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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
The
48 Hour Media-blitz For War With
Iran
In the last 48 hours all the major players in the Bush administration have issued statements warning of the impending danger of Iran. Cheney blasted the Islamic regime saying there would be "meaningful consequences" if it refuses to comply with international ...
2:
US
illegality in Iraq: Where is the limit?
The Brussells Tribunal Committee http://brusselstribunal.org US illegality in Iraq: Where is the limit? - The United States-led occupation continues to demolish humanitarian law with impunity in Iraq - Occupying powers have bred a culture of insecurity that ...
3:
Genocide
Charges to be laid against
Queen
Black GST Elder Robbie Thorpe today announced Charges will be laid against the Sovereign Head of Australia, Queen Elizabeth II for Crimes against humanity, including Genocide, against the Indigenous peoples of Australia under the International Convention on ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
India-Brazil-South
Africa: South'sTrade Powerhouse
• New alliance of regional giants slowly gains strength • India, Brazil, and South Africa (IBSA) spearheads south-south co-operation • IBSA presses issues of poor nations’ development in WTO and UN debates • Economic cooperation remains the largest challenge ...
5:
Accepting
Reality: America Lost the War in Iraq
America has lost the war in Iraq. The chance for victory vanished long ago with the hearts, minds, arms, legs and lives of the Iraqi people. The insurgence hasn’t won; rather the American government never obtained the formula to win. America, led by ...
6:
Auckland
artwork plan New Plymouth foreshore
Win
Auckland's artwork plan and New Plymouth foreshore win supreme honours at the NZ landscape architect awards
7:
No,
The Iran Oil Bourse Is Not A Casus
Belli…
A number of writings have recently appeared with the thesis that the announced plans of the Teheran government to institute a Teheran Oil Bourse, perhaps as early as this month, is the real hidden reason behind the evident march to war on Iran from ...
8:
Questions
for Oral Answer - 15 March
2006
1. Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the Minister of Conservation: What communications did he or his office have with John Wilson or Bob Harvey prior to his decision on 7 March to overturn the Environment Court on Whangamata Marina that would have given John ...
9:
Dahr
Jamail: Iraq - Permanent US
Colony
Why does the Bush Administration refuse to discuss withdrawing occupation forces from Iraq? Why is Halliburton, who landed the no-bid contracts to construct and maintain US military bases in Iraq, posting higher profits than ever before in its 86-year ...
10:
Cricket
Captains Cruel Comments A Set Up
A series of cruel comments from NZ cricket captain Stephen Fleming to his former team mate Mark Richardson is evidently part of an elaborate spoof that will appear on Sky TV later this week.
11:
Upton-on-line
Diaspora Edition 15th March
2006
The annual French Salon de l’Agriculture takes place amidst self-doubt and virally induced gloom; James Lovelock preaches climate apocalypse and nuclear salvation; and Simon Upton opines on a recently published report, Closing the Net, which brings ...
12:
New
Zealand focussing on fresh water in
Tonga
Improving access to fresh water for the people of Tonga would continue to be a priority for New Zealand’s assistance to the island nation, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.
13:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 14 March
2006
1. Human Rights—United States State Department Special Report 2. Conservation, Minister—Whangamata Marina Decision 3. National Certificate of Educational Achievement—Reports 4. Child, Youth and Family Services, Department—Performance 5. Gangs, Youth—South Auckland ...
14:
Nat's
bill is attack on the vulnerable
A National MP's private member's bill is an attack on the young, the less-skilled, under-educated and the unemployed, Greens Industrial Relations Spokesperson Sue Bradford says.
15:
Scoop
Audio: Scoop Interviews Reporter Robert
Fisk
UK Independent Newspaper foreign correspondent Robert Fisk is in New Zealand this week for the Wellington International Arts Festival's Writer's & Readers Week . This morning Scoop Co-editor Alastair Thompson caught up with Mr Fisk en route to Wellington ...
16:
Peters
Wraps Up First Official Visit to
Tonga
Prospects for political and economic reform have been discussed with Acting Prime Minister Fred Sevele during Foreign Minister Winston Peters' first official visit to Tonga.
17:
Condoleezza
Rice: Our Opportunity With India
The week before last President Bush concluded a historic agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation with India, a rising democratic power in a dynamic Asia. This agreement is a strategic achievement: It will strengthen international security. It will enhance ...
18:
Writers
and Readers Week: Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco is a cartoonist best known for his journalistic comics focusing on war zones. Palestine depicts stories and his experiences in Israel and the Palestinian territories - other works have focued on the Bosnian War and he is currently working ...
19:
Paul
Henry swallows Chris Carter's shark
story
"Conservation Minister Chris Carter's 'say everything do nothing' ideas on saving the great white got an unexpected boost today from TV One's talk host Paul Henry simply because he was ignorant of the issues", said John Friend ORNZ Marine Coordinator.
20:
Afghanistan
Progress Report: Counternarcotics
Thomas A. Schweich, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Testimony Before the Middle East and Central Asia Subcommittee and the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on International ...
21:
Soldiers
in Iraq Overwhelmingly Favor
Withdrawal
Poll Finds U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Overwhelmingly Favor Withdrawal Within a Year - Interview with Kelly Dougherty, cofounder of Iraq Veterans Against the War, conducted by Scott Harris
22:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 15 March
2006
1. Whangamata Marina—Minister’s Intervention 2. KiwiSaver Scheme—Alternatives 3. Payroll Tax—Employment 4. Pharmac—Subsidies 5. Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology—COOL IT Programme
23:
Tongan
education will benefit from NZ
assistance
The significant support that New Zealand is providing to education in Tonga will have far-reaching results and provide the platform for a promising future for young Tongans, said Foreign Minister Winston Peters.
24:
Reviewing
ADHD Drugs - FDA Goes Through The
Motion
Some of the top-selling drugs of all time are those prescribed to treat attention deficit disorders. Drug companies have physicians in every field of medicine pushing these medications and dole out millions of dollars worth of free samples each year ...
25:
Anti-Abortion
Forces Try to Overturn Roe vs.
Wade
South Dakota Anti-Abortion Forces Working to Overturn Roe vs. Wade - Interview with Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
26:
Bo
Fan case: Hide gets it wrong
ACT leader Rodney Hide is mistakenly or mischievously confusing the issues in the Bo Fan deportation case, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe.
27:
BBC
Link: Secret Sale Of UK Plutonium To
Israel
The UK supplied Israel with quantities of plutonium while Harold Wilson was prime minister, BBC Newsnight can reveal. The sale was made despite a warning from British intelligence that it might "make a material contribution to an Israeli weapons programme".
28:
Iran:
Symbols of Islamic regime set on
fire
Thousands of pictures of the Islamic regime's leaders were set on fire, by maverick Iranians, at the occasion of the banned "Tchahar-Shanbe Soori" (Fire Fiest). In places, the constitution of the Islamic regime was also thrown in fire bushes ...
29:
The
Middle East Muddle: Is Peace Still
Possible?
The run-up to the impending war against Iran -- and make no mistake, the foundations are being laid daily by the Bush Administration -- bears a remarkable resemblance to the propaganda barrage before the U.S. attacked Iraq: Iran is the repository of ...
30:
Pandemic
awareness advertising starts
tonight
The next steps in the government's efforts to prepare New Zealand for a possible flu pandemic begin today with the start of a major public awareness campaign, Health Minister Pete Hodgson said.
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