Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 28 February 2007

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

1: US Generals Will Quit If Bush Orders Iran Attack

Scoop Link

Some of America's most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00254.htm

2: Thailand's Junta Warn Of Terror Attacks In Bangkok

Richard S. Ehrlich

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's U.S.-backed military regime is warning that Muslim infiltrators will try to bomb Bangkok and escalate their war for independence, which has killed 2,000 people in the past three years.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00270.htm

3: Questions and Answers - Tuesday, 27 February 2007

Office of the Clerk

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1. SHANE JONES (Labour) to the Minister of Finance: What reports, if any, has he received on the appropriate settings for good fiscal management?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00517.htm

4: Weiner: Cheney Is Recklessly "Bob"-ing Iraq & Iran

Bernard Weiner

As regular readers know, much of my satirical writing walks the razor's edge of believability. I like to think of it as "scraping close to the bone," and am delighted when letter-writers ask whether my scenarios really happened or whether they are ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00269.htm

5: An Open Letter to Close Up

New Zealand First Party

Last night you ended Close Up with a montage of me criticising media for inaccurate reporting. I stand by those comments, particularly the sequence involving Kim Hill. But why did you not show the outcome of that particular argument?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00526.htm

6: Karim Sahai: Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival Photos

Karim Sahai

The Te Matatini Kapa Kaha Festival was held at Arena Manawatu in Palmerston North from February 22-25. Wellington photographer Karim Sahai caught the action for Scoop. East Coast Kapa Haka group Whangara-mai-Tawhiti was named the supreme winner of the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00261.htm

7: Paul G. Buchanan: A Change Of Focus At The SIS

Paul G. Buchanan

In April 2006 Ambassador Richard Woods, SIS Director General at the time, released the 2005 SIS annual report. In that report he emphasized the potential threat posed by local jihadis emulating the bombers in Madrid and London, the connections between ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00257.htm

8: Questions For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 28 Feb 2007

Office of the Clerk

1. JOHN KEY to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Education, and the Minister for Social Development and Employment; if so, why?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00528.htm

9: Chainsaw massacre bad for climate change

New Zealand National Party

MAF figures showing record high rates of deforestation are a climate change disaster, says National’s Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00527.htm

10: Support Grows For Equity-Based Global Warming Plan

Pacific Ecologist

What will bring unity to the world community so we can stem conflict and the alarming growth in twin problems, global warming and global inequity? Global warming emissions continue to rise steeply. If this trend is not reversed soon, temperatures will reach ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00276.htm

11: Bold charity tax policy announced

New Zealand National Party

National’s bold new tax policy on charities shows a National government will support private giving and is serious about backing groups doing important work in our communities, says National Party Leader John Key.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00497.htm

12: EU endorses Hydrogen Combustion Engine

BMW

Ten European partners have completed the HyICE project – Optimization of the Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine three years after the project first began. This initiative, which was promoted by the EU Commission, has resulted in a combustion engine fueled ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00413.htm

13: EvoGenix and Vegenics announce collaboration

EvoGenix

Antibody therapeutics company EvoGenix Limited (ASX:EGX) and Melbourne-based biotechnology company Vegenics Limited (65% owned by Circadian Technologies Limited ASX:CIR) today announced that they had entered into a Technology Collaboration agreement. EvoGenix ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0702/S00060.htm

14: Russ Wellen: Greatest Expectations

Russ Wellen

When you hear a word like "bonkers" coming from the mouth of a Nobel laureate, you know he's at wit's end. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is not the only one afraid the US will attack Iran.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00265.htm

15: Confronting North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions

INSS Insight

In early February, the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program finally produced agreement on a plan to begin the process of dismantling that program. The agreement follows North Korea’s decision in late 2005 to suspend its participation in these ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00277.htm

16: Microsoft, ACP Media and ninemsn launch MSN NZ

Microsoft New Zealand

Kiwis will have a new way to access New Zealand’s favourite free email service – Hotmail - with the launch of msn.co.nz on 1 March 2007. msn.co.nz is the new home of Hotmail, MSN Messenger, Live Search and a range of information and entertainment ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0702/S00062.htm

17: SAS 'rebellion' in Afghanistan welcomed

Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke welcomed evidence that our SAS soldiers have 'rebelled' against the mistreatment of prisoners by American forces in southern Afghanistan.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00529.htm

18: Child Mortality Declining In Ethiopia

United Nations

Child mortality in impoverished Ethiopia has fallen over the past 15 years and steady development progress is being made in other areas as well, the visiting head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said , while stressing that more work ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00407.htm

19: Akld Kids Have Chance to Train Free With Warriors

Pasifika Festival

Western Union® is offering 100 lucky Auckland kids the chance to learn key rugby league skills from the Vodafone Warriors at a free football clinic.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0702/S00370.htm

20: Sickness Benefit numbers rise (again) under Labour

New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Labour can’t keep claiming credit for the prevailing economic conditions without taking responsibility for its failure to deal with an explosion in sickness and invalids’ beneficiaries.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00553.htm

21: Audio: Maori Party Presser On Whenuakite Dispute

Alastair Thompson

As the Government has been moving swiftly to defuse the dispute over a planned land sale at Whenuakite of land claimed by the Hauraki Iwi and subject to a Treaty Claim, the Maori Party are calling for comprehensive review of the Treaty Settlement Process.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00264.htm

22: Activists Take on Eli Lilly Over Sale of Zyprexa

Evelyn Pringle

On February 23, 2007, a new grass roots advocacy group issued a press release to rally support for attorney, Jim Gottstein, in his legal battle with Eli Lilly over his role in providing secret company documents obtained in litigation to the media ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00250.htm

23: Victims Of Forced Labour In Myanmar

United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed a recent agreement reached between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Myanmar on the establishment of a complaint mechanism for victims of forced labour.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00441.htm

24: Yahoo!Xtra Launches in New Zealand

Telecom New Zealand

Telecom New Zealand and Yahoo!7 today launched a new joint venture media company, Yahoo!Xtra. The Auckland-based company will provide world-class online content and products for New Zealanders at www.yahooxtra.co.nz, which goes live tomorrow.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0702/S00061.htm

25: Scoop Link: John Pilger - Iran, A War Is Coming

Scoop Link

In his latest piece for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes American plans to attack Iran, possibly with nuclear weapons. Although the majority of Americans voted last November to end the war in Iraq, the Bush cabal remains undeterred by inspid ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00252.htm

26: Get Real With Our League Boys in Oz!

Maori TV

The league boys of NGATI NRL are back with more blood, sweat and cheers from Australia when the new series kicks off on Maori Television on Thursday March 8 at 8.00 PM.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0702/S00377.htm

27: Charities policy already under review

New Zealand Government

Finance Minister Michael Cullen says John Key's latest proposals on charitable giving are already under active consideration as part of the confidence and supply agreement with United Future.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00504.htm

28: Principles To Reverse Global Warming & End Poverty

Pacific Ecologist

What will bring unity to the world community so we can stem conflict and the alarming growth in twin problems, global warming and global inequity? Global warming emissions continue to rise steeply. If this trend is not reversed soon, temperatures will reach ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00275.htm

29: Recognition of Benefits Welcomed - Action Wanted

NZ Institute of Forestry

“Forestry Minister Anderton’s statement this week that it is neither sustainable nor fair for communities and the environment to bear the negative environmental cost from erosion, increased run-off into waterways, flood risk and emissions in greenhouse ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0702/S00439.htm

30: Rice Remarks To Senate Appropriations Committee

US State Department

SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Senator Cochran. Thank you, members of the committee, and I am honored to testify alongside Secretary Gates for the first time.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00432.htm

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