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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Brian
Easton: The State Of The
Nation
Respected economist Brian Easton, celebrated particularly for his work researching poverty levels, today gave a speech looking at the central election issue of whether promised substantial income tax cuts are affordable or indeed fiscally sustainable.
2:
A
Week of It: Liberal values, Liberated
Algerians
In This Edition: - Future of Institute For Liberal Values (Slightly) Uncertain - Alleged Security Risk Enjoys Cable Car Ride - Sorry Old Chap, No Can Do, Chatham House Rules! - McCully accuses Dominion Post of Left Wing Bias!? - Market Forces ...
3:
“Peak
Oil” – An Urgent Issue for New Zealand!
Introduction Human activity in New Zealand is heavily reliant on abundant and cheap energy, much of which we get from oil. Yet oil is a finite resource, and one that the world is rapidly using up.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
PM's
Presser: Getting Labour’s Message
Out
Kevin List reports that the Government emphasised this week work that had been achieved in looking after NZ’s elderly. With this in mind the Prime Minister attended a rather truncated post cabinet press conference then left leaving Maharey & Hodgson to explain ...
5:
Bolivia
Balkanized - Aid to Haiti Coup
Regime
Today in The Narco News Bulletin, Narco News correspondent and leading Bolivian intellectual José Mirtenbaum reports on a new political compromise in the Bolivian congress that would postpone the referendum on "regional autonomy" that the country's business ...
Total confusion reigns within the Labour Party over its childcare policy, says National Party Education spokesman Bill English.
7:
Ivan
Eland: Why Did Terrorists Strike
London?
Watching the major U.S. television networks after the London terror bombings provided little illumination about why that city was chosen for attack. The commentators on those networks first mimicked Tony Blair’s self-serving “we’re all in this together” ...
8:
Killing
America by Claiming Failure as
Success
BuzzFlash was looking at the front page of the July 9th business section of the Chicago Tribune and came across a large photo of a young, short-skirted woman trying out a software program on a laptop. All around her were sophisticated marketing booths ...
9:
Public
Address 12/07/05 - Some Behaviour Issues
There have been some behaviour issues in the local blogosphere since last Friday. In this thread alone on Labour stalwart Jordan Carter's blog, National Party member (and former office-holder) Tim Barclay claimed that the Labour Party "secretly hopes" ...
10:
Residential
Property Values up 14.2%
The residential property market has shown little signs of slowing, with residential properties increasing in value by 14.2% for the year ended June, up from 13.5% annual growth to May.
11:
Steve
McKinlay: The 'A' Bomb In Wardour
Street
I think there are two thoughts we ought to seriously consider in respect of the terrorist bombings in London last week. Firstly, much media commentary has, in my opinion, vaulted to the naive conclusion that the bombings are Islamic fundamentalist ...
12:
Dalai
Lama 70th Sees Withdrawal from
politics
Tibet’s exile leader the Dalai Lama has celebrated his 70th birthday while still in exile in India by relinquishing politics to elected representatives. In a speech to thousands of Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala the spiritual and worldly leader of ...
13:
Public's
Help Sought After Woman's Body
Found
Auckland Police's DSS Whitley: "We are appealing to hear of anyone who is missing, and that includes anyone who hasn't turned up at work. It may be that a woman has not turned up for work but someone else has phoned in and said that they are sick."
14:
Cullen
backtracking on tax deals
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Michael Cullen appears to be trying to backtrack on his earlier defence of the tax deals which saw money coming through the Cayman Islands.
15:
Political
Islam in the heart of secular
Europe
The following speech was given at the International Humanist and Ethical Union Congress on July 6, 2005 in Paris, France, at a parallel session entitled ‘Women’s rights in religious and secular societies’.
16:
Candidate
For Te Tai Tonga Heading
South
Destiny New Zealand Candidate for Te Tai Tonga, Maru Samuel, will be a guest speaker at the South Island leg of the Nation Under Siege tour spearheaded by Bishop Brian Tamaki. Also featuring on the tour will be Destiny New Zealand party leader, Mr Richard ...
17:
Early
Warning For Kidney Failure
Possible
11-July-05, Syft Technologies Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand: Syft Technologies has provided the Christchurch Hospital with a new doctor, one that is hoped to safely, easily and instantly diagnose a range of diseases from Campylobacter to asthma.
18:
Colour,
style, fantasy... and that's just the
hair
A record 505 entrants in New Zealand's most prestigious hairdressing awards has been trimmed back to the top 20 individual stylists.
19:
Was
Israel Warned Ahead of First
Blast?
Reports just in suggest U.S. Army Radio quoting unconfirmed reliable sources reported a short time ago that Scotland Yard had intelligence warnings of the attacks a short time before they occurred.
20:
Rapaura Vintners changes
shareholding
Marlborough’s Rapaura Vintners’ shareholders, Babich Wines, Goldwater Estate and Matua Valley Wines, have consolidated their shareholding in the company and now hold one third of the shares each, the company said today.
21:
Images:
Hurricane Dennis Monstering Gulf
Coast
Hurricane Dennis, a category four monster hurricane packing 230kmh winds, which may yet strengthen to a maximum category 5, is about to strike the Gulf Coast of the mainland United States, most probably close to the Alabama, Florida & Mississippi ...
22:
MFAT
London Bombing Update
The New Zealand High Commission in London spent Monday continuing to track down New Zealanders whose families have enquired about them, reporting responses back to the Ministry for follow up. Of the 2100 on the database, over 1500 are now accounted ...
23:
Hillsborough:
Woman's Body Sparks Homicide
Inquiry
Scoop Report: Hillsborough, Auckland - Auckland Police are investigating a homicide after a woman's body was found in bushes on Waikowhai Road, Hillsborough, at about 8:20am this morning. The body has remained at the scene for most of today while forensic ...
24:
Images:
The Apostles – And Then There Were
8
Image taken yesterday morning at 9:18am by a tourist who witnessed the collapse of one of the Twelve Apostles rock formations....showing all rock formations intact. This is the 'after' picture taken yesterday morning at 9:19am, just seconds after ...
25:
Andy
Stephenson (1963-2005) - In
Memoriam
All-time American patriotic "good guy" Andy Stephenson passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2005 at 6:27 EST/9:27 PST after a rather short but heroic bout with pancreatic cancer. The many thousands who understood his cause and who contributed to the cost ...
26:
Treated
timber product to be investigated
The Department of Building and Housing is investigating claims that a treated timber product, T1.2, is being misused in construction and sold as something it isn’t, Building Issues Minister Chris Carter said today.
27:
Minister's
Meningococcal Claims
Puzzling
"Claims by the Minister of Health that former Associate Health Minister was 'privy to all the [meningococcal] information, the papers, the debate' have been proven wrong by papers released under the Official Information Act," say risk ...
28:
Suppressed
letter to editor
If gene-tampering were so scientifically sound as claimed by its promotors such as Dr Tony Conner (22 Feb), wouldn't a more accurate and well-mannered style be forthcoming from them? Instead, the letters you print from enthusiasts for genetic manipulation ...
29:
William
Rivers Pitt: The Best Of Us
It was late July 2004, and it was a hot day for Seattle. The park was filled with activists, organizers and regular folks, there to hear a battery of speakers who had come together for this stop on the Rolling Thunder Democracy Tour.
30:
Rice
IV With James Rosen of Fox News Channel
QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thank you for your time as always. We've had this big announcement that the North Koreans are going to return to the six-party talks later this month. You know what some people are going to say, you know what some people ...
ENDS
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