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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Scoop
Images: Bree Is Spooky At
Night….
Having seemingly scored the internet Scoop of the week with his pictures of BREE AT FIRST LIGHT Scoop contacted the Hobbit who scooped the world and asked him if he had any more snaps from his visit to Bree….
2:
Scoop
Images: And Not A Hobbit Was
Stirring
The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.
3:
Scoop
Images: Mirror Snaps Bilbo’s
House
Scoop wouldn’t normally so shamelessly lift a photo from a newspaper but in this instance the claim in the Mirror/Daily Record that this is the “first” picture of the Lord of the Rings secret Kingdom, is, respectfully disputed.
4:
Tense
Isn't The Word For It
If last week we thought we were in for a tight election, this week it is looking too close to call. The left have lost their advantage and are now on the back foot. The right continue to rise. New Zealand’s second MMP election looks set to be one ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Jesus
Christ Tells FOXNews He Wants To Hug
World
One of the most extraordinary documentaries this Scoop has ever seen was broadcast on TV2 last night. The documentary "Signs Of God - Science Tests Faith", from Fox News was broadcast live on October 13 in Los Angeles (yesterday NZT).
6:
Shipley's
Regret At Coalition Collapse
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that Jenny Shipley's comments in the Sunday Star Times (17/10/99) that she wished him well in politics and was personally very sorry when the National/New Zealand First Coalition ...
7:
Philip
Sherry Confronts the Flames -
Libertarianz
The American Bible Belt wants to start a Nazi style book-burning of 'Harry Potter' books on the grounds that Potter is a 'wizard and a Satanist'. "I think the Christian Heritage party's new pin-up boy Philip Sherry should either confirm or ...
"The Treaty of Waitangi has become an instrument of apartheid and should be dumped." That is the view of Libertarianz leader and broadcaster Lindsay Perigo, and that is the policy of his party, reconfirmed today. "It is touted as the ...
9:
Incis
report slams government
Abject failure of ministerial and government oversight has left the police with the legacy of a half-finished, multi-million dollar computer, and the taxpayer exposed to a $75 million lawsuit, Labour justice spokesperson Phil Goff and Labour police ...
10:
Upton
On Line - Wrong people, wrong
decade
Yesterday's TNVZ-Colmar Brunton shows the centre-right drawing abreast of the centre-left. Labour and the Alliance had 43.5%, while National and ACT sit on 44%.
11:
Revolutionary
Spread Offers New Hope
A revolutionary new margarine spread, which can lower cholesterol by 10 per cent in just three weeks, has been launched in New Zealand today. Flora pro-activ spread utilises the benefits of a natural plant ingredient called plant sterols - now recognised ...
12:
Scoop
Archive: Americas Cup Challenger Races on
Scoop
Scoop [Auckland] will be bringing you news as it happens during the Americas Cup challenger series, the Louis Vuitton Cup, match races on Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. Tomorrows races begin at 10:30am.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/a6/06/199910172233.212ed8c0.html
13:
Ho-Hum
Election Campaign Coming - Young
Labour
November 27, despite the desultory interest so far in the media, has in my mind a significance that is somewhat greater than we've so far given it credit for.
14:
Scoop
Images: Fox News Broadcasts Message From
God
A series of images from last night's broadcast on TV2 of an truly extraordinary documentary... See Scoop's review of the show... Jesus Christ Tells FOXNews He Wants To Hug World .
15:
12th
Anniversary of 87 Crash Unsettles
Investors
In a coincidence that could further unsettle financial investors, this week is the 12th anniversary of the stock market crash of 1987. John Howard reports.
16:
The
heart of a new government
This is the first day of an historic election campaign. A campaign which will see the Alliance and our people-centred policies in a new government.
17:
$175
Million More For Health
Services
The Minister of Health today announced an extra $175million a year would be provided to deliver better health and hospital care for New Zealanders.
18:
Winston
Peters - "Bring back National
Service"
Extracts from an address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to a public meeting at the Methodist Church Hall, Wellington Street, Hamilton.
19:
Full
Text Of Gen. Musharraf's Speech To
Pakistan
Full Text (draft) of the speech of the Chief Executive of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf delivered today at 20:30 PST (15:30 GMT)
20:
Americas
Cup Challenger Races on
Scoop
Scoop [Auckland] will be bringing you news as it happens during the Americas Cup challenger series, the Louis Vuitton Cup, match races on Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. Tomorrows races begin at 10:30am.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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