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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Veil
of Secrecy lifted on Somali
Community
In a national first, one of New Zealand’s newest and most misunderstood communities is the focus of a social photography project due to open at the Waikato Museum on December 3.
2:
Eritrea/Ethiopia:
UN increasingly
restricted
Increasing restrictions on the freedom of movement of United Nations peacekeepers following an Eritrean ban on helicopter flights has made it harder to warn the international community of any new outbreak of hostilities on the tense frontier with Ethiopia, ...
3:
Making
New Zealand Prosperous, Clean and
Green
The late Dr John Hayward introduced me to hydrology. John had a big impact not just through his science but through the many students that he taught and inspired. I know. I was one of them.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Pressure
to Release "Bomb Al Jazeera"
Transcript
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is coming under opposition pressure to release a memo which reportedly show that he dissuaded President Bush from ordering the bombing the Head Quarters of Al Jazeera TV in Qatar, an ally of the United States.
5:
Jason
Leopold: Fitzgerald Targets Rove
Again
Continuing his two-year-old investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's identity as a covert CIA agent, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present evidence to a second grand jury this week that could lead to a criminal indictment ...
6:
William
Engdahl: Bird Flu & Chicken Factory
Farms
Clouds can have ‘silver linings’ the adage goes, and Bird Flu seems to be no exception. While much of the world trembles in panic and fear over an as-yet-non-existent human-to-human mutation of the Avian Flu or H5N1 virus, and while most worry what to do to protect ...
7:
Dr
Bollard and the First Law of
Holes
The First Law of Holes says "stop digging". It applies, universally, to anyone who's in a hole. And Dr Alan Bollard, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand certainly is in a hole.
8:
Arms
Sales to Chavez Bad, Chilean F-16s
Good
This fall has been a trying time for the Bush administration, both at home and around the world, but in no arena is its reputation more compromised or the contempt with which it is held is greater than throughout Latin America. In the midst of the most ...
9:
State
Dept. Daily Press Briefing November 28
2005
DEPARTMENT Secretary Rice and Deputy Secretary Zoellick Upcoming Travel to Europe Secretary Rice's Visit to Germany /Meetings and Agenda Issue of Reported Secret Prisons and Possibility of Topic Being Raised During Secretary's Travel to Europe
10:
Nguyen
Tuong Van Will Be Hanged on Dec.
2
1. This is to inform you that the death sentence passed on Nguyen Tuong Van will be carried out on 2 Dec 2005.
11:
Public
Address 30/11/05 - Coffee And
Culture
Somebody served me a long black without a crema last week. In Wellington. The café had everything else: nice décor, convivial company, Cafenet connectivity, that capital city buzz. But no crema. Certainly, I am a bit of a nut about this sort of thing...
12:
US
Climate Change Press Conf In Montréal,
Canada
Dr. Harlan L. Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative and Alternate Head of the U.S. Delegation
13:
Bush-Blair
Al-Jazeera Bombing Transcript
Leak
An unverified document discovered by the UK tabloid The Daily Mirror claiming to have been leaked from Downing Street has been reported to contain a statement from US President George W. Bush about wishing to bomb the headquarters of Arabic TV station ...
14:
Bill
Berkowitz: Vulnerable
Venezuela
Two weeks ago, the Chicago White Sox, led by manager Ozzie Guillen (Oswaldo Jose Guillen Barrios as he is known in his home town of Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela), swept the Houston Astros to win their first World Series since 1917. As popular as baseball ...
15:
Oxfam
Exposes Illegal Agricultural
Subsidies
The European Union and the United States are illegally subsidizing their production of corn, rice, sorghum, fruit juice, canned fruit, tomatoes, dairy products, tobacco and wine, according to new research published today by international agency Oxfam.
16:
Cow
Bombs In Costa Rica: Only A Matter Of
Time?
Returning to America after a recent trip to Costa Rica, I could practically smell the fear in the Phoenix airport. Welcome to the Terrified States of America, folks. Kindly remove almost every item of clothing and check all common sense at the gate.
17:
Kiwi
Beachwear On the World Stage
The best beachwear proposals enrolled to Mittelmoda will be exhibited in Cannes once again during the Salone 100% Beachwear Maredimoda, dedicated to beachwear fabrics and accessories, which will take place from 29 November to 1 December 2005, Cannes.
18:
ICJ
Concern over ASIO Raids on Tamils In
Melbourne
ASIO raids on the homes of Melbourne’s Sri Lankan Tamil community last week highlight serious concerns held by ICJ Australia that counter-terrorism laws may ensnare innocent charitable donors in their net, and may be used by foreign governments to pursue ...
19:
Audio:
Robert Fisk Speaks On Middle
East
Audio courtesy of L.A. Sound Posse - Robert Fisk: Report From The Middle East, U.C.L.A. ....in association with an introduction of his latest book "The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East".
20:
Redford's
Festival Picks NZ Film
Toa Fraser's debut feature No.2 has been selected in competition for the USA's most famous film event, the top ranking Sundance Film Festival founded by Hollywood star, Robert Redford. The film is one of only 16 films from around the world selected for ...
21:
Army
Woman Shatters Glass Ceiling
Promotion is a milestone in anyone's career, but for the New Zealand Army's newest Brigadier it is particularly significant. Brigadier Anne Campbell became the first woman to reach the higher echelons of military office when the Chief of Defence Force, ...
22:
Starbucks
Anti-Union Practices a Global
Phenomenon
As Starbucks in the United States faces a hearing over allegations that managers dismissed employees for promoting unionisation, New Zealand fast-food workers are facing similar problems.
23:
Evelyn
Pringle: Pharma's Poisoned
Generation
A growing number of professionals in the health care field are reporting that a relationship exists between the epidemic in neurodevelopmental disorders of autism, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, and speech or language delay all across the country, ...
24:
Fitrakis
& Wasserman: Ohio's Diebold
Debacle
Massive Election Day irregularities are emerging in reports from all over Ohio after the introduction of Diebold's electronic voting in nearly half of the Buckeye State’s counties. A recently released report by the non-partisan General Accountability Office ...
25:
Public
Address 28-29/11/05 - Call Of The Wild
After defecting from the Communist Party, my grandfather worked the Golden Triangle with a fleet of trucks as an opium smuggler. When the family got to Singapore from Burma, the PAP tried to hire him as a political strategist - Nguyen Tuong Van's not ...
26:
Keith
Rankin: Dr Bollard & the First Law of
Holes
The First Law of Holes says "stop digging". It applies, universally, to anyone who's in a hole. And Dr Alan Bollard, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand certainly is in a hole.
27:
Every
brain cell helps in understanding
ADHD
The holy grail of a diagnostic test for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) could be discovered through interdisciplinary collaborations set up at a University of Otago conference on the neurobiology of ADHD.
28:
No
Right Turn: The Axis of Impunity
-One of the positive steps in international law in recent years has been the establishment of the International Criminal Court , a permanant standing court to try cases of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Unfortunately, since its inception, ...
29:
Pioneer
of the trade union struggle in
Haiti
Brussels, 28 November 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): A pioneer of the trade union struggle in Haiti, Yannick explains how the complex strategy combining local action and international mobilisation was organised. As one of the key players in the birth of Haiti's first ...
30:
2005
Roger Award Finalists Chosen
The finalists have been chosen for the 2005 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand. There are eight transnational corporations (TNCs), equalling the highest number ever (from 2003). They are (in no particular ...
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