Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 19 March 2007

Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 8:47 am
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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...

1: The Other Israel: The Malaise

The Other Israel

"The weakness of Abu Mazen" has become proverbial immediately when Mahmoud Abbas (his official name) assumed the Palestinian presidency, as was before "The Terrorism of Yasser Arafat", each expressing that "Israel has 'no partner' on the Palestinian ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00310.htm

New Zealand Government

Minister of Conservation Chris Carter is praising all the agencies involved in managing the Mt Ruapehu lahar today. “I am delighted with the way things have gone today on Mt Ruapehu”, said Mr Carter.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00346.htm

Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar

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I believe that in every war, truth is the first casualty; and as such is usually reported long after the war is finished, and even then only as a foot note.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00303.htm

Agenda

Green MP Sue Bradford's anti smacking bill is expected to pass into law, but last minute stalling tactics by her opponents this week succeeded in delaying the vote. The controversial bill would make it illegal for parents to use any kind of physical ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00293.htm

United Future NZ Party

United Future MP Gordon Copeland today expressed his dismay at the misleading nature of an information sheet which is being circulated by Labour MPs in reply to correspondence on Sue Bradford’s ‘Anti-Parental-Correction Bill’.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00370.htm

Project Humanbeingsfirst

It is with much sadness and disheartedness that I draw your kind attention to Project Humanbeingsfirst's analysis of Israel-Palestine festering blot on humanity at http://www.humanbeingsfirst.org, article "The endless trail of red herrings" (http://humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2007/03/endless-red-herrings.html).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00341.htm

New Zealand Government

The appointment of four Members to the new Weathertight Homes Tribunal heralds another milestone as the Government moves to get better outcomes for those affected by leaky homes, Ministers Mark Burton, Rick Barker and Clayton Cosgrove said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00367.htm

Coalition Against Nanny State's Anti-Smacking Law

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people." Abraham Lincoln once used these golden words to describe the purpose of politicians in a free society. Yet with polls now showing over 80% of New Zealanders in opposition to Sue Bradford's ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00226.htm

Karim Sahai

On the evenings of March 16 – 18, the WOMAD festival returned to New Plymouth. Scoop contributor Karim Sahai was there to capture the World of Music and Dance in photography.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00322.htm

United Nations

Sudanese Government forces, allied Janjaweed militias and rebel groups are guilty of serious human rights abuses and violations of international law in Darfur, where murders, rapes, acts of torture and arbitrary arrest occur with chilling frequency, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00345.htm

New Zealand Defence Force

The NZDF is set to send up to three helicopters with 32 crew and support staff to further assist with stability operations in the troubled nation of Timor Leste.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00227.htm

SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ

Soil & Health wants a ban on seed imports of alfalfa, soy, corn & maize, as well as GE foodstuffs, from the USA and other GE producing countries, following shonky environmental and food safety appraisals by overseas agencies coming to light.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0703/S00325.htm

Global Research

The Pentagon has released a 26 page transcript of the "confession" of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (pdf) who is now being presented to World public opinion as the mastermind and architect of the September 11, 2001 attacks. This "confession" was read (in his ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00316.htm

United Nations

Responding to the emergence of a claimed new cure for AIDS in the Gambia, the main United Nations agencies dealing with the pandemic today issued a call for ‘evidence-based’ responses to the disease.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00343.htm

Auckland Regional Council

High-calibre Aucklanders have stepped forward to steer the region’s strategic transport planning, Regional Land Transport Committee chairman Joel Cayford says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0703/S00225.htm

Richard S. Ehrlich

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Six months after the military grabbed power in a bloodless coup, Thailand faces a worsening Islamist insurgency, a plunging economy, fears of more Bangkok bomb blasts, and widespread despair.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00315.htm

The Maori Party

In 1962 a television show was launched about a futuristic family, who lived on planet Earth but liked to go on vacation to Venus.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00351.htm

New Zealand Government

Nine people have been awarded $63,000 in fellowships to travel overseas to conduct intensive investigative research, Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Luamanuvao Winnie Laban announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00361.htm

Uri Avnery

NOT ONLY the Palestinians must be breathing a deep sigh of relief after the swearing in of the Palestinian National Unity Government. We Israelis have good reason to do the same.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00311.htm

Green Party

Green Party Spokesperson on Waste Issues Nandor Tanczos is hailing an attempt by lighting manufacturers and distributors to find an environmental way of disposing of lights containing mercury.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00373.htm

New Zealand Government

Domestic airline passengers who have been "bumped" off flights due to overbooking by airlines or been delayed can seek compensation from the airline says Consumer Affairs Minister Judith Tizard.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00366.htm

New Zealand National Party

Speech to NZ-Europe Business Council Seminar: In the 50 years that have passed since the Treaty of Rome, we have seen a great coming-together of the peoples and institutions of Europe. Today I want to make some reflections on Europe and New Zealand. But first ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00369.htm

Auckland University

New research from the universities of Auckland, Oxford, Durham and Adelaide suggests the origin of the pigs carried into the Pacific region by Polynesian ancestors can be traced back to ancient pig populations in mainland Southeast Asia, and not back ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0703/S00224.htm

Australian Defence Force

Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules Aircraft Conducts Emergency Landing With Prime Minister And Chief Of Defence Force On Board
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00349.htm

Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers of New Zealand President Charlie Pedersen has been admitted to Palmerston North hospital.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0703/S00323.htm

Ghali Hassan

New Zealand prides itself on human rights, social compassion and political “neutrality”. Moreover, New Zealanders pride themselves on being “peace loving” people. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. These images are a distortion of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00313.htm

Peter Rost M.D.

Dear Jeff, You made $11 million last year, you just fired 10,000 employees, and you got a 36% raise this year. And that's the problem. You can't cut back and fire ten thousand hardworking people, ask the remaining employees for sacrifices, and then ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00305.htm

SAFE

The seriousness of the allegations against Wellington Zoo, revealed yesterday by the Sunday Star Times, can not be fobbed off or dismissed says animal advocacy group SAFE. SAFE received the allegations (below) from an inside source. The groups says ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00222.htm

New Zealand First Party

The next expensive confrontation between district health boards and health professionals looks set to be between DHBs and pharmacists, says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00365.htm

Scoop Video

Scoop Video: AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Global Peace and Justice Auckland organised a protest on Saturday as part of an International Day of Action calling for all foreign troops to be withdrawn from Iraq and Afghanistan. The international day of action ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00291.htm

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