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1: Scoop
Image: Postcard From The Edge A Hoax
NOTE: The following text has been sent in by a reader to clarify any reader confusion around the following picture published on Scoop (See... Scoop Oddity #5: A Postcard From The Edge ) on Monday.
2:
NEWSFLASH:
Intelligence Reports From Middle
East
Scoop does not wish to be alarmist but the following report was received today from Scoop intelligence sources ;
3:
Scoop
Oddity: Eerie Elevens And Spooky Smoke
Face
No sooner had US papers printed this picture than they received calls, asking if the photo had been faked to appear to show a face with horns. The answer from Associated Press was no.
4:
Terrorism
With Weapons Of Mass
Destruction
The terrorist network around Osama Bin Laden has been trying to acquire nuclear weapons and nuclear materials since about 1993. There are various reports that he has succeeded in obtaining nuclear weapons and material. Any form of retaliation against Bin Laden ...
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Scoop
Oddity #3: A Disturbance In The
Force
An innovative research programme at Princeton is attempting to measure disturbances in the zeitgeist, or global consciousness. A series of random number generators around the world (called eggs, some of which are in New Zealand) have been wired together, ...
6:
BIG
Cartoon: The Fifth
Horseman
Cartoon by Paul McDonald – see… http://www.political-cartoons.co.nz/
7:
Noam
Chomsky Composite Interview 22 Sep 2001
summary: Composite interview with Noam Chomsky compiled from various phone and other interviews, including with the Greek, Spanish and French Press, concerning the events of September 11, 2001.
8:
Scoop
Satire: New Approach To Mathematics
A preview of a Ministry of Education Policy Discussion Paper has revealed plans to introduce an innovative new method of teaching basic mathematics in primary schools.
9:
America
Not Yet Ready to Pounce
Constant claims that the United States has already deployed massive military forces to the region around Afghanistan in readiness for a large retaliatory strike are misguided, according to a Massey University senior lecturer in Defence Studies. On ...
10:
Sludge
Report #110 - Kiwis, Proud of the
USA
IN THIS EDITION: Dear People of the World: From WTPoNZ-1 - Subject: Proud Of The USA – A Canadian Tribute To The United States...America: The Good Neighbour - Guerilla Warfare: Carpet Bombing with Food – The Wingdings Prophecy (UPDATE)
11:
Auckland
March To Stop The US War! – Sept
29th
Rally 4.00pm / March 5.00pm / Vigil 6.00pm QE2 / Queen St / Aotea Sq Auckland Saturday 29 September
12:
Keith
Rankin: A Safer More Tolerant
World?
Now that the New York dust is settling, it is time to reflect not just on the tragedy but on the opportunities for healing - for putting things right - that the attacks on New York and Washington have given us. For those who have died, the least we can ...
13:
Sludge
Report #109 – Bomb Them With
Butter
In This Edition: Bomb them with butter, bribe them with hope! – Introduced By Bob Harvey - An Urgent Message to the People of the World, from the People of New Zealand
14:
Howard's
End: Melting On A Desk Near You
Soon?
First it was aircraft hijacking, now it is biological and chemical weapons threats. But in the blink of an eye electromagnetic bombs could throw civilisation back 200 years which terrorists can build for about $400. Maree Howard writes.
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Scoop
Oddity #2: World Trade Center With
Attitude!
A defiant reconstructionist view of the World Trade Center bombing. Submitted by a reader. See also... Scoop Oddity #1: Eerie Elevens And Spooky Smoke Face .
16:
Scoop
Images: Aucklanders Welcome Afghan
Refugees
People from many different community and political groups came together at the Mangere Immigration Centre to welcome the Afghan Refugees who have arrived in Auckland.
17:
Opinion:
Why Is America Hated In The Middle
East?
Why Is America Hated In The Middle East? An open letter sent 21st September to Nightline, ABC.
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Scoop
Oddity #5: A Postcard From The
Edge
Now this really is a postcard from the edge!
Dear Mr. Laden, Gradually we are beginning to see the "Islam" and "Jihad" propagated by you. Your 'hosts', just today, claimed that you are 'missing.' Then out of nowhere a letter shows up where you, like any traitor to the Muslim people, ask people of ...
20:
A
Nation Hurting For Leadership…..
A more positive, pro-active response from Government to motivate New Zealanders to believe in themselves and the nation’s future.
21:
Scoop
Oddity #4: Who Is This Face?
22:
Photographs
Of The Sex Industry
"The women told me many stories while I photographed, mostly about survival....." In 1999, one of New Zealand's most significant documentary photographers went behind the scenes to strip clubs, massage parlours and brothels in Auckland and Hamilton ...
23:
Feedback:
Re: Max Bradford In A Fantasy
World
I would like to add a few comments of my own following Major General (retired) Piers Reid's Press Release dated 21 September 2001
24:
Correctives:
Mass Naked Australian
Outbreaks!!!
"We are shocked, horrified, appalled, spindled, folded and stapled!!!" replied Sister Palpitatia, spokesnun for the Corective Party when she heard about mass outbreaks of nudity related to the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
25:
Clark's
bungling could write a blank cheque
Prime Minister Helen Clark's inappropriate comments, aimed at influencing the behaviour of shareholders in Air New Zealand, could effectively force the Government to write a blank cheque for the bailout of the troubled airline, National's Bill English predicted ...
26:
Scoop:
Top Scoops + Just Politics
How Dangerous Can Terrorists Be? - SCOOP HOT LINK: Postcard From The Edge Was A Hoax - Keith Rankin: It’s The Putting Right That Counts - Sludge: We The People Of NZ Are Not All In Agreement - CNN Have Got It Wrong – No War Imminent - Academic ...
27:
Mallard
robs from schools to fill Govt
coffers
Education Minister Trevor Mallard has been at the forefront of plans to rob from schools to fill the Government's coffers in a controversial tax grab from pokie machines, National's Education spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today.
28:
Taliban
Is Issued A Chance To Avoid
War
Afghanistan's ruling malitia the Taliban has been offered a second chance to avert attack. United States secretary of state Colin Powell told the Taliban to hand over Osama bin Laden and tear up the at-Qaida terrorist network and it will be spared ...
29:
Image:
Giant Spanish Pohutukawa Sparks
Debate
A pohutukawa tree at 'the end of the world' has stirred up debate on whether the Spanish were the first Europeans to reach New Zealand, ahead of the Dutch and the British.
30:
Violence
Flares Against US Embassy in
Kabul
Thousands of angry Afghans have set ablaze the deserted United States embassy in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. The violence followed a demonstration damning iminent military action in the wake of terrorist attacks on the United States on September ...
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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