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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Scoop News: Saddam Hussein Executed In Iraq
Scoop News2: NetGuard Service Extended to Business CustomersScoop Link: Saddam Hussein has been executed amid growing concern that a civil war in Iraq will flare. Amnesty International's call for a fair trial and for the execution order to be cancelled fell on deaf ears. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00378.htm
Bank of New Zealand3: Amnesty Condemns Saddam Appeal Court Death VerdictBank of New Zealand announced today a new security measure for Internet business banking customers as an added precaution against online fraud. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00474.htm
Amnesty International4: Ronaldinho Kicks-Off Institute To Help Poor YouthAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingAmnesty International has condemned the Iraqi Appeal Court's decision on 26 December 2006 to confirm the death sentences on Saddam Hussein and two of his co-accused in the al-Dujail trial and said the court should have ordered a re-trial. The organization ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00476.htm
United Nations5: Condoleezza Rice On NewsHour With Jim Lehrer 21/12Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho, one of the world’s best known sports figures and a United Nations goodwill ambassador, has launched an institute in Porte Alegre, Brazil, to help disadvantaged children through sport and education, an initiative ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00477.htm
US State Department6: Robert Parry: The GOP's $3 Bn Propaganda OrganQUESTION: President Bush and the new Defense Secretary Bob Gates have made it quite clear in the last couple of days that they're giving very serious thought to increasing the number of troops in Iraq. Do you support that as Secretary of State? http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00447.htm
Robert Parry7: Weiner: Don't Let Dems Drink Bush's Iraq Kool-AidThe American Right achieved its political dominance in Washington over the past quarter century with the help of more than $3 billion spent by Korean cult leader Sun Myung Moon on a daily propaganda organ, the Washington Times, according to a 21-year veteran ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00361.htm
Bernard Weiner8: President Bush's Statement on Execution of SaddamI couldn't believe it. Shallow Throat actually was smiling when we met on the hiking trail along the old C&0 Canal near Bethesda. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00374.htm
The White House9: Safety Net Will Be in Place for Cricket World CupToday, Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial -- the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00478.htm
2007 Cricket World Cup10: Final Status Of UN-Run Kosovo To Be DeterminedCricket fans travelling to the Caribbean for Cricket World Cup 2007 can rest assured that they will feel secure as the host countries for the event will implement security measures of an unprecedented level. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00474.htm
United Nations11: Blanket Bay named one of best hotels in the worldThe top United Nations envoy in Kosovo today voiced confidence on reaching a decision on the final status of the Albanian-majority Serbian province that the world body has run since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid ethnic fighting. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00468.htm
Blanket Bay12: William Rivers Pitt: A Sentinel in TimeNew Zealand’s multi-award-winning Blanket Bay has been named one of the world’s best hotels for food in the prestigious 2007 Conde Nast Traveller Gold List. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00472.htm
William Rivers Pitt13: Interview: Italy's Antiquities Prosecutor FiorilliThe calendar pages of our collective history are dotted with a gloomy constellation of days marked in blood, in woe, and in regret. The assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy; that last, hurried helicopter flight from that last rooftop on that last ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00375.htm
Suzan Mazur14: New Republican Movement PresidentItaly's antiquities prosecutor, Maurizio Fiorilli, has become the darling of the media in the past year helping to persuade the American public, and particularly the art world, to rethink the ethics of holding onto Italy's cultural patrimony with ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00370.htm
New Zealand Republican Movement15: Saddam Hussein 'May' Be Dead or Severely InjuredThe Republican Movement has elected a new President, Lewis Holden, effective from today. He replaces Dave Guerin, who was first elected president in 1996. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00305.htm
American Forces Press Service16: Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: The Interim ConstitutionWASHINGTON – "Some evidence" suggests Saddam Hussein may have died in air strikes that opened Operation Iraqi Freedom, President Bush said April 24. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0304/S00310.htm
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar17: Sudoku Instant Kiwi Stocking Filler Wins $50,000After the 16-hour-marathon discussion on the draft interim constitution, early in the Saturday morning of Dec. 16, 2006, the leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) signed on it ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00376.htm
New Zealand Lotteries Commission18: Important Big Day Out Ticket InformationA Taranaki family's numbers have really come up after winning $50,000 on a Sudoku Instant Kiwi ticket they were given as part of a Christmas stocking, says NZ Lotteries Chief Executive, Todd McLeay. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00471.htm
Big Day Out19: Kiwis promise to be fitter, thinnerWith a Christmas sales rush complete and a sell-out looming for the Big Day Out, promoters have issued the following information about where you can still buy tickets to the event in Auckland on 19 January. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0612/S00182.htm
Neilsen Research20: Hussein’s death ends a troubled chapterAuckland, December 29, 2006: Nearly four in 10 (37%) Kiwi consumers are geared up and ready to head into 2007 with New Year’s resolutions aimed at improving their quality of life through more exercise, better work and life balance, dieting, spending ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00473.htm
New Zealand Government21: Daily Voting News For December 28, 2006Duty Minister Trevor Mallard today said that Saddam Hussein’s death ends a chapter in Iraq’s troubled history. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00479.htm
John Gideon22: Uday & Qusay And Udai & Qusai Dead Or At LargeThe past two days news has been about change and lack of change. Kentucky is talking about change and entry into the voter verified world of elections. Meanwhile New York counties are talking about a lack of change. They have voting machines that ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00377.htm
freepressed.com23: Anarchists Against the Wall block Central Tel AvivMosul, Iraq--Conflicting news reports have cast doubt on the number, whereabouts, and correct spelling of Saddam Hussein's oldest sons. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0307/S00242.htm
International Solidarity Movement24: Papua Human rights defenders Fear Attacks LoomIsraeli activists have blocked central Tel Aviv with razor wire from the Apartheid Wall. The activists stretched the razor wire across Basel Street with a sign from the Wall that reads in Arabic, Hebrew and English: "Anyone who touches the fence ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00473.htm
Institute for Papuan Advocacy25: Not enough CYF Social Workers registeredHuman rights defenders fear that today or tommorrow TNI Battalion 756 from Wamena will carry out operations in Bolakme (West of Wamena near Mulia) . Grave concerns are held for civilian population. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00475.htm
New Zealand National Party26: Tens Of Thousands Of Somalis Fleeing FightingNot enough social workers working for Child Youth and Family are registered, says National’s Associate Welfare spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00478.htm
United Nations27: Disappointments & Tragi-Comedy Of SPAM GovernanceThe United Nations refugee agency is mobilizing staff and resources in preparation for a possible exodus of tens of thousands of people fleeing fighting in Somalia. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00467.htm
M.R. Josse28: Make a New Year Resolution to Get ReadyIf ever proof were required to demonstrate how sloppily the brave new world of SPAM governance is operating merely recall the tragi-comedy of the developments of the past week. I refer to the mayhem triggered by the SPA government's belated announcement ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00373.htm
New Zealand Government29: Martin Lefevre: The Art of MeditationCivil Defence Minister Rick Barker today urged New Zealanders to add two things to their list of New Year resolutions. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00477.htm
Martin LeFevre - Meditations30: Georgia & Abkhaz Separatists Urged To Cease AttackIt’s the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. The sun shines brightly, if briefly on this, the shortest day of the year. When one draws near to the earth, the world grows further away. How necessary that has become each day. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00372.htm
United NationsThe United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) today called on the Government and Abkhaz separatists to cooperate “to prevent any escalation” after attacks killed three Abkhaz militia members in a region where fighting forced nearly 300,000 ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00469.htm