Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 15 July 2009

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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...

1: Speech: Key - business breakfast 15.07.09

New Zealand Government

New Zealand’s economic performance is vitally important. This Government wants New Zealanders to have a decent enough wage packet to have real choices in their lives, and a genuine sense of opportunity. As a nation, the income we generate enables ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0907/S00173.htm

2: Free Papua Movement denies involvement in shooting

West Papua Media Alerts

Papua Police say it is likely those involved used weapons belonging to the police or military. However, an Indonesian military spokesman says three rebels from the Free Papua Movement are being questioned about the shooting. They were detained in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0907/S00258.htm

3: Tea Time for Hong Kong

Hong Kong Trade Development

The inaugural Hong Kong International Tea Fair will take place, 13-15 August 2009, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The fair, which will be held alongside the annual Food Expo, is being organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0907/S00259.htm

4: News summary of the human rights of Tamils

Consortium of Tamil Associations in NZ

Reporters Without Borders condemns the blocking of access to the independent Lanka News Web website within Sri Lanka since 11 June. The site’s editors believe the blocking was prompted by a report posted earlier that day about President Mahinda ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0907/S00260.htm

5: Undernews For July 14, 2009

Undernews

Like any good lawyer, Sonia Sotomayor can take either side of a case - even when it's about something she said. Thus she excused her remark that "a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion" ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00174.htm

6: Buchanan: Ebb of the Radical Left in Latin America

Paul G. Buchanan - A Word From Afar

The military ouster of President Jose Manuel Zelaya in Honduras is remarkable not because it ended 15 years of elected rule in Central America and was only the second military coup in Latin America in the last quarter century (the unsuccessful coup ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00170.htm

7: Statement on death of Dr Seddon Bennington

New Zealand Government

Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson expressed his sorrow at the death of Te Papa chief executive Seddon Bennington. “Seddon Bennington served Te Papa and the people of New Zealand well over his seven years as chief executive,” ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0907/S00177.htm

8: International Film Festival : Modern Life (Review)

Anna Lamotte

The narrator returns to the French region of Cevennes where he meets with the farmers he knew in his youth. The small landholders he interviews see their way of life change as they struggle to compete with modern industrial farming. Young farmers struggle ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00175.htm

9: UQ Wire: Coleen Rowley - A New 9/11 Investigation

www.UnansweredQuestions.org

In the absence of my being there in New York City to stand with the 9/11 families, first responders and survivors, I offer the following statement in support of your goal of a new investigation into the attacks of September 11th and the NYC CAN campaign ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00158.htm

10: Swine Flu a Big Contributor to Growth

IP Communications Limited

Christchurch, New Zealand – 14 July 2009: IP Communications Limited, the South Islands leading distributor of HD videoconferencing solutions, established “VideoLink.co.nz” the first High Definition videoconferencing bureau for Christchurch back in January ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00375.htm

11: 95bFM Audio: Hood+Deady - Perfect Copyright Storm

95bfm

Scoop's resident satirist Lyndon Hood joins Paul on the phone to discuss take down notices regarding the Orange man, internet filtering, shadowy copyright treaties and Section 92(a...gain)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00176.htm

12: Seddon Bennington great ambassador for Te Papa

New Zealand Labour Party

Labour MPs Steve Chadwick and Grant Robertson have paid tribute to Te Papa chief executive Seddon Bennington, and expressed sorrow at his death and the death of his tramping companion Marcella Jackson. Arts, Culture and Heritage spokesperson Steve ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0907/S00179.htm

13: Swine Flu - Update 106

Ministry of Health

Public awareness around swine flu remains high, with the Ministry of Health website and Healthline experiencing a higher than usual level of interest. Dr Fran McGrath, Deputy Director of Public Health says last month, there were just under 180,000 unique ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0907/S00076.htm

14: NZ free to give consumers choice on folic acid

Green Party

Green MP Sue Kedgley said there is no Australasian standard requiring New Zealand to fortify bread with folic acid. “Contrary to what the Minister of Food Safety Kate Wilkinson has repeatedly claimed, New Zealand opted out of the joint standard ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0907/S00176.htm

15: Washington is Playing a Deeper Game with China

F William Engdahl

After the tragic events of July 5 in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, it would be useful to look more closely into the actual role of the US Government’s ”independent“ NGO, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). All indications ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00161.htm

16: US & Russia: Stalemate on the Grand Chessboard

Reuben Steff

The recent American-Russian summit had all the pomp, ceremony and pleasantries that one expects of political theater. However these atmospherics only acted to obscure and divert the world’s attention from the core disputes which remain unresolved ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00153.htm

17: Isolated & discredited 2 - the US in Latin America

Toni Solo

With the latest murders there, Honduras seems to be lunging backwards into a death-squad-dark remake of John Negroponte's early 1980s dirty war in Honduras. From Nicaragua's capital, Managua, Negroponte's fellow National Security State promoter, Robert Callahan, looks ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00173.htm

18: Plans To Criminalize Generic Meds Could Hurt Poor

Oxfam

International agency Oxfam fears that companies producing affordable generic medicines could be subject to criminal prosecutions and have their medicines seized on orders from big drug companies under plans being drawn up by a closed group of mainly rich ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0907/S00150.htm

19: Key speech on economy exposes lack of plan

New Zealand Labour Party

Prime Minister John Key’s speech on the economy today exposes National’s lack of a plan to boost the economy and keep New Zealanders in work, says Labour finance spokesperson David Cunliffe.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0907/S00175.htm

20: Think You'll Marry After 40? Dream On!

Martha Rosenberg

Good news, single women over 40! Your chances of getting married have been promoted from less than the chance of being harmed by terrorists to less than the chance of becoming Secretary of State or Speaker of the House.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00169.htm

21: There is No Trans Tasman Folic Acid Standard

Ron Law

"Contrary to popular myth, there is no Australian food standard requiring New Zealand to fortify bread with folic acid." says Risk & Policy consultant, Ron Law (juderon(at)gmail.com). The proposed joint food standard for addition of folic acid to bread was ACCEPTED ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0907/S00148.htm

22: Migration needed to care for ageing population

The Institute of Policy Studies

New Zealand and Australia need to develop low skill migration programmes if they are to care for their growing elderly populations. Two new reports from Victoria University’s Institute of Policy Studies, Low skill temporary migration in New ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0907/S00147.htm

23: Redundancy enquiries from employers in decline

Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern

A further sign we may be through the worst of the recession, barring another shock from offshore, is employers have been making far fewer calls seeking advice and assistance on redundancies over the past month or so, says David Lowe, Employment Services Manager ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00397.htm

24: Poll calls for smaller Parliament, vote on MMP

Put MMP To The Vote Campaign

Three-quarters of adult New Zealanders favour reducing the size of Parliament from around 120 MPs to 100 while nearly two-thirds want a referendum on the voting system. These figures are revealed in an independent nationwide poll of 750 New Zealanders ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0907/S00131.htm

25: Scandulous Inconsistency in Folic Acid Policy

Health Freedom

After consultation with supplement manufacturers and scientists the Health Freedom NZ Trust has discovered inconsistencies within the Health Department. During the passage of the Therapeutic Products and Medicine Bill in 2006-2007, a staff member ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0907/S00074.htm

26: Auck Museum Sadness at Death of Seddon Bennington

Auckland Museum

Auckland Museum Director Dr Vanda Vitali has expressed shock and great sadness following news of the death of Te Papa Chief Executive Seddon Bennington. “It’s with a heavy heart I learned today of the death of Seddon Bennington. Seddon’s contribution ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0907/S00193.htm

27: Novel Influenza A (H1N1) 09 Swine Flu- Update 105

Ministry of Health

The number of confirmed deaths in New Zealand from Novel Influenza A (H1N1) 09 swine flu is now nine, up two since yesterday and both people had underlying health conditions. A 56-year-old man died in Wellington and a 79 year-old woman died in the Hutt Valley ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0907/S00067.htm

28: Changes at the helm of 2degrees

2degrees Mobile

New Zealand’s newest mobile entrant, 2degrees has today announced some significant and positive changes at the company as it heads towards its market launch in August. “We’re delighted to announce that North American telecommunications investor, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00383.htm

29: Measles Update 15.07.09

Canterbury District Health Board

Canterbury District Health Board’s Community and Public Health Division has so far been able to contact 51 of the 54 children who may have been exposed to two preschoolers with measles. The two children with measles, both aged under three, had attended ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0907/S00073.htm

30: Schools should cherish free education

Tertiary Education Union

It is time public and integrated schools put an end to the pretence around voluntary donations and committed to the spirit as well as the legal requirement to provide free education says TEU communications officer Stephen Day. “People working in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0907/S00063.htm

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