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1: Howard's
End: Confusion In The White House
The U.S. administration is in a real quandary over the form of military action to take following the terrorist attacks in America on September 11. Is it war, a police action, an incursion, or what? Maree Howard writes.
2:
Leading
New Zealand poet dies suddenly
His most recent book The Bells of St Babel’s won the poetry section of this year’s Montana Book Awards and a documentary film on his life and work Early Days Yet, made by Shirley Horrocks, has just screened at Film Festivals nationwide.
3:
Howard's
End: USA's Achilles Heel – Saudi
Arabia
The overwhelming consensus at a dinner party I attended last night was that in the confusion in the West, Osama bin Laden will strike at the corrupt rulers of his home-land and try to recapture the sacred soil of his country which will economically destabilise ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Noam
Chomsky's IV On Radio B92
Belgrade
NB This Sat. 29th September. Noam Chomsky is interviewed by John Campbell 8:25am on Nat. Radio
5:
Trev
For ABs (open letter to NZRFU)
Our group wishes to nominate Trevor Mallard for the position of coach of the All Blacks till the next World Cup, which we understand closes today.
6:
NEWSFLASH:
Intelligence Reports From Middle
East
Scoop does not wish to be alarmist but the following report was received today from Scoop intelligence sources ;
7:
HARD
NEWS 28/9/01 - A Wing and a
Prayer
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, she did it: a blunder, an out-and-out foot-in-mouth verbal howler. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, she did it to herself, rather than being lured into it by a political opponent. Air New Zealand shares fell and rose, it seemed, ...
8:
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.
9:
Ralph
Norris To Step Down As NZBRT
Chairman
Ralph Norris announced today that he is to step down as chairman of the New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR), coinciding with his retirement from his role as managing director of ASB Bank Limited. Mr Norris was appointed chairman of the NZBR in June ...
10:
NZ
Business Times
Headlines
Disgruntled United Video franchisees faced more troubles this week with the company announcing it has sold the business including franchise agreements to former shareholder and director of the chain, Bill McPartland. Neither the existing owners, ...
11:
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.
12:
Let’s
support Regional Council’s rail
proposal
Mayoral candidate Mary Varnham has written to all her fellow candidates urging them to support the Wellington Regional Council’s proposal to purchase local services in partnership with the private sector.
13:
The
GW Bush - Osama Bin Laden
Connection
EDITORS NOTE: The following is a transcript of a link submitted to Scoop by a Scoop reader. Clearly questions are raised in this material about the nature of the relationship between the Bush family and the family of Osama Bin Laden.
14:
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 ...
15:
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
16:
Lindsay
Perigo: Two of the Best
Good afternoon, Kaya Oraaaa & welcome to the Politically Incorrect Show for Monday September 24, proudly sponsored by Neanderton Nicotine Ltd, the show that says bugger the politicians & bureaucrats & all the other bossyboot busybodies who try to run ...
17:
Images:
West To East Timor Border Crossings
Popular East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao greeted families returning to East Timor from the West last Wednesday along with members of the New Zealand Battalion group based at Suai. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees administered ...
18:
Scoop:
Top Scoops + Just Politics
Hard News Is Here! - Time Nearly Up For NZ Net Awards – VOTE NOW!!! - Howard’s End: What Is George W. Bush Doing? Does He Know? - The Inside Scoop on Rising Mddle Eastern Tensions - Scoop Images: Afghan Refugees Welcomed
19:
Scoop
Update #7 – Time's Up! Vote For Scoop
Today!
In This Edition: Vote For Scoop Today! – Scoops Terror In America Coverage Rates! – Lucid Lucidly Reviews Scoop
20:
NZ
Post Releases External Audit
Report
The Board of New Zealand Post released today the final audit report into the company's operations and those of its international subsidiary, Transend.
21:
Scoop
Oddity #4: Who Is This Face?
22:
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, ...
23:
Scoop
Oddity #5: A Postcard From The
Edge
Now this really is a postcard from the edge!
24:
Supercomputer
Weather: Typhoon Lekima Tokyo
Bound?
As the image above from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center shows, Typhoon Lekima is presently monstering Taiwan, again (Lekima has already passed over the island travelling in the other direction!). But what will the Typhoon be doing after it leaves Taiwan?
25:
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)
26:
Jesus
Christ Tells FOXNews He Wants To Hug
World
One of the most extraordinary documentaries this Scoop has ever seen was broadcast on TV2 last night. The documentary "Signs Of God - Science Tests Faith", from Fox News was broadcast live on October 13 in Los Angeles (yesterday NZT).
27:
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.
28:
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 ...
29:
Scoop
Images: March Against US War And Peace
Vigil
Around 500 people marched up Queen Street in Auckland to protest against any US military response to the World Trade Centre attacks on September 11. They also called for the New Zealand government to not lend support to any US actions and called for racist ...
30:
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 .
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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