en-nz News Headlines from Scoop Scoop Media Ltd and/or its contributors http://www.scoop.co.nz/ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html editor@scoop.co.nz webmaster@scoop.co.nz 30 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00262.htm Dongria Kondh tribe of Orissa (India), in an advertisement in prestigious Variety magazine today, asked Oscar winner “Avatar” director James Cameron for help in their struggle to defend their sacred mountain. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:30:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00262.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00261.htm The Steve Irwin approached to a near-miss (10 metres) distance from the Nisshin Maru and mimicked a scene from the movie “Apocalypse Now” blaring Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” from large loudspeakers and firing water cannon Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:21:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00261.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00260.htm Results of a national study that compared the 2008 and 2009 Super Bowl ads against this year’s ads revealed that the top five ads in 2010 scored statistically lower than the top five ads from similar studies conducted in 2008 and 2009. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:14:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00260.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00259.htm Officials from the United Nations health agency and the Beninese Government are urging the West African nation’s citizens to be extra vigilant in observing good hygiene amid a recent cholera outbreak that has already claimed several lives. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:27:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00259.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00258.htm Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s newly appointed Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict promised today a more coherent and effective battle against the scourge, citing recent mass rapes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:06:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00258.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00257.htm Sanitation has become a pressing need in Haiti and the lack of it could pose health problems for the nearly 1 million people living in temporary settlements ahead of the rainy season, United Nations officials warned today. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:44:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00257.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00256.htm Iran has teamed with the United Nations anti-crime agency to set up a financial intelligence unit tasked with tackling the spread of money-laundering in the country, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced today. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:42:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00256.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00255.htm Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on authorities in Sri Lanka to ensure the rights and safety of the defeated presidential candidate and former army chief that was arrested yesterday, and said he intends to speak to the country’s President ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:40:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00255.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00254.htm The top United Nations humanitarian official in Pakistan has called on the international community not to forget the vulnerable civilians displaced in the country’s northwest, urging donors to contribute to a $537 million appeal launched to meet immediate relief ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:37:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00254.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00253.htm The United Nations and MTV are reaching out young Kenyans to highlight that HIV is not a death sentence though a new three-part television series exploring the lives and love of a group of friends in Nairobi. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:36:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00253.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00252.htm With the rainy season and its flood risks due in April and hurricanes shortly after, Haiti urgently needs operational meteorological services to forestall further disasters after last month’s devastating earthquake, the United Nations weather agency reported ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:33:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00252.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00251.htm Fourteen island developing nations in the Pacific Ocean wrapped up a United Nations-backed meeting today with a call to the global community to honour its commitments to help them weather the fallout from global economic crises and recent natural disasters. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:32:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00251.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00250.htm The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is working to boost the nutrition of children at risk of malaria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases through state-of-the-art nuclear technology. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:27:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00250.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00249.htm A group of United Nations experts today stressed that the needs of Haitians with disabilities must be included in the relief, recovery and reconstruction processes following the earthquake that battered the small Caribbean nation last month. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:25:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00249.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00248.htm The Israeli Supreme Court ordered the release on bail of the two activists who were arrested on Sunday during a pre-dawn raid on the Ramallah media office of the International Solidarity Movement. Ariadna Jove Marti, a Spanish journalist, and Bridgette Chappell, ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:49:00 +1300 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00248.htm