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The weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: UQ
Wire: 911 - They Let It Happen On
Purpose!
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
2:
Saudi
Arabia: The Sarajevo of the 21st
Century?
Is Iraq a Diversion from the Real Invasion or Will Bush Try to Occupy Both Countries at Once? - by Michael C. Ruppert of From The Wilderness
3:
UQ
Wire: Wag The Gassed Dog
WAG THE GASSED DOG By Michael Rivero & When Puppies Die - On Animal Abuse, Al-Qaeda's Got Nothin' on the US Military By Jeremy Sapienza
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4:
Scoop
Feature: Who Owns Aotearoa’s
Media?
Three multi-national corporations dominate the news media in NZ, combined they control: -- Over 90% of daily newspaper circulation -- Over 90% of commercial radio stations -- Commercial free-to-air and pay-TV (excluding TVNZ )
5:
UQ
Wire: 911 Hijackers Who Lived At A US Navy
Base
Come Fly With Me? A Saudi Flying Instructor Who Died Mysteriously On May 8 Had The Same Name as Two 9/11 Hijackers Who Lived At The Same U.S. Naval Air Base
6:
Large
Pacific Quake Felt In New
Zealand
A large earthquake centered south of Fiji last night was felt on the North Island's east coast as a slow rolling motion.
7:
Gulf
War Profiteering – Victors and Victims
The United States continues to press for war against Iraq and refuses any negotiations which would enable Saddam Hussein to allow a return of United Nations inspectors. The Bush Administration openly declares that it is seeking to overthrow the government ...
8:
Amazing
Crop Formation Discovered August
15th!
Once again the silence continues around the crop circle phenomenon and one of the most spectacular and significant crop formations ever made.
9:
NZ
needs to look at mandatory savings schemes
New Zealand should debate the merits of some form of mandatory savings scheme for working New Zealanders, says National's ACC spokesman Gerry Brownlee, speaking at the Independent Insurance Brokers Conference in Christchurch today.
10:
Scoop
Images: The View From The Top
Three images taken by “some guys from the Edge to Edge shop in National Park” today. Thanks guys!
11:
President
Bush Talks Iraq From
Crawford
President Discusses Security and Defense Issues The Governor's House, The Bush Ranch Crawford, Texas
12:
The
911 Evidence that May Hang George W. Bush
The Case Against G.W. Bush: a Preliminary "Hearing" in the Court of Common Sense
13:
Muriel
Newman: A Travesty of Justice
When Pete applied to his local council for consent to subdivide his property, he was told he needed to gain the approval not only of his neighbours, but the local iwi as well. While his neighbours agreed with the plans, the local iwi objected. ...
"Michael Cullen must be extremely careful what signals he sends to both financial markets and the public when he negotiates the new Policy Targets Agreement with the Governor-designate of the Reserve Bank," says National's Finance spokesman Don ...
15:
UQ
Wire: Investment Espionage And The White
House
There is growing evidence that the FBI and other government intelligence entities are more closely linked to the documented accumulation of pre-9/11 insider trading profits than was originally thought.
16:
Can
Govt Solve Our Problems ... A Better
Way?
The call by the Children’s Commissioner for a new ‘reckless parenting’ law raises a critical issue for our society. Mr McClay made his call in reaction to ten year-olds found home alone smoking dope and watching porn, but can the government solve our ...
17:
Survey
Shows Improved Understanding Of
MMP
The latest post-election research commissioned by the Electoral Commision shows that the public’s understanding of the MMP system has improved since a similar survey taken a few weeks before the election.
18:
Zzzzttt
Feedback
In This Edition: Child Crims - A Blue Ribbon On Your Vest - A Question Of Solvency
19:
Big
News: A Botched Campaign
Its not often that a party that has its highest profile in 13 years turns out the lowest election result in its history. No, I’m not talking about National, but another party further to the right. The Christian Heritage Party polled just 1.3 percent, ...
20:
Greens
Announce Spokespeople Roles
Green Party co-leader Rod Donald today announced the new line-up of portfolios for the nine Green Party MPs.
21:
Minister
Talks Up Perceived GE
Contamination
Minister Marion Hobbs's response to a Survey published by the National Business Review could seriously damage New Zealand's export image and economy. The survey shows that some 80% of the Public has been deceived into wrongly believing New Zealand is "not ...
22:
Maxim
Institute - real issues - No.
30
Contents: --------- 'RECKLESS PARENTING' - more law or Civil Society? LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION - sitting and standing CLASH OF THE TITANS - economic heavyweights square off WHAT IS CIVIL SOCIETY? - No. 3 in the series: The Voluntary Sector SECONDARY ...
23:
Green
Party spokespeople 2002
Jeanette Fitzsimons (Co-Leader) Climate Change Conservation Crown Research Institutes Energy Environment Fisheries Genetic Engineering Local Government Oceans Research, Science and Technology Sustainable Development (shared with Rod) Sustainable Economics ...
24:
INVESTIGATION:
Sept 11th - Unanswered Questions
Within a few months, the events of Sept. 11th, 2001 became but an echo of the events that followed. War in Afghanistan, anthrax, unprecedented powers of detention: the public mind moves from one shock to another, appearing to accept the government’s ...
25:
Extent
of Poverty in Sole Parent
Families
New statistics showing rocketing poverty for sole parent families reveal thousands of New Zealand children are in a dire situation, ACT MP Deborah Coddington said today.
26:
Five
Australian feature films selected for
Toronto
The Australian Film Commission today announced that five Australian feature films - Craig Lahiff's Black And White, David Caesar's Dirty Deeds, Bill Bennett's The Nugget, Rachel Perkins' One Night The Moon and Phillip Noyce's Rabbit Proof Fence ...
27:
Food
Labelling Deadline Only Four Months
Away
Food manufacturers who have not finalised food labelling changes have just four months to do so, Parliamentary Secretary to the Commonwealth Minister for Health and Ageing, Trish Worth, warned today.
28:
Bechtel
Vs. Bolivia - How You Can Help?
NOTE: The following is an open letter to NGOs around the world - seeking endorsement of an effort to assist the people of Bolivia. Scoop readers are invited to forward it to anyone to whom it directly relates. - The Scoop Editor
29:
NZ
Property Institute Launches New
Website
The New Zealand Property Institute launched its new website today. The site www.property.org.nz combined information that was of interest to the public, as well as the Institutes 3000 members, New Zealand Property Institute CEO, Conor English, said today.
30:
Govt
Unfair In Lottery Grant Top
Ups
The Government is topping up arts and recreational funding shortfalls but allowing funding cuts to essential life saving and water safety services around the country, says Richard Worth, MP for Epsom.
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Binoy Kampmark: The Australian Defence Formula, Spend! Spend! Spend!
Ian Powell: New Hospital Building Trumps ‘Yes Minister’ Hospital Without Patients
Mike Treen: Prices Are Still Rising - It's A Cost Of Living Crisis
Gordon Campbell: On When Racism Comes Disguised As Anti-racism
Peter Dunne: Newshub And TVNZ Tip Of Media Iceberg
Harry Finch: Austerity – For And Against