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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings -3 October 2005
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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: National
Summit to Save Our (US) Elections – Day
1
In this report: - Activist Attorney Paul Lehto Makes a Strong Case - VotersUnite.Org's Theisen Explains How Citizens have "Outsourced" the Voting and Tabulation Process to Corporations - A Huge Opportunity in New Mexico and Three Weeks to Raise the Money ...
2:
Student
Magazine Injuncted By
Vice-Chancellor
Salient, Victoria University's weekly student magazine, will not be distributed today because of a High Court injunction obtained by the University's Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Pat Walsh.
3:
U.S.
Soldiers Trade Images Of Iraqi Dead For
Porn
Richard Ehrlich reports that U.S. troops in Iraq have traded hundreds of images of mutilated corpses in exchange for free online pornography, according to the owner of a Web site investigated by the Pentagon.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
www.mccully.co.nz
- 'And the Winner is…'
The special votes have been counted. The Maori Party has gained an entitlement to a third seat, reducing the overhang to one (and the size of the whole Parliament to 121). The National Party has dropped a seat (to 48) leaving Helen Clark (with ...
5:
Scoop
Link: Critic On Victoria Uni Fee
Hikes
Victoria University’s student magazine Salient reports that students there are in for a massive increase in fees in 2006, with the University considering 5 to 10 percent across-the-board fee rises.
6:
ASPA
Awards: Critic named Best Student
Publication
Critic, the much-talked about Otago University student magazine, was named the best publication by a panel of media experts at the annual Aotearoa Student Press Association awards, held in Auckland on Saturday in association with the NZ Listener.
7:
Public
Apology From Julian
Wilcox
Broadcaster Julian Wilcox has tendered an apology to Maori Television and to the public for his actions surrounding a media story that brought disrepute to Maori Television.
8:
Dr
Brash: Notes On 2005 Final Election Result
Speaking notes for National Party Leader Don Brash, National Party Caucus Room, Old Parliament Buildings, Wellington.
9:
Mike
Whitney: The Impending Cakewalk In Iran
The UN's nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, officially signed Iran's death-warrant yesterday. By passing a US-backed resolution that refers Iran's nuclear program to the Security Council, the member states have endorsed America's genocidal Middle ...
10:
Mary-Kate
and Ashley expand business
horizons
Teen actresses and businesswomen Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen have their sights set on a new brand launch that includes an entirely new target market – ‘tween and teen boys.
11:
Anti-Capitalist
Alliance: Oppose the Treaty
Over the last couple of decades much of the left have called for the New Zealand government to “honour the Treaty.” At this last election the Maori Party won 4 seats in parliament and is likely to prop up the next government. A key demand of the Maori ...
12:
Looming
flea plague: Serious suffering ahead
Warm and moist conditions are now triggering one of the country’s biggest home insect invasions.
13:
The
Letter
We picked it; Jobs for votes; The Greens; New Zealand First; New Landscape; Speakership; ACT's loss, National's gain; ACT strategy; The Economy; Those Dodgy Polls
14:
Scoop
Audio: PM's Press Conference 3 Oct.
2005
Prime Minister Helen Clark today dealt with the following issues at her post cabinet press conference: - The latest Bali Bombing - Post special vote coalition forming negotiations - The inquiry into Taito Philip Field
15:
Images:
Greens Meet Labour For Coalition
Talks
At 3.50pm today the Green Co-Leaders Rod Donald and Jeanette Fitzsimons held a brief photo call with Prime Minister Helen Clark and Deputy Labour Party Leader Michael Cullen prior to the beginning of coalition and government formation talks.
16:
Niloufer
Bhagwat: US Prepares For War Against
Iran
The recent Resolution of the IAEA is preparation for War. The voting pattern on the Resolution against Iran is significant. But what is even more significant - that people all over the world including in the anti-war movement in the United States ...
17:
National
Party Loses One Seat Rest Remain The
Same
The Chief Electoral Officer has released the final election results that confirm Labour is the party with the most votes and takes 50 MPs into the new Parliament. National loses one MP achieving a final election result with 48 MPs in its caucus. ...
One thing for sure, Labour scored a pyrrhic victory. Although the special votes have yet to be counted they are unlikely to change the flavour of Parliament. Whatever the coalition/supply and confidence/or abstention arrangements, a difficult time ...
19:
SPCA
Outraged By Online Dolphin Auction
Hoax
The Royal New Zealand SPCA has expressed outrage at a hoax posting on the ‘Trade Me’ website, offering a dolphin for sale by auction.
20:
Greens
disappointed to lose Nandor from
Parliament
The Green Party is disappointed the party was just 1,246 votes short of getting a seventh MP in the next Parliament, but is pleased the final election results confirm Helen Clark will be the next Prime Minister of New Zealand.
21:
NZ
General Election 2005 - Official
Results
The number of seats in Parliament will be 121, not the 122 seats predicted on election night.
22:
Found!
NZ’s Sexiest Single Man
After running a campaign for votes that would put most New Zealand politicians to shame, 20-year-old Aucklander Alex Hempstock has won the title of CLEO Bachelor of the Year 2005.
23:
NZ
research creates faster, stronger
boats
A New Zealand company’s commitment to research is enabling the boatbuilding industry to benefit from its advances in composite materials technology. The result is boats, including those competing in the next America’s Cup, that are lighter and stronger, ...
24:
Auckland
concert for Burmese refugees
About 65 singers, dancers and musicians will take to the stage at the PumpHouse beside Takapuna’s Lake Pupuke this month to raise funds for refugees from Burma.
25:
Crane
Hire rescues Muriwai Lifeguard tower
Auckland, 29 September, 2005. The Muriwai Lifeguard Service tower was today rescued off the rugged Auckland west coast beach by New Zealand Crane Hire after surf and wind had eroded the dunes it was built on.
26:
UQ
Wire: Michel Chossudovsky's New 911
Book
AMERICA'S "WAR ON TERRORISM" - Expanded and Updated Edition of the 2002 Best-Seller: War and Globalisation, The Truth behind September 11 , with Eleven New Chapters The Book has just been released.
27:
Bali
Explosions - 2 October 2005 Update
11am
At least three bombs exploded in Bali at 8.00pm local time on 1 October, at Kuta and Jimbaran. Several deaths and injuries have occurred. At this stage there are no reports of New Zealand casualties.
28:
Aust.
Border Security: Biometrics, Passport
Alerts
Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone today said trials of two new systems at Sydney airport could help dramatically strengthen Australia’s border security.
29:
Waitaki
Catchment Regional Plan
Completed
The Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Plan was officially handed to Environment Minister Marian Hobbs today by the chair of the Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Board Judge David Sheppard.
30:
Cobb
Will Not Run for 2008 Presidential
Nomination
David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate announced that he would not seek the 2008 Green Party Nomination. Speaking exclusively to Scoop's conference correspondent, Cobb said: "I think that the Green Party should run a woman for president in 2008. ...
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Ramzy Baroud: The Gaza Genocide - The Fall Of Israel’s Immunity