Today's Top Scoops - 13 May 2008
World News: Yasmine Ryan Reports on More Nightmares For Beirut
Questions
For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Foreign Affairs: NZ Supports Allowing Pakistan Back
Into Fold
Immigration: Mary Anne Thompson Up And Quits
Police: National Wants Cold Water Thrown Over
Police-Public Relationships
Gordon
Campbell: Terry Hicks - A Father's Story
In the Navy: Defence Force Patrols Stormy Geopolitical
Waters
Political
Ructions: National Finally Get Selwyn
Candidate
Employment: Professionals Trade Money For More Time
Eating Jam
Architecture: Best And Worst Of Auckland
Breakfast Watch: Bacon Battle Brings Bacon Brilliance
To Fore
Media:
Yellow Pages Group Embraces Digital
Media
Earthquake
China: Sorrow, Pledges Of Help After Deadly China
Quake
Global
Food Crisis: Inaugural Meeting Of Food Crisis Task
Force
More
Talk: Lebanese Parties Must Resume Dialogue
Burma:
British PM Demands Aid Access To Cyclone
Victims
Learning: Tales From The Dyslexic Front
Lines:
Art Galleries: The Return of Gallery Babes
Silent Discos: Groove to Your Own
Tune
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LEAD STORY
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World News: Yasmine Ryan Reports on More
Nightmares For Beirut - So Lebanon is to be
once again sacrificed on the alter of fuzzy geostrategic
objectives. There are of course local enablers - on both
sides - acting under the influence of their foreign backers.
Yasmine Ryan unravels the complexity of the latest crisis
and explores contemporary Lebanon affairs... More
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ALSO:
- Franklin P Lamb - Lebanon on the Brink [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00161.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00122.htm
NZ POLITICS
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QUESTIONS
OF THE DAY:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00200.htm
Foreign Affairs: NZ Supports Allowing Pakistan Back
Into Fold - New Zealand fully supports the
Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group's (CMAG) decision to
readmit Pakistan as a full member while maintaining Fiji's
suspension, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00196.htm
Immigration: Mary Anne Thompson Up And
Quits - The resignation of the Deputy Secretary
Workforce, Mary Anne Thompson, has been announced by the
Chief Executive of the Department of Labour, Christopher
Blake. More
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ALSO:
- National - Immigration resignation sparks more questions [2]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0805/S00187.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00202.htm
Police: National Wants Cold Water Thrown Over
Police-Public Relationships - The new police
Code of Conduct does not address the issue of officers'
sexual relationships with members of the public, as
recommended by the Bazley report, says National's Police
spokesman, Chester Borrows. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0805/S00201.htm
Gordon
Campbell: Terry Hicks - A Father's Story -
The saga of David Hicks, Australia's most controversial
figure in the war on terrorism, keeps on getting stranger. A
few days ago, US Colonel Mo Davis, the former chief
prosecutor at the US military commissions that handed down
Hicks' sentence, stated that the commission's entire
procedure had been tainted by political influence and
prisoner abuse. More
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[1] - http://election08.scoop.co.nz/gordon-campbell-terry-hicks-a-fathers-story/
In the Navy: Defence Force Patrols Stormy Geopolitical
Waters - HMNZS TE MANA has arrived in her area
of operations in the Southern Arabian Gulf and will commence
patrolling on Sunday. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0805/S00174.htm
Political
Ructions: National Finally Get Selwyn
Candidate - After a long legal battle to stop
the selection process, Aylesbury Lawyer and farmer Amy Adams
(36) has been selected as National's candidate for the
Selwyn electorate. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0805/S00166.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Employment: Professionals Trade Money For More Time
Eating Jam - Almost half of Auckland's finance
and accounting professionals would consider trading off a
lower salary for flexible working hours, according to the
2008 Robert Half Auckland Salary Guide. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0805/S00236.htm
Architecture: Best And Worst Of Auckland
- One of Auckland's top tourist attractions and a green
hotel block are the public picks for the best and worst
buildings in Auckland. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0805/S00115.htm
Breakfast Watch: Bacon Battle Brings Bacon Brilliance
To Fore - On May 23rd the inaugural Lesnies
100% New Zealand Bacon competition will compare 231 bacons
from 109 different bacon makers to find the top cuts across
four categories. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0805/S00232.htm
Media:
Yellow Pages Group Embraces Digital Media -
Yellow Pages Group has announced the creation of a new
Digital Media business unit, to be headed by the company's
current Marketing Director, Blair Glubb. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0805/S00230.htm
WORLD
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Earthquake
China: Sorrow, Pledges Of Help After Deadly China
Quake - UN officials voiced their sorrow and
sympathy for the victims of the earthquake that struck
south-western China, killing thousands of people, and
pledged the support of the UN in any humanitarian efforts
following the disaster. More
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ALSO
- US State Dept Briefing: May 12, 2008 [2]
- UK Govt - China Earthquake: British Geological Survey Data [3]
- UK Govt - UK Foreign Secretary On Chinese Earthquake [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00156.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00157.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00158.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00159.htm
Global
Food Crisis: Inaugural Meeting Of Food Crisis Task
Force - Ban Ki-moon convened the inaugural
meeting of a high-level task force of senior UN officials
aimed at addressing the food crisis, noting that there was
an urgent need to help the millions of people already
suffering. Task force members today urged countries to not
to take actions that would aggravate the current surge in
food prices. More
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RELATED
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00154.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00155.htm
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Talk: Lebanese Parties Must Resume
Dialogue - Deploring the violence that has
engulfed Lebanon over the past week, Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon today called on all parties in the fractured country
to resume dialogue as part of a process that should
culminate in the election of a president. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00149.htm
Burma:
British PM Demands Aid Access To Cyclone
Victims - The Prime Minister has demanded that
the Burmese authorities grant ''unfettered access'' to aid
agencies trying to provide support to victims of cyclone
Nargis. Mr Brown said that obstruction of aid by Burma's
military rulers was ''completely unacceptable''. More
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ALSO
- UK Govt - First UK Aid Flight Off To Burma, More On Standby [2]
- UN WFP Steps Up Aid To Cyclone-Stricken Burma [3]
- Red Cross Update: Myanmar [4]
- Cyclone Nargis: U.S. Preparations For Relief Efforts For Burma [5]
- U.S. Military Positions Forces Ready To Help Burma [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00161.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00160.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00146.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00142.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00130.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0805/S00131.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Learning: Tales From The Dyslexic Front
Lines: - New Zealand teachers will this week
have the opportunity to have their say on dyslexia with a
ground-breaking online survey being launched by the Dyslexia
Foundation of New Zealand. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0805/S00039.htm
Art Galleries: The Return of Gallery Babes
- Mums & Dads - keen for a healthy dose of art-intellectual
entertainment? Bring the baby in the buggy and join the City
Gallery for a family-friendly tour of our exhibitions. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0805/S00121.htm
Silent Discos: Groove to Your Own Tune -
Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like no one can hear. Or
in the case of a 42BELOW Silent Disco, dance like no one can
hear you. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0805/S00123.htm
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