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1: "Path
To 9/11" Docu-Drama On TV1 Is
Propaganda
Alastair ThompsonNZ's state broadcaster Television One is tonight and tomorrow screening an ABC Television docu-drama series called "Path to 9/11". The docu-drama series is currently under attack in the United States because it contains historically inaccurate information ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00123.htm
2:
Eritrea
Decides To Expel Five UN Personnel
United NationsFollowing Eritrea’s decision to expel five United Nations security personnel, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today decried a “pattern of hostility” the country has demonstrated towards the world body, including its recent arrest of another staffer.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00152.htm
3:
Film
Review: 9/11 Press for Truth
Michael CollinsAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingThe new documentary 9/11 Press for Truth premiered on September 10th in Washington, DC. The film played at the nearly packed Landmark E Street Cinema just around the corner from FBI headquarters. While the irony was not intentional, it was clearly ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00147.htm
The Maori PartyThe Maori Party today extends its sincere sympathies to the Tongan people, in the sad passing of His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, the King of Tonga. “The loss of King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV will touch Tongan people living here in Aotearoa or ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00244.htm
5:
National
needs to come clean on Brethren
New Zealand Labour PartyWith the Exclusive Brethren now publicly advocating for a bigger role in National's 2008 campaign, Labour Strategist Pete Hodgson has called on Don Brash to come clean on his Party's relationship with the Church and his position on third party campaigns.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00241.htm
6:
Fighting
FTAs: An international strategy
workshop
FTA WatchOrganised by FTA Watch with bilaterals.org, GRAIN and Médecins Sans Frontières Bangkok, Thailand 27-29 July 2006
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00153.htm
7:
Tribute
to King & People of Tonga
Manukau City Councillor Su'a William Sio.Manukau City Councillor Su’a William Sio says the death of King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV will be sadly felt by all the people of Tonga throughout New Zealand and also throughout the South Pacific region.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0609/S00085.htm
Tongan Palace OfficeHis Majesty King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV passed away peacefully at 11.34pm, on Sunday the 10th of September at Mercy Hospital. He was surrounded by the love and prayers of Her Majesty Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho and members of the Royal family. The Prime ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00155.htm
9:
Cultural
Issues of Obesity, Food and Nutrition
New Zealand Dietetic AssociationIn the face of the rising obesity epidemic, it is becoming increasingly important to recognise not only the varying cultural context of food and eating, but also the need to culturally tailor programmes aimed at changing dietary behaviours.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0609/S00040.htm
10:
Rice
IV on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf
Blitzer
US State DepartmentQUESTION: On this fifth anniversary of 9/11, there's a story on the front page of The Washington Post that says that the hunt for Usama bin Laden, quoting one U.S. source, has gone "stone cold." "The clandestine U.S. commandos whose ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00161.htm
11:
Iran Has Continued Uranium Enrichment
Activities
United NationsIran has neither suspended its nuclear enrichment-related activities nor complied with all of its obligations under international non-proliferation agreements, according to a report by the United Nations atomic watchdog which states that further verification ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00151.htm
12:
Global
Trade and The New Zealand Meat
Industry
New Zealand GovernmentThank you for inviting me to speak today. I also bring the apologies of the Prime Minister, Helen Clark, for not being able to be here.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00246.htm
13:
An
update from bilaterals.org September
2006
Bilaterals.orgIn September 2004, a number of organisations initiated a collaborative website to support peoples' struggles against bilateral free trade and investment agreements: http://www.bilaterals.org. The initiators included the Asia-Pacific Research Network, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00165.htm
14:
Tumeke!
Interviews TV3's Mike McRoberts
TumekeWhile TVNZ’s coverage of the Lebanon war left much to be desired – much praise was heaped on TV3’s Mike McRoberts coverage of the war. Tumeke interviewed Mike on the difficulties as a Journalist to cover a story like this, professionally and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00127.htm
15:
Libertarianz
Asks Nicely, Labour Steals
Libertarianz PartyLabour "strategist" Pete Hodgson has been wondering out loud how Libertarianz can afford to take their lawsuit against the Labour Party to the High Court. Libertarianz leader Bernard Darnton responds, "We have been running a fundraising campaign since ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0609/S00114.htm
New Zealand GovernmentPrime Minister Helen Clark today extended her condolences and sympathies to the people of Tonga at the loss of their Head of State, His Majesty King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00233.htm
17:
Peace
in the Aftermath of Lebanon/Israel
War
Dave MoskovitzI was in Israel a few weeks ago, attending my niece's wedding in Jerusalem, and filming interviews for a documentary with the working title "Pathways to Peace" that explores long-term prospects for lasting peace, from the point of view of people living in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0609/S00113.htm
18:
Stateside
With Rosalea: 9/11 Remembrance, Part
1
Rosalea BarkerTomorrow’s episode of the Path to 9/11 will be interrupted part-way through by the President’s address to the nation at 9pm EST. Just which 16-18 minute segment of the docudrama comes at an hour into the docudrama you, Down Under, will know before ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00146.htm
19:
Vodafone.
Research In Motion launch new
BlackBerry
VodafoneVodafone New Zealand and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) have launched the BlackBerry® 7130v™ for corporate and individual users in New Zealand. The quad-band BlackBerry 7130v supports wireless access to email, phone, organiser, Web ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0609/S00022.htm
20:
Skill
shortages open doors for women in
trades
Human Rights CommissionSkills shortages are prompting employers to buck the trend and employ female apprentices, according to a major new report on Modern Apprenticeships released today (Monday 11 September) by the Human Rights Commission.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0609/S00108.htm
21:
11
September 2006 Statement
Sept 11 Families for Peaceful TomorrowsOn September 11th, 2001, members of our families became civilian casualties of terrorism. And while we grieved their loss, we were seized by the urgent desire to spare other families, in any part of the world, the suffering that we were experiencing.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00154.htm
22:
The
Secret Right-Wing Network Behind ABC's
9/11
Scoop BlogwatchLess than 72 hours before ABC's "The Path to 9/11" is scheduled to air, the network is suddenly under siege. On Tuesday, ABC was forced to concede that "The Path to 9/11" is "a dramatization, not a documentary." The film deceptively invents scenes ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00139.htm
23:
"Under
the Bridge" Voted Greatest Song of the
90's
C4 Music TelevisionC4 viewers may have voted Nirvana Nevermind as the album you must own in last weeks U CHOOSE 40, but this week - the Seattle rockers lost out to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns n Roses in votes for the greatest song of the 90's. Red Hot Chili Peppers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0609/S00087.htm
24:
Elvis
in Concert, Rare Exhibition of
Memorabilia
Elvis Presley EnterprisesElvis Presley In Concert, the stunning theatrical production that reunites former band mates live on stage alongside Elvis, as he performs a full concert on a giant video screen in Christchurch on Wednesday 18 October at the Westpac Arena
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0609/S00086.htm
25:
Lazy
Tolley misrepresents the facts -
again
New Zealand GovernmentAnne Tolley and the National Party should check its facts before issuing lazy and incorrect releases about New Zealand's frontline social workers, says Child Youth and Family Services Minister Ruth Dyson.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00253.htm
26:
UF
Leader's Letter Field 'n' Parliamentary
Funding
United Future NZ PartyParliament has not been a place to be proud of in recent weeks. The aftermath of the Phillip Field saga; the row over parliamentary spending and the appalling behaviour of the two main parties in the debating chamber have all contributed to the worst ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00254.htm
27:
Letter
from Elsewhere: Bringing Terrorism
Home
Anne ElseAround 7 am on September 12, 2001, I came awake to hear Geoff Robinson describing something so extraordinary, I thought at first he must be talking about a new disaster movie.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00144.htm
28:
Memo
to Clark on pledge card: Pay it back!
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark must now be in a position to say whether Labour intends to pay back the money it is alleged to have spent unlawfully at the last election.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00239.htm
29:
Au
Senate seeks action on peak oil – what about
NZ
Green PartyGreen Party Co-Leader Russel Norman said that the acceptance by an Australian Senate committee that oil production will peak well before 2030 should be serving as a wakeup call to the New Zealand Government, especially in light of other evidence that it ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00252.htm
30:
Women
as Agents of Change - Karen Hughes
US State DepartmentMahalo, Gov. Linda Lingle, for that generous introduction. The Governor is too modest. I just read a July survey showing that she has a 73% approval rating. She's a great role model for women in Hawaii and around the world. I am delighted to be here in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00140.htm
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