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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 29 December 2007
The Top 30 rating items on Scoop for December 29,
2007, including: 1: US President Up For Sale, 2: An
Antiquities Conspiracy?, 3: Pakistan: On Borrowed Time, 4:
Ethiopia/Eritrea: Restraint Urged, 5: Qantas Strikes Likely
To Effect Holiday Plans....
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 29 December 2007
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The Top 30 rating items on Scoop for December 29, 2007 were...
1: US President George W. Bush Up For Sale on Ebay
Scoop Feedback2: Bob Hecht: Fragments Of An Antiquities Conspiracy?Sure there are signed photographs of George W. Bush up for sale on Ebay as there are many other souvenirs of the 43rd President, but this time, Internet Pioneer/Satirist/Government Teacher Eliot Stein has actually put our Chief Executive up for sale! http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00310.htm
Suzan Mazur3: Pakistan: Living On Borrowed Time -- Syed KamalAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingHugh Eakin's recent "Treasure Hunt" story in The New Yorker profiling Marion True, the former Getty curator on trial in Rome for conspiracy to traffic in ancient art, devotes a column to True's 1991 paper on the destruction of ancient cultural sites, ... http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00321.htm
Syed Akbar Kamal4: Ethiopia/Eritrea: Restraint Urged After ShootingAmidst scenes of chaos, violence and mayhem emanating from Pakistan after the assassination of Pakistan's People Party chief Benazir Bhutto, the 5000-odd Pakistani community living here in New Zealand is stunned and shocked. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00326.htm
United Nations5: Qantas Strikes Likely To Effect Holiday PlansThe UN peacekeeping mission monitoring the ceasefire between Ethiopia and Eritrea today called on both sides to show maximum restraint after a shooting incident in the border area where the two countries fought a two-year war that ended in 2000. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S01233.htm
House of Travel6: RadioWorks Acquires Marlborough StationsQantas has acknowledged that the proposed strike would seriously effect their operations. Industrial action is planned by about 1,700 Qantas engineers by taking four hour stoppages from 9 January 2008. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00433.htm
RadioWorks7: Wotif: Top Destinations Booked For New Years EveRadioWorks, a MediaWorks Company, is to acquire the Blenheim based Marlborough Media radio business. Marlborough Media owns and operates Sounds FM in Blenheim, Picton and Kaikoura, as well as Easy FM in Blenheim and Picton. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00434.htm
Wotif.com8: Assassination Of Benazir Bhutto -- Secretary RiceWotif.com has announced that Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch are the most popular destinations in NZ for New Year's Eve. The Total bookings for New Zealand's cities rival domestic leisure destination bookings for the same period. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00327.htm
US State Department9: Dennis Kucinich: On The Death Of Benazir BhuttoOn behalf of the United States, I want to express our deepest sympathy on the tragic death of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. We extend our sincere condolences to the Bhutto family and to the families of others who were killed and wounded. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S01226.htm
Dennis Kucinich10: John Chuckman: Bhutto, Bush, And Musharraf"This terrible tragedy also underscores the need for the US to adopt a new foreign policy toward the entire region because our current policy is all wrong. Our interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan has opened wide the doors of repression and violence." http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S01224.htm
John Chuckman11: Top Scoop Stories - 28 December 2007 News SummaryWith the assassination of Ms. Bhutto, we are given to understand that anti-democratic religious zealots killed Pakistan's last hope for democracy. But her assassination was a far more complex event than such simplistic claims. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00327.htm
The Scoop Editor12: British Foreign Sec On The Death Of Benazir BhuttoPakistan's Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Assassinated / $1.5m Per Month For Corrections Consultants / Didymo / Earthquakes Vs. Communications Blackouts / Federated Farmers New Branding / Top New Years Destinations / Top Female Surfers. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00322.htm
UK Government13: Benazir Bhutto Laid To Rest In Family Mausoleum"I am deeply shocked by news of the latest attack in Rawalpindi which has claimed the life of Benazir Bhutto and killed at least 15 other people. My thoughts and sincere condolences go to Ms Bhutto's family at this terrible time..." http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S01231.htm
VOA News14: Tariana Turia: The Assassination Of Benazir BhuttoThrongs of people lined the streets as the coffin holding Ms. Bhutto's body was taken to her final resting place and lowered into a grave next to her father at the family mausoleum in southern Sindh province. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S01244.htm
The Maori Party15: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 28 December 2007"It is the most tragic of ironies - that no matter what one thinks about her political aspirations, that she would lose her life as a victim of the senseless violence she was determined to oppose". http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00536.htm
Scoop Daily Ratings16: $4.5 Million Big Wed. Win Results In Burnt DinnerThe Top 30 rating items on Scoop for December 28, 2007, including: 1: Ethiopia, Eritrea: Restraint Urged, 2: Former FDA Official Marketing Lilly Drug, 3: Pakistan's Former PM Benazir Bhutto Assassinated, 4: Dennis Kucinich: On The Death Of Benazir Bhutto. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00325.htm
New Zealand Lotteries17: New book to help pharmacists"I was cooking dinner yesterday, when my husband yelled out that we had the winning Big Wednesday ticket. I just said 'Yeah right' and carried on in the kitchen," the winning woman said. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00330.htm
Auckland University18: Bhutto Assassination Condemned -- John Key MPEstablished pharmacists as well as those studying to gain their qualifications will benefit from a new book which focuses on pharmaceutical care in New Zealand. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0407/S00057.htm
New Zealand National Party19: Wild Oats XI Wins 2007 Sydney Hobart Yacht RaceNational Party Leader John Key today condemned the assassination of Pakistan's opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto. "This disgraceful act of terrorism must be condemned in the strongest possible terms," he says. "It strikes at the heart of democracy." http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00532.htm
Regatta News20: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 26 December 2007Bob Oatley's 98-foot super-maxi Wild Oats XI, with Mark Richards as skipper, crossed the finish in Hobart at 10:24am local time to take line honours for the third consecutive year. The yacht's elapsed time was 1 day, 21 hrs, 24 mins. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S01237.htm
Scoop Daily Ratings21: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 27 December 2007The Top 30 rating items on Scoop for December 26, 2007, including: 1: Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2007, 2: UNICEF Photo of the Year 2007 - Images Of Extremes, 3: Where Democracy Does Not Suit New Delhi, 4: UNICEF Germany 'Photo Of The Year'. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00323.htm
Scoop Daily Ratings22: New Research Into Aged-Care Will Assist With NeedsThe Top 30 rating items on Scoop for December 27, 2007, including: 1: Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2007, 2: Drought and desertification in Iran, 3: New Zealand Air Games Takes Off Over Wanaka, 4: Explosion In Highest Paid Education Ministry Staff. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00324.htm
Healthcare Providers23: Next Quake May Result In Communications BlackoutThe research will repeat longitudinal studies run in 1988, 1993 and 1998 and will primarily explore the rate of institutionalisation of older people in the Waitemata, Auckland and Counties Manukau District Health Board regions. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0712/S00106.htm
BayCity24: Line Honours Winner, Wild Oats XI, Three In A RowBayCity Communications says that the recent earthquake in Gisborne demonstrates that satellite communications will be a vital component in re-establishing communication links in areas isolated by natural disaster such as earthquake, flooding or tsunami. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0712/S00067.htm
Regatta News25: Cooling Towers In CBD & High Legionella CountWhile Wild Oats XI finished two hours and 44 minutes outside the record time of one day, 18 hours, 40 minutes, and ten seconds she set in 2005, her third consecutive win equaled the record set in the race's very early days, by Claude Plowman's Morna. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S01238.htm
Auckland City Council26: Air Games A Success For Future Of Air SportsThe Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) has advised Auckland City Council that routine tests of several air conditioning cooling towers in buildings in the CBD have identified a high legionella count in one of these buildings. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0712/S00304.htm
eveNZ27: UN Urges Calm In Wake Of Pakistan Terrorist AttackAs the first Air Sports Live, incorporating the New Zealand Air Games, closed to the spectacular display by top aerobatics pilot Jurgis Kairys of Lithuania, organisers and competitors declared the event a huge success. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00331.htm
United Nations28: Assassination Of Benzair Bhutto - PM Helen ClarkCondemning the deadly terrorist attack that killed former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and at least a dozen others in the northern city of Rawalpindi, the United Nations Security Council today called on all Pakistanis to show restraint. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S01229.htm
Office of the Prime Minister29: Battle Of The Boards Event For Top Female SurfersPrime Minister Helen Clark said today that she was deeply shocked and saddened at the news of the cowardly assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a former Prime Minister and a leading contender in Pakistan's forthcoming Parliamentary elections. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00531.htm
Johnson and Johnson30: Bon Jovi Guitar Raised $1000's For Child Cancer NZRip Curl and leading youth brand Clean & Clear have joined forces to bring New Zealand the only Women's Pro event on the national surfing calendar for 2008 - donating some of the proceeds to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00328.htm
Child Cancer FoundationCapital C: Concerts, the rock group BON JOVI, VISA Entertainment and Classic Hits Radio have delivered a seasonal cheer by announcing that a Fender Guitar signed by the four band members was successfully auctioned on Trademe. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0712/S00107.htm
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