Today's Top Scoops - 08 July 2008
Scoop Multimedia: PM'S Post Cabinet Presser - Monday, 7 July 2008
Poll
Issues: Foreshore And Seabed Is A Matter Of
Principle
Sport
& Rights: One Month Left To Improve China'S Human
Rights
Child
and Youth Issues: Thumbs Up For Defence Force
Teams
Primary
Health: Inquiry: Ambulance Services In Desperate
Situation
Business
Survey: NZIER 2Q Business Opinion Survey
Employment:
Businesses Adopting "Wait And See" Approach
Manufacturing:
Carbon Stored In Wood Products Needs Recognition
Tech
News: New Zealand Made Game Amongst First For
IPhone
Slow
It Down: UK Sets Out A New Approach To
Biofuels
UK
Agenda: Gordon Brown To Press For Action On Food Prices
At G8
New
Additions: Eight More New Sites Join UNESCO's World
Heritage List
UK
Trade & Investment: A Level Playing Field For Islamic
Finance
Movies: Talented Brit Director Lined Up For Victorious Cinema
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>Scoop Multimedia: PM'S Post Cabinet
Presser - Monday, 7 July 2008 - Scoop
Multimedia: The Prime Minister Helen Clark faced questions
about Labour lagging well behind in the political polls. She
was also questioned about Asian Anti-Crime organiser Mr
Peter Low's warning that Triads may provide security to
south and east Auckland communities. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00063.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Poll
Issues: Foreshore And Seabed Is A Matter Of
Principle - Labour's desperation at their poor
poll results is obvious from complaints by the Minister of
Maori Affairs that, in his view, the Maori Party is a
one-ticket party. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00158.htm
Sport
& Rights: One Month Left To Improve China'S Human
Rights - A month before the opening of the
Olympics Amnesty International has today sent an open letter
to Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China,
urging him to deliver on the promises made to improve the
country's human rights. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00113.htm
Child
and Youth Issues: Thumbs Up For Defence Force
Teams - Three teams from the New Zealand
Defence Force (NZDF) will be practicing their hitchhiking
skills over the next few months in preparation for a major
fundraiser for Cure Kids, the Accor Queenstown $10
Challenge, from 1-3 October. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00112.htm
Primary
Health: Inquiry: Ambulance Services In Desperate
Situation - New Zealand's ambulance service is
underfunded, under-staffed, lacks strategic direction,
regulatory oversight or national clinical standards, and
relies too heavily on volunteers, the Green Party's minority
report says. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00155.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Business
Survey: NZIER 2Q Business Opinion Survey -
The NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO) for 2Q
showed a net 64% of firms expect the economy to deteriorate
in the next six months, the same amount as in the previous
survey. Negative economic growth and elevated inflation were
the ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00146.htm
Employment:
Businesses Adopting "Wait And See" Approach -
July 8, 2008 - New Zealand businesses are indicating they
will be adopting a "wait and see" approach to hiring in the
six months to Christmas, according to a nationwide survey of
more than 1,969 employers published by Hudson today. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00144.htm
Manufacturing:
Carbon Stored In Wood Products Needs
Recognition - The proposal to recognise the
stored carbon content of wood products in Australia's
Emissions' Trading Scheme should be adopted in New Zealand,
according to NZ Wood's Geoff Henley. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00133.htm
Tech
News: New Zealand Made Game Amongst First For
IPhone - Wellington, New Zealand - July 7, 2008
- Wellington based developer David Frampton of Majic Jungle
Software has completed a new version of the popular Mac OS X
game 'Chopper' designed specifically for the iPhone. Chopper
is an action packed side-scrolling ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00132.htm
WORLD
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Slow
It Down: UK Sets Out A New Approach To
Biofuels - The UK's Transport Secretary Ruth
Kelly, and Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, today set out
a new approach to biofuels based on recommendations from the
Gallagher review, including that the introduction of
biofuels in the UK should be slowed down to take into
account emerging scientific evidence about their
sustainability. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00204.htm
UK
Agenda: Gordon Brown To Press For Action On Food Prices
At G8 - Gordon Brown is to use the G8 meeting
of world leaders to push for global action to deal with
rising food prices, by focussing on coping with increasing
demand, and addressing worldwide food waste. More
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MORE GORDON
- Brown Joins Outreach Working Session At G8 [2]
- Brown Meets Japanese PM Fukuda At G8 [3]
- Gordon Brown Pledges Concrete Action At G8 [4]
[1]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00190.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00192.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00191.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00181.htm
New
Additions: Eight More New Sites Join UNESCO's World
Heritage List - Eight new sites in places such
as Malaysia and Croatia have joined the UNESCO World
Heritage List. The additions mark the first time Papua New
Guinea had sites inscribed on the List. "Comprising over 100
hectares of swamps in southern Papua New Guinea some 1,500
metres above sea level, the Kuk Early Agricultural site has
been shown to be one which was worked continuously for at
least 7,000 - and possibly for as long as 10,000 - years."
More
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ALSO RECENTLY
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00219.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00182.htm
UK
Trade & Investment: A Level Playing Field For Islamic
Finance - The Islamic finance market is
currently estimated at $500 billion. UK Trade & Investment
CEO, Andrew Cahn, has strengthened the United Kingdom's
commitment to Shariah compliant banking at the World Islamic
Banking Conference being held in London this week. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00203.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Movies: Talented Brit Director Lined Up For Victorious
Cinema - Justin Chadwick, director of The Other
Boleyn Girl and the multi-award winning BBC production of
Bleak House, has announced his new project, Mark of the
Lion. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00068.htm
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