Today's Top Scoops - 09 July 2008
Justice: Witness Protection Fails To Protect Public
Political Columns: Robson Has Hearty Law And Order
Debate
Religion:
Call For Incineration Of Blasphemy Law
Gordon
Campbell: John Key, personality politics and the
Immigration Bill
Scoop
Satire: Lyndon Hood's Protest Briefs
Health
Policy: ACT Backs Docs' Call For Wide Maternity
Inquiry
Scoop
Multimedia: PM'S Post Cabinet Presser - Monday, 7 July
2008
Ornithology: Single Green Female Seeks Love
Malware:
Consumer Becomes The Consumed
Commerce:
Bright Ideas For The Electricity Market
Troubled
Province: Indo Doublespeak Distorts Brutal Truth In
West Papua
Food
Crisis: UN Urges Boost Investment In Agriculture To
Reduce Global Hunger
Grave
Concern: Full Text Of Group of Eight Leaders' Statement
On Zimbabwe
Virtual
Disaster: Simulated Nuclear Accident To Be Staged In
Mexico
Suzan Mazur E-Book In Six Parts: Evo Exposé - M. Pigliucci & M. Piattelli-Palmarini (Part 3)
Charity:
Consoles Now Come In Dan Carter, Crusty Demon
Flavours
Wackiness: Ginger Nut Jumping In To Record
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LEAD STORY
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Justice: Witness Protection Fails To Protect
Public - Police and Probation and Services,
said today they have acknowledged and responded to
recommendations of the Ministerial Inquiry report on the
death of Nelson woman Debbie Marie Ashton in December 2006.
Ms Ashton died on the 6th of December 2006 following a
collision with a vehicle driven by an offender on the Police
Witness Protection Programme. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Report into the death of Debbie Ashton Released [2]
- NZ Govt - Debbie Ashton report [3]
- National - Corrections and Police under fire again [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00121.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00182.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00185.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00183.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Political Columns: Robson Has Hearty Law And Order
Debate - I was delighted with all the reader
comment on my piece on crime and what to do about it last
week. Debate and discussion, with reference to facts , on
this important subject is what is needed More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00125.htm
Religion:
Call For Incineration Of Blasphemy Law - From
July 8th blasphemy will no longer be a crime in Britain. The
NZ Association of Rationalists and Humanists recommends that
New Zealand follows Britain's example by removing of the
crime of blasphemous libel from its law books. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00123.htm
Gordon
Campbell: John Key, personality politics and the
Immigration Bill - Some of the more excited
posts on my last column queried whether I lacked the
fortitude to accuse John Key of corruption over his use of
Parliamentary questions on Tranzrail. Also: Will this
Immigration Bill be an albatross around Labour's neck? More
>> [1]
Scoop
Satire: Lyndon Hood's Protest Briefs - In
a General Election held over the weekend, the Protesting
Truck Drivers achieved a landslide victory. "We weren't
supposed to have an election for a while yet," explained New
Zealand today, "but I suppose we all just got caught up in
the general enthusiasm of it all. Trucks are cool! Honk
honk!" More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00067.htm
Health
Policy: ACT Backs Docs' Call For Wide Maternity
Inquiry - ACT Health Spokesman and
Wellington-based MP Heather Roy today put her support behind
doctors calling for the Government's review of maternity
services to be extended into a wider inquiry, and said that
Wellington is not the only region in crisis. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00168.htm
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
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00063.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Ornithology: Single Green Female Seeks Love
- A blind date with one of six eligible
bachelors awaits a young female takahe when she is released
onto Mana Island today. The seven-month-old bird, named Moa,
will be paired with a single male on the island in the hope
that they'll eventually breed. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0807/S00016.htm
Malware:
Consumer Becomes The Consumed - Consumer NZ is
warning other website operators to be vigilant -
particularly those using SQL databases - after its website
was attacked at the weekend. Late on Saturday night the site
was subject to a SQL injection attack in the form of an
automated worm that exposed visitors to the site to a Trojan
virus. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00158.htm
Commerce:
Bright Ideas For The Electricity Market -
Retail competition and prices, energy affordability and how
electricity generators are paid are some of the key focus
areas of an Electricity Commission report into the operation
of the electricity market. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00155.htm
WORLD
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Troubled
Province: Indo Doublespeak Distorts Brutal Truth In
West Papua - Indonesia's foreign minister
Hassan Wirajuda has defended his government's policy of
restricting access by foreign journalists and human rights
monitors to the troubled province of Papua by saying "We
simply want the people to have a peaceful life." More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00242.htm
Food
Crisis: UN Urges Boost Investment In Agriculture To
Reduce Global Hunger - The United Nations
agencies working to alleviate global hunger have called for
decisive action by the Group of Eight (G-8) most
industrialized countries, currently meeting in Japan, to
boost investment in agriculture to help feed the world's
hungry. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00235.htm
Grave
Concern: Full Text Of Group of Eight Leaders' Statement
On Zimbabwe - "We expressed our grave concern
about the situation in Zimbabwe. We deplore the fact that
the Zimbabwean authorities pressed ahead with the
presidential election despite the absence of appropriate
conditions for free and fair voting as a result of their
systematic violence, obstruction and intimidation." -- G8
Leaders, Hokkaido Toyako Summit, Japan, 2008. More
>> [1]
UNITED NATIONS
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00236.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00233.htm
Virtual
Disaster: Simulated Nuclear Accident To Be Staged In
Mexico - "The IAEA says the exercise will
provide an opportunity to identify shortcomings in the
national and international emergency systems to a potential
radiological emergency, and that the agency's Incident and
Emergency Centre will work around the clock." -- United
Nations. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00228.htm
COMMENT
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Suzan
Mazur E-Book In Six Parts: - (1). An
Exposé Of The Evolution Industry [1] , (2) Will
the Real Theory of Evolution Please Stand Up? [2] , (3)
Evo
Exposé: M. Pigliucci & M. Piattelli-Palmarini [3] [More
Coming]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00057.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00057.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00071.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Charity:
Consoles Now Come In Dan Carter, Crusty Demon
Flavours - Kiwi first five Dan Carter and
adrenalin junkies' Crusty Demons go head-to-head on Trade Me
this week. Images of the celebs feature on custom-designed
Xbox 360® consoles which are being auctioned for charity.
More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00081.htm
Wackiness: Ginger Nut Jumping In To Record
Books - Mike Heard, long suffering ginga and
Bungy Jumping nut, will attempt to jump into the Guinness
World Records from 6am, Friday 15 August under the Auckland
Harbour Bridge from the AJ Hackett Bungy Pod. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00077.htm
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