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Blogwatch: Reassessing The Hariri Assassination
Monday, 24 July 2006, 12:35 am | Scoop Blogwatch
The Hariri assassination, immediately blamed on Syria (with no evidence other than the lies promoted by Mehlis), led directly to Syria being forced to withdraw its troops from Lebanon. It is obvious that that step was a necessary precondition of ... More >>
Link: US Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis
Sunday, 23 July 2006, 11:53 am | Scoop Link
Washington - The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday. More >>
Scoop Link: Israel Gearing Up for Ground Offensive
Sunday, 23 July 2006, 12:28 am | Scoop Link
Beirut - Israel today called up reserve troops as it appeared to prepare for a ground offensive in southern Lebanon, warning residents to evacuate the border zone, as its jets continued their relentless pounding of the country from the air in the face ... More >>
The Insane War On Lebanon & The Related Propaganda
Friday, 21 July 2006, 1:48 pm | Scoop Blogwatch
The only blemish on my happy return to the United States after six weeks of travels in Europe during the World Cup has been this insane, disgusting war Israel and the United States have launched on Lebanon. More >>
Rain Fails To Deter Workers Venting Over Bill
Friday, 21 July 2006, 10:55 am | Scoop Feedback
A Scoop reader has kindly sent in some pictures of yesterday's protest by a wide variety of unionists and workers over National MP Dr Wayne Mapp's Bill. The legislation drafted by Dr Mapp would see every worker given a three month probationary period ... More >>
Scoop Images: Unionists Brave Rain For Rights
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 4:43 pm | Scoop Images
Members of many unions today rallied at Parliament, protesting against Wayne Mapp's 90 day probationary employment bill. The crowd seemed smaller than the several thousand predicted by the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union - probably due to ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 19 July 2006
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 8:49 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
"Cool" National Party PowerPoint Presentation
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 5:34 pm | The Scoop Editor
The following are images of the Microsoft Powerpoint slides from a National Party Address made by National Party General Manager Greg Sheehan to the Northen Regional Party Conference in April this year. More >>
Full Coverage: Israel Attacks Lebanon (Part II)
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 3:22 pm | The Scoop Editor
"In my judgment, the best way to stop the violence is to understand why the violence occurred in the first place." That one sentence (a surprisingly rare example of a complete sentence spoken by Cheney spokesman George W. Bush), taken on its own, would ... More >>
Link: Blair, Annan Want Peacekeepers in Lebanon
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 11:05 am | Scoop Link
homepage Jerusalem - Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain and Secretary-General Kofi Annan of the United Nations called Monday for an international force in southern Lebanon to end the fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militia, which continued ... More >>
In a Hezbollah Stronghold Children Pay the Price
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 11:05 am | Scoop Link
Tyre, Lebanon - Just a week ago, Tyre was an idyllic seaside town on the Mediterranean sea, a fledgling tourist spot with everything from scuba diving to fishing cruises, populated by a mixture of Christians and Shiite Muslims. More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 18 July 2006
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 8:24 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
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Bush, Blair's Mideast Chat Caught On Open Mic.
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 11:40 am | Scoop Link
Mr Bush, chomping on a piece of bread at a world leaders' lunch, also told British Prime Minister Tony Blair that a key to defusing the violence in the region was for "Hezbollah to stop doing this shit, and it's over". More >>
Blair Calls for Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 11:35 am | Scoop Link
Beirut, Lebanon - Israeli jets hit a Lebanese port today and killed 17 people in strikes at targets linked to Hezbollah in the city's suburbs, while the militant group continued the rocket barrage on Israel that killed 8 people in the port city ... More >>
Lopez Obrador Urges Civil Resistance in Mexico
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 11:24 am | Scoop Link
Mexico City - Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the runner-up in Mexico's presidential election, called on a massive crowd Sunday to commit acts of "peaceful civil resistance" to force a vote-by-vote recount. More >>
Fighting Intensifies As Nations Urge Restraint
Monday, 17 July 2006, 11:54 am | Scoop Link
Metula, Israel - Expanding the reach of its airstrikes, Israel on Saturday hit coastal radar installations in northern Lebanon that it said were targeting its warships. It also struck roads in Lebanon's north and east, with one attack killing at least ... More >>
Link: Bush Rejects Lebanon's Call for Ceasefire
Monday, 17 July 2006, 11:21 am | Scoop Link
St. Petersburg, Russia - President Bush rejected Lebanon's calls for a cease-fire in escalating Mideast violence on Friday, saying only that Israel should try to limit civilian casualties as it steps up attacks on its neighbor. More >>
Full Coverage: Israel Attacks Lebanon - July 2006
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:37 am | The Scoop Editor
Once again the U.S. government has refused to condemn the Israeli invasion of Lebanon as the bombs fall on Beirut, killing scores of civilians. When we arrived at the Lebanese border this morning we found thousands of people streaming across in cars ... More >>
Scoop Link: Israel Hits Hezbollah Leader's HQ
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:30 am | Scoop Link
Israel has hit the Beirut offices of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, but the militant was unhurt in the raid, his group says. In remarks broadcast afterwards, he declared "open war" on Israel. It was not clear when the tape was recorded. More >>
Scoop Full Coverage: Operation Red Rocks
Friday, 14 July 2006, 3:20 pm | Scoop News
Police have launched a homicide inquiry after a man's mutilated body was found floating on the shoreline near the Owhiro Bay Quarry carpark on Wellington's south coast this morning. The victim was partially clad and his hands were severed at the wrist. More >>
