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1: Return
Of The King Trailer Is
Here!
TheOneRing.net brings you this exclusive first look at THE RETURN OF THE KING! This file was sent to us by person or persons unknown, it shows 1:35 minutes in GLORIOUS quicktime a TON of shots from ROTK. Sam and Frodo in Moria, Pippin and Merry, Gandalf ...
2:
US
Resolution Not Dynamic Enough & Not
Sufficient
Germany and France consider the new draft resolution on Iraq announced by the United States to be "not dynamic enough and not sufficient" the way it is formulated at the moment. After an informal meeting held in Dresden on September 4 Chancellor ...
3:
UQ
Wire: The Unanswered Questions Of
9/11
Here is evidence of the growing focus on the questions that persist around 9/11...the crebility gap is widening.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Liberia:
UN Aid To 50,000 People Fleeing
Flighting
UN rushes emergency aid to over 50,000 people fleeing fresh fighting in central Liberia
5:
Inside
A U.S. Election Vote Counting
Program
Publication of this story marks a watershed in American political history. It is offered freely for publication in full or part on any and all internet forums, blogs and noticeboards. All other media are also encouraged to utilise material. Readers ...
6:
Exec.
Ord. 13315: The Official Looting of
Iraq
Submitted By A Scoop Reader: "The executive order from President Bush that follows expands upon executive order 13303 , and appears to be an asset grab under the guise of funding the Iraqi reconstruction, placing Iraq's state assets under ...
7:
Forest
Industries Council Attending WTO
Meeting
Stephen Jacobi, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Forest Industries Council, is attending the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Cancun, Mexico from 10-14 September as an adviser to the New Zealand delegation.
8:
Feature:
Joschka Fischer On Germany’s
Military
Interview given by Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer to the "Handelsblatt" newspaper on 29 August 2003 on inter alia criteria for the deployment of German troops abroad and the situation in Afghanistan and Iraq
9:
Daniel
Patrick Welch: We Can Win the Vietnam War
I love the smell of quagmire in the morning. My, but it takes you back, doesn't it? The only thing left to say is that there is "light at the end of the tunnel." But everything else has already begun to play itself out. We have even seen the resurrection ...
10:
Sludge
Report #154 – Bigger Than
Watergate!
In This Edition: Bigger Than Watergate! - How To Rig An Election In The United States - Fantasy vs Reality - How We Discovered The Backdoor - Evidence Of Motive - Evidence Of Opportunity - Evidence Of Method - Evidence Of Prior Conduct - Consistent Unexplained ...
11:
Scoop:
Top Scoops + Just Politics
U.S. Delivers Draft Blueprint For UN Peacekeeping In Iraq - Exports Continue Downward Trend - The San Luis Obispo Mystery – New Diebold File Download Site - Hard News Is There! - ZZZZzzzzt Scoop Has Feedback - Let The Looting Of Iraq Begin - Chestnuts ...
12:
Desperately
Seeking The ROTK Trailer? Click
Here
Go to Google , type "ROTK Trailer" into the box and click the "I am feeling lucky" button.
13:
Green
Left: GM Food A `Biological Time
Bomb'
On August 7, the United States government formally demanded that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) set up a dispute settlement panel in order to legally challenge the European Union's five-year de facto ban on the new approval of genetically modified ...
14:
W32.Sobig.F@mm
- updated statistics
Here's the latest updates on W32.Sobig.F@mm from the Symantec Security Response experts: Symantec Security Response has received a total of 6,031 submissions, of which, 654 are corporate submissions and 5,377 are consumer infections.
15:
Scoop
Has Feedback: Aquada Article
Misleading
This article is extremely misleading ( amongst many others)and fails to acknowledge the 'actual' inventor being Terry Roycroft of Auckland.
17:
Bev
Harris: Diebold Voting Machines Phone
Home
What happened at 3:31 p.m. on election day in San Luis Obispo County California? A file from the Diebold stash examined by Jim March, of Alameda County California, turns out to be from a real election, and it contains real votes.
18:
Scoop
Images: WORLD EXCLUSIVE: BAG
END!
Scoop is delighted to present to Frodo and Bilbo Baggin’s house in the Waikato – Bag End. Now we are getting magical….
19:
ARC
study wants emissions testing as part of
WOF
The Auckland Regional Council is again calling for regular emissions testing of vehicles after commissioning a study by NIWA to test over 40,000 vehicles. The study, which was released this week, is based on a drive-by emissions testing programme which ...
20:
Bob
Fitrakis: Demonstration
Democracy
During the Cold war, the CIA, in the words of long-time agent Ralph McGehee, practiced the art of “deadly deceits.” Throughout the Third World, the secret spy agency engaged in covert operations, illegal activity and wanton acts of mass violence. In the 1970s, ...
21:
FOX
Viewers Mistakenly Buy New Al Franken Book
New York--Preliminary sales figures and exit interviews at area book stores over the past week indicate that millions of FOX News viewers are too stupid to realize Al Franken's new book is mocking them.
22:
Hard
News 05/09/03 - Friday
Frustrations
It's been pointed out to me that Chad's Skatopia post missed last Friday's email, so I've included it here.
23:
Civil
society in Middle East peace
'indispensable'
Once again appealing to Israel and the Palestinians to break the cycle of violence and counter-violence, United Nations secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on non-government organizations (NGOs) and grassroots groups to provide their "indispensable" ...
24:
Harvey
Wasserman: Bush to New Yorkers: Drop
Dead
George W. Bush has officially told the people of New York City that as far as he's concerned, they can drop dead. And thanks to his lies, many of them will.
25:
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, ...
26:
Ice
Dance & Gymnastics Bring Flare To Nutcracker
With a cast of Russian ice-skating champions, plus rhythmic gymnastics Olympic 2000 Gold Medallist Ioulia Barsoukova, Nutcracker on Ice presents world championship athleticism, classic fairytale magic, and the timelessness of Tchaikovsky.
27:
Images:
Farmers Fart Tax Protest At
Parliament
A set of images showing today's protest at Parliament by farmers concerned at the proposed fart tax. The tax has been proposed on ruminant emissions to finance research into emission reduction. Images from the National Party media unit.
28:
Call
for government direction on child
poverty
Less talk, more action. That's the message to the government from the Public Health Association following reports that schools are feeding malnourished pupils.
29:
Cape
Town Pizza Bomb Blast Injures
50
Nearly 50 people were injured on Sunday after a home made pipe bomb exploded in a busy Cape Town pizza restaurant in the tourism heart of South Africa.
30:
Story Of The Week: Frankencorn
Revisited
SCOOP STORY OF THE WEEK... for the week ending Septembr 5 2003 FRANKENCORN REVISITED
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Gordon Campbell: On The Coalition’s Awful, Not Good, Very Bad Poll Results
Ian Powell: Policy Vacuum Enables For-profit Corporate General Practice Ownership By Stealth
Gordon Campbell: On Iran Killing Its Rappers, And Searching For The Invisible Dr. Reti
Peter Dunne: MPs Unusually Quiet On Pay Rise
Ian Powell: Cuba And New Zealand: A Relationship Worthy Of Strengthening
Gordon Campbell: On bird flu, AUKUS entry fees and Cindy Lee