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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: William
Rivers Pitt: One of These
Days
Whenever I get asked to speak about the media and its role in our world, I always remember something that happened to me in the fall of 2002. My book on Iraq had been out for a few weeks, I was writing for truthout, and I was also carrying a full teaching ...
2:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 12 May
2005
Question No. 1 to Minister 1. Police, Minister—Confidence Question No. 2 to Minister 2. Health, Ministry—Physiotherapy Industry 3. Police, Minister—Piha Incident 4. Early Childhood Education—Quality 5. Police—Former Commissioner 6. Health and Disability ...
3:
Bonus
Joules: Confusion or
Concussion?
Have you ever suddenly seen through a massive con? If you are like me, you don’t know whether to rage against the perpetrator, to be depressed by your ignorance or to laugh at your own gullibility.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
David
Ray Griffin: 9/11 and the American
Empire
This lecture was delivered at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on April 18, 2005. - I will begin by unpacking the key terms in the title of my talk: “9/11,” “American empire,” and “religious people,” beginning with the last one.
5:
Greg
Palast: Impeachment Time - Facts Were
Fixed
The top-level government memo marked "SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL," dated eight months before Bush sent us into Iraq, following a closed meeting with the President, reads, "Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam ...
6:
David
Benson-Pope Denies Tennis Ball
Sadism
In an exchange during question time today Associate Minister of Education David Benson-Pope denied opposition allegations that he used tennis balls to discipline students during his time teaching at Bayfield High School.
7:
Public
Address 12/05/05 - Clear And Present
Danger
A hoax 111 call yesterday had police, emergency services, the Westpac helicopter and army units mobilised and rushed to an area of native bush 30 kilometre west of Dargaville. The anonymous caller -- who identified himself as Stephen Bainbridge, ...
8:
Carolyn
Baker: An Anti-American Terrorist
Movement
When I was in college, I wrote a research paper that changed my life forever. I had grown up in a fundamentalist Christian family living in the buckle of the Bible Belt where I was fed a steady diet of racism and Cold War anti-communism.
9:
Blumsky
Provides Good Coffee And Dodgy
Fashion
This morning Wellington commuters were treated to free coffee in Manners street brewed by a phalanx of Mark Blumsky supporters. The reason for this caffeine largesse was the opening of Mr Blumsky's campaign headquarters.
10:
Labour
approved brother-sister sex
paper
Labour approved a discussion paper that proposed legalising brother-sister sex for over-20-year-olds, according to official documents released today by National’s Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall.
11:
Turia
- Better representation for
Maori?
This last weekend the National Council of the Maori Party was discussing key slogans as part of our build-up to Elections 2005.
12:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 11 May
2005
1. Benefits—Trends 2. Taxation—Australian Tax Cuts 3. Trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods Agency—Standards 4. Police—Former Commissioner 5. Biosecurity—Hoax Threats 6. Immigration, Minister—Confidence Question No 5 to Minister 7. Police—Former Commissioner 8. Student ...
13:
Mixed
results in survey on 18 19 year old
drinking
Mixed results in survey on 18, 19 year old drinking The Ministry of Justice's latest survey on youth drinking shows mixed results on the impact of lowering the drinking age in 1999, says Justice Minister Phil Goff.
14:
Michael
Van De Veer: 100 Days Of Fascism In
Nepal
On Monday US Secretary of State for S. Asia Christina Rocca arrived in the capital of Kathmandu. She met with various leaders of the major parties, held a press conference, and dinned with the King.
15:
Eritrea:
Arrest of Trade Union
Officials
Brussels 9 May 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): The ICFTU, together with the Global Union Federations IUF and ITGLWF, today condemned the arrest and continued detention of three Eritrean trade union leaders by security police. Two of the three, Tewelde Ghebremedhin and ...
16:
Privatization
of Property Driving
Homelessness
The growing privatization of property and increased land speculation were among the driving forces behind the 1.6 billion inadequately housed people across the world, including an estimated 100 million who are completely homeless, a United Nations ...
17:
British
Intelligence Leak - Iraq Invasion
Strategy
Progressive Democrats of America Make National Call of Support for Congressional Letter Demanding Investigation of British Intelligence Leak on Iraq Invasion Strategy
18:
Robson
Speech: Sale of Liquor Amendment
Bill
In 1999 Parliament, narrowly, voted to lower the minimum purchasing age of alcohol to 18. The New Zealand Drug Foundation, the Ministry of Health, the Alcohol Advisory Committee (ALAC) and other public health organisations at the time opposed the lowering ...
19:
Fair.Org:
Smoking Gun Memo?
Journalists typically condemn attempts to force their colleagues to disclose anonymous sources, saying that subpoenaing reporters will discourage efforts to expose government wrongdoing. But such warnings seem like mere self-congratulation when clear evidence ...
20:
Charles
Shaw: Full Spectrum
Accountability
Through the systematic re-writing of our history, most Americans have come, somewhat irrationally, to view the Bush Administration and his Neoconservative cabal as the root of all evil, solely responsible for the misguided Empire which we now wield ...
21:
Tickets
On Sale - Premiere Of Star Wars Episode
3
NEW ZEALAND CINEMA INDUSTRY HEATS UP WITH PREMIERE OF STAR WARS EPISODE 3: Revenge of the Sith
22:
Chief
of Defence Force Air Marshal Bruce Ferguson
New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa Media STATEMENT Thursday 12 May 2005
23:
Jay
Shaft: When Silence Becomes
Betrayal
Since the U.S. invaded Iraq on 3/20/03 at least 50,000-100,000 civilians have been killed. A great majority of those casualties have been women and children. One of the purposes of the invasion was to “free and liberate” the Iraqi people. The evil ...
New Zealand Consumers are being denied information and protection by Food Safety officials at the same time as European officials are taking action to prevent illegal BT10 corn imports. Germany's Consumer Protection Minister has blamed the US for "unbelievable ...
25:
New
Zealand’s world competitiveness
improves
New Zealand has improved its international rating two places to 16th on the just released world competitiveness scoreboard. And the gap between New Zealand and Australia has shortened dramatically, with Australia slipping from 4th to 9th place on the ...
26:
Anti
Aging Skin Breakthrough by NZ
Scientists
New Zealand Biotechnology Company, Immune Biologica(TM), have launched a revolutionary anti-aging skin care product and is poised to take a share of the global $9.9 billion anti-aging skin care market.
27:
Police
pleased with public threat letter
response
Police pleased with public response to threat letter Police investigating the biosecurity threat letter say they're pleased with the response from the public with suggestions on who might be the author.
28:
S.
Upadhya: Nepal - Mixed Message Of
Moderation
Weathering scathing global condemnation and strident threats of isolation, Nepal’s royal government completed 100 days in office this week. Actually, it seems to have made headway in making its case. Coinciding with the milestone, the Indian government ...
29:
Poor
occupational health = poor global
economy
Industrialised countries like New Zealand must look beyond their own backyards and work to help solve the work-related health problems of developing nations – or run the risk of economic stagnation, warns a Finnish expert.
30:
Scholarships
for early childhood teacher
training
An additional 200 TeachNZ scholarships for prospective early childhood education teachers are now available for July 2005 enrolments in teacher education, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
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