Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 11 May 2007

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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...

1: David Bain V The Queen - Privy Council Judgment

Privy Council

Privy Council Orders David Bain's appeal should be allowed, the convictions quashed and a retrial ordered. The appellant must remain in custody meanwhile. It states "a substantial miscarriage of justice has actually occurred."
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00225.htm

New Zealand Government

Attorney-General Michael Cullen said today Crown Law would carefully consider the judgment of the Privy Council as to what action would be taken.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0705/S00283.htm

Netguide

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New Zealand's Top Web Sites Named in 2007 People's Choice NetGuide Web Awards
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0705/S00028.htm

UK Government

I have come back here, to Sedgefield, to my constituency. Where my political journey began and where it is fitting it should end. Today I announce my decision to stand down from the leadership of the Labour Party. The Party will now select a new Leader. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0705/S00201.htm

William Fisher

The US war to bring democracy to Iraq has caused a large majority of Middle Eastern Arabs to reject any similar American campaigns in their countries.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00233.htm

LawFuel

Bain Appeal - Final Privy Council Case Slaps New Zealand Judiciary In The Face - Quashed Multiple Murder Convictions
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00190.htm

Spareroom.co.nz

If you think the word “redneck” applies to the US only, you might want to see this. Filmed in Waimate, South Canterbury, New Zealand and posted to YouTube by 21-year-old Chris from Queenstown, AKA Toerag135, it features a group of young men and women, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00224.htm

New Zealand Police

Police are seeking two Belgian men in their early twenties believed to be tourists in New Zealand, currently thought to be travelling the South Island in a rental vehicle.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00208.htm

United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne says the Privy Council ruling on the Bain case raises serious issues about the way in which criminal trials are conducted in New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0705/S00292.htm

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Summary: The David Project conspired with real estate agents and politicians to organize a campaign to deny the Boston Muslim community their 1st amendment rights to worship freely. This week, Jessica Masse, interfaith coordinator of the Islamic Society of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0705/S00149.htm

Office of the Clerk

1. BARBARA STEWART (NZ First) to the Associate Minister for Senior Citizens: Has he received any recent reports regarding the potential future use of microchip technology in the SuperGold card for seniors due for release in August?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0705/S00282.htm

Autonomous Workers Union

Criminal charges against ex-Subway worker and Autonomous Workers Union member Jackie Lang for sharing a diet coke at work were dropped this morning in the Dunedin District Court.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00174.htm

Andreas von Warburg

While the White House is still publicly supporting Paul Wolfowitz’ leadership at the World Bank, observers are speculating on possible successors for the bank top post. The selection process of the head of the Bretton Woods institutions, both the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00227.htm

Skip Ink

GREYMOUTH singer Steve Edwards couldn’t believe his luck when someone leaked his recording to BBC Radio and it became an overnight hit. The song, One By One from his Fish Out of Water album which he was recording in London, was handed to a Radio ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0705/S00122.htm

Catholic Communications

The Department of Corrections confirmed today that it has reviewed its earlier position that allowing Communion wine could not be taken into prisons in order to celebrate the Mass.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00211.htm

University of Otago

Obesity is the most important modifiable risk factor in the development of Type 2 diabetes. A team from the University of Otago, Wellington, led by Endocrinologist Dr Jeremy Krebs, is launching a $1.4 million Health Research Council funded study ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0705/S00086.htm

New Zealand First Party

An address by Rt Hon Winston to the Wellington Branch of the Institute of Financial Planners' Legal and Financial Forum on Thursday 10 May
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0705/S00287.htm

David Swanson

8:12 p.m. There are now 12 heroes in the House, up from 10 at the last Supplemental vote. At this rate we'll end the war this century for sure. The heroes are the two Republicans who voted No who we know oppose funding the war: Ron Paul and John Duncan, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00242.htm

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand's funky online "Pimp My Plane" promotion - which allowed punters to virtually decorate an A320 aircraft with everyone from bling and leopard-print to souped-up wings - last night won the best online ad campaign award at the 2007 ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0705/S00271.htm

LawFuel

The David Bain appeal against his conviction for multiple murders is to be delivered by the Privy Council tonight.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00189.htm

Sandeep Pandey

India is celebrating 9 years since it conducted it's first successful nuclear tests on 11 May 1998, ironically on Buddha Purnima. It has also recently concluded Nuclear deal with the US without realizing the trap it is falling into. This is not the first ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00230.htm

Vodafone

Vodafone has made New Zealand music history with an exciting new initiative to support NZ Music Month. As of today, ten thousand handsets will be available, preloaded with 130 songs from some of the best Kiwi artists - including previously unreleased music.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0705/S00259.htm

Netguide

Online community site SmileCity has been named Site of the Year in the 2007 People's Choice NetGuide Web Awards. "SmileCity is a great example of a community site," said NetGuide Editor Jorin Sievers. "By encouraging user feedback and participation and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0705/S00244.htm

New Zealand National Party

Long-suffering taxpayers will be pleased to hear that the opportunity was taken, during the most recent parliamentary recess, to install new television cameras and studio equipment in the chamber and some of the select committee rooms. The objective ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0705/S00298.htm

New Zealand Police

Police will wait to examine the detail of the Privy Council decision before deciding how to proceed in the Bain matter after the Privy Council referred the case back to New Zealand courts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00191.htm

MSN NZ

Auckland, New Zealand, 10 May 2007: MSN NZ has appointed media industry veteran Liz Fraser to lead the company as New Zealand Business Manager. Fraser, a former senior TVNZ programmer and sales manager, will further strengthen the position of msn.co.nz ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0705/S00239.htm

Fiji's Freedom Bloggers

Fiji's Freedom Bloggers have obtained credible information that the military has been pressuring FINTEL, the international telecommunication gateway, to block access within Fiji to our various blogs.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00243.htm

Green Party

The Green Party is renewing the call for an independent Criminal Appeals Review office following the Privy Council quashing of David Bain's convictions for the murder of his family.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0705/S00305.htm

APFA-Bhutan

As the third country settlement of the exiled Bhutanese in Nepal nears, the Bhutan government finalised its plan to evict another 80,000 southern Bhutanese of Nepali origin in the next few years.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00216.htm

David Swanson

On Thursday, May 10, 2007, Lawrence Wilkerson, speaking on National Public Radio, proposed impeaching President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00234.htm

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