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Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest 27 April 2007

Friday, 27 April 2007, 2:07 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

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SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:
Antiquities: Mazur - Italy's List Of Ancient Treasures At Cleveland
Economy: Keith Rankin On How High Interest Rates Encourage Housing Speculation
American Coup:Michael Collins: Did Bush Commit Election Fraud?
American Coup: The GOP's Cyber Election Hit Squad
Karl Rove: Rove Investigator Himself Under Investigation
US Attorneys: Gonzales Testifies - Bernard Weiner Looks Inside His Diary
Impeachment: US Rep. Dennis Kucinich's Articles Of Impeachment For Dick Cheney
Nigeria: Akanimo Sampson Reports On Nigeria's Disputed Polls
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LATEST PALESTINE/ISRAEL COMMENT:
LATEST IRAQ WAR COMMENT:
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Antiquities: Mazur - Italy's List Of Ancient Treasures At Cleveland

- Cleveland Museum representatives met in Rome on Friday with Italy’s ministry of culture to discuss a list of dozens -- yes dozens -- of pieces of Italy’s cultural patrimony now part of the museum’s hoard. Topping the list is the fabulous ex-Hunt collection Medea calyx krater, 400 bc, first identified on these pages as looted Italian art [see.. Scoop: Cleveland's Got Prized South Italian Medea Vase [1] & Scoop: Italy Will Contest Medea Vase At Cleveland Museum [2] ] – the vase former Boston Museum of Fine Arts curator Cornelius Vermeule told me he’d “kill for” around the time of the 1990 Hunt-Sotheby’s auction. More >> [3]


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Economy: Keith Rankin On How High Interest Rates Encourage Housing Speculation

- There has been a lot of misinformation about what has been driving the New Zealand housing market since 2004. It's time to look at the fundamentals of that market, to see what putative causes of the extended bubble can be dismissed, and to see why the housing market cannot settle under present conditions. More >> [1] MORE:

  • Keith Rankin - The Current State Of The New Zealand Economy [2]


    • [1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00415.htm
    [2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00349.htm


    American Coup:Michael Collins: Did Bush Commit Election Fraud?

    - There is sufficient evidence in the public domain to strongly suspect that Bush committed election fraud in the handling of the U.S. Attorney firings. Before examining the evidence, it’s important to know the difference between the contrived construct ... More >> [1]


    [1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00350.htm


    American Coup: The GOP's Cyber Election Hit Squad

    - Did the most powerful Republicans in America have the computer capacity, software skills and electronic infrastructure in place on Election Night 2004 to tamper with the Ohio results to ensure George W. Bush's re-election? More >> [1] MORE AMERICAN COUP:

  • Bradblog.com - 1 in 4 Votes Recorded Incorrectly In OH 2006 [2]
  • John Gideon - Daily Voting News For April 24, 2007 [3] , April 23, 2007 [4] , April 22, 2007 [5] , April 20, 2007 [6] & April 19, 2007 [7]


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    Karl Rove: Rove Investigator Himself Under Investigation

    - A federal investigation into the political activities of Karl Rove, announced late Monday, is being headed by a Bush appointee who is currently the target of an internal White House probe - calling into question the integrity of the administration's efforts ... More >> [1] MORE:

  • Matt Renner - White House Wants First Crack at RNC Emails [2]


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    [2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00384.htm


    US Attorneys: Gonzales Testifies - Bernard Weiner Looks Inside His Diary

    - Dear Diary: God, that was humiliating! I've never taken a dive before, and it showed. I was sweating like a pig as those senators used me like a punching bag. More >> [1] MORE COMMENT ON GONZALES TESTIMONY:

  • Jason Leopold - Gonzales Can't Recall Meetings That Led to Firings [2]
  • Elizabeth de la Vega - The Problem With Alberto [3]
  • William Rivers Pitt - What Gonzales Really Told Us [4]
  • David Swanson - Putting the Gone in Gonzales? [5]
  • Robert Parry - Gonzales & the "Mayberry Machiavellis" [6]
  • Bradblog.Com - The Underlying Crime: USA Interference In Missouri [7]
    • LATEST US ATTORNEYS NEWSLINKS:
  • Truthout Links: US Attorneys: Special Counsel to Probe Karl Rove [8]
  • Truthout Links - US Attorneys: Gonzales – The Testimony & The Fallout [9]


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    Impeachment: US Rep. Dennis Kucinich's Articles Of Impeachment For Dick Cheney

    (APN) ATLANTA – US Rep. Kucinich (D-OH) is about to unveil Articles of Impeachment against Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney at a press conference tomorrow, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Both Kucinich’s Campaign and Congressional Offices have ... More >> [1] MORE:

  • Atlanta Progressive News - Full Text: Articles of Impeachment of Dick Cheney [2]
  • afterdowningstreet.org - Vermont Senate Approves Impeachment Resolution [3]


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    Nigeria: Akanimo Sampson Reports On Nigeria's Disputed Polls

    - THE Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (IHRHL) working in partnership with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), with offices in Washington, DC United States of America (USA) and Abuja, Nigeria, have made public their report on the April 21 polls in Nigeria MORE:

  • Nigeria: Labour Party Frowns Over Conduct Of Polls [1]
  • Bioenergy Could Drive Rural Development - FAO [2]
  • Nigeria: Dokubo-Asari's Wife Speaks [3]
  • Nigeria: AC Petitions Abuja Over Rivers Election [4]
  • Nigeria: Fresh Storm Over Dokubo-Asari [5]
  • Nigeria: Militants Brace For War In Rivers [6]
  • Nigeria: AC Sets For Tribunal In Bayelsa [7]


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