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GOP Senators' Bid to Confirm Bolton Is Called Off
Monday, 11 September 2006, 12:25 am | Scoop Link
Republican efforts to formally confirm John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations hit an unexpected snag yesterday when a Republican senator in a tough reelection bid said he could not support the diplomat until the Bush administration answers ... More >>
The Secret Right-Wing Network Behind ABC's 9/11
Monday, 11 September 2006, 12:25 am | Scoop Blogwatch
Less than 72 hours before ABC's "The Path to 9/11" is scheduled to air, the network is suddenly under siege. On Tuesday, ABC was forced to concede that "The Path to 9/11" is "a dramatization, not a documentary." The film deceptively invents scenes ... More >>
The Independent: A People Betrayed By The World
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 10:35 pm | Scoop Link
Gaza is dying. The Israeli siege of the Palestinian enclave is so tight that its people are on the edge of starvation. Here on the shores of the Mediterranean a great tragedy is taking place that is being ignored because the world's attention has been ... More >>
Link: Ohio Judge Orders '04 Ballots Be Preserved
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 9:16 pm | Scoop Link
Columbus, Ohio - A judge ordered Ohio's county elections boards on Thursday to preserve ballots from the 2004 presidential election, a move activists hope will help prove accusations of fraud. More >>
Bush Tribunal Plan Ignores Supreme Court Ruling
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 8:47 pm | Scoop Link
Washington - Under the measure that President Bush proposed on Wednesday, Khalid Shaik Mohammed and other major terrorism suspects would face trials at Guantánamo Bay in military tribunals that would allow evidence obtained by coercive interrogation ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 7 September 2006
Friday, 8 September 2006, 8:48 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Link: US Army Bans Some Interrogation Techniques
Friday, 8 September 2006, 12:01 am | Scoop Link
Washington - A new Army manual bans torture and degrading treatment of prisoners, for the first time specifically mentioning forced nakedness, hooding and other procedures that have become infamous during the five-year-old war on terror. More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 6 September 2006
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 1:05 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Mexico Tribunal Certifies Calderon President-Elect
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 4:47 pm | Scoop Link
Mexico City - Felipe Calderon became president-elect of Mexico on Tuesday, two months after disputed elections, when the nation's top electoral court voted unanimously to reject allegations of fraud and certify his narrow victory. More >>
Israel Officials Fear Wave Of War Crimes Law Suits
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 11:18 am | Scoop Link
Haaretz 04/09/2006: The Foreign Ministry fears a wave of lawsuits accusing Israeli military and governmental officials of war crimes, Army Radio said Monday, adding that a report prepared by the ministry's chief legal advisor warns officials against ... More >>
Audio: List and Wammo on Kiwi FM: Free the MPs!
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 10:54 am | Scoop Audio
Kiwi FM Audio: Kevin List and Kiwi FM's Wammo discuss Keith Locke's 'non-controversial' motion on imprisoned Palestinian MPs, why to expect excitement in the General Debate, and Christchurch citizens' opposition to public transport. More >>
Audio: Selwyn Manning On Adelaide Radio: Scandals!
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 10:38 am | Scoop Audio
Scoop Audio: Selwyn Manning and Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss: the expectation that a booklet of damning emails to and from National leader Don Brash is about to be released; Former Kiwi League star Brent Todd is back in NZ and expected to be ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 5 September 2006
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 8:55 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
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Scoop Audio: Hood and Haines on Radio One
Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 1:46 pm | Scoop Audio
On the Radio One Spectrum today, Scoop's Lyndon Hood spoke to host David Haines. Discussions ranged from Labour's efforts to take the election spending fight to National to the possible role of candy-coated chocolate in securing the return of Edvard Munch's ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 4 September 2006
Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 8:32 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Scoop Link: Gideon Levy - Gaza's Darkness
Monday, 4 September 2006, 1:10 pm | Scoop Link
Gaza has been reoccupied. The world must know this and Israelis must know it, too. It is in its worst condition, ever. Since the abduction of Gilad Shalit, and more so since the outbreak of the Lebanon war, the Israel Defense Forces has been rampaging ... More >>
Scoop Link: Israel Plans For War With Iran & Syria
Monday, 4 September 2006, 11:40 am | Scoop Link
Threatened by a potentially nuclear-armed Tehran, Israel is preparing for a possible war with both Iran and Syria, according to Israeli political and military sources. More >>
Scoop Link: Activists Want Ohio Election Chief Out
Monday, 4 September 2006, 11:29 am | Scoop Link
Columbus, Ohio - Activists filed a civil-rights lawsuit Thursday claiming Secretary of State Ken Blackwell deprived people of their voting rights during the 2004 presidential election and seeking to have him removed from overseeing the general election in ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 31 August 2006
Friday, 1 September 2006, 9:23 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
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Audio: Manning & Pound on Who Would Succeed Field
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 2:58 pm | Scoop Audio
Scoop Audio: Selwyn Manning and 95bFM's Simon Pound discuss: The latest in the Phillip Field Police inquiry and who would be his likely succesor should a by-election be called in the south Auckland Mangere electorate. More >>
