Today's Top Scoops - 31 July 2008
International Politics: Morning Clouds On Obama's Horizon
Questions
For Oral Answer - Thursday, 31 July 2008
Censorship:
Not Just Veitchy Blocked From The Games
Political Fairy Tales: Peters Reacts To Snow White's
Friend
Rock'n'
Politics: Party Advocates For Green Youth At Pop
Concert
Environment:
1080 Kills Kea
Weather:
Keeps On Raining, Levees Generally Intact
Pickling:
Te Papa's Colossal Squid On The Move
Immigration:
NZ looks To Sth Africa For Skilled Migrants - Perhaps A Good
Quick?
Safety: Injury And Illness Saviours Ticked Off With
Poor Pay
Breakdown:
Collapse Of Doha Round Of Trade Talks
Disappoints
Let
the Games Begin: Radovan Karadzic Transferred To War
Crimes Tribunal In The Hague
Suzan
Mazur: The Trumpeter Of Astrobiology
Rosalea Barker: Banished to a grog
shop
Cheesy News: Blast From The Past For Snow
Lovers
Intellectual Clashes: Will God Attend Debate About
His/Her/Their Person
Cross Genre Grooving: Fu Battles Vector Wellington
Orchestra
Bogus
News: No 'Living After Midnight' For Judas Priest
Fans
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LEAD STORY
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International Politics: Morning Clouds On Obama's
Horizon - A Word From Afar: Paul Buchanan
analyses the run up to the US presidential elections. He
writes that while John McCain is a worthy GOP candidate, the
race will be won or lost by Barack Obama. What exactly could
go wrong for this president in waiting? More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00345.htm
NZ POLITICS
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QUESTIONS
OF THE DAY:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00577.htm
Censorship:
Not Just Veitchy Blocked From The Games - Green
Party MP Keith Locke is asking the Government and New
Zealand Olympic officials to challenge Beijing's censorship
of websites available to those visiting the Games. More
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ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Media censorship in China causes Olympic-sized headache [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00575.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/11168.html
Political Fairy Tales: Peters Reacts To Snow White's
Friend - "We heard today that the political
dwarf in the yellow jacket has laid a complaint with the
Serious Fraud Office over so-called allegations about New
Zealand First," said Winston Peters in relation to a SFO
complaint taken by ACT leader Rodney Hide. More
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ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Radio Adelaide: Selwyn Manning's NZ News Round-Up [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00568.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00349.htm
Rock'n'
Politics: Party Advocates For Green Youth At Pop
Concert - The Green Party of Aotearoa New
Zealand will launch their youth policy for the election
campaign on Friday 1 August, followed by the Wellington
Greens' concert, headlined by the Phoenix Foundation and
Little Bushman. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00397.htm
Environment:
1080 Kills Kea - The deaths of seven kea at Fox
Glacier as a result of DOC's 1080 poisoning programme must
trigger a wider review of the department's pest management,
says National's Conservation spokesman, Nick Smith. "DOC is
meant to be in the business of protecting our endangered
birds, not killing them off." More
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ALSO:
- NZ Govt - 1080 an effective tool to protect native wildlife [2]
- Gordon Copeland - DOC review of 1080 poison way overdue [3]
- KAKA - Kea Deaths Indicate of Decimation of Native Birds [4]
- The Kiwi Party - Kea not only ones at risk from 1080, we all are! [5]
- Out-Link - YouTube - Karamea 1080 Drop July 2008 [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00535.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00566.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00539.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00387.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00398.htm
[6]
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbdPo52sae0&feature=related
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Weather:
Keeps On Raining, Levees Generally Intact - One
of civil defence emergency management's (CDEM) aims in
response to the national storm is to support those people
who have been evacuated and to help them return to their
homes safely as soon as possible... {eople have been
evacuated in North Shore, East Coast, Greymouth, Picton and
Canterbury. More
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ALSO:
- Canterbury Civil Defence - Storm Update 6, 11.45 am [2]
- Police - Waikare body named [3]
- Police - Opiki, Palmerston Nth: SH56 closed due to flooding [4]
- Hamilton City Council - River walkways closed due to high river levels [5]
- Environment Bay of Plenty - Few issues overnight but monitoring to continue [6]
- TV3 Video - Destructive storm moves south [7]
- TV3 Video - Storm shifts focus to Canterbury [8]
- TV3 Video - Miraculous escape for Nelson driver [9]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00298.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00304.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00305.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00299.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00301.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00302.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/11157.html
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/11174.html
[9]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/11171.html
Pickling:
Te Papa's Colossal Squid On The Move - Te
Papa's colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, will be
moved from its preservation tank into a purpose built
display tank on Wednesday 6 August. The process will be
webcast live on Te Papa's website www.tepapa.govt.nz/squid.
More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0807/S00072.htm
Immigration:
NZ looks To Sth Africa For Skilled Migrants - Perhaps A Good
Quick? - The first Opportunities New Zealand
Expo in South Africa has been successful for employers
trying to recruit internationally, with more than 6500
well-qualified potential migrants attending the Expo in
Johannesburg recently. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00563.htm
Safety: Injury And Illness Saviours Ticked Off With
Poor Pay - The people who are employed to
prevent injuries and illness in New Zealand workplaces
believe they are paid less than for roles of similar
responsibility. More
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ALSO:
- Service And Food Workers Union - Cleaners and Caretakers call for action on wages [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00565.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00574.htm
WORLD
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Breakdown:
Collapse Of Doha Round Of Trade Talks
Disappoints - Ban Ki-moon today voiced
disappointment at the collapse of the Doha round of trade
liberalization negotiations, expressing concern over the
effect of the breakdown on developing nations. Negotiations
broke down after nations failed to reach agreement. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00884.htm
Let
the Games Begin: Radovan Karadzic Transferred To War
Crimes Tribunal In The Hague - Former Bosnian
Serb leader Radovan Karadžic has been transferred to the
United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague,
Netherlands. Mr. Karadžic, 63, was detained in Serbia last
week, nearly 13 years after the first indictment against him
were confirmed. More
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ARREST & REACTION
- LawFuel - Extradition Deadline Passes For Radovan Karadzic [2]
- UN - UN Tribunal Chief Welcomes Radovan Karadzic Arrest [3]
- White House - U.S. Statement On Arrest Of Radovan Karadzic [4]
- America.Gov - White House Hails Arrest of Radovan Karadzic [5]
- UK Govt - UK Foreign Secretary On Radovan Karadzic's Arrest [6]
- UN - Karadzic Arrest Big Step Toward Ending Impunity [7]
- VOA - Serb War Crimes Suspect Radovan Karadzic Arrested [8]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00875.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00775.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00651.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00678.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00680.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00670.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00664.htm
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00650.htm
COMMENT
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Suzan
Mazur: The Trumpeter Of Astrobiology -
After reviewing Robert M. Hazen's 28-page CV. of his work as
an experimental mineralogist (listing grant $$$ too), as an
educator, author of a dozen books and a symphonic trumpeter
- I was most charmed to read that a new mineral
"precipitated" by ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00337.htm
Rosalea Barker: Banished to a grog shop -
Back in April, I was sold a packet of cigarettes by a young
woman in a white coverall whose name badge identified her as
a pharmacist. It's long been a mystery to me why "The
Pharmacy America Trusts" would hawk the Evil Weed, but in
the US, you ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00348.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Cheesy News: Blast From The Past For Snow
Lovers - A Queenstown restaurant is bringing
back a 1970s culinary 'blast from the past' and hopes it
will prove a winner for skiers and snowboarders this winter.
More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00324.htm
Intellectual Clashes: Will God Attend Debate About
His/Her/Their Person - Prominent and
controversial philosophy and public policy commentators will
go head to head in a public debate about the existence and
value of God and religion. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00321.htm
Cross Genre Grooving: Fu Battles Vector Wellington
Orchestra - New Zealand hip hop legend Che Fu
is squaring up to face the Vector Wellington Orchestra in a
'mock battle' for the ages. The inaugural concert for the
AMI Pop Star Series will feature Che Fu live in concert with
the Vector Wellington Orchestra, September 13 2008. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00318.htm
Bogus
News: No 'Living After Midnight' For Judas Priest
Fans - World heavyweight metal band Judas
Priest, will not be playing in New Zealand on 7 September
2008 as originally planned. The cancellation of the New
Zealand date is due to logistic and freight issues and
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment and Judas Priest apologise
to all the fans who have purchased tickets for any
inconvenience caused. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00316.htm
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