Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 27 July 2008

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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...

1: Audio + Images: Condoleezza Rice Says NZ An Ally

Scoop Audio

Scoop Report: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said Saturday that New Zealand is now a friend and an ally. That's one step up from the 'New Zealand is a very very close friend of the United States' that its President Bush referred to in 2007.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00286.htm

Michael Collins

Today's hearing on the abuse of presidential powers before the House Committee on the Judiciary turned into a devastating political ambush by Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), committee Democrats, and the extraordinary panel of witnesses.. At least ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00285.htm

Global Peace And Justice Auckland

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Global Peace and Justice Auckland is co-ordinating a protest directed against US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her visit to Auckland tomorrow.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00322.htm

Undernews

In a remarkable essay in Counterpunch, an anonymous political consultant gets to the heart of what's happening in this election campaign: we're not choosing a politician but a product, one that makes us feel good about ourselves - and Obama is the iPod ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00298.htm

Rethinking Crime and Punishment

"Bailey Kurariki Jnr has held up until now, against huge odds", said Kim Workman, former National Director of Prison Fellowship, on hearing that Bailey had been arrested on suspicion of using illicit drugs. "We should now wait to hear ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00328.htm

New Zealand Police

Auckland City Police, tasked with the responsibility of care and protection of the Government's international guest, the United States' Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, are disturbed by the Auckland University Students' Association challenge offering ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00314.htm

New Zealand Government

A new chapter of US relations with Pacific Forum nations is set to begin following Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s meeting with regional counterparts in Samoa today, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00487.htm

New Zealand Government

John Key’s complete reversal on Working for Families – a programme he has consistently attacked as middle class welfare – makes it increasingly clear he cannot be trusted to stand by his own beliefs, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00485.htm

Scoop Full Coverage

In Auckland New Zealand (July 25-27), Secretary Rice will meet with PM Helen Clark, Foreign Minister Winston Peters. The Secretary will address a broad range of topics, including the bilateral political and economic relationship and global concerns.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00761.htm

GNS Science

The storm that lashed New Zealand this weekend has coincided with the start of a major gathering of disaster experts in Wellington for a four-day conference.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00240.htm

New Zealand Police

The name of a man fatally shot in an alleged early morning drive-by shooting in the small Waikato settlement of Waharoa today has been released.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00331.htm

New Zealand Police

Wanaka SAR Alpine Cliff Rescue team were deployed at about 4pm today after a report of a climber having fallen while ascending the track to Liverpool Hut.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00242.htm

U.S. Dept. of Treasury

"In light of the continued intransigence of the brutal Mugabe regime, the U.S. is imposing further sanctions against this regime and its supporters," said OFAC Director Adam J. Szubin. "These actions send a clear warning to those who would protect Mugabe".
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00768.htm

AUSA

In the interests of the safety of our students, the Auckland University Students’ Association (AUSA) has retracted its $5000 reward for any student who makes a successful citizen’s arrest of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00327.htm

New Zealand Police

Two Hamilton Constables are being praised for their quick actions in rescuing a young woman from a horrific attack at her workplace this morning.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00245.htm

New Zealand National Party

An incoming National government would make no changes to the Working for Families tax credit system, says National Party Leader John Key.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00486.htm

New Zealand Police

Two properties have been cordoned off for forensic examination following a fatal drive-by shooting in the small Waikato community of Waharoa early this morning.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00244.htm

Northland Regional Council

Torrential rain has now eased in Northland but officials are warning people to keep a wary eye on the region’s rivers, many of which are expected to continue to rise over the next 24 hours.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00241.htm

UK Government

Foreign Policy issues, including Iraq & Middle East, were high on the agenda this morning as US Presidential nominee Barack Obama met with Gordon Brown. Mr Obama is on a worldwide tour that has taken him to Iraq and Israel, and the two compared notes.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00767.htm

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

I have always appreciated the opportunity to address your Conferences because of both my appreciation for the work that you do and because it provides an opportunity to reflect on various matters wherever possible around a theme. This address was ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00476.htm

Suzan Mazur

Roger Buick, a native Australian, not only looks like a "rock star" with his long dark hair swept to one side and has the name to match, he actually is one. That is, he studies rocks and evidence of sulfur eating bacteria and pre-Snowball ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00300.htm

Port Nicholson Block Claim

Modern technology will ensure a quick count of the ratification vote to settle historical treaty claims The Port Nicholson Block Claims Team is using an E-voting system including internet voting for the first time to ratify a treaty settlement.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00329.htm

EUFA

EUFA members are calling on all investors from all failed finance Company and all New Zealanders to sign an open letter to the Prime Minister for a Parliamentary inquiry. The inquiry called for is into the Security Commissions failure to monitor the ‘Enforceable ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00330.htm

Northland Regional Council

The rain and winds lashing Northland are making their presence felt with surface flooding and power cuts in parts of the region and rain-swollen rivers tipped to top their banks this afternoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00232.htm

Rosalea Barker

doing tv news is like holding an enormous megaphone. the decisions about whose mouth to place it in front of demand experience, a moral compass, a sense of whose story will not otherwise be heard, and some local history. a sense of the absurd and facts ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00294.htm

Martin LeFevre - Meditations

As I see it, human consciousness is an unexplained contradiction in the infinitely dynamic order of the universe. Consciousness is not ‘evolving,’ and things are going from bad to worse. Is there an understanding of the relationship between humankind ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00293.htm

Ramzy Baroud

The crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent a shameful episode in the history of Sudan and its neighbours, including Chad, which has played a dubious role in sustaining the seething conflict. Equally disgraceful is the politicising ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00289.htm

Jason Leopold

President George W. Bush’s Iraq troop “surge,” which is now ending, got a mixed report card from congressional investigators, who found that many of Bush’s stated goals remained unmet.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00295.htm

Rowing New Zealand

New Zealand's junior athletes have excelled in Linz at the World Junior Rowing Championships with a stunning set of gold, silver and bronze medals for the girls' four, boys' eight and girls' quadruple scull. It is one of the best ever showings for the kiwi ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00271.htm

Wool Exporters Council

More than 40 wool industry leaders, who are not aligned to the new PGG Wrightson wool company, want to see international wool promotion resurrected and they’re offering to help fund it from their own pockets.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00475.htm

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