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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Australian
Troops Accused Of Torturing
Militiamen
The following report was carried this morning in the Jakarta English language daily the Jakarta Post. It reports an East Timorese militia commander accusing Australian peace-keepers of torturing eight militiamen in Dili East Timor.
2:
Heart
of new government announced - Alliance
List
The Alliance has released its party list naming the people who will be at the heart of a new government.
3:
Rugby
And Elections Speech – Simon
Upton
There's a major contest looming sometime in November. New Zealanders are fixated on it. It will be a titanic struggle. The consequences of the result will be profound for this island nation. It is a watershed, a dividing line between going forward ...
4:
After
APEC: Passing the buck
If you lower your sights far enough, you can always hit your target - even if it is your own foot. So it is with the success claimed for the APEC leaders' meeting in Auckland just ended.
5:
HARD
NEWS: Nice Dress, Shame About the
Economy
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... so sorry to have missed last week's post-Apec appointment, but I was drugged by a shadowy group with links to powerful international financial interests and then taken to a secret location.
6:
Scoop
Column: VisionCorp To Replace World
Bank
East Timor independence leaders will meet with officials of the IMF and World Bank in Washington this week, while high-powered critics are calling for both organisations to be cut down to size to break their hold on poor nations. Scoop's West Coast correspondent ...
7:
Clark's
Flip Flop Roading Policy
Labour leader Helen Clark has finally admitted that the principles of the National Government's roading policy must be implemented, despite previously criticising it, Transport Minister Maurice Williamson said today.
8:
Expect
Labour’s Personal Attacks To
Continue
“New Zealanders can expect the Labour-Alliance bloc to run a negative campaign based around personal denigration of the Prime Minister,” SOE Minister Tony Ryall said today.
9:
Images:
Shooting - WARNING GRAPHIC
CONTENT
They show what appear to be Indonesian troops gunning down a youth in the street's of East Timor as he runs away.
10:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Legislation - Referendum - Extradition - Troops - Air NZ - Russia - IMF - Arthritis - Education - Prison Hostages
11:
Scoop
Advisory: Key Word Based Filtering Now
Here
Scoop’s commercial Newsagent service has undergone a major upgrade implementing a new approach to the news filter interface which has been requested by many clients over the past few months.
12:
United
New Zealand Uniquely Placed For
Election
United New Zealand is uniquely positioned to succeed at the coming General Election, according to leader and Ohariu Belmont MP, Hon Peter Dunne.
13:
Scoop
Opinion: Fire In The Sky
As Kiwi and Aussie diggers hunker down in Dili tonight their future is being decided not at home - where loved ones wait and elected leaders worry - but in Jakarta where the worries of East Timor are increasingly playing second fiddle to a domestic political ...
14:
Wellington
Woos Hiv Epidemic
“What sick irony! The very day that Wellington City Council proudly announces securing the Gay Tourism Convention, doctors in the capital are reported as being alarmed at the surge in sexual diseases in the region,” said Mrs Rosemary Francis, a spokesperson ...
15:
Countdown
to National's defeat begins
Today's announcement of the general election date marks the beginning of the countdown to National's defeat, says Labour leader Helen Clark.
16:
Greens
on track for election success
The Green Party has welcomed today's November 27 election announcement saying its key Coromandel electorate campaign is well advanced and it's on track to pass the five percent nationwide party vote threshold.
17:
Labour
Surges & National Stumbles In Manukau
City
The Labour Party looks set to achieve considerable gains in electoral support throughout Manukau City at the forthcoming General Election. The surge in support for Labour comes at the expense of National and New Zealand First.
18:
Scoop
Weekender - Hard News Special
Bulletin
In response to an enthusisatic request from a Scoop Today subscriber we have today included the full text of Russell Brown's Hard News column... see below...
19:
Second
study shows ACT best for jobs and
growth
A second independent survey has found that the ACT Party's policies would have the most positive impact on job creation and economic growth.
20:
Deceit
And Deception - US Dealings in
Indonosia
Deception, Deceit and Betrayal - More revelations today from official declassifed US Commerce Department documents on United States government dealings in Indonesia. John Howard reports, "Follow the Money."
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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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
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Valerie Morse: The Security State: We Should Not Be Surprised, But We Should Be Worried
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