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The weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Libraries
unite to strike digital gold for
NZers
All New Zealanders will now have an enormous range of electronic resources at their fingertips, thanks to the innovative thinking of libraries around the country. In a move that is the first of its kind in New Zealand, public, education, research ...
2:
The
Largest Coordinated AntiWar Protest In
History
People throughout the world have thronged to anti-war demonstrations on February 14-16 in numbers that even protest organisers thought unimaginable. As Green Left Weekly went to press, it appears, based on conservative estimates, that more than ...
3:
O'Neill
To Enter Witness Protection
Program
O'Neill to enter witness protection program Cheney reportedly contemplating post-emptive strike on former Treasury secretary. Satire from… freepressed.comAdvertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Washington's
Vendetta against President
Aristide
The Bush administration, like the Clinton administration before it, continues to pursue a ruinously counterproductive policy towards the democratically-elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti.
5:
Intl.
day of solidarity with the Haitian
people
Numerous Haitian non-governmental organizations will be mobilizing today to draw attention to the Haitian people's struggle for respect of their fundamental human rights. The organizations will be also calling on the international community to ...
6:
Scoop
Images: Helms Deep Press Conference
(1)
The following pictures show film director Peter Jackson with members of the cast and crew of the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, the filming of which is now drawing to a close in the Wellington region.
7:
911
Victim’s Wife Files RICO Case Against GW
Bush
Philip J. Berg, Esquire, announced today that he, attorney for Ellen Mariani, wife of Louis Neil Mariani, who died when United Air Lines flight 175 was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center on 9-11 at a news conference regarding the ...
8:
Images:
Lord Of The Rings Exhibition At Te
Papa
In anticipation of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central instalment in writer/director/producer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, Te Papa proudly announces a world exclusive and a bold ...
9:
Kidd
Millennium Cartoon: A Message From
Mars
Cartoon by kiddmillennium.com…
10:
Chuckman
Cartoon: There Goes The
Neighbourhood
Cartoon by John Chuckman
11:
911
Victim Ellen Mariani Open Letter To The
POTUS
This ''open letter'' is coming from my heart. I want you to know that I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat and that this is not an attempt to ''bash the Government''.
12:
Kidd
Millennium Cartoon: Bin Forgot
Cartoon by kiddmillennium.com…
13:
Scoop
Archive: UQ Wire: "They wanted it to happen" - J.
Buchanan
I stand before you today less as a candidate and more as a messenger and the message I bear is simple and stark. We have all been lied to about 9/11, the country is in mortal danger and only you can make it right.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/5c/7b/200401151409.4baa9d1b.html
14:
Diebold
Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting
Fraud
Something very strange happened in Volusia County on election night November 2000, the night that first Gore won Florida, then Bush, and then as everybody can so well remember there was a tie.
15:
Americans
on Trial for Protesting Terror
Training
Columbus, GA – On Monday January 26th the federal trial for the 28 human rights activists from across the United States, facing federal charges for civil disobedience, begins in Columbus, Georgia.
16:
Memorial
March For Tom Hurndall In Rafah
Friday
[Rafah, GAZA] On Friday January 16, the ISM Rafah, together with the Children's Parliament and the people of Rafah will demonstrate in response to the death of our colleague and friend, Thomas Hurndall. Tom succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, January 13 ...
17:
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 ...
18:
O’Neill’s
Claims Against Bush Supported By
Letters
Anyone who doubts former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill’s recent claims that President Bush mislead the public and secretly planned the Iraq war eight months before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 needs to read the two letters sent to then President ...
19:
Scoop:
Top Scoops + Just Politics (Hello
2004!!!)
UK Peace Activist Tom Hurndall Dies - 'P' Concern Tops New Year Agenda In Parliament - EDITORIAL: Pro-Nuke Pro ‘Preventative War’ Cost Of U.S./NZ Free Trade Deal - Stateside: Where Rosalea Gets Metaphysical About The Moon - Hard News & More Is There! - Meditations: ...
20:
Appeal
On French Sex-Violence Film –
''Baise-Moi''
The Society for the Promotion of Community Standards (SPCS) lodged a Notice of Appeal (see Appendix II below) with the Court of Appeal late Monday afternoon, 8 December 2003, against the decision of the High Court of New Zealand dated 11 November 2003 ...
21:
UQ
Wire: "They wanted it to happen" - J.
Buchanan
I stand before you today less as a candidate and more as a messenger and the message I bear is simple and stark. We have all been lied to about 9/11, the country is in mortal danger and only you can make it right.
22:
The
Ten Differences Of Christmas (Bolivia vs
USA)
A couple of weeks ago I was in New York, walking up a snowbound Fifth Avenue and watching the holiday season in the USA in full bloom - the neck-twistingly tall tree in Rockefeller Center adorned with enough lights to replace the stars;
23:
Power
& Interest News Rept: The U.S.-U.K.
Alliance
One of the results of al-Qaeda's unprecedented terrorist attack on the United States in September of 2001 was to thrust the United Kingdom into a new and conspicuous geopolitical role.
24:
John
Chuckman: President From Podunk Drilling
Inc.
Thinking people aren't surprised to be told that failed-oilman George Bush qualifies as a moral and intellectual dry hole.
25:
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 ...
26:
Dems
Mixed Signals in Voting Technology Debate
There's something strange going on in the Democratic Party. While George Bush's buddies dominate the vote counting business with no apologies to anyone about this rather incredible conflict-of-interest, Democrats are sending mixed signals on this continuing ...
The Ministry of Health says New Zealanders travelling in Asia should be alert to World Health Organisation advice of a bird flu outbreak in parts of Asia.
28:
Kiwi
Stars Of The Lord Of The Rings In
Auckland
The Two Towers Karl Urban (Eomer of Rohan ) and Bruce Hopkins (Gamling of Gondor ) and Ed Sims, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Air New Zealand.
29:
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 ...
30:
“Baise-Moi”
A Case of Censorship Collusion
The appeal case against Film and Literature Board of Review’s classification of the French sex violence film “Baise-Moi” (transl. “F**k Me”), that came before the High Court for the second time on 8 July 2003, was dismissed in a decision issued ...