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1:
Controlling
NATO: The Real Agenda At
Prague
European diplomacy has clearly often been the nucleus of destruction. Is it now the only buffer left between peace-comparative and Manifest Destiny – the dream of Fortress USA to express its institutions around the world? The NATO Summit will be a decider.
2:
American
Coup: Mid-Term Election Polls vs
Actuals
Scoop’s analysis found shows that - according to the polls - the Republican Party experienced a pronounced last minute swing in its favour of between 4 and 16 points. Remarkably this last minute swing appears to have been concentrated in its effects ...
3:
Elle
Intimates Strips Off With Billboard Campaign
Rush-hour traffic was treated to a striptease in Auckland today as the second of two new Elle Mapcherson Intimates billboards were unveiled by a pair of Kiwifire dancers.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
CBC
Fundraiser - Lord Of The Rings
spectacular
Campaign for a Better City (CBC), is organising a spectacular Lord of the Rings evening at the Embassy Theatre. The fundraising event includes an early screening of The Two Towers and spot prizes, and cinemagoers will be encouraged to dress up as their ...
5:
Abbott
Murder Trial: Evidence Tampering
Claims
A prosecution witness in the murder trial of Senior Constable Keith Abbott claimed that another police officer, Constable Jason Dombroski, pocketed an object off the ground shortly after Steven Wallace was fatally shot by Abbott on Waitara’s main ...
6:
UQ
Wire: Gore Vidal‘s The Enemy
Within
Gore Vidal is America’s most controversial writer and a ferocious, often isolated, critic of the Bush administration. Here, against a backdrop of spreading unease about America’s response to the events of 11 September 2001 and their aftermath, we publish ...
7:
Big
News: More Spending Money Or Higher
Income?
The recent living standards report from the Ministry of Social Development has indicated that beneficiaries and low income workers won’t necessarily have a higher standard of living if their benefit or salary is slightly increased. An increase in a benefit ...
8:
Clampdown
On Illegal Street Racing
More streets are to be restricted to non-residential traffic on weekends and public holidays in order to tackle the scourge of illegal street racing in Manukau. This will include a large stretch of Te Irirangi Drive between Dawson Road in Otara and ...
9:
Questions
Of The Day Transcript - 19
November
1. Hon. BILL ENGLISH (Leader--NZ National) to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by the statement in the Speech from the Throne in December 1999 that Article Three of the Treaty of Waitangi implies equality in the rights of citizenship; if so, why?
10:
Washington
Sniper - Terrorist Or
Informer?
That John Allen Muhammad, nee John Allen Williams and several aliases, was known to the U.S. Government long before the "sniper" shooting spree is fast becoming apparent. There are just too many instances where authorities should have investigated, arrested ...
11:
Stateside
With Rosalea - A House is not a
home
Featuring on the Chron's front page last Friday was a photo of San Francisco politician Nancy Pelosi resplendent in red, celebrating her historic win as "1st woman chosen House minority leader". Well, to paraphrase an old saw, you can paint a donkey lipstick-red ...
12:
UQ
Wire: Osama Is Under Your Bed
It's been a nervous week. Every night before bed, I've taken a broom handle and thrust it under my bed. Each time, I'm waiting for the "Oof!" Osama is under there, I just know it. If the President says it, it must be true, right? One of these nights, I'll ...
13:
United
Future supports call for Treaty
inquiry
United Future New Zealand leader, Peter Dunne, today announced that the Parliamentary caucus has decided to support the call by ACT MP, Stephen Franks, for Parliament's justice and electoral select committee to hold an inquiry into the principles of ...
14:
National
rushes to yet another
blunder
Acting Local Government Minister Judith Tizard today ridiculed suggestions by the National Party leader Bill English that local government legislation was being rushed.
15:
Government
Avoids Gay Immigration Questions
New Zealand First wants to know why the Government has shut down question time in Parliament for the rest of this week.
16:
Urgency
Motion Adopted 19 November
2002
LEADER OF THE HOUSE: I move, that urgency be accorded - the passing through their remaining stages of-
17:
Read
Bill, English tells Tizard
Acting Local Government Minister Judith Tizard has clearly not read the Local Government Bill or understood its implications for councils throughout New Zealand, says National Party leader Bill English.
18:
"Partnerships"
Come at a Price
Papers released by the National Party today show local authorities are already spending large sums to consult with Maori, according to National's Local Government spokesman Gerry Brownlee.
19:
Swain
Announces Transport
Appointments
Minister for Transport Paul Swain announced a number of appointments to the boards of government transport agencies today.
20:
Business
applauds calls for delay
The business sector will fully support a review of the Local Government Bill, says Rob McLagan, chair of the Local Government Forum.
21:
Soundtrack
For A Secret Country
Music has moved many of us to act, and inspires us in our work for justice and liberation. Close friends and comrades tell of how music has helped form, frame and inflame their political consciousness and hunger for justice. While much of the world is being ...
22:
Scoop
Advertising – All You Need To
Know
CONTENTS: 1. General Information – Audience Statistics - The Scoop Market 2. Why Advertise On Scoop? - Increasing Brand Awareness - Generating Profile For Announcements & Product Launches - Generating Traffic To Online Services - Generating A Response ...
23:
Scoop:
Top Scoops + Just Politics
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS - Scoop Is In The House - Steven Wallace Murder Trial Begins - Aziz Choudry : Sweet and Dangerous Music - William Rivers Pitt: Osama Under The Bed - Just Why Is It We Want A FTA With This Nation? - US Elections: Constitutional Deconstruction ...
24:
Debate:
The Homeland Security ACT of
2002
The American people expect us to provide our best judgment and our best insight into such monumental decisions. This is a far, far cry from being our best. This is not our best. As a matter of fact, it is a mere shadow of our best. Yet we are being ...
25:
Re-appointments
to culture and arts
boards
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today announced the re-appointment of members to the boards of Te Papa, Creative New Zealand and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
26:
Minister
of Immigration Has Panicked
The Government's overnight changes to immigration criteria appear to be a panic reaction to Winston Peters' inflammatory remarks, ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today.
27:
Images:
Police Protect Animal Scientists In
Auck.
Fourty protesters greeted the delegates of the Bio-tech conference as they were bussed into the west wing for their dinner at the Auckland museum. There was a heavy police presence, equal if not more police than protesters, seven marked cars three paddy ...
28:
Barbara
O’Brien: Playing Politics With Our
Lives
Creation of the Homeland Security Department will be the biggest reorganization of government since the Defense Department was established in 1947. The new department will combine the Coast Guard, the Customs Service, the Secret Service, the Federal ...
29:
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, ...
30:
Sam
Neill to make rare public engagement
Movie actor Sam Neill will make a rare public speaking engagement at the Ashburton Art Gallery on December 4.
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