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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Somalia:
What the News Failed to Report
Ramzy BaroudThe people of Somalia are enduring yet another round of suffering as Ethiopian forces wreck havoc in the capital, Mogadishu. Apparently in response to an attack on one of its units, and the dragging of a soldier’s mutilated body through the city’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00302.htm
2:
Paul
Buchanan: Postscript on Operation 8
Paul G. BuchananThe dust has largely settled after the police whirlwind that was Operation 8. Yet some questions remain about the operation itself, and there are political repercussions that need addressing.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00312.htm
3:
2007
Roger Award’s Eight Finalists Named
Campaign Against Foreign Control Of AotearoaThe finalists for the annual Roger Award For the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2007 are (in no particular order of preference):
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00347.htm
4:
No
Right Turn: Election Funding Bill Reported
Back
No Right TurnThe Justice and Electoral committee has finally reported back [PDF] on the Electoral Finance Bill , and recommended that it be passed.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00311.htm
5:
Manukau
responds to Ellerslie flower show
decision
Manukau City CouncilManukau Mayor Len Brown says it is disappointing the decision has been made to move the Ellerslie International Flower Show out of the Auckland region.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0711/S00173.htm
6:
Breakthrough
Drug for Debilitating Disease
Star Public RelationsA new drug, recently approved for use in New Zealand, has been heralded by one of the country’s leading experts as a “substantial step forward” in the treatment of a debilitating disease.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0711/S00099.htm
7:
Statement
on the Electoral Finance Bill
Human Rights CommissionSeveral significant changes to the Electoral Finance Bill go some way to addressing the Human Rights Commission’s concerns about freedom of expression and citizen’s rights to participate.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00315.htm
8:
Electoral
Finance Bill Now Worse
Free Speech CoalitionThe Free Speech Coalition has slammed the revised Electoral Finance Bill as being even worse than the original.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00313.htm
9:
Labour
Selects Wellington Central Candidate
New Zealand Labour PartyThe Labour Party today selected Grant Robertson as its candidate for the Wellington Central electorate at next years election. Mr Robertson’s candidacy was endorsed at a meeting of around 100 Labour members and supporters.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00298.htm
10:
Animal
Liberation Front Rescue Ducks
Auckland Animal ActionAuckland Animal Action has anonymously received footage highlighting the cruel and inhumane conditions that ducks suffer on factory farms and slaughterhouses throughout New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00312.htm
11:
ICA:
Dump the Electoral Finance Bill
Institute of Chartered AccountantsThe Institute of Chartered Accountants is joining the Law Society and others in calling for the Electoral Finance Bill to be dumped.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00320.htm
12:
Praise
for Trans-Tasman Giant's GM-Free
Policy
GE Free NZGE Free NZ (in food and environment) is welcoming food giant Goodman Fielder's decision to support continuation of Australia's GM moratorium and to put the wishes of their consumers first.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0711/S00056.htm
13:
Stark
warning to governments over climate
change
Greenpeace New ZealandValencia, Spain, 17 November 2007--The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a stark warning that governments need to take strong action on climate when they meet in Bali to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol's second phase ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00300.htm
14:
Greenpeace
response to Election Finance Bill
Greenpeace New ZealandAuckland 19 November 2007 - Greenpeace has welcomed the recommendations of the Justice and Electoral Committee on the Election Finance Bill, saying the committee has addressed its concerns over the Bill.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00319.htm
15:
New
Zealand Glaciers Shrinking
NIWANew Zealand’s glaciers are shrinking and twelve of the largest glaciers in the Southern Alps are unlikely to return to their earlier lengths without extraordinary cooling of the climate.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0711/S00055.htm
16:
PM’s
husband supports Labour’s election
rort
New Zealand National PartyHelen Clark’s husband might have to agree with her latest election rort, but thousands of New Zealanders are sickened at the prospect of laws that will severely restrict political opinion yet let Labour spend up large with their money, says National Deputy ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00337.htm
17:
Action
Against Supermarkets and Big Box
Retailers
National Distribution UnionNO to worker rights violations, unsustainable distribution practices and the destruction of local independent businesses!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00354.htm
18:
Peters
completes visit to North Korea
New Zealand GovernmentNew Zealand is willing to assist North Korea’s economic development if it follows through on its commitments under the Six Party Talks, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said after a two-day visit to North Korea.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00338.htm
19:
Pluralism
Bursts Into The Western Hemisphere
Council on Hemispheric AffairsNo one is arguing that Latin America and the Caribbean have become a priority matter for international diplomacy, save for the U.S., which has witnessed a massive retreat of Washington's vigilance for what it once insisted were its longtime national interests ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S00747.htm
20:
Electoral
Bill is a direct attack on lobby
groups
David ThorntonThe Electoral Finance Bill is a direct attack on lobby groups such as the NoMorerates.com campaign.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00311.htm
21:
Democracy
still at risk in control freak bill
New Zealand National PartyNational remains committed to repealing the anti-democratic Electoral Finance Bill which is still an attack on democracy despite minor changes, says the Party's Deputy Leader Bill English.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00345.htm
22:
More
family funding needed for Type 1
diabetes
Diabetes New ZealandFollowing the Australian government’s recent pledge of increased funding to support a national insulin pump grants programme for Australian children with Type 1 diabetes, Diabetes New Zealand and Diabetes Youth New Zealand are calling for greater funding ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0711/S00091.htm
23:
A
Portal Into the "Dark Alliances" of the Drug
War
narconews.comA recent plane crash in Mexico has created a firestorm of speculation on the Internet and in certain press outlets on the old question of "dark alliances" between U.S. government agencies -- particularly the CIA -- and drug trafficking. Bill Conroy, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00309.htm
24:
Withdrawal
Not Required in Iraq Funding Bill
Maya SchenwarThe House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday night that aims for a major withdrawal of troops from Iraq by next December, but that promise rides on the back of a $50 billion check to continue war operations. Moreover, the plan sets December ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00282.htm
25:
Greens
- victory on free speech & fairer
elections
Green PartyWith the inclusion of changes negotiated by the Green Party, the Electoral Finance Bill tabled today should allay many of the concerns raised by New Zealanders.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00349.htm
26:
Coalition
welcomes revised Electoral Finance
Bill
Coalition for Open GovernmentThe Coalition for Open Government welcomes the revised the Electoral Finance Bill, saying it is greatly improved by the changes announced today. “We are particularly pleased to see that the bill now abolishes secret trusts and tackles anonymous donations,” ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00322.htm
27:
U.S.
Govt Disaster Support Following Cyclone
Sidr
US State DepartmentThe United States is responding in the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr to try to meet the immediate needs of the Bangladeshi people, calling into action a multitude of U.S. Government disaster relief agencies and departments.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S00757.htm
28:
The
Military Commissions Act's Hidden
Wording
Robert ParryRobert Parry on the Military Commissions Act's Hidden Wording By Robert Parry Consortium News http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/091707.html
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00285.htm
29:
Festive
Falun Gong belong in Auckland Santa
Parade
Green PartyAuckland Green MP Keith Locke is calling for the Auckland Chamber of Commerce to rethink its exclusion of Falun Gong from the Santa Parade, after the group's successful participation in the Wellington parade yesterday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00343.htm
30:
Clean
coal breakthroughs heartening news
Business Council for Sustainable DevelopmentMajor new clean coal technology breakthroughs in the US and Norway are heartening news for New Zealand which has 400 years of coal reserves buried beneath the South Island alone.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0711/S00058.htm
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