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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Full
Coverage: Nicolas Berg Beheading
Firas Al-Atraqchi: Zarqawi Be Damned - Nicholas Berg screamed. He screamed when he saw the sword brandished in the hands of one of his captors. He screamed when he was pushed down on the ground and his held pulled back, ready for the slaughter. ...
2:
Why
Not Just Genetically Engineer Women For
Milk?
MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment) today launched a highly controversial billboard campaign in Auckland and Wellington to provoke public debate about the social and cultural ethics of genetic engineering in New Zealand.
3:
Iraq:
Beheading Of Civilian Condemned
Amnesty International condemns in the strongest terms the abduction and beheading of an American civilian by an armed group, Muntada al-Ansar, in Iraq - a video of which was released yesterday. The organization is appalled by the public display ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Firas
Al-Atraqchi: Zarqawi Be
Damned
Nicholas Berg screamed. He screamed when he saw the sword brandished in the hands of one of his captors. He screamed when he was pushed down on the ground and his held pulled back, ready for the slaughter.
5:
Images:
U.S.Troops In Iraq Sexual Abuse
Photos
*** WARNING: This page contains graphic images of sexual abuse seemingly being committed by US Troops against Iraqi civilians and POWs. While images have been edited to remove sexually explicit details, many of the images remain highly offensive. Please view ...
6:
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 ...
7:
Scoop
Link: Seymour M. Hersh - The Gray
Zone
The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on ...
8:
Images:
Pyjama Protest At US Embassy In
Wellington
Today Stephanie Mills staged a protest against the torture of Iraqi prisoners by marching, along with her 5 month old son and 4 year old daughter, to the US Embassy dressed in nothing but their pajamas. She was inspired by 10 year old Shane Ellis, ...
9:
Satire:
A New Version Of MS-Office For
Presidents
The following satirical image was circulating today by email, it's origin is unknown.
10:
John
Chuckman: Sex, Lies, And
Videotapes
Among the hoard of pictures from Iraq viewed by members of America's Senate in a top-secret, eavesdrop-proof room - a rather grandiose version of one of those smelly little, stained booths for which patrons of Times Square shops used to pay to watch ...
11:
Questions
for Oral Answer - Wednesday, 19 May
2004
1. Hon RICHARD PREBBLE to the Minister of Finance: Is it correct that the "Future Directions package" in the May 27 budget is expected to be worth about $2.5 billion and around 300,000 households will benefit, as reported in the New Zealand ...
12:
A
Chance To Meet Mary-Kate And Ashley In
LA
The ZM radio network in association with the mary-kateandashley brand is searching for New Zealand's biggest Mary-Kate and Ashley fan! The winner and two companions will get to meet the most famous teenagers on the planet in their home city, Los ...
13:
More
carbon credits on offer
The government is offering more carbon credits to support projects that will reduce New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions.
14:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 18 May
2004
1 Auckland Central Remand Prison—Review 2 Tertiary Education Organisations—Standards 3 Kiwibank—Success 4 Television New Zealand—Charter Funding 5 Civil Union Bill—Introduction 6 Nuclear-free Legislation—Amendments 7 Parole—Breaches
15:
Scoop
Link: ABC News - 'Definitely a
Cover-Up'
Dozens of soldiers - other than the seven military police reservists who have been charged - were involved in the abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, and there is an effort under way in the Army to hide it, a key witness in the investigation told ...
16:
Palestinian
Blood Is Not Cheap
About 40 tanks and bulldozers invaded Hay Elzaiton at 1 am Tuesday morning with the help of the apaches in the sky. Israeli occupation soldiers took up positions on rooftops at El-Zaiton area, shooting at every moving object. The operation was ...
17:
Mac
Deford: Don Rumsfeld and Al
Capone
Should Rumsfeld be fired over the prisoner abuse scandal? Frankly, at this point, we're talking barn doors and escaped cows.
18:
Martin
LeFevre: Whirling on the Axis of Twin
Evils
Just when I thought I couldn’t feel more disgust in this race-to-the-bottom ''war against terrorism,'' both sides attain new depths of human depravity.
19:
Bush
Condemns Brutal Execution of Nicholas
Berg
THE PRESIDENT: I want to express my condolences to the family and friends of Nicholas Berg. Nicholas Berg was an innocent civilian who was in Iraq to help build a free Iraq. There is no justification for the brutal execution of Nicholas Berg -- no justification ...
20:
What's
a kiwi like me to think?
What's a pro-Treaty, pro-New Zealander, pro-Maori kiwi like me to think? I consider myself pro-Treaty, pro-New Zealander, pro-Maori, anti-racist. Not many Pakeha politicians have been bending over backwards to describe themselves that way lately
21:
Matt
Robson: $1.3m On Jail Talks Money Well
Spent
In some countries, governments can build a huge prison, or a nuclear power station, anywhere they like without consulting anyone. The government of North Korea, for example, doesn't subscribe to the view that ordinary Koreans have the right to be ...
22:
Satire:
Why Isn't David Souter Dead? WH
Transcript
PRESIDENT BUSH: Alright, gentlemen. You really screwed up this time. We have very serious business to discuss.
23:
Ivan
Eland: Think the Unthinkable - Partition
Iraq
It just gets worse and worse for the Bush administration. In the U.S. war on terror, allegations have surfaced that the policies of ''torture light'' and sexual humiliation of prisoners were widespread around the world and originated from high levels in ...
24:
Continuing
Grave Human Rights Problems in
Haiti
A Delegation from the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) visited Haiti from April 12-19, and documented serious continuing violations of human rights, including killings, disappearances, burning of homes and intimidation, often directed at supporters of ...
25:
Public
Address 19/05/04 - Idols And
Obligations
I've never met Oliver Driver, but I'm liking the cut of his jib. Not only did he have an excellent clown fight on Serial Killers on Friday ("Hey, when you get the chance to smack a clown, you take it."), but he fronted Frontseat on Sunday in a ...
26:
Decision
On Telecom Network Recommendations
Communications Minister Paul Swain today announced his decision on whether to open Telecom New Zealand's network infrastructure to competition.
27:
W.
David Jenkins III: Mourning
America
The Bush- and Rumsfeld-haters have never been so happy. Like pigs rolling in, as the expression has it, effluent. They're downright rejoicing - glorying! - in the shame the United States has suffered at the hands of the Abu Ghraib yahoos.
28:
New
CEs of Dept of PM and Cabinet and
CYFs
The State Services Commissioner, Michael Wintringham today announced the appointment of Paula Tyler as Chief Executive of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services and Maarten Wevers as Chief Executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and ...
The opening of TrustPower's expanded Tararua windfarm today marks the beginning of an era of rapid growth for wind power in New Zealand, says Energy Minister Pete Hodgson.
30:
Images:
Peter Jackson & The Plane From
Casablanca
Members of the Aviation Heritage Centre Trust flew up to Wellington airport from Marlborough in a Lockheed 12 aircraft today to meet Mr Anderton and Peter Jackson, who is a strong supporter of the Centre and has aircraft based there already.
ENDS