Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 12 April 2007

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

1: The Psychology Behind G.W. Bush's Decision-Making

Guest Opinion

When we feel inadequate about some aspect of our lives, we work to submerge those feelings with compensations and defenses. Evidence is that in the case of George W. Bush, deep feelings of inadequacy and powerful defensive behaviors employed to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00200.htm

US State Department

UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: (In progress.) I deal in each part of the world and oversee our operations in each geographic bureau, so I'm happy to talk about anything that you're interested in. You'll find me knowledgeable on some issues, completely probably ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00161.htm

United Nations

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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador and singer Clay Aiken is currently on his first visit to Afghanistan, aiming to raise awareness about the hope and promise he has seen in the young people of the war-torn country.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00165.htm

US State Department

R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Center for European Policy Studies Brussels, Belgium March 26, 2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00160.htm

Evelyn Pringle

On Monday, April 9, 2007, the Boston Herald reported that the US military had announced the Easter weekend deaths of 10 more American soldiers, including six killed on Sunday. The Associated Press reports that, since the war began in March 2003, over 3,000 ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00174.htm

New Zealand Government

Trade and Defence Minister Phil Goff heads to Pakistan and India tomorrow to pursue New Zealand’s trade interests and strengthen defence ties.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00213.htm

New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

“Dangerous unscientific nonsense” and “lacking in scientific rigour” are descriptions by two scientist members of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition of the latest report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0704/S00023.htm

Robert Parry

The Washington pundits and the press are all atwitter wondering how successful George W. Bush's Iraq "surge" strategy will be and how fast the Democrats will crumble in a showdown with the steely-eyed President over his demand for $100 billion more for ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00198.htm

Norfolk Island Tourism

Travel to Norfolk Island at the end of May and you’ll get to see the best country music around.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0704/S00105.htm

Sherwood Ross

Those who seek to discourage young men from enlisting in the military might want to remind them that, in addition to possibly getting killed, they are even more likely to be forced to endure long periods without getting laid.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00194.htm

Selwyn Manning

Audio & Text Report: The Premiere of Niue has invited all Niueans living in Auckland, Wellington and Sydney to consider returning home. He encouraged them to do so, before family land they abandoned over the past 30 years is lost to them. The call came ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00186.htm

Massey University

The Government gets ticks from the public for its performance in protecting the environment, fighting unemployment and dealing with security threats.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00138.htm

Bernard Weiner

Sometimes the reality behind the spin just pops out at you when politicians open their mouths. Here are four such quotes on the topics of democracy, the U.S. Attorneys scandal, global warming, and Iraq.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00179.htm

Toni Solo

Over the next few months the new coalition government in Nicaragua will begin to implement programmes to try and redress the immiseration of Nicaragua's people imposed by 16 years of corporate crony-capitalism. In January this year, the administration ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00202.htm

US State Department

SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much. I'm going to make very brief remarks because this is really a question-and-answer session not a speech.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00151.htm

BMW

With its superior power, performance and dynamism, the new fourth-generation BMW M3 ensures truly unique sheer driving pleasure of the highest calibre.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0704/S00180.htm

New Zealand National Party

National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman says Labour must shoulder its fair share of the blame for the redundancies at state television today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00217.htm

Council on Hemispheric Affairs

The Government and the Drug lords: Who Rules Mexico? • When it comes to the Mexican drug scene, there is usually far more than meets the eye • The Bush-Calderon drug war is as much operatic as it is functional
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00153.htm

Tanveer Jafri

The Islam religion came into existence about 1430 years ago on the soil of the Arabs. Prophet Mohammad is respected as a founder of religion Islam. He incarnated in Arab. According to the Islam religion, Prophet Mohammad is considered the last messenger ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00168.htm

Akanimo Sampson

Prince Tonye Princewill, the Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, on Tuesday, unfolded his plans for the state. In some 30 minutes chat with AKANIMO SAMPSON , our Port Harcourt Bureau Chief, he bared his mind on a number of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00187.htm

US State Department

NORTH AFRICA Statement Condemning Terrorist Attacks in Algeria and Morocco Status of Consulates in Region
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00162.htm

Neilsen Research

Nielsen//NetRatings today released its Market Intelligence statistics for the week to 8 April 2007. For the first time, MSN NZ’s new website msn.co.nz appeared in the ranking of sites visited by New Zealanders and jumped straight into second place.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0704/S00177.htm

New Zealand Government

An extraordinary statement from a group who was exposed as attempting to subvert the last election shows the need for electoral finance reform before the next election, Justice Minister Mark Burton said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00202.htm

Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

TVNZ's decision to make nearly sixty news and current affairs staff redundant is a short-sighted move that poses a major threat to New Zealand journalism, say the unions that represent journalists.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00152.htm

Akanimo Sampson

PRINCE Tonye Princewill, the Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate for Nigeria's Rivers State, one of the major oil-producing states, on Tuesday, in Port Harcourt, the state capital, formally presented the electorate with his plans for the state ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00188.htm

www.familyvalues.net.nz

On Wednesday 2nd May at 12.30pm at Parliament Grounds in Wellington, a mass gathering is being organised to maintain public opposition to the passage of the anti smacking bill currently before parliament.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00140.htm

David Swanson

It is not election season. It is citizen activism season. The eternal election season is draining all sorts of energy away from our democracy. And it's not just the corporate media promoting it. Activist groups like Moveon.org are involved. Not just Moveon, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00189.htm

David Swanson

The Cheney energy meeting, the Iraq Study Group, the Supplemental spending bill, the choice of which buildings to defend after Shock and Awe, Iraq's proposed new hydrocarbon law, the threat of an attack on Iran, and the sudden recognition of reality ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0704/S00191.htm

United Nations

The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti ( MINUSTAH ) has announced plans to provide security and logistical support to the Caribbean country’s Provisional Electoral Commission when it holds local mayoral and municipal elections later this ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00147.htm

Novotel Gardens

The New Novotel Directory has just been published. Businessmen, families and travel enthusiasts can discover 398 Novotel hotels and resorts. International 4-star accommodation in 58 countries on 5 continents. The Directory outlines to clients all the worldwide ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0704/S00171.htm

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