Today's Top Scoops - 15 July 2008
Police: Hunt On For Snatched Child
Meaty Issues: Trade With Indonesia Cooking With Gas
Again
National TVNZ Policy: Labour And Paul Norris Wrong Says
Coleman
International
Law: Military Lawyer Off For Geneva
Convention
Road User Charges: Recent Bitter Enemies Agree To
Review
Goodbye Kiwi Ingenuity: Brownlee Doubts Kiwis Capable
Of Building Trains
TV3
Video: Peters Issues Warning To Newspaper
Editor
Scoop
News: Aucklanders Sign-Up To Protest Human Rights
Abuses
Rising Prices: Food Becomes Luxury Item
Science:
Record Research Investment
Fashionable Auckland? NBA Wants Rodney To Hide Garish
Jacket
Apprenticeships: WorldSkills Engineering hopefuls
compete at UCOL
Crimes
Against Humanity : ICC Seeks Arrest Of Sudanese
President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir
Power
Broker: President Bush Moves On Outer Continental Shelf
Oil Exploration
Sunscreen
Products: Facts & Claims - What Matters For
Consumers?
Financial
Markets: U.S. Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Get Thrown A Lifeline
Michael Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny - Part
1
Uri Avnery: Why Not?
Opera: Gingerbread Terror Strikes New Zealand
Kiwi Pride: Lovelock's World Record Anniversaries
http://www.scoop.co.nz/myscoop/signin.html
IF YOU HAVE LOST YOUR PASSWORD
http://www.scoop.co.nz/myscoop/newpass.html
LEAD STORY
------------
Police: Hunt On For
Snatched Child - 'Our Number One priority is to
get this little girl back to her parents,' Detective
Inspector Steve Wood, of Waitemata District CIB said this
morning. 'We do have concerns for the safety of this young
girl,' he said. A large team of police have been working
through the night in their ongoing investigation into the
abduction yesterday of five and half year old Cina Ma aka
known as 'Shing Shing'. Police call on anyone who has seen
any suspicious vehicle activity in the streets within
Harrowglen in recent days -- or anyone with information on
the whereabouts of this missing girl -- to contact the North
Shore CIB urgently.More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00138.htm
NZ POLITICS
------------
Meaty Issues: Trade With Indonesia Cooking With Gas
Again - A Trade Minister Phil Goff announced
today that Indonesia has lifted a temporary suspension of
New Zealand meat imports which was put in place last week
due to Indonesia concerns over labelling and halal
certification. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00261.htm
National TVNZ Policy: Labour And Paul Norris Wrong Says
Coleman - National Party Broadcasting spokesman
Jonathan Coleman says claims from Labour and Christchurch
Polytech Broadcasting School head Paul Norris that National
intends selling TVNZ are wrong. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00249.htm
International
Law: Military Lawyer Off For Geneva
Convention - Centre for Defence Studies
lecturer Captain Jane Derbyshire has been chosen to attend
an advanced training course in international humanitarian
law in Geneva, Switzerland. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0807/S00043.htm
Road User Charges: Recent Bitter Enemies Agree To
Review - Transport Minister Annette King and
Road Transport Forum chief executive Tony Friedlander say a
comprehensive review of the model for allocating the costs
of maintaining roads and building new ones. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00265.htm
Goodbye Kiwi Ingenuity: Brownlee Doubts Kiwis Capable
Of Building Trains - A plan by the Government
to build its own locomotives for the railways is daft, says
National's SOE spokesman, Gerry Brownlee. "Even if this idea
should be considered for a moment, we don't have the
expertise. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Agenda Transcript - Trevor Mallard Interview [2]
- Green Party - Kiwi trains good news for kiwi economy [3]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00244.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00107.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00248.htm
TV3
Video: Peters Issues Warning To Newspaper
Editor - New Zealand First leader Winston
Peters says he wants the editor of a prominent newspaper to
be sacked once he proves it printed lies about him. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Winston Peters has a problem [2]
- TV3 Video - PM staying out of NZ First donation scuffle [3]
- TV3 Video - Full interview with John Key about Winston Peters [4]
- TV3 Video - Winston continues denial of donation [5]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/10475.html
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/10468.html
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/10477.html
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/10481.html
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/10504.html
Scoop
News: Aucklanders Sign-Up To Protest Human Rights
Abuses - Natasha Burling reports: A steady
stream of campaigners signed banners in Auckland to protest
against human rights abuses in China. Amnesty Int's Kirsten
Slatter said the group got a "great response" to their three
two-metre long banners. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00130.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
------------
Rising Prices: Food Becomes Luxury Item -
For the year to June 2008, food prices rose 8.2 percent.
This is the highest annual increase since June 1990,
Statistics New Zealand said today. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Statistics NZ - Petrol leads increase in CPI [2]
- J P Morgan - Non-tradables elevated. RBNZ to cut rates in Sept [3]
- DHL - Exporters confident despite domestic outlook [4]
- NZ Govt - Survey a Tribute to Exporters [5]
- TV3 Video - Economist: Economic slowdown will eventually kill inflation [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00253.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00252.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00258.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00254.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00270.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/10521.html
Science:
Record Research Investment - The Foundation for
Research, Science and Technology has approved a record $785
million in contracts with more than two dozen research
organisations in its main 2008 investment round. The 96
contestable contracts are with 24 organisations including
Crown Research Institutes, universities, other research
organisations and private companies. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Direct help for exporters in research funding [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0807/S00025.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00255.htm
Fashionable Auckland? NBA Wants Rodney To Hide Garish
Jacket - The heart of the Epsom electorate,
Newmarket, has banned its local MP from wearing a bright
yellow jacket which it describes as "ghastly beyond belief".
More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00242.htm
Apprenticeships: WorldSkills Engineering hopefuls
compete at UCOL - The regional competition for
engineering apprentices is part of the build up to the
National WorldSkills competition in September and the
International WorldSkills in Calgary in Canada in September
next year.
More >> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0807/S00038.htm
WORLD
------------
Crimes
Against Humanity : ICC Seeks Arrest Of Sudanese
President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir -
Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo presented evidence showing
Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad AL BASHIR committed
crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
in Darfur. More
>> [1]
ALSO
- ICG: Opportunities And Risks For Sudan [2]
- HRW: ICC Moves Against Al-Bashir [3]
- Amnesty: Arrest Announcement Important Step [4]
- UN: ICC To Charge Sudanese President [5]
- Sudan Seeks Meeting Over ICC Indictments [6]
- UN Has No Influence On ICC, Al-Bashir Told [7]
- State Dept Briefing: July 11, 2008 [8]
RELATED 'WAR CRIMES' NEWS
RECENTLY, CONCERNING THE ICC
[1]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00405.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00422.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00418.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00406.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00396.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00358.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00380.htm
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00335.htm
[9]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00408.htm
[10]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00363.htm
Power
Broker: President Bush Moves On Outer Continental Shelf
Oil Exploration - President Bush on Monday
said, "The time for action is now. Today, I've taken every
step within my power to allow offshore exploration of the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). All that remains is for the
Democratic leaders in Congress to allow a vote." More
>> [1]
REACTION
WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING
EARLIER
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00411.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00414.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00407.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0806/S00414.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00356.htm
Sunscreen
Products: Facts & Claims - What Matters For
Consumers? - Sunscreen products cannot deliver
total protection from UV radiation. Even the high SPFs do
let some of the UV radiation through. This holds also true
for products claiming to be a "sun block" or to offer "total
protection". More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00400.htm
Financial
Markets: U.S. Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Get Thrown A Lifeline - "Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac play a central role in our housing finance system and
must continue to do so in their current form as
shareholder-owned companies. Their support for the housing
market is particularly important as we work through the
current housing correction." -- Treasury Secretary Henry M.
Paulson, Jr. More
>> [1]
ALSO
- Support For Mortgage Giants; IndyMac To Reopen [2]
- U.S. Treasury Statement On Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac [3]
- Bush On Fuel, Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae, Tax Relief [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00381.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00385.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00378.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00373.htm
COMMENT
------------
Michael Collins: Election Fraud & Tyranny - Part
1 - Mark Crispin Miller's new book, "Loser Take
All," identifies and analyzes election fraud, the foundation
of extremist power in the United States since 2000.
Manipulated elections have enabled everything we've
experienced from the Iraq war to the current economic
meltdown... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00133.htm
Uri Avnery: Why Not? - IF YOU want to
understand the policy of a country, look at the map - as
Napoleon recommended. Anyone who wants to guess whether
Israel and/or the United States are going to attack Iran
should look at the map of the Strait of Hormuz between Iran
and the Arabian Peninsula. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00121.htm
LIFESTYLE
------------
Opera: Gingerbread Terror Strikes New Zealand
- As something of an Opera expert after
enjoying La Boheme a few months back it came as something of
a shock that Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel was sung in
English. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00134.htm
Kiwi Pride: Lovelock's World Record Anniversaries
- The next anniversary to celebrate the
achievements of this Kiwi world-beater is 6 August. That's
the day Lovelock broke the world 1500 metre record at the
Berlin Olympics and won New Zealand's first ever gold medal
for athletics. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00260.htm
:)
ENDS