have failed us.
9:
Warren
Stewart: What Are They Hiding in New
Mexico
In the shadow of overwhelming irregularities in the Ohio’s election, New Mexico has played out it’s own post-election drama almost unnoticed by anyone outside the state. Even before the November 2, New Mexico had been in the news for reports of malfunctioning ...
10:
Colin
Powell Farewell Remarks - January 19, 2005
SECRETARY POWELL: (Applause and cheers.) Thank you very much. Thank you, all. Thank you. (Applause and cheers.) Whew! (Laughter.) Thank you so much, my dear friends. This is an exciting day for the Powell family. We close yet another chapter of our ...
11:
Public
Address 20/01/05 - Geeky Stuff And
More!
Adherents to the Cult of Mac who have visited the fine websites operated by Scoop, The Listener, Street Talk, Rialto and Stuff in the past two or three days may have noticed some odd behaviour...
12:
Images:
Departing LOTR Stars Meet Their
Planes
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.
13:
There’s
Music In The Air – And It’s 100%
Kiwi.
There’s Music In The Air – And It’s 100% Kiwi. New Zealand music’s continued coming of age has finally stirred life into a six-year old plan to establish an all-New Zealand content radio station. In what is being touted as the biggest move in local ...
14:
Chuckman
Cartoon: President Bush & His God
Cartoon By John Chuckman
15:
Revenge
Attack On Ohio Election Protection
Team
COLUMBUS -- In a stunning legal attack, Ohio's Republican Attorney-General has moved for censure against the four attorneys who sued George W. Bush et. al. in an attempt to investigate the Buckeye State's bitterly contested November 2 election.
16:
Swarm
Of Earthquakes Hits Wellington
Region
Since 6.54pm this evening there have been five earthquakes in roughly the same spot 40km south east of Martinborough off the Wairarapa Coast.
17:
Guest
Opinion: Why We Must Question Our
Elections
I am a statistician. When I testified about electoral tampering in Martin County, Florida, in November 2000, I focused exclusively on the fact that the number of disputed ballots would have changed the outcome. That was shortsighted. As U.S. newspapers ...
18:
Newman
On-Line: PC Threatens The Kiwi
Way
This week, Newman on-line looks at the origins of political correctness, its rise in New Zealand, and outlines what Kiwis can do to oppose it.
19:
Tsunami
Spotlights Long-Term Development Needs
18 January 2005, Bangkok –“Each year, half a million women die giving birth – that is the death toll from one Asian tsunami every four months. Every year, three million people die of AIDS. That is one tsunami every three weeks. Every year, 11 million ...
20:
Billy
T Awards Journey Becomes No Laughing
Matter
A voyage of comedic adventure nearly ended in south Waikato when a traffic incident re-designed a borrowed car moving the boot a lot closer to the rear seat. Fortunately, with the kind help of a police officer and the bus, Wellington comedian, Guy Capper, ...
21:
Trade
Unions Mourn Loss of Bill
Andersen
The death of long-serving trade unionist Bill Andersen is a huge loss to the union movement, Council of Trade Unions secretary Carol Beaumont said today.
22:
Stella
Artois presents ultimate way to drink
beer
It’s metallic, sleek, red and stylish… no, it’s not a fast new car – but something almost as sexy: it’s the new Stella Artois aluminium bottle.
23:
Jeanette
Fitzsimons: “Picnic for the Planet 2005”
It’s good to be here on Waiheke with you, sharing what is at last a traditional New Zealand summer: sun, sea, families, home-grown music, fun and general goodwill. It’s also good to be back in Green heartland. Waiheke residents gave the Greens 21 percent ...
Rodney Hide, Leader ACT New Zealand - State of the Nation Address; Crown Plaza Hotel, Auckland; 12noon, Thursday, 20 January 2005.
25:
Investigation
of Tsunami "Phishing"
Attacks
Consumers Are Urged to Make Donations Directly to Official Web Sites Rather Than Respond to Unsolicited Requests
26:
Maria
Sharapova Supports Moscow 2012 Olympic
Bid
The Moscow 2012 Bid Committee is proud to announce that Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has agreed to become an Ambassador to promote Moscow as the Host City for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
27:
Campaign
To Get Destiny Church Out Of Wgtn
High
Wellington High School students have organised a protest against the continued presence of Destiny Church in their school. Despite a series of student protests and a petition signed by more than half the school’s pupils, Destiny Church continues to use the ...
28:
Key
Joins His Leader In Flip
Flops
John Key appears to have caught the Brash disease, says Finance Minister Michael Cullen.
29:
Tsunami
Report: Thai Shops Selling Gruesome
Photos
PHUKET, Thailand -- Shops are selling high-quality, color photographs of bloated, blackened corpses of foreign tourists and Thais who perished in the tsunami, and video compact disks showing waves battering and flooding Thailand's tiny islands.
30:
Daniel
Hopsicker: The Covert Op That Ate The
World
While both of the terrorist pilots who crashed into the World Trade Center were students at Venice Florida’s Huffman Aviation, the flight school's owner Wallace J. Hilliard, 72, of Naples, FL., was simultaneously pursuing his own diplomatic opening to Fidel ...
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Ben Jealous: 'Stop And Frisk' - Unconstitutional Racial Profiling
Ramzy Baroud: The Un-Revolution: Yemen’s Mediocre Transition
David Swanson: Obama's Campaign To Glorify The War On Vietnam
Selpius Bobii: Genocide continuing against Ethnic Papuans: For whom and for what was the UN created?
Franklin Lamb: What happened to the Palestinian refugees at Masnaa this Eid al Fitr weekend?
Sherwood Ross: U.S., Russia, China, All Torture Prisoners
Franklin Lamb: Seven of Syria’s Palestinian Camps Controlled By Salafi-Jihadists
David Swanson: Her Name Is Jody Williams
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