Today's Top Scoops - 01 August 2008
Human Rights: Gordon Campbell on the Olympics
Media/Politics: Mayor Lauches Pre-emptive Strike On
SST Journo
Legal
Issues: IHC Takes Complaint To Human Rights
Commission
Media: John Bishop on Conservatives vs Liberals
For
King & Country: War Grave Plans Announced For Fromelles
WW1 Dead
Modern
Masterpiece: New OneGeology Map Strips Mother Earth
Naked
Falun
Gong: Olympic Reporters' Guide To Labour Camps
Published
US
Elections: Republicans are Disturbed by New John McCain
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Art: Gallery To Become Baby Magnet
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LEAD STORY
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Human Rights: Gordon Campbell on the
Olympics - Yesterday, it surfaced that Helen
Clark has signed up to an Amnesty International protest over
capital punishment in China. When talen together with the
fact that Clark is not joining other heads of state ( such
as George Bush or Sarkozy) in Beijing, this represents an
interesting change of tack by New Zealand, now that the
China FTA has been signed. More
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[1] - http://election08.scoop.co.nz/gordon-campbell-on-the-olympics/
NZ POLITICS
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Media/Politics: Mayor Lauches Pre-emptive Strike On
SST Journo - North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams
is questioning the motives behind Sunday Star Times reporter's enquiries regarding the North Shore Mayor,
in both North Shore and Auckland circles. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0808/S00006.htm
Legal
Issues: IHC Takes Complaint To Human Rights
Commission - IHC has lodged a complaint with
the Human Rights Commission against government policies and
practices that prevent disabled students participating fully
at their local school. The complaint targets government
action that puts up barriers to learning for students with
disabilities. More
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ALSO:
- Greens - Greens back IHC's human rights complaint [2]
- NZEI - Joint Approach Needed To Improve Special Education [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00401.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00571.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0807/S00096.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Media: John Bishop on Conservatives vs
Liberals - Demonising the right is always a
popular left wing pastime. (It happens in reverse too.)
Chris Trotter's column in the Sunday Star Times of 20 July
was one of the more outrageous examples More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0808/S00001.htm
WORLD
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For
King & Country: War Grave Plans Announced For Fromelles
WW1 Dead - The British and Australian
Governments have announced plans to re-bury the World War
One dead found at a mass grave in Fromelles, France. The
soldiers from the two countries, believed to number up to
400, will be re-buried in individual graves. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0808/S00020.htm
Modern
Masterpiece: New OneGeology Map Strips Mother Earth
Naked - Ever wondered what our world would look
like stripped bare of plants, soils, water, man-made
structures? Wonder no longer; images of the Earth as never
seen before have been unveiled in the world's biggest
geological mapping project ever. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0808/S00018.htm
Falun
Gong: Olympic Reporters' Guide To Labour Camps
Published - To help foreign reporters overcome
the Chinese regime's media censorship and shed light on
rights violations, a Falun Gong group has released a guide
to detention facilities located near Olympic venues, and
known for abuse of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0808/S00024.htm
US
Elections: Republicans are Disturbed by New John McCain
Ad - Results of a national study conducted
today among 320 Americans revealed that a majority of
Republicans (61%), reported that they were disturbed,
skeptical and saddened after viewing a new ad by John
McCain, which likens Barack Obama to Britney Spears. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0808/S00023.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Art:
Gallery To Become Baby Magnet - Mums and Dads,
Grandparents and caregivers– bring the baby in the buggy
and join us for a family-friendly tour of Fiona Hall: Force
Field. Australian artist Fiona Hall's work is characterised
by startling transformations of everyday materials and
objects - American dollars are woven into birds'nests, Coca
Cola cans are knitted into baby clothes. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00328.htm
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