Today's Top Scoops - 25 July 2008
Legislation: China FTA Bill Passes Final Reading
Condi
Rice Visit: Auckland Police Not Keen on Citizens
Arrest
Transport: Will National's Transport Policy be Roads,
Roads And More Roads?
Nicky Hager: Racing Industry Shower More Than NZ First
With Largesse
Kiwi Pride: Global Study Shows Public Have Faith In Air
NZ
Gas Prices: Break Out The Charger Petrol Price Going
Down
Sheep
Watch: No Need To Be Sheepish About Agricultural
Achievement
Preaching
To Converted: "Poverty Can Be Eradicated By Working
Together" - UK PM
Recycling:
More Illegal Armed Groups Disbanded In
Afghanistan
Palestinian
Statistics: Half Of Gaza Households Living Below
Poverty Line
UNICEF:
Cyclone-affected Children Return To School In
Burma
WTO
Ministerial: Serious Jobs Impact In Developing
Countries, Says ITUC
Critical
Humor: Satirical Clip-Art Comic "Get Your War On" Gets
Animated
Dan
Lieberman: From Usurpation to Liberation (The
Palestinian Story)
Ernest
Partridge: Evil As The Absence Of Empathy (Who
Cares What You Think?)
Romance:
Romeo And Juliet Make Sweet Love 'Ballet
Style'
Champagne
Charlies: Expensive Bubbly Makes Its Way To Godzone
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LEAD STORY
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Legislation: China FTA Bill Passes Final
Reading
Trade Minister Phil Goff says the passing in Parliament today of the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement Bill will bring the FTA into force on 1 October and represents an historic advance in New Zealand's trading relationships. The Bill was passed by 104 votes to 17. More >> [1]
ALSO:
- Maori Party - Harawira: NZ China Free Trade Agreement [2]
- Election 08 - Gordon Campbell on the Killing of Local Manufacturing [3]
- Election 08 - Should Norway be the new template for our China FTA? [4]
- Election 08 - US Expert Finds Fishhooks in China/NZ Trade Deal [5]
- Election 08 - Beijing Ka-Ching! An Analysis of the FTA [6]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00458.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00459.htm
[3]
- http://election08.scoop.co.nz/gordon-campbell-on-the-killing-of-local-manufacturing/
[4]
- http://election08.scoop.co.nz/should-norway-be-the-new-template-for-our-china-fta/
[5]
- http://election08.scoop.co.nz/us-trade-expert-finds-fishhooks-in-chinanz-trade-deal/
[6]
- http://election08.scoop.co.nz/beijing-ka-ching-an-analysis-of-the-fta/
NZ POLITICS
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Condi
Rice Visit: Auckland Police Not Keen on Citizens
Arrest - Auckland City Police, tasked with the
responsibility of care and protection of the United States'
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, are disturbed by the
AUSA challenge offering $5,000 to anyone who can effect a
citizens arrest of the visitor. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- AUSA - $5000 offered for citizen's arrest of Rice [2]
- GPJA - No welcome for Condoleezza Rice - Protest Sat [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00314.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00295.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00302.htm
Transport: Will National's Transport Policy be Roads,
Roads And More Roads? - "Christine Caughey is
actively hostile to, and has publicly campaigned against,
the building of new roads. She is the very last person who
should be on the board of the new transport agency," says
National's Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson about a
recent appointment to the newly formed New Zealand Transport
Agency. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00464.htm
Nicky Hager: Racing Industry Shower More Than NZ First
With Largesse - Author Nicky Hager, speaking
tonight at the Auckland premier of the film The Hollow Men,
revealed that the National Party under John Key has been
receiving financial backing from the racing industry. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Scoop Audio - Imogen Neale & Dick Griffin on NZ First Donations [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00306.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00263.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Kiwi Pride: Global Study Shows Public Have Faith In Air
NZ - Air New Zealand ranks in the top four
most trusted airlines, along with Singapore Airlines, Cathay
Pacific and Qantas, according to a new independent global
research study. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00450.htm
Gas Prices: Break Out The Charger Petrol Price Going
Down - Shell this morning has reviewed its
prices and effective 10am has dropped prices by another 4
cents a litre across all of its fuels. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00446.htm
Sheep
Watch: No Need To Be Sheepish About Agricultural
Achievement - Two Lincoln based AgResearch
scientists were recognised for their outstanding
achievements last night at the AGM of the Canterbury Section
of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and
Horticultural Science. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0807/S00060.htm
WORLD
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Preaching
To Converted: "Poverty Can Be Eradicated By Working
Together" - UK PM - Speaking to assembled
bishops and Archbishop of Canterbury, the PM said that
poverty can, must be eradicated "if we can all work together
for change". With adequate technology and knowledge
available "the will to act must now be found", he said. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00734.htm
Recycling:
More Illegal Armed Groups Disbanded In
Afghanistan - A campaign to disband illegal
armed groups - that has already seen more than 40,000
weapons handed in - is to be extended to 12 more districts
in Afghanistan, with the support of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP). More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00737.htm
Palestinian
Statistics: Half Of Gaza Households Living Below
Poverty Line - In spite of significant amounts
of emergency & humanitarian assistance, last year the number
of households in Gaza below the consumption poverty line
surged to an all-time high 51.8% (based on figures from the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics). More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00724.htm
UNICEF:
Cyclone-affected Children Return To School In
Burma - Thousands of cyclone-affected school
children in Myanmar have been able to return to school
thanks to help from UNICEF and its partners, who have have
set up 123 large tents in the area that serve as safe
learning spaces for children whose schools were destroyed.
More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00741.htm
WTO
Ministerial: Serious Jobs Impact In Developing
Countries, Says ITUC - As negotiations
intensify at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) aiming for a
final deal to conclude seven years of negotiations in the
Doha Round, the ITUC has criticised the pressure on
developing countries to make disproportionate commitments.
More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00736.htm
Critical
Humor: Satirical Clip-Art Comic "Get Your War On" Gets
Animated - A leading comedic news site is
launching a 10-part animated series based on David Rees'
"Get Your War On" comic strip, providing acute insights and
critiques of U.S. policy post-9/11. The strip is assembled
entirely from 1980's-style clip art and lampoons
contemporary politics with scathing insight. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00740.htm
COMMENT
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Dan
Lieberman: From Usurpation to Liberation (The
Palestinian Story) - "If the Palestinians
succeed in their liberation, not everyone wins... Israel
will no longer be able to pursue a homeland for the Jews,
but that project has already caused several conflagrations
and seems to be doomed to failure." -- Dan Lieberman. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00273.htm
Ernest
Partridge: Evil As The Absence Of Empathy (Who
Cares What You Think?) - Empathy is
the capacity to recognize and cherish in other persons, the
experience, emotions and aspirations that one is aware of in
oneself. It is also the moral cornerstone of progressive
politics. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00270.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Romance:
Romeo And Juliet Make Sweet Love 'Ballet
Style' - Critics are raving about the Royal New
Zealand Ballet's production of Romeo & Juliet which opened
in Palmerston North last week, calling it a "world class
production". More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00264.htm
Champagne
Charlies: Expensive Bubbly Makes Its Way To Godzone
- Krug Releases 12 Bottles of the World's
Rarest and Most Expensive Champagne to New Zealand
The
House of Krug is proud to announce the release of the
exceptional Clos d'Ambonnay champagne. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00444.htm
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