Today's Top Scoops - 19 February 2008
Multimedia: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 18 Feb. 2008
Questions
For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 19 Feb 2008
Hospitals:
Hospitals Report Delayed
Foreign Affairs: Barker And Vets Get To Say 'Good
Morning' In Vietnam
Great
News! Stolen Medals Recovered
Donations:
English Demands More Answers On Owen Glenn
Dairy:
European Authority To Review A1/A2 Milk Science
Science News: Research Scientists to Visit Auckland
Banking: NZ Moves Into The Cyber Transaction
Age
Employment: Plenty Of Jobs For Likely
Candidates
Agriculture:
Fonterra Restructure Vote Deferred
World
News: West Papuan Churches, Others Appeal For
Dialogue
United
Nations: Security Council Holds Emergency Talks On
Kosovo
United
Nations: Nepal Must End Culture Of Impunity - Rights
Chief
Justice
System: Legal Document Blog Shut Down By US
Government
Richard
Sanders: Canada’s Secret War In Iraq
Keith
Rankin: Understanding The Housing Market
Yoram
Schweitzer: A Balance of Terror in the War on Terror
Martha
Rosenberg: Valentine’s Day Massacre Courtesy of Legal
Gun Owner
Pablo
Ouziel: Failed Fascist States
Politics/Theatre:
Hollow Men Hit Ak In Theatrical Form
Reggae: Wild Night Out At Zoo With Katchafire
Cuteness: Cat In Lamb's Clothing Coming To Easter
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LEAD STORY
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Multimedia: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 18
Feb. 2008 - Video on Demand of NZ Prime Minister,
Helen Clark's post Cabinet press conference for
Parliamentary press gallery journalists held this afternoon.
The cabinet readout was followed by Q&A a wide ranging
variety of subjects including Labour Party donations from
Owen Glenn, East Timor, Kosovo, polls and the upcoming
budget. [Note: There is a delay in the start of the audio
for this video due to a technical error.]
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00179.htm
NZ POLITICS
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QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00285.htm
Hospitals:
Hospitals Report Delayed - National Party Health
spokesman Tony Ryall is appalled that Labour is putting
media management ahead of patient safety as it holds back a
damning report detailing a series of major failures at the
country's public hospitals. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00290.htm
Foreign Affairs: Barker And Vets Get To Say 'Good
Morning' In Vietnam - Veterans' Affairs Minister,
Rick Barker will visit Viet Nam at the end of February, with
an official delegation of six New Zealand veterans. This is
the first formal visit to Viet Nam by a group of New Zealand
veterans. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00284.htm
Great
News! Stolen Medals Recovered - Prime Minister
Helen Clark today praised the New Zealand Police for their
work in ensuring the safe return of the 96 medals stolen
from the Waiouru Army Museum last year. More
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ALSO:
- NZ Police - Operation Valour: Stolen War Medals Recovered [2]
- NZ Govt - Goff welcomes recovery of national treasures [3]
- National - Security of medals must be assured [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00271.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00185.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00279.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00265.htm
Donations:
English Demands More Answers On Owen Glenn -
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English wants to know why
Helen Clark didn’t correct Labour Party president Mike
Williams who claimed Owen Glenn had not given her party any
financial assistance since the 2005 election. “Mr Williams
was clear. He said Mr Glenn had made no donations since the
election. Now it turns out he has. What else is Labour
hiding?” More
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ALSO:
- National - Clark must front over Glenn donations [2]
- bFM Audio - Havo n PM on EFB Medals and Taggers! [3]
- bFM Audio - Jose Barbosa IVs The Main PPL Over Owen Glenn Saga [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00277.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00266.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00176.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00177.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Dairy:
European Authority To Review A1/A2 Milk Science -
Food Safety Minister Lianne Dalziel has announced that the
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is to carry out a
comprehensive review of existing scientific research on the
safety of A1 milk. "I am delighted that one of the world’s
top food safety organisations will undertake this work." More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00289.htm
Science News: Research Scientists to Visit Auckland
- Two internationally renowned research scientists,
Bruce H. Lipton PhD and Dawson Church PhD, will visit
Auckland in March to share their views on the future of
healthcare and relationships. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0802/S00070.htm
Banking: NZ Moves Into The Cyber Transaction Age
- Results from the latest Nielsen Online Consumer Finance
Monitor show that over two thirds of people who use the
Internet (68%) have accessed online banking sites in the
last month. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00307.htm
Employment: Plenty Of Jobs For Likely Candidates
- New Zealand’s job market is still running hot and there
are no signs of a cooling caused by a possible US recession
this year. That’s the message in the latest employment
forecast podcast from recruitment specialists Robert Half
Finance & Accounting. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00294.htm
Agriculture:
Fonterra Restructure Vote Deferred - [Fonterra's]
board has decided that it will not proceed with the
preliminary vote in May to change Fonterra's structure into
two entities. While we still believe there would be benefits
in road testing the two company structure, it is not
essential at this time.More
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ALSO:
- Fonterra Shareholders Council - Prudent decision says Shareholders' Council [2]
- NZ First - Fonterra Vote Delay Welcomed [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00275.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00289.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00280.htm
WORLD
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World
News: West Papuan Churches, Others Appeal For
Dialogue - Catholic & Protestant churches, Muslims,
Hindus & Buddhists together made this appeal: WE 1. declared
West Papua as ‘Land of Peace’ on the 5th February 2002.
2. made an appeal to the international community to have
‘an honest and peaceful ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00205.htm
United
Nations: Security Council Holds Emergency Talks On
Kosovo - 17 February 2008 – At the request of the
Russian Federation, the United Nations Security Council
today held an emergency closed-door session to discuss
Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia, with a
formal meeting slated for Monday. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00202.htm
United
Nations: Nepal Must End Culture Of Impunity - Rights
Chief - The United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights has called on Nepal to address the culture of
impunity that exists in the country, warning that not doing
so will threaten the achievement of lasting peace. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00199.htm
Justice
System: Legal Document Blog Shut Down By US
Government - Transparency group Wikileaks forcibly
censored at ex-parte Californian hearing -- ordered to print
blank pages -- 'wikileaks.org' name forcibly deleted from
Californian domain registrar -- the best justice Cayman
Islands money launderers can buy? More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00204.htm
COMMENT
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Richard
Sanders: Canada’s Secret War In Iraq - On
March 25, 2003, during the “shock and awe” bombardment
of Iraq, then US Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci admitted
that “… ironically, Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and
personnel... will supply more support to this war in Iraq
indirectly... than most of those 46 countries that are fully
supporting our efforts there.” More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00195.htm
Keith
Rankin: Understanding The Housing Market -
Helen Clark and many others see affordable housing as one of
the big political issues of 2008. Unfortunately her thinking
about the issue errs in two main respects: she sees the
problem as one of a lack of supply of houses, and she
equates ''affordable ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00192.htm
Yoram
Schweitzer: A Balance of Terror in the War on Terror
- The car bomb in Damascus that ended the life of
Imad Mughniya also put an end to the world-wide manhunt
lasting over two decades for the person responsible for the
deaths of hundred of citizens of many countries. Following
the disappearance from ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00191.htm
Martha
Rosenberg: Valentine’s Day Massacre Courtesy of Legal
Gun Owner - On February 1, less than a year after
the Virginia Tech shootings, survivors and their families
converged on the Capitol in Richmond for a "die in" to urge
Virginia lawmakers to close the no background check gun show
loophole. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00189.htm
Pablo
Ouziel: Failed Fascist States - When Hermann
Hesse warned of the rise of fascism in Germany he was
rejected by a majority of the population. The truth is that
most people were experiencing first hand the benefits of
fascist ideology. Today we look at that part of our global
history ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00190.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Politics/Theatre:
Hollow Men Hit Ak In Theatrical Form -
Highly-acclaimed New Zealand play The Hollow Men comes to
Auckland in April for a strictly limited season. Based on
Nicky Hager’s controversial book and adapted by Dean
Parker, The Hollow Men is at Maidment Theatre, Auckland from
Thursday 10 April. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00205.htm
Reggae: Wild Night Out At Zoo With Katchafire -
Katchafire, one of New Zealand’s leading reggae bands,
returns to Wild Bean Cafe ZooMusic on Friday, 29 February,
to support native frog conservation. The seven-piece band
will play their third ZooMusic. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00204.htm
Cuteness: Cat In Lamb's Clothing Coming To Easter
Show - A feline nicknamed the ‘cat in a lamb’s
clothing’ is one of several new breeds set to impress
visitors at this year’s Royal Easter Cat Show. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00198.htm
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