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Scoop - Latest News [Page 238]

Today's Top Scoop Stories - News Summary

Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 12:42 am | The Scoop Team

Scoop Doco: Tonga, The Aftermath of Black Thursday - Music!: Scoop At The Big Day Out (Images and Report) - Justice: Murdered Man's Mum Prepares For Parole Board Showdown - Conservation: Southern Ocean About To Become A Battleground Over Whales - Arts/Kiwi ... More >>

Scoop Video: Tonga – Aftermath of Black Thursday

Monday, 22 January 2007, 8:53 pm | Scoop Video

Scoop Video Documentary - Akilisi Pohiva, controversial leader of Tonga's pro-democracy movement and No. 1 People’s Rep has been arrested in a sweep by Tongan police. But is this merely a strategy to fight off reformists who demand democracy? More >>

Manning & Wallace – Pro-Democracy Arrests In Tonga

Monday, 22 January 2007, 10:45 am | Scoop Audio

KiwiFM Audio: The People's No.1 MP in Tonga, Akilisi Pohiva, has been arrested on sedition charges resulting from the arson attacks that destroyed NukuA'lofa in November. Scoop's Selwyn Manning talks to KiwiFM's Wallace Chapman about what lies behind this ... More >>

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 21 January 2006

Monday, 22 January 2007, 10:19 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>

Pohiva: 'They Tried To Charge Me With Murder'

Monday, 22 January 2007, 8:40 am | Scoop Link

Auckland, 5pm: Tongan MP Aikilisi Pohiva says Nukualofa police tried to charge him with murder but failed because they obviously had no case against him. The Kingdom of Tonga's leading pro-democracy campaigner is home today after two nights in police ... More >>

Readers Images: Comet McNaught

Monday, 22 January 2007, 12:00 am | Scoop Feedback

Some Scoop reader's have kindly sent in their attempts to capture the path of Comet McNaught as ity visits our shores More >>

Link: Bush U-Turn On Warrants For Domestic Spying

Friday, 19 January 2007, 11:16 am | Scoop Link

President Bush's decision to submit his warrantless-surveillance program to the jurisdiction of a special intelligence court represents the latest step back from the expansive interpretation of executive power he has asserted since the Sept. 11, ... More >>

Link: Senators Agree on Critical Iraq War Res.

Friday, 19 January 2007, 10:43 am | Scoop Link

A group of senators including a Republican war critic announced agreement Wednesday on a resolution opposing President Bush's 21,500 troop buildup in Iraq, setting their marker for a major clash between the White House and Congress over the unpopular ... More >>

Scoop Link: "Duke" Cunningham Prosecutor Fired

Friday, 19 January 2007, 10:11 am | Scoop Link

Washington - The Justice Department is removing several United States attorneys from their jobs, among them Carol C. Lam, the top federal prosecutor in San Diego, who led the corruption prosecution of former Representative Randy Cunningham. More >>

Scoop Link: Army Denies Watada Illegal-War Defense

Friday, 19 January 2007, 10:11 am | Scoop Link

Fort Lewis, Washington - An Army lieutenant who called the Iraq war illegal and refused to deploy cannot base his court-martial defense on the war's legality, a military judge has ruled. More >>

Your Images: Amazing Images Of Comet McNaught

Friday, 19 January 2007, 9:54 am | Scoop Images

Your Images: With clear and cool southern skies proving perfect for star-gazing, New Zealanders have been out comet spotting and capturing images of Comet McNaught as it passes by Earth. Thanks to Bren, Chas, and David. More >>

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 18 January 2006

Friday, 19 January 2007, 8:47 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>

Today's Top Scoop Stories - News Summary

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 4:29 pm | The Scoop Team

Film/Doco Preview: The Last Resort To Tour NZ Cinemas - Business: NZ Rockets Up Economic Freedom Ladder – Glass Still Half-Empty For Roundtable - Retail: Woolworths Follows Foodstuffs In Examining Warehouse Bid - Scoop Link: The Times Interview - Elemeno ... More >>

Audio: Kevin List's Radio Active News Roundup

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 8:44 am | Scoop Audio

Scoop Audio: Scoop's Kevin list delivers his news round-up on Radio Active: discussion spans from Blood Diamonds to Ahmed Zaoui's case. More >>

The Times Interview - Elemeno P's Scotty Pearson

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 8:38 am | Scoop Link

Scoop Link to Times IV: DRUMMERS seldom steal the limelight, unless they’ve got magnetic character and their chops together. Ringo Starr and Keith Moon had it - especially the comedy - so did Ginger Baker and Mitch Mitchell from rock’s early ... More >>

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 17 January 2006

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 8:27 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>

FULL COMMENT: Bush's Iraq Surge Plan

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 12:56 am | The Scoop Team

There is a famous saying: Those who do not learn from history are condemned to keep watching it re-run on CNN. And that's pretty much how I feel tonight after watching the current American president address his people and tell them that more of their ... More >>