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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Politicians
should heed gambling survey
Problem Gambling FoundationNew research commissioned by the Health Sponsorship Council provides hard evidence of the harm being done by gambling says the Problem Gambling Foundation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00107.htm
2:
P.S.
Financial Fraud vs. Financial Coup
d’etat
Catherine Austin FittsThere is a fundamental difference between financial fraud and warfare implemented by financial means – a financial coup d’etat, if you will. For citizens and investors trying to navigate current events and markets, it is well worth pausing to gain perspective ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00153.htm
3:
TVNZ's
Christmas Present To Shortland Street
Fans
Television New ZealandTVNZ and South Pacific Pictures are giving Shortland Street fans a present this Christmas – the biggest week in Shortland Street history free of charge on TVNZ ondemand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00140.htm
4:
Kucinich
Preparing 50-Page Articles of
Impeachment
David SwansonKucinich Says He's Preparing 50-Page Bush Articles of Impeachment By David Swanson http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/29305 Touching on issues ranging from Yucca Mountain to the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq, presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00156.htm
5:
A
Bad Case of “Terrorism” Hysteria
Anti-Bases CampaignI have a confession to make (so pay attention, spies, and have those black ninjas on full alert). I’ve spent a week in the Ureweras with gun toting Maori. From memory they also sported bullet belts, camouflage gear and cowboy hats. It was in 1981 (if ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00130.htm
6:
Greenpeace
challenged to prove need for carbon
tax
New Zealand Climate Science CoalitionBefore Greenpeace or anyone else criticises the Government for its failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it should cite the valid verified scientific proof that carbon dioxide causes warming of the earth to an extent that would involve New Zealanders ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00277.htm
7:
Google
Announces Google Maps New Zealand
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – 12 December 2007 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today launched the Google Maps™ New Zealand service at maps.google.co.nz , enabling users in New Zealand to find the local information they want more easily. In addition to map and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00217.htm
8:
Nun
Briefs Parliamentarians On Timor-Leste
Crisis
Spike MountjoySecurity is still the most pressing problem for Timor-Leste according to nun and refugee camp organiser Sister Guilhermina Marcal currently visiting New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00175.htm
9:
"Buyer
enquiry over" should not mislead
Commerce CommissionThe Commerce Commission says real estate agents need to heed the warning contained in a recent court case relating to pricing practices to avoid breaching the Fair Trading Act.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00155.htm
10:
Questions
And Answers - Tuesday, 11 December
2007
Office of the Clerk1. RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER (Labour) to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What reports has she received regarding the number of New Zealanders receiving an unemployment benefit?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00221.htm
11:
Greens
call on Government to admit spray
campaign
Green PartyThe Ombudsman's report on Complaints Arising from Aerial Spraying is a damning indictment of the Government's handling of the painted apple moth aerial spraying campaign, the Green Party says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00220.htm
12:
Minismising
Risks Of Online Social Networking
UnisysNew Zealanders need to act on new research which shows most feel uncomfortable posting personal information online
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00122.htm
13:
The
Widening Chasm on Energy
Kelpie WilsonLast Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed, by a 235-181 vote, the Energy Independence and Security Act. This new energy bill includes measures that would increase car fuel mileage, restore taxes on Big Oil to pay for investments in solar, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00173.htm
14:
Bush's
Nuclear-Boogeyman Scam
Bernard WeinerThe Cheneyists wanted to bomb Iran based on the same fear-scam Americans fell for when CheneyBush were pushing the invasion of Iraq: nuclear weapons. Here's how their scheme fell apart -- or did it?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00165.htm
15:
Cunliffe
reiterates his call for Roy to
apologise
New Zealand GovernmentMinister of Health David Cunliffe has today reiterated his call for Heather Roy to either provide information to support the allegation she made in Parliament last week or apologise to the staff at Capital and Coast DHB.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00217.htm
16:
Health
effects of spraying carefully
considered
New Zealand Government"Biosecurity is just as much about health and community outcomes as it is about economic and environmental matters, and this was always an important consideration during the moth eradication operations carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00239.htm
Capital C ConcertsCapital C: Concerts grows the ROCK2WGTN brand by adding legendary ALICE COOPER to the opening night programme. Promoter Phil Sprey announced the artist at midnight last night after promising that another major name would precede the VISA CARD Pre ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00145.htm
18:
Sec.
Rice At The Women's Foreign Policy
Luncheon
US State DepartmentThe international system today is experiencing a degree of transformation that defies precedent: The rise of China and India, the growth of truly global labor and capital markets, the spread of technology, massive new migrations of people.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00704.htm
19:
Auckland
mayor a disgrace over affordable
housing
Green PartyThe Green Party is shocked that the Auckland City Council plans to break an affordable housing contract at a council meeting tomorrow.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00231.htm
20:
Voice
Activated Desk A Big Winner For Gore
Student
CriterionFourteen year old Leighton Terry hopes his voice-activated desk leads to more success after winning a nationwide competition for budding inventors.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0712/S00030.htm
21:
NZ
First Makes Starship Donation
New Zealand First PartyNew Zealand First has donated a cheque for $158,000 to the Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00243.htm
22:
AI
calls for moratorium on Taser
decision
Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International is calling on the Police Commissioner and the Minister of Police not to make a decision on the introduction of Taser stun guns or similar electro-shock weapons, until results of comprehensive, independent studies into their use and effects ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00125.htm
23:
Charges
Against Sri Lanka Honey Collectors
Dropped
Survival InternationalThe four men were collecting honey for presentation at the Tooth Temple in the town of Kandy during Sri Lanka's annual Esala Perahera - the country's major Buddhist festival.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00643.htm
24:
NZ
extends Zimbabwe travel sanctions
New Zealand GovernmentNew Zealand has extended its travel ban on associates of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe by denying student visas and permits to their adult children, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Immigration Minister Clayton Cosgrove announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00238.htm
25:
Departures
Of Burma Refugees From Thailand Top
20K
UNHCRThe number of people who have been resettled in third countries from Thailand since the programme started in 2005 now stands at 20,878, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00750.htm
26:
Volvos
Are Top Safety Picks
Motorcorp DistributorsThe all new C70 carries safety engineering from the preceding C70 by increasing use of Ultra High Strength Steel for side and rear energy absorption protection. Also featured is the world's first side impact air bag from convertibles. Also standard ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0712/S00031.htm
27:
No
chance of Clark achieving her OECD
promise
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Finance spokesman Bill English says the Government’s economic indicators report out today shows Helen Clark has no chance of delivering on her promise to get New Zealand back into the top half of the OECD within a decade.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00245.htm
28:
Lisbon
Strategy For Growth And Jobs: 2007
Report
European UnionLisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs: 2007 Strategic Report Country - Assessment of the National Reform Programmes... the Commission's assessment of progress made to implement key structural reforms and based on the Integrated Guidelines for Growth ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00770.htm
29:
Ban
on thermal energy risks electricity
security
NZ Council for Infrastructure DevelopmentThe New Zealand Council for infrastructure Development is concerned that proposed legislation to place a 10 year ban on thermal energy may risk security of electricity supply, prolong dependence on Huntly coal fired generation and potentially mean more ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00153.htm
30:
Taser
Opponents Lack New Zealand
Perspective
Police AssociationOpponents to New Zealand Police being issued with Taser devices are ignoring the realities of modern policing in New Zealand, Police Association President Greg O'Connor said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00149.htm
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