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1:
Nigeria:
Militants' Fresh Terms For Cease-Fire
Akanimo SampsonPROSPECTS for an enduring cease-fire in the Niger Delta, Nigeria’s main oil and gas region, are currently not appearing very positive. The armed militias are saying that they will remain undaunted in their armed confrontation unless government meet ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00144.htm
2:
Sam
Smith: Why Don Imus Shouldn't Be
Fired
Sam SmithAL SHARPTON and others who want to dump Don Imus for saying something ethnically rotten about black women - heretofore considered the exclusive province of black men, especially comedians and movie makers - suggests that they haven't been watching ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00143.htm
3:
NZ
climate change impacts &
vulnerability
NIWAAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingWater security, natural ecosystems, and coastal communities are the three sectors most vulnerable to climate change in New Zealand, according to an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report finalised in Brussels last Friday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0704/S00019.htm
4:
The
Pot Toll on Easter Roads
Candor TrustThe Sunday News yesterday exposed the unique impotence of NZ Police under current traffic safety laws relating to intoxicated drivers, and it's worthy of a chapter in 'Alice in Wonderland,' says Candor Spokeswoman Rachael Ford.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00120.htm
5:
Autism:
"A Serious Public Health Problem"
Guest OpinionThe article about autism, No Know Cause, No Cure by Jennifer Chancellor in the Tulsa World on April 1 got my attention. It wasn’t because we were again told that no one knows for sure why one in every 150 U.S. kids is now autistic, or that experts ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00150.htm
6:
IPCC
Report slammed as “dangerous
nonsense"
New Zealand Climate Science Coalition“Dangerous unscientific nonsense” and “lacking in scientific rigour” are descriptions by two scientist members of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition of the latest report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0704/S00023.htm
7:
ACC
Ads don't have Kiwis "Covered"
ACT New ZealandACC's $5 million "pat on the back" has come back to bite it with a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority being upheld and ACC required to pull its "Covered" television advertisements in their present form says ACT Deputy Leader Heather Roy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00161.htm
8:
Report
identifies NZ's climate change hot
spots
New Zealand GovernmentKey international research released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a vivid picture of how climate change will impact on New Zealand's natural and built environments.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00164.htm
9:
Review:
‘Negligent Neighbour'
Cameron WalkerIn this book, long time anti-nuclear and East Timor solidarity activist, Maire Leadbeater, draws largely on official declassified documents to paint a clear picture of the NZ state’s shocking role in backing Indonesia’s 24 year long occupation of East ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00163.htm
10:
Climate
change challenge for small Pacific
islands
MetServiceSmall islands, including those in the South Pacific, are already experiencing the effects of climate change, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0704/S00020.htm
11:
Bush
Spreads Guantanamo Gangrene Around
World
Sherwood RossJumah Al Dossari has been rotting in Guatanamo for five years now without ever having been charged of an offense. The prisoner believes “he has been condemned to live forever on an island where there is no law,” his lawyer says, adding, “He may ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00152.htm
12:
Nigeria:
Electoral Violence Looms - Police
Akanimo SampsonPROSPECTS for an enduring cease-fire in the Niger Delta, Nigeria’s main oil and gas region, are currently not appearing very positive. The armed militias are saying that they wilTHE Nigeria Police has warned of a looming electoral violence in the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00149.htm
13:
OECD
shows the way with carbon credits
NZ Forest Owners AssociationThe OECD's report on the country's environmental performance has echoed the forest industry's stance that carbon credits and liabilities should be owned by forest owners, not the government.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0704/S00147.htm
14:
Robert
Parry: Bush/Cheney Still Lie With
Abandon
Robert ParryWhat makes George W. Bush and Dick Cheney such extraordinary threats to the future of American democracy is their readiness to tell half-truths and outright lies consistently without any apparent fear of accountability.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00154.htm
15:
Goff
- Address to Nelson Chamber of
Commerce
New Zealand GovernmentPaul Mathieson, Mayor of Nelson, John Hurley, Mayor of Tasman, Craig Dennis, President of the Nelson Chambers of Commerce, Ladies and Gentlemen.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00170.htm
16:
Kiwi
Troops Prepare for Afghanistan
Deployment
New Zealand Defence ForceA new contingent of New Zealand troops will deploy to Afghanistan on Thursday to assist with security and reconstruction efforts in Bamyan province. The main body of the 122-strong contingent, led by Colonel Roger McElwain, will depart from Ohakea ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00126.htm
17:
Climate
change report exposes govt inaction
New Zealand National Party“The Government should be deeply embarrassed at the lack of action and policy in the wake of today’s major United Nations report on climate change”, says National’s Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00171.htm
18:
Accor
Goes Dancing With The Stars
Accor Hotels and ResortsViewers of the third season of the dazzling Dancing With The Stars television show, starting tonight on TV ONE, could be waltzing away with some fantastic accommodation prizes thanks to major sponsor Accor Hotels and Resorts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0704/S00149.htm
19:
Freeview
launch to usher in new broadcasting
era
FreeViewFrom Wednesday, 2nd May, New Zealanders will be able to watch their favourite programmes in crystal clear, high resolution, digital quality for free. The "switch-on" event is to be held at the Auckland Museum for invited guests, members of the broadcasting ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0704/S00140.htm
20:
Pringle:
Troops Continue to Die For Bush’s
Lies
Evelyn PringleOn May 1, 2003, in a spectacle televised worldwide, President George W Bush portrayed himself as a brave fighter pilot when he strutted across the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln to announce mission accomplished and an end to major combat operations in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00160.htm
21:
Michael
Collins: In Honor of the Easter
Rising
Michael CollinsThe will of the people, expressed through free and fair elections, should be the foundation of our country. Who willed that the president lie us into a war that creates rather than eliminates terrorists?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00161.htm
22:
Public
feedback on serious harm definition
sought
New Zealand GovernmentLabour Minister Ruth Dyson today announced the government is seeking public feedback on the definition of “serious harm” as stated in Schedule 1 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00172.htm
23:
Kelpie
Wilson: Detroit Should Thank the
Supremes
Kelpie WilsonOn Monday, the US Supreme Court, in Massachusetts v. EPA, produced what some are calling its most important environmental ruling in a generation, telling the EPA that unless it determines that global warming causes no harm, it must begin regulating ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00145.htm
24:
Climate
Change Has Dire Health Implications
Public Health AssociationIncreases in illness and death from dengue fever, injuries, and heat stress are some of the implications of climate change, warns the Public Health Association (PHA).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0704/S00038.htm
25:
Fisher: House Tackles "Femicide" in Latin
America
William FisherWhile headlines in the mainstream media front-page such controversies as Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Syria and lawmakers' standoff with the White House on timelines for American withdrawal from Iraq, the more mundane - but arguably no less important ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00157.htm
26:
Govt
bill designed to screw the scrum
New Zealand National PartyNational will oppose Labour’s election funding proposals designed to bail them out of their illegal activities in the last election and give them an unfair advantage in the next, says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00160.htm
27:
The
anti-smacking Bill - exempting
"time-out"
United Future NZ PartyUnited Future MP Gordon Copeland today released the text in support of his amendment to Green MP Sue Bradford's Bill, which aims to ensure that parents who adopt good parenting practices such as "time-out" will not be criminalised.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00162.htm
28:
Doctors
write life-saving book
Monica and Gerry LewisIf there is a singular thing that nearly 80 years of combined medicine has taught husband and wife doctor team Monica and Gerry Lewis is that when it comes to cancer, the right kind of knowledge can save lives.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0704/S00036.htm
29:
Intel
Delivers Its Fastest Quad-Core
Processor
IntelIntel Corporation today advanced its enthusiast-level quad-core processor family with the introduction of the Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor QX6800, the company’s twelfth quad-core processor offering.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0704/S00145.htm
30:
"Human
Rights: Not Made in China"
Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International will launch its new campaign for "Human Rights Reform in China" on the 10th of April with a nation-wide 'Lion Declaration' tour, which aims to increase public awareness about human rights abuses occurring in the People's Republic of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00119.htm
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