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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Kevin
List: What's Dunne Got Against The
Greens?
Last evening United Future leader Peter Dunne took a leaf out of his good friend National leader Don Brash's campaigning book and explained on TVNZ's Close Up at Seven that the Green Party's worldview was not that of the 'mainstream'.
2:
The
Fundamentalist Shadow of George W. Bush
“How do you find a lion that has swallowed you?” asked Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, commenting on the moral dilemma posed by the “shadow,” his insightful term for the dark, hidden side of the human psyche. The answer to Jung’s questions is “you can’t ...
3:
The
Letter
The more things change, the more things stay the same. Parliament had 8 parties it still has 8 parties. Labour was a minority government relying on different parties for different issues. The government will be a minority Labour government relying ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Howard's
hypocrisy on non-proliferation
Prime Minister John Howard should be the last national leader to Lecture the world on the shortcomings of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) since Australia is set to undermine and weaken it further through exporting uranium to China, Australian ...
5:
Visa-gate:
Clark puts votes ahead of
integrity
National MP Tony Ryall says Helen Clark waited till her Associate Pacific Island Affairs Minister had secured her a strong South Auckland vote before investigating his role in the Visa-gate immigration scandal.
6:
Rice
Urges UN Stand Up to Iran on Nuclear
Weapons
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told delegates to the opening meeting of the United Nations General Assembly’s 60th session the organization must be prepared to stand up to Iran, which threatens Middle East peace by pursuing a nuclear weapons ...
7:
Barbara
Sumner Burstyn: Prime Time
Propaganda
Does anyone actually watch the TV shows they watch? Medical Investigation (TV3) for example. On the surface this drama looks like just another mildly entertaining medical show. But watch closely and you begin to see the creepy undertones of neoconservative ...
8:
Evangelicals
in Venezuela: Long Bizarre
History
• Vice President Rangel leads a campaign for anti-evangelical vigilance as the Robertson affair reminds him and the nation of the suspect activities of the New Tribes Mission decades ago.
9:
Greens
build bridges with businesses
The Green Party is moving swiftly to allay fears in the business community about the role the Greens could play in the next government.
10:
Statement
on Hon Taito Phillip Field
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that senior members of cabinet have met with Hon Taito Phillip Field about allegations which have been raised in the news media.
11:
Guest
Opinion: Is Kiwi Greatness Just A
Façade?
I thought that we kiwis were different. How foolish of me. It seems that nothing is more universal in politics than the currency of self-interest. Dr Don Brash’s tax cut package and callous disregard for our nation’s founding document appears ...
12:
Scoop
Election Sweepstake Winners
Announced
Scoop clearly has a large number of remarkably politically astute readers. Consequently among the 200+ entries it was far from easy to decide upon the winners for our pick the result election sweepstake competition.
13:
Carter/Baker
Report Can’t Face Stolen '04
Election
The stolen elections of 2000, 2002 and 2004 are nowhere to be found in the milquetoast Carter-Baker Report now passing for wisdom on America’s broken electoral system.
14:
Public
Address 20/09/05 - Voters And
Victors
A good part of looking like a winner is acting like a winner, and as John Armstrong says today, Helen Clark is wasting no time doing that. Lots of handshakes and hongi, and a very clear intention to project a sense of business being carried on...
15:
Post-Election
Negotiations - Maori Party
"Neither National nor Labour will achieve an absolute majority and each of these parties will want to talk with the Mäori Party" says the President of the Party, Professor Whatarangi Winiata.
16:
Colombia:
Horrific Torture and Murder of
Unionist
Brussels, 19 September 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): In a letter (to Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, the ICFTU has condemned the vicious torture and murder of Luciano Enrique Romero Molina, a leader of the foodworkers' union SINALTRAINAL. Molina was found ...
17:
Kiwibank
proves it worth again
Kiwibank's profit announcement today shows just how valuable it is to have a New Zealand owned bank, Progressive Leader and instigator of the bank, Jim Anderton said.
18:
Helen
Clark and Winston Peters meet
The two leaders confirmed their understanding of Mr Peters’ Rotorua speech on 7th September 2005, in which he set out the position New Zealand First would take to ensure stable government for the next term of Parliament.
19:
Annan
discusses Middle East, Iran, Darfur in
talks
In a continuing series of bilateral talks with leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly’s 60th anniversary session, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today held wide-ranging talks on such crisis flashpoints as the Middle East, Iran’s nuclear ...
20:
Global
Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter
#108
PICKET THE US CONSULATE THIS SAT 24TH @ 11AM. This is part of an international day against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and we are also linking it to the man-made disaster in New Orleans. Our poster “Stop the War – Support the Poor” can be downloaded ...
21:
Public
Lecture by Ahmed Zaoui Wednesday 21st
Sept
Salaam (peace) is at the core of Islam. The Qu'ran is replete with exhortations to non-violence over violence, and forgiveness over retribution. The life and actions of the Prophet Mohammed are an example of the value in which Islam holds peace. The ...
If George Bush had encountered the same fate as Jim Carrey’s character in the movie Liar Liar , and had been rendered incapable of lying, America would not have been subjected to thirty minutes of manipulative propaganda on 9/15. Compelled to tell ...
23:
Atlantic
Fisheries Crisis A Warning For
Pacific
As major fishing nations sit down around the table in Estonia, today to further divide up the dwindling fish stocks of the once rich waters of the Northwest Atlantic, Greenpeace warned that the same could happen to Pacific fisheries.
24:
Scientists
changing the colour of flowers
Two Auckland scientists are working on research they hope will create new colours of a flower successfully created for the export market.
25:
Auckland
Man Scoops $1,000 A Week For Six Years
Forget party politics, it's party time for Auckland's Mike Limbrick, who won $1,000 a week for the next six years on Lotto's Winning Wheel on Saturday night, says New Zealand Lotteries Commission (NZ Lotteries) Chief Executive Trevor Hall.
26:
Anti-Capitalist
Alliance Reflects On Election 05
"In this election, two capitalist parties organised a cynical lolly scramble for voters to see which of them could get in to run NZ Capitalism Ltd for the next three years," said Anti-Capitalist Alliance spokesperson Daphna Whitmore.
27:
Smartjack
Flying High With US
Patent
Smartjack™ Flying High With US Patent Phitek’s Successful Noise Cancellation Product Granted US Patent
Prime Minister Helen Clark today congratulated Michael Campbell on his win in the World Matchplay Championship.
MetService snow warnings now cover Southland, Otago, Canterbury, Kaikoura and the entire southern half of the North Island. Snow over the southern North Island is expected to get heavier tonight and not start easing until late on Tuesday.
30:
Indonesia:
Police Shoot Peasants At
Gathering
On the 18th of September an international delegation of 15 La Via Campesina leaders from India, Bangladesh, Korea, European Union, United States, Brazil, Nicaragua, Mexico, Mozambique, Dominican Republic, Cuba, accompanied by 50 members of FSPI as ...
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