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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
Pringle:
Psych Drugs Used To Manufacture Insanity
Many experts say the wide-spread epidemic of mental health problems in the US is man-made. The case of Susan Florence is a testament to this theory of man-made insanity.
2:
Most
Controversial, Most Powerful, Bush The
Great
The president of United States of America, George w. Bush (2) may consider himself the most powerful and the best statesman of the world but in reality he stands at the top of the list of controversial leaders.
3:
Forestry
Alone Could Bridge Kyoto
Deficit
Simply restoring new tree plantings to the levels achieved consistently through the 1990s could alone be enough to bridge New Zealand’s worsening Kyoto deficit, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today, on the eve of the Forest Industries ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Leopold:
CIA Leak Path: Cheney, Libby,
Woodward
In mid-June 2003, when former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's criticism against the White House's use of pre-war Iraq intelligence started to make national headlines, Vice President Dick Cheney told his former chief of staff and close confidant I. Lewis ...
5:
Mary
Pitt: Planned Media Gag May Save America
Senator Pat Roberts, (R-KS), has announced that he is working on a bill that. if passed, will criminalize the publication of any "classified" information by the media.
6:
Bush's
Illegal Conduct and Impeachable
Offenses
Civil Liberties Advocates Maintain Bush's Illegal Conduct Constitutes Impeachable Offenses - Interview with Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, conducted by Scott Harris
7:
Temodal
To Be Funded For Brain Cancer
Patients
Auckland: Schering Plough is pleased to announce that its brain cancer treatment Temodal (temozolomide) has reached the final stages of funding negotiations with PHARMAC.
8:
CYFS
merger welcome, but must benefit
children
The merger between Child Youth and Family Services (CYFS) and the Ministry of Social Development announced today is being welcomed by Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford - as long as it results in tangible outcomes for vulnerable children ...
9:
Conroy:
DEA Corruption Intersects With FBI &
CIA
Another piece of the puzzle has fallen into place in Bill Conroy's investigation of alleged massive corruption in the DEA's Bogota, Colombia office. Yet another document in the paper trail has come to light, this one nearly as explosive as the now-famous ...
10:
State
Dept. Daily Press Briefing March 6,
2006
LEBANON Readout of Secretary's Meeting with Walid Jumblatt / Resolution 1559 / Disarmament of Militias including Hezbollah IRAN IAEA Board of Governors Discuss Report of Director General on Iran's Nuclear Program / IAEA Referral of Iran to the UN Security Council ...
11:
Satire:
President Bush's Next
Speech
Ladies and gentleone's. Glad ya could make it. Want ta talk to you about healthcare. It's important. Everyone needs your health. Without it, what can you do. And with it, there are only limitations, which means you can do anything. The sky's the limit, ...
12:
Australia,
Mali, Cuba and Sri Lanka envoys
welcome
Ambassadors from Mali, Cuba and Sri Lanka present credentials to Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright at Government House tomorrow while Australia’s High Commissioner will be formally welcomed. (8 March, 11am).
13:
Wall
Street Journal Reports on
ImpeachPAC
Today the Wall Street Journal broke the Corporate Media taboo on ImpeachPAC. The article is generally fair, but ignores the main distinction between the impeachments of Clinton and Bush - only a rightwing minority of 26% wanted to impeach Clinton, ...
14:
Suspicion
Inhibits Journalists In New
Zealand
SYDNEY (IFJ-Asia/Pacific Media Watch): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned about reports that newspaper employers in New Zealand have tried to undermine the working rights of journalists by illegally listening in on ...
15:
Rolling
Stones Are Coming To NZ
The most exciting and powerful rock 'n' roll show in the world is coming to Auckland and Wellington this April. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang Tour - will play two shows only in New Zealand at Western Springs in Auckland on Sunday 16 April and Westpac ...
16:
UQ
Wire: Port Deal Pales In Comparison To
Ptech
While Congress and the media focus on the potential dangers of a UAE-owned company running American port operations, any possible threat is dwarfed by the current insecurity of the US government's computer infrastructure, which has been compromised by a company ...
17:
Dipta
Shah: US Policy on Nepal
The re-assertion of American policy vis-à-vis Nepal has attracted a barrage of criticism from various quarters. Critics who have fretted and bristled at the American emissary's recent formulations on Nepal will now have to contend with the concise reiteration ...
18:
Fire-breather
to Incinerate Libz Census
Forms
Libertarianz members in Wellington will be incinerating their census forms with the help of a fire-breather on census night, Tuesday 7th March.
19:
David
Parker - New Zealand's primary fuel
options
Good afternoon. As this is my first opportunity to address the petroleum industry as Energy Minister, I would like to welcome you all. In particular, may I extend a warm welcome to the international speakers and delegates. You typify the global ...
20:
Prison
population forecast
released
Justice Minister Mark Burton today released the Prison Population Forecast 2005. The report, which is produced annually by the Justice Ministry, forecasts possible prisoner numbers for a five-year period from the date of publication.
21:
Ministerial
veto destroys RMA
credibility
National's Environment spokesman, Nick Smith, says Chris Carter has made an absolute mockery of the resource consent process by canning the Whangamata Marina project after it was given the green light last October.
22:
Chuckman
Cartoon: Cheney With A Gun
Cartoon by John Chuckman
23:
Suzan
Mazur: The Euphronios C Douglas Dillon
Nexus
Metropolitan Museum director Philippe de Montebello now refers to it as an "impropriety". He seems to believe that the "grand acquisitors" are off the hook following the Met signing an agreement with Italy regarding title transfer back to Italy of the Euphronios ...
24:
Carter
declines Whangamata Marina
proposal
Conservation Minister Chris Carter has declined an application under the Resource Management Act for permits to construct a marina in Whangamata harbour
25:
Depleted
Uranium: email to Australian
senators
The following email went out today, 6 March 2006, to all Australian Senators with a copy to the ICC and Human Rights Watch, and to Australia's national newspapers.
26:
Arts
Fest Preview: The Holy Sinner's Mike
Mizrahi
This NZ International Arts Festival sees a revival of the acclaimed New Zealand production The Holy Sinner - also a return to theatre for Marie Adams and Mike Mizrahi's Inside Out Productions after more than a decade creating large-scale commercial and public ...
27:
Siddhi
B. Ranjitkar: Nepal Lawyers'
Conference
A four-day-long Tenth National Conference of Legal Practitioners held by the Nepal Bar Association (NBA) on the occasion of its golden jubilee started off at the Birendra International Conference Center (BICC), Kathmandu on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 with ...
28:
Bluegreens
Slam Minister’s Whangamata
Decision
Minister of Conservation Chris Carter’s decision to overturn the Environment Court’s decision to allow for a marina at Whangamata is a constitutional outrage, said Andrew von Dadelszen, the national convenor of Bluegreens, a policy group that advises the ...
29:
Greens
welcome Whangamata decision
Conservation Minister Chris Carter is to be applauded for his decision to invoke his statutory right as final decision-maker and refuse consent for a controversial plan to develop a marina in Whangamata Harbour, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ...
30:
Presentation
of HANZ Training Passport
Hon Dr Michael Cullen Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister for Tertiary Education, Leader of the House
ENDS
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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