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1: Burma:
Monks Demand Deaths, Disappearances
Inquiry
Terry EvansIn a statement released yesterday, the All-Burmese Monks Alliance (ABMA) called for an investigation into the fate of monks who remain unaccounted for since the September protests.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01229.htm
2:
CUE
TV is Freeview's tenth TV channel
FreeViewFreeview is pleased to announce that CUE TV will this week become the tenth television channel to join the free-to-air digital satellite service at channel number 23.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00572.htm
3:
Elizabeth
Marvelly to tour with Paul Potts
Skip InkAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingNew Zealand's stunning new international star ELIZABETH MARVELLY has been signed to tour with Britain's Got Talent opera phenomenon PAUL POTTS.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0711/S00365.htm
4:
Insecticide-Treated
Bed Nets Reduce Malaria
VOA NewsThe Geneva-based Global Fund says it has delivered 46 million insecticide-treated bed nets to families in malaria zones, a 155 percent increase over last year's result of 18 million.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01188.htm
5:
Emma
Agnew: a future leader lost
New Zealand GovernmentDisability Issues Minister Ruth Dyson today paid tribute to Emma Agnew, and offered her sincere condolences to Emma’s family and friends.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00556.htm
6:
American
Red Cross CEO Mark W. Everson Resigns
American Red CrossThe American Red Cross announced today that its Board of Governors asked for and received the resignation of President and CEO Mark W. Everson, effective immediately. Concurrently, the Board appointed Mary S. Elcano, General Counsel, as interim President ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01237.htm
7:
Safety
Training For Local Afghanistan
Journalists
IFEXCoping with kidnapping. Passage through checkpoints. Hostile crowd situations. These are just some of the aspects the International News Safety Institute (INSI) covered this month in its first-ever safety training to Afghan journalists working in dangerous ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01228.htm
8:
Lingerie
by Far the Most Desirable Gift this
Xmas
Bendon New ZealandWhether she’s been naughty or nice, it has been revealed that lingerie is top of most Kiwi women’s Christmas wish lists, in a recent Bendon Desirability Survey [The Bendon Desirability Survey ran between 6 August – 24 August 2007 on the Bendon ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00575.htm
10:
Concert
Tour Of East Timor Draws To A Close
Australian Defence ForceA group of Australian entertainers have successfully completed a concert tour for deployed forces in Timor-Leste. The tour ended with a concert this evening in Dili, before an audience of Defence Force members from Australia and NZ, and the Australian ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01219.htm
11:
ADB
Continues Support for Good Governance
Asian Development BankThe Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Country Operations Business Plan for Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) 2007-2009 reaffirms ADB’s commitment to supporting good governance, inclusive social development and sustained private sector-led economic ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01160.htm
12:
Burma:
UK Foreign Office Amends Travel
Advice
UK GovernmentThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office has today amended its Travel Advice for Burma. In light of the stabilising security situation we no longer advise against all but essential travel, however we still include factual information on the present situation, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01181.htm
13:
Top
Scoop Stories - 27 November 2007 News
Summary
The Scoop EditorKids & Poor Health / Brownlee / Japan & New Zealand Trade / Record Oil Production / Sir Peter Blake Trust / Protein Technology / Assisted Reproductive Procedures / Sudan: Peace & War / Moscow & US Missile Defense / Australia & Kyoto / Annapolis.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00413.htm
14:
Moscow
Ready For Dialogue On US Missile
Defense
VOA NewsFirst Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told the Russian News Service Radio station Monday that Moscow has received written proposals from the United States on the missile defense shield.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01091.htm
15:
European
Union And China - A Global
Partnership
European UnionThe 10th annual EU-China Summit will take place on 28 November in Beijing. The European Commission will be represented by President José Manuel Barroso and Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, as well as Joaquin Almunia, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01178.htm
16:
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Top 30 Daily Ratings 27 November 2007
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00414.htm
17:
Pike
River Coal Announces New Coal Transport
Route
Pike River CoalPike River Coal Limited has today announced it will transport its premium hard coking coal by rail to Lyttelton, Christchurch for export under a new agreement signed with Solid Energy NZ Limited (Solid Energy).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00568.htm
18:
Helen
Clark Berlin Speech: Sustainable
Development
New Zealand GovernmentTuesday 27 November 2007 Rt Hon Helen Clark Prime Minister Address at 7th Annual Conference of the German Council for Sustainable Development Berlin Congress Centre Alexanderstrasse
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00552.htm
19:
Catching
a computer virus is easy…so too is
HIV
AIDS FoundationA new computer virus is spreading throughout New Zealand like wildfire, but it's not what you'd expect. It's actually an ingenious hoax created by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation to demonstrate just how easy it is to become infected with HIV if ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0711/S00145.htm
20:
Iraqi
AP Photographer Held By U.S. To Be
Charged
IFEXBilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen who worked as a freelance photographer for AP in Ramadi and Fallujah, has been detained since 12 April 2006. He has not yet been charged or put on trial. As early as this week, the military plans to submit a complaint ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01227.htm
21:
U.S.
Statement Against Violence In Sucre,
Bolivia
US State DepartmentWe deplore the violence in Sucre, Bolivia that claimed at least three lives during the weekend of November 23, stemming from Constituent Assembly deliberations on Bolivia's proposed new constitution. Democratic governments have the responsibility to protect ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01156.htm
22:
Amnesty
International appoints new CEO
Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International in New Zealand is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Holmes.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00457.htm
23:
Great
Value & Great Views At New Hamilton
Hotel
Accor Hotels and ResortsHamilton's brand new Hotel Ibis Tainui Hamilton will be opened on 10 December, with an official ceremony attended by Maori King Kiingi Tuheitia, Hamilton Mayor Bob Simcock and David Baffsky AO Chairman Accor Asia Pacific.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00584.htm
24:
Stem
Cell Scientist On Track To
Breakthrough
Buchan ConsultingStem cell scientists are developing a novel approach to slow or possibly prevent the cognitive decline that typically occurs with advancing age.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0711/S00144.htm
25:
Hydrogen
Economy: Renewable Energy & The
Future
US State DepartmentWe hope, similarly, to accelerate sharply the market adoption of clean, alternative, and renewable energy through our deliberations at the ministerial meeting March 4-6, 2008 of the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference, or WIREC.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01204.htm
26:
Patu!
Historic Nz Doco Screening
CutCutCutPATU! (NZ 1983) "A major documentary of our time" 8:30pm, Fri most controversial, and the most contested, event in recent New Zealand history was the 1981 South African rugby tour. Half the country was opposed to the tour, the establishment was determined ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00462.htm
27:
UN
Relief Official Visits Ethiopia's Ogaden
Region
United NationsThe United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator arrived in Ethiopia today to visit the strife-torn Ogaden region where over 640,000 people are in urgent need of food, water, medical supplies and other assistance
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01193.htm
28:
Security
Council Delegation Arrives In East
Timor
United NationsThe mission said the visit would underscore the international community's commitment to the stabilization and development of Timor-Leste and the need for ongoing support to bilateral and international partners aiding Timorese efforts towards self-reliance.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01196.htm
29:
Aspartame
Research Needed, Not Coca-Cola Soft
Sell
Soil and Health AssociationThe Soil & Health Association is calling for open and independent research into how widespread the effects of the artificial sweetener aspartame are on the health and well-being of New Zealanders, following last week's admission by the Ministry ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00444.htm
30:
Burma:
Arrests Of Activists Continue Two Months
On
Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International condemns the new arrests of political activists inside Myanmar, despite the commitment by Prime Minister Thein Sein to the UN Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari in early November that no more arrests would be carried out.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01240.htm
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