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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Daniel
Patrick Welch: Nothing to
Lose
Senator Harry Reid, the minority leader of the upper chamber of the U.S. Government, infuriated the Bush administration and its Republican cronies on Tuesday by forcing the body into closed session. The move is allowed under a little used rule that permits ...
2:
Tensions
Between Ethiopia And Eritrea Escalate
Expressing deep concern about reports of military movements by Ethiopia and Eritrea, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the two Horn of Africa countries to show maximum restraint and called on the Security Council, as well as individual ...
3:
Ethiopia:
Escalating violence leaves six
dead
Amnesty International expressed serious concern at escalating violence in Ethiopia today, after learning that police reportedly shot dead six people and wounded at least 25.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Scoop
Link: Fortune On Rumsfeld's Tamiflu
$$$Mns
NEW YORK (Fortune) - The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it's proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences, the California ...
5:
Eyewitness
Account: The Kiwi Who Went To
Baxter
We [Australians] know our nice Department of Immigration a little better since Cornelia Rau, and what's also becoming clear is that we kick folks out of Australia who have been in jail for a year or longer, no matter how long they have lived in Australia. ...
6:
Newman
Weekly: The Fatherless
Generation
This week, concerns over youth gangs and violence have hit the headlines. It is a problem that can be found to a greater or lesser degree in many towns and cities throughout the country.
7:
Global
Research: Rumsfeld To Profit From Bird Flu
We bring to the attention of Global Research readers this important commentary by Dr.Joseph Mercola. The fundamental issue is who owns the intellectual property rights over Tamiflu. The media reports suggest that the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche ...
8:
Peters
names new Ambassador to France
New Zealand’s next Ambassador to France will be career diplomat Sarah Dennis, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. “New Zealand’s relations with France are excellent. This year marked 60 years of diplomatic relations.
9:
Gómez:
The Reappearance of the Nazis in
Bolivia
Gómez: The Reappearance of the Nazis in Bolivia November 2, 2005 Please Distribute Widely
10:
New
Mexico Law Suit Delves Inside Voting
Machines
New Mexico rarely generates much national news. When it does, as in the Wen Ho Lee nuclear espionage investigation, it can be explosive. Now a little-known lawsuit before New Mexico District Court Judge Eugenio S. Mathis has the potential to alter ...
11:
NZ
passports to contain security
chip
Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker announced today the introduction of a new “e-passport”, which contains an electronic chip for holding information about the passport holder.
12:
Peter
Jackson film history at charity
auction
Gamers and film fans battle it out tonight (2 November) when a Peter Jackson-autographed Xbox and Halo 2 game go up for grabs at the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre auction in Auckland.
13:
SSC Reply To Scoop Questions On Higher
Salaries
Taking his hands off the tiller of the ship of state (briefly) the State Service Commissioner Mark Prebble answered Scoop's written questions regarding the topical subject of higher salaries for Public Service chief executives.
14:
Howard
Demands Emergency Anti-Wolf
Legislation
My fellow Australians: Today the Government will introduce an urgent amendment to Australia’s counter-wolf legislation.
15:
The
Second Coming of Jesus Christ and Bird
Flu
The great thing about a blog site is that you get to make predictions which if you are correct, give you the ability to point everyone to the archived blog saying "told you so".
16:
Blog
Watch: The Left, The Right, And The
Wrong
Last July 27, the US State Department very thoughtfully posted a resource tool for journalists and media consumers entitled "How to Identify Misinformation." Though "there are no exact rules" to tell whether a story is true or false, the State Department ...
17:
Guest
Opinion: Why The CIA Reads The
Internet
We need to rethink the distinction between open sources and secrets. Too many policymakers and intelligence officers mistake secrecy for intelligence and assume that information covertly acquired is superior to that obtained openly.
18:
Arts
Festival: Bursting with magic and
colour
Be transported into the realms of the extraordinary with the New Zealand International Arts Festival. From Spain to Guinea, France to India and Italy to New Zealand, the 2006 Festival programme features more than 100 events handpicked from the best the ...
19:
Will
Pitt: Nothing Shakin' on Shakedown
Street?
Mr. Libby is in deep dung. Fitzgerald absolutely nailed his hide to the shed, detailing lie after lie after lie. From what I am given to understand, Libby intends to offer a "faulty memory" defense when he gets dropped into the skillet. Given the incredibly ...
20:
Bird
Flu Is Real – And You’re On Your
Own
Several leftish bloggers have published their doubts that the alleged avian flu menace is anything more than another Bushevik distraction. – and just in time to draw our attention away from Plamegate and the "Scooter" Libby indictments. (See, ...
21:
Public
Address 03/11/05 - Premium Mushrooms
The Los Angeles Times column by Lawrence Wilkerson, headed The White House cabal somehow escaped my attention over the past week, but I think it's still worth drawing attention to, because it's extraordinary...
22:
Electronic
chip not just about passport
security
Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker's claim that the new 'e-passport' is mainly being introduced to enhance the security of the document is being disputed by Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke.
23:
Game
publisher predicts bird flu
upsurge
Publisher, Matt Taylor, reports that the response to the launch of the board game Breakscore® and it's web site www.breakscore.com has been extremely positive with recent orders from Tahiti, Finland, the UK and the USA. Taylor attributes the increase ...
24:
Images:
Hurricane Wilma - No lives lost in
Cuba
Photo Essay: NOT one person died in Cuba in the 10 days that Wilma was in the vicinity of the island, informed the Headquarters for Cases of Disaster attached to the National Defense Council. A preliminary count estimates that 607,542 persons were evacuated ...
25:
Melanie
Lynskey & Crew Enhance U.S. Horror
Movie
Kiwi Star, Crew Enhance American Horror Movie Cassava Films - Although the independent horror/thriller "Serial Slayer," released today, November 3, on DVD in New Zealand, was shot entirely in California, the film boasts a healthy amount of ...
26:
TVNZ
stars in its own reality show
The latest revelations regarding TVNZ now flowing from Susan Wood’s employment case are deeply worrying, says National Party Broadcasting spokeswoman Georgina te Heuheu.
27:
Maxim
Board accepts Bruce Logan’s
retirement
The Maxim Institute Board of Trustees, at their last meeting on Wednesday 2 November, accepted Director Bruce Logan’s decision to retire.
28:
Global
Warming: The Signs and The
Science
m. International recording artist Alanis Morissette hosts and narrates this cautionary and empowering look at the forces of climate change, a co-production of South Carolina ETV and Stonehaven Productions.
29:
Hands
Off Donations, Roy Tells
Government
The Government had a “cheek” in thinking it could take a capital charge out of donations given by Southlanders to fund Southland Hospital’s new MRI scanner.
30:
Study:
Time to Change Bad Fast Food Frying
Fats
New research, published this week in the Journal of the New Zealand Dietetic Association, shows that the majority of fast food outlets are still frying in unsuitable fats and oils and are contributing to the risk of heart disease in New Zealand.
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Ian Powell: Cuba And New Zealand: A Relationship Worthy Of Strengthening
Gordon Campbell: On bird flu, AUKUS entry fees and Cindy Lee
Binoy Kampmark: Israel’s Anti-UNRWA Campaign Falls Flat
Peter Dunne: Luxon Gets Out His Butcher's Knife - Briefly
Binoy Kampmark: Warring Against Encryption, Australia Is Coming For Your Communications
Gordon Campbell: On Fast Track Powers, Media Woes And The Tiktok Ban