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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
The
911 Evidence that May Hang George W. Bush
The Case Against G.W. Bush: a Preliminary "Hearing" in the Court of Common Sense
2:
UQ
Wire: Harken Energy - Bush’s No Good Trade
One key trade just a few weeks before Iraq invaded Kuwait -- but reported some eight months late after the Gulf War was over -- netted Bush close to $1 million in profit as he sold stock in Harken Energy, an oil company doing business in the Middle East ...
3:
Top
10 Slogans Used In Recent Iraqi
Elections
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4:
Friends,
Kiwis And Celebs, Lend Me Your
Lips
More than 40 kissable Kiwis are being asked to pucker up for a good cause.
5:
UQ:
A Fool And his Foreign Policy are Soon
Parted
For the second time in as many months, the leader of the free world has been out-generaled by a tinhorn dictator from some far-flung corner of the globe.
6:
'Lethal
Hypocrisy' - John Pilger On State
Terroris
John Pilger's controversial documentary Palestine is still the Issue was broadcast on Television New Zealand's DNZ World extra documentary slot tonight following its broadcast by SBS in Australia. Here is his latest article in the wake of the Bali ...
7:
UQ
Wire: Add Me to Your Lists Mr
Bush
Add me to your lists Mr. Bush. Send my name to Mr. Ashcroft. Forward it to the FBI, the local police, the INS and the IRS.
8:
New
ACC board members announced
ACC Minister Ruth Dyson has announced three new government appointments to the Accident Compensation Corporation Board.
9:
Indonesia:
Military Linked To Terrorist
Groups
The brutal murder of nearly 200 people in Indonesia's tourist resort of Kuta on the island of Bali on October 12 occurred as the US is attempting to pressure Jakarta into supporting its War on Terror. As part of this effort, Washington and Canberra ...
10:
Why
New Zealand Needs Intelligence Above All
Else
The terrorist attacks in Bali have given opponents of the government an opportunity to voice concerns and disagreement to New Zealand’s defence policy. These attacks certainly shattered the illusion that New Zealand is immune from what happens on ...
11:
Scoop
Images: Sydney Morning Herald's
Juxta-gaffe
The following front page from the Sydney Morning Herald on October 15th looks on its face like a fitting tribute to the victims of the Bali Bombing. (see… http://smh.com.au/frontpage/2002/10/15/frontpage.pdf for the original.)
12:
Define
"Public Private Partnership", Helen
Clark
Michael Cullen and Helen Clark have speared Dr Armstrong for telling the truth about their "public private partnership" scheme, ACT New Zealand Associate Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today.
13:
Dunne
and New Zealand’s new political
order
United Future New Zealand Leader, Peter Dunne, tonight outlined his vision of a sea change in politics in New Zealand, saying understanding this is the key to understanding United Future and its electoral success.
14:
Ethnic
Engineering “Frightening” Says
Peters
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters says the latest immigration figures show that the Government is involved in ethnic engineering at a “frightening level”.
15:
LV
Cup Images: Luna Rossa Greets Amerigo Vespucci
Auckland, New Zealand October 20, 2002 - The Italian Navy cadet training ship Amerigo Vespucci arrives in Auckland. Luna Rossa ITA sails out to meet her. Images From pradalunarossa.com . Photos by Carlo Borlenghi - (c) Copyright Prada Challenge 2003
16:
Ten
Million Doctors Call For Action On
Tobacco
With one billion people estimated to die in the 21st century from tobacco-related causes, organisations representing more than 10 million doctors from around the globe have come together to call on governments to act now to cut tobacco use.
17:
Jason
Leopold – Shafted By The New York
Times
Editor's Note: This is a story about a story. A great story. A scoop that ought to see a member of George Bush's cabinet at least indicted, if not behind bars. But that is not what has happened. This is a scoop, that for reasons unknown to its author, ...
18:
Margaret
Wilson Wins over Commonsense
Margaret Wilson can claim a victory over commonsense with the return of the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill to Parliament from select committee, ACT Commerce Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today.
19:
Insider
Group Paper Trail Leads to Government
There’s a fresh demand today for the Government to release all the paperwork attached to Dr Ross Armstrong’s so called “insider group”.
20:
Media
statement on resignation from SOE
boards
Today I have tendered my resignation as Chair of both Television New Zealand Limited and Industrial Research Limited and these resignations have been accepted by the shareholding Ministers.
21:
Truth
less important than "rigorous
debate”
The Advertising Standards Authority says debate is more important than applying strict rules against misleading advertising and has rejected a complaint against a pro-GE industry lobby-group. The Authority said the Life Science Network advertising campaign ...
22:
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, ...
23:
Data
Shows Massive Delayed Gulf War I
Casualties
U.S. V.A .Data Confirms Massive Delayed Gulf War I Casualties by Denise Nichols - Gulf War Veteran and Retired U.S. Air Force Reserve Major, Vice Chairman of the National Vietnam Veteran and Gulf War Veterans Coalition
24:
What
is Annette King Hiding?
ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today that a public relations spin is imminent from the Government to sell its new primary health organisation funding formula replacing the Community Services Card.
25:
Greens
welcome Ross Armstrong's resignation
The Greens today welcomed the resignation of TVNZ chairman Ross Armstrong, but Greens Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons stressed it was important the broader public interest issues of Public-Private Partnerships not be lost sight of.
26:
What
the Government failed to tell us about
WSSD
A high-powered government delegation, led by Environment Minister Marian Hobbs, recently returned from the Earth Summit in Johannesburg with a Programme of Action for sustainable development that presents economic globalisation as a solution. Professor ...
27:
Another
Overseas Killer Here – Why? Asks
Peters
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has called on the Immigration Minister to explain why yet another convicted killer from overseas was allowed into New Zealand earlier this year and has still not been found.
28:
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.
29:
Do
Not Use Depleted Uranium Munitions
Again
A Two Part Warning to the Citizens for the World "Do Not Use Depleted Uranium Munitions Again" 2002-10-19
30:
Will
Labour Vote to Clear the Air?
ACT Commerce Spokesman MP Deborah Coddington today expressed surprise that commentators are assuming Labour will vote against a select committee inquiry to find out what Government Ministers knew about Ross Armstrong's dodgy insider group.