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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings
Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 8:42 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Scoop Link: Iraqi Kids' Dickensian Toil
Monday, 18 August 2003, 6:17 pm | Scoop Link
Iraqi kids toil in Dickensian desperation Thousands work long hours salvaging battlefield litter to support families By Vivienne Walt, Chronicle Foreign Service San Francisco Chronicle Page A-3 FROM: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/08/13/MN242619.DTL More >>
Nandor’s Clean Slate Bill Would Have Worked
Monday, 18 August 2003, 11:08 am | Scoop Reader Opinion
The Criminal Record (Clean Slate) Bill (CSB), initially proposed by Green MP Nandor Tanczos, would wipe minor convictions from the public record after seven years of non-offending. More >>
Take More Thank Long Sentences To Cut Crime
Monday, 18 August 2003, 11:06 am | Scoop Reader Opinion
Longer sentences to discourage offending sound sensible, but it takes more than longer sentences to reduce crime. More >>
‘Duynhoven Debarcle’ Undermines Confidence
Monday, 18 August 2003, 11:04 am | Scoop Reader Opinion
As if New Zealanders weren't cynical enough about Parliament, we now have proof positive that this government believes it is above the law. The Duynhoven debacle is a further nail in the coffin of Parliament's credibility. More >>
Scoop: Weekend Ratings
Monday, 18 August 2003, 10:49 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
The weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Scoop Audience Responds4: Want US Warships In NZ?
Friday, 15 August 2003, 6:51 pm | Scoop Feedback
The response by A. McLellan - France, to the feedback on the question of "Do we want U.S. Warships in NZ?" is both illuminating and indicative of the gulf that exists between people's ideological viewpoints. More >>
Right To Life: Euthanasia
Friday, 15 August 2003, 6:31 pm | Scoop Reader Opinion
The results of a recent TV3 NFO poll on euthanasia are challenged. Advocates of the defeated Death with Dignity Bill claim that a TV3 NFO poll of 1000 voters found 69 per cent thought the law should be changed to give people the right to die. More >>
Scoop Audience Responds3: Want US Warships In NZ?
Friday, 15 August 2003, 1:05 pm | Scoop Feedback
For Mirek Marcanik to say "New Zealand is not only weak in its ability to respond effectively to any threat to its interests, but is apparently committed to a policy of appeasement rather than defiance" makes no sense in this case. More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings
Friday, 15 August 2003, 11:07 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Scoop Audience Responds 2: Want US Warships In NZ?
Friday, 15 August 2003, 10:50 am | Scoop Feedback
Feedback on the US warshits was interesting. Essentially, I agree with all the No's, especially the colourfully honest views of Frank 'Frank' Martin. The strong yes's sound more like screeching lobsters. Max Bradfords idiomatic brilliance, "securing ... More >>
ARC is a Disgrace: Many Councillors should resign
Friday, 15 August 2003, 8:40 am | Scoop Reader Opinion
This is not just a recent occurrence, I have now been participating in this ridiculous ARC rates saga since March of this year when ARC Councillors Philip Sherry and Ian Bradley first presented the ARC Draft Annual Plan at a Castor Bay Ratepayers Meeting ... More >>
Link: Could the Next US Election Could Be Stolen?
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 11:30 am | Scoop Link
DEMOCRACY NOW WITH AMY GOODMAN Could the Next Election Could Be Stolen at the Ballot Box? A Look at the Electronic Voting Machine Controversy Wednesday, August 13th, 2003 FROM: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1535236 More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 10:04 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Scoop Feedback: Do We Want U.S. Ships In NZ?
Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 1:05 pm | Scoop Feedback
Max Bradford: "Yes, US warships should be allowed to visit NZ harbours. They do more for securing world security than the biased rendition of the role of the US set out in your so-called word picture...I haven't seen anything so biased and self-serving ... More >>
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings
Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 9:09 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings
Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 9:25 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
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Scoop: Weekend Ratings
Monday, 11 August 2003, 9:30 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
The weekend’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease? Q&As
Friday, 8 August 2003, 8:49 am | The Scoop Editor
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a rare fatal brain disorder which was first recognised more than 70 years ago. There is no effective treatment and no reliable test to predict the disease. Approximately 85 percent of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease illnesses occur ... More >>
Re: Harry Duynhoven - part II
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 2:36 pm | Scoop Reader Opinion
The proposed Bill to appoint Harry Duynhoven to Parliament is unique in our Constitutional history. Never before has the executive sought to usurp the proper role of the people and appoint a Member of Parliament. In any other parliamentary democracy an MP who ... More >>
