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US Federal Panel Altered Findings on Voter Fraud
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 3:42 pm | Scoop Link
Washington - A federal panel responsible for conducting election research played down the findings of experts who concluded last year that there was little voter fraud around the nation, according to a review of the original report obtained by ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 11 April 2007
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 8:45 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
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95bFM: Havoc, Bill English - Elections, Smacking
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 12:51 am | Scoop Audio
John Key's second in command, Bill English, steps in this week to answer Labour's accusations that he was "hysterical" over the Government's proposals to change election funding. He also talks to Mikey about Sue Bradford's bill to change Section 59 of ... More >>
Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 4:40 pm | The Scoop Team
POLITICS HEADLINES: Politics: Surveying Kiwi Opinions On Government - Tax Bad, Spend Good Employment: Devil Unlikely To Find Idle Hands With More In Jobs Climate Change: Impact And Outlook For New Zealand Electoral Reform: English Still Doesn't Like Labour ... More >>
US Attorneys: Spotlight on Christian Law School
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 4:07 pm | Scoop Link
The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed new documents Tuesday from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as part of its investigation into the firings of federal prosecutors, with the panel chairman saying he had run out of patience. More >>
Waxman Wants Rice Niger Uranium Claims Testimony
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 3:58 pm | Scoop Link
After receiving what he deemed an insufficient response from the State Department, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) is reiterating his request for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to appear before the panel on ... More >>
Kiwi FM Audio: Wammo and Selwyn Manning Talk Niue
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 2:25 pm | Scoop Audio
Scoop Co-Editor Selwyn Manning spoke to Kiwi FM's Wammo this morning from Whenuapai Air Base before a visit to Niue with New Zealand's Governor-General and two Members of Parliament. More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 10 April 2007
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US Attorneys: Alberto Gonzales Crams For Hearings
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 11:41 am | Scoop Link
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has virtually wiped his public schedule clean to bone up for his long-awaited April 17 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee - a session widely seen as a crucial test as to whether he will survive the US attorney ... More >>
Link: American Tortured in Iraq Sues Rumsfeld
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 11:41 am | Scoop Link
An American former Navy soldier and private contractor imprisoned and tortured in Iraq by the US military and falsely accused of "aiding terrorists" warns that our worst fears about Iraq have come true. More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 9 April 2007
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US Attorneys: Gonzales Aide Goodling Resigns
Saturday, 7 April 2007, 3:28 pm | Scoop Link
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' top aide, who refused to testify before Congress about her role in the politically charged firing of eight US attorneys, abruptly quit her job Friday. More >>
Link: Pope Says Rich Nations "Plundered" 3rd World
Saturday, 7 April 2007, 3:20 pm | Scoop Link
Vatican City - Rich countries bent on power and profit have mercilessly "plundered and sacked" Africa and other poor regions and exported to them the "cynicism of a world without God," Pope Benedict writes in his first book. More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 5 April 2007
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Wammo IVs Dyson On Swearing, UN & Minimum Wage
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 5:43 pm | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo talks to Govt minister, Ruth Dyson about swearing in the debating chamber; Ruth's visit to the UN Disabilities Convention in New York; and the new minimum wage. More >>
RDU Audio: Kate Gorgeous' Best of the Week IVs
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 5:34 pm | Scoop Audio
RDU Audio: Kate Gorgeous delivers her Best of the Week Interviews... Featured this week are: Scoop's Kevin List on Steve Maharey saying the F*** word in Parliament; and Canty Uni's Dr Linda-Jean Kenix, about media's role in informing public debate. More >>
Imprisoned Freelance Journalist Josh Wolf Released
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 2:21 pm | Scoop Link
San Francisco - Josh Wolf, the blogger whose record 7 1/2 months in federal prison stirred debate about who qualifies as a journalist and what legal protections they should receive, was freed today after releasing video footage sought by prosecutors ... More >>
US Attorneys: GOP Lawmakers Under Scrutiny
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 2:20 pm | Scoop Link
Statements to the Judiciary Committee from Kyle Sampson, ex-chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, are placing additional pressure on Sen. Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico) and Rep. Heather Wilson (R-New Mexico), as well as Gonzales, White House ... More >>
Link: CIA & FBI Using Ethiopian Torture Prisons
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 2:03 pm | Scoop Link
CIA and FBI agents hunting for al-Qaida militants in the Horn of Africa have been interrogating terrorism suspects from 19 countries held at secret prisons in Ethiopia, which is notorious for torture and abuse, according to an investigation by The Associated ... More >>
Scoop Link: Iran Says British Captives to Be Freed
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 1:55 pm | Scoop Link
Tehran, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would free the 15 detained British sailors and marines Wednesday as an Easter holiday "gift" to the British people. More >>
