Today's Top Scoops - 28 July 2008
Welfare: Cullen Sceptical Of Key's New Enthusiasm For WFF
Foreign
Affairs: Condoleezza Rice Says NZ and USA Now
Allies
Oddspot: Perigo Rails At English Anti-Smoking
Laws
Justice:
Kurariki Holding Up Against Huge Odds Says Kim
Workman
Donations:
Peters "Rejects Unfounded Claims"
Bickering: Auckland Airport And Canadians Debate
Costs
Rural Affairs: Farmers Want Better
telecommunications
China
Leans On Nepal: Abuses Against Tibetans Protesting
China's Tibet Crackdown
Photo
Essay: Barack Obama Visits No. 10 Downing Street,
UK
Northern
Lights: Aurora Borealis Mystery Solved By UCLA
Scientists
University
Of Manchester: Worries Over The Future Of Thailand's
Elephants
War
of Perceptions: The Colombian Government Versus
FARC
Proliferation
Pathways: Weak States, Rogues & Non-State
Actors
Wheels
Of Justice: Extradition Deadline Passes For Radovan
Karadzic
Ending
Impunity: "Peace & Justice Go Hand In Hand" -- Outgoing
UN Legal Chief
Roger
Buick & Nasa: Follow The H2O Or Energy Not
Selection
Stateside with Rosalea: Convention watch
Uri Avnery: "If I Forget Thee, Umm
Touba..."
ICC and al-Bashir: Ocampo's Justice
Secret
"Torture Memo" Gave Legal Cover to Interrogators Who Acted
in "Good Faith"
Walter Brasch: Geo Beach - A Swamp Yankee in the Last
Frontier
Martin LeFevre: Why Is Man Separate from
Nature?
Scoop Review of Books: On the Morality of
Zionism
Bush Accused of Tyranny and Murder: House Justice
Committee Hears Kucinich Resolution
Kenneth Ring: The Ordeal of Mohammed
Omer
Auctions: Barn Stored Motorbike Fetches Record
Price
Scottish Diaspora: Largest International Clan Gathering
Planned For 2009
Artiness: Middle East And Spansih Ceramics Inspire
Photographer
Queer Theorising: Animated Lecture Likely In
Auckland
Pearls of Wisdom: Some Advice For The Young
Ones
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LEAD STORY
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Welfare: Cullen Sceptical Of Key's New
Enthusiasm For WFF - John Key's complete
reversal on Working for Families - a programme he has
consistently attacked as middle class welfare - makes it
increasingly clear he cannot be trusted to stand by his own
beliefs, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- National - National to keep Working for Families unchanged [2]
- NZ Govt - Come clean on borrowing plans Mr Key [3]
- National - Giving certainty to family incomes [4]
- Progressive Party - NZ can't afford National's spending recklessness [5]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00485.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00486.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00492.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00494.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00493.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Foreign
Affairs: Condoleezza Rice Says NZ and USA Now
Allies - Scoop Report (Audio + Images): US
secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said Saturday that New
Zealand is now a friend and an ally. That's one step up from
the 'New Zealand is a very, very close friend of the United
States' which was how President Bush referred to New Zealand
in 2007. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Rice meets with Peters, Clark under shadow of protest [2]
- TV3 Video - NZ-US relations in 'good shape' - Rice (Full Address) [3]
- Scoop Full Coverage - Sec. Condoleezza Rice In NZ [4]
- United Nations - Afghanistan: More Illegal Armed Groups Disbanded [5]
[1]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00286.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/10990.html
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/10973.html
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00761.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00737.htm
Oddspot: Perigo Rails At English Anti-Smoking
Laws - Contrary to Rule Britannia, Britons ever
ever ever shall be slaves, if today's news from Aberystwyth
is any indication, says SOLO Principal Lindsay Perigo. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00336.htm
Justice:
Kurariki Holding Up Against Huge Odds Says Kim
Workman - "Bailey Kurariki Jnr has held up
until now, against huge odds", said Kim Workman, former
National Director of Prison Fellowship, on hearing that
Bailey had been arrested on suspicion of using illicit
drugs. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00328.htm
Donations:
Peters "Rejects Unfounded Claims" - A series of
newspaper articles, radio and television items this week
about New Zealand First election funding are
"unsubstantiated rubbish". More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Scoop Audio - Audio + Images: Peters Denies Wrongdoing [2]
- TV3 Video - Winston Peters addresses funding questions at press conference [3]
- NZ First - Peters Rejects Unfounded Claims [4]
- Lyndon Hood - Things To Do About Winston Peters [5]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00481.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00282.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/10965.html
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00481.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00238.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Bickering: Auckland Airport And Canadians Debate
Costs - Auckland Airport has received notice of
a claim from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and its
subsidiary, NZ Airport NC Limited, (together, "CPPIB"). The
claim relates to Auckland Airport's request for
reimbursement of expenses More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00493.htm
Rural Affairs: Farmers Want Better
telecommunications - Federated Farmers
telecommunications spokesman Donald Aubrey welcomes the
release earlier today of a report that recommends a range of
reforms to the Telecommunications Service Obligation. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00477.htm
WORLD
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China
Leans On Nepal: Abuses Against Tibetans Protesting
China's Tibet Crackdown - "Nepal's government
is turning the screws on peaceful Tibetan protesters at the
behest of China," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human
Rights Watch. "How can a government that came to power on a
wave of public protests justify crushing peaceful protests
by Tibetans?" More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00787.htm
Photo
Essay: Barack Obama Visits No. 10 Downing Street,
UK - Foreign Policy issues, including Iraq &
Middle East, were high on the agenda this morning as U.S.
Presidential nominee Barack Obama met with Gordon Brown. Mr
Obama is on a worldwide tour that has taken him to Iraq and
Israel, and the two compared notes. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00767.htm
Northern
Lights: Aurora Borealis Mystery Solved By UCLA
Scientists - UCLA space scientists & colleagues
have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in
space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids &
communications systems; leads to the explosive release of
energy that causes the aurora borealis (northern lights). More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00782.htm
University
Of Manchester: Worries Over The Future Of Thailand's
Elephants - Worries over the future of
Thailand's famous elephants have emerged following an
investigation by a University of Manchester team. Though
transferring to the tourism trade has improved working
conditions, their future remains under a cloud. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00781.htm
War
of Perceptions: The Colombian Government Versus
FARC - Colombian Minister of National Defense
Juan Manuel Santos has addressed lingering questions
regarding the extraordinarily successful July 2 rescue of
fifteen hostages from the grip of las Fuerzas Armadas
Revolucionárias de Colombia (FARC). More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00778.htm
Proliferation
Pathways: Weak States, Rogues & Non-State
Actors - Even as we expend maximum effort at
denying hostile states and terrorists access to nuclear and
other WMD, we must be prepared to defend ourselves if they
should succeed. In the last 35 years the number of states
possessing ballistic missiles has increased from 9 to more
than two dozen today. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00789.htm
Wheels
Of Justice: Extradition Deadline Passes For Radovan
Karadzic - A deadline for ex-Bosnian Serb
leader Radovan Karadzic to appeal against extradition on
genocide and other charges has expired. However, an appeal
notice is said to have been posted by his lawyer just before
1800 GMT at an unknown location in Serbia. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00775.htm
Ending
Impunity: "Peace & Justice Go Hand In Hand" -- Outgoing
UN Legal Chief - Although maintaining the
balance between restoring peace and ending impunity can be
sensitive and complex, amnesties for war crimes, crimes
against humanity and genocide are unacceptable, according to
the United Nations Legal Counsel. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00764.htm
COMMENT
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Roger
Buick & Nasa: Follow The H2O Or Energy Not
Selection - Roger Buick, a native Australian,
not only looks like a "rock star" with his long dark hair
swept to one side and has the name to match, he actually is
one. That is, he studies rocks and evidence of sulfur eating
bacteria and pre-Snowball ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00300.htm
Stateside with Rosalea: Convention watch -
In just four weeks' time, the world's media will be lining
up in Denver, Colorado, to receive their press credentials
to cover the Democratic national convention; a week later,
ditto in St. Paul, Minnesota, for the Republican convention.
But already... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00304.htm
Uri Avnery: "If I Forget Thee, Umm
Touba..." - IN ONE of the most beautiful songs
in the Bible, the poet vows: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
/ Let my right hand forget her cunning. / If I do not
remember thee, / Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; / If I prefer not Jerusalem above ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00290.htm
ICC and al-Bashir: Ocampo's Justice - The
crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent
a shameful episode in the history of Sudan and its
neighbours, including Chad, which has played a dubious role
in sustaining the seething conflict. Equally disgraceful is
the politicising ... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00289.htm
Secret
"Torture Memo" Gave Legal Cover to Interrogators Who Acted
in "Good Faith" - A Justice Department legal
opinion issued in August 2002 advised the CIA that its
interrogators would not be prosecuted for violating
anti-torture laws as long as they acted in "good faith"
while using brutal techniques to obtain information from
suspected... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00297.htm
Walter Brasch: Geo Beach - A Swamp Yankee in the Last
Frontier - When Geo Beach looks you in the eye
and says that "Tougher in Alaska," his 13 week series on the
History Channel, isn't Reality TV, you believe him. It might
be the sincerity seen... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00306.htm
Martin LeFevre: Why Is Man Separate from
Nature? - As I see it, human consciousness is
an unexplained contradiction in the infinitely dynamic order
of the universe. Consciousness is not 'evolving,' and things
are going from bad to worse. Is there an understanding of
the relationship between humankind ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00293.htm
Scoop Review of Books: On the Morality of
Zionism - A Just Zionism: On the Morality of
the Jewish State by Chaim Gans Oxford University Press.
Reviewed by JEREMIAH HABER for the Scoop Review of Books I
have in my hands -- well, next to my computer... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://books.scoop.co.nz/on-the-morality-of-zionism/
Bush Accused of Tyranny and Murder: House Justice
Committee Hears Kucinich Resolution - Today's
hearing on the abuse of presidential powers before the House
Committee on the Judiciary turned into a devastating
political ambush by Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), committee
Democrats, and the extraordinary panel of witnesses... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00285.htm
Kenneth Ring: The Ordeal of Mohammed Omer
- We are used to hearing about the hazards, often fatal, of
being a journalist these days. Everyone is familiar with
accounts of courageous Russian journalists who have been
assassinated and of course with stories of war
correspondents who have been ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00279.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Auctions: Barn Stored Motorbike Fetches Record
Price - A Mowbrays' subsidiary has notched up a
New Zealand record auction price for a vintage motorbike
which till recently had been lying idle in an old barn. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00269.htm
Scottish Diaspora: Largest International Clan Gathering
Planned For 2009 - Taking place on the 25th and
26th July 2009, The Gathering 2009 is one of the key events
of next year's Homecoming Scotland programme and is expected
to be the largest international clan gathering and Highland
Games ever held in Scotland. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00270.htm
Artiness: Middle East And Spansih Ceramics Inspire
Photographer - The visual inspiration Morag's
set of photographic works came primarily from time living
and working in the Middle East, but was also fed by her love
of Spanish ceramic decoration. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00268.htm
Queer Theorising: Animated Lecture Likely In
Auckland - The University of Auckland's
Department of Film, Television and Media Studies is pleased
to announce a public lecture by internationally renowned
queer theorist Judith Halberstam on August 7, 2008. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00259.htm
Pearls of Wisdom: Some Advice For The Young
Ones - "What advice would you give an 18 year
old leaving home?" This was the question posed by Maria
Carlton as she asked 50 coaches, parenting and lifestyle
experts, parents and authors from around the world. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00261.htm
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