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1:
Preliminary
Results For The 2008 General Election
Chief Electoral OfficeThe Chief Electoral Officer has released the preliminary results for the 2008 General Election.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0811/S00149.htm
2:
Election
Results 2008: Electorate Status Table
The Scoop EditorThis page will shortly contain live results from the New Zealand 2008 General Election held 8 November 2008. The electorate Status table shows the electorate race vote totals for each electorate.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00127.htm
4:
The
Dynamic Debut of Raúl Castro
Council on Hemispheric AffairsAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingEver since the presidency formally changed hands on the occasion when Fidel Castro informally stepped down from his position as the island’s supreme leader, Cuba has been witnessing the build-up of its agricultural and industrial capabilities, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00116.htm
5:
Is
National Data Mining Our Polling Stations?
Why?
Alastair ThompsonToday in Wellington when I voted in Karori a National Party scrutineer took down the page number and line from the electoral role which records my name and address.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00124.htm
6:
Undernews
For November 7, 2008
UndernewsTelegraph, UK - Local authorities have ordered employees to stop using the words and phrases on documents and when communicating with members of the public and to rely on wordier alternatives instead. The ban has infuriated classical scholars who ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00139.htm
7:
Election
08: Resounding Victory For National &
Key
Alastair ThompsonAt the end of the night tonight the MP count is National 59 : Labour 43 : Green 8 : ACT 5 : Maori 5 : Progressive 1 :United Future 1 - in a 122 seat Parliament. The Government elect block looks likely to lose one more seat to the Greens on special ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00128.htm
8:
Obama:
'New Mission in Iraq - Ending the
War'
Jason LeopoldPresident-elect Barack Obama, in one of the first policy statements of his transition, demanded that the Bush administration either submit the proposed U.S.-Iraq “status-of-forces agreement” to Congress or leave an opening for him to change it next year.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00140.htm
9:
Bolivia’s
Military: It’s a Difficult Life
Council on Hemispheric AffairsLast September, Rear Admiral Landelino Bandeiras was sworn in as interim governor of the Bolivian province of Pando. His election came after its civilian governor was arrested by the military, and charged with orchestrating the murder of more than ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00117.htm
10:
A
daughter's kidnapping in Nepal
Kamala SarupKathmandu, Nepal, November 07 — The daughter of my friend, Maya, was kidnapped in 2004 from the Dhading district in Nepal. I am writing to express my feelings to her, about the story of her daughter's kidnapping. She received the call the day ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00122.htm
11:
Punters
To Get Their Obama Millions Now!
CentrebetNOV 8, 2008 Punters To Get Their Obama Millions Now! The country's leading election bookmaker Centrebet will today begin paying out millions of dollars in winnings to punters who backed US presidential-elect Barack Obama to win the long race to the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00138.htm
12:
Toni
Solo: varieties of imperial decline
Toni SoloOne's heart goes out to the huge numbers of sincere and concerned people in the United States who voted in good faith. That they bought a pig-in-a-poke will probably only become clear after a long, unhappy trek through frustrating anticlimax via sharp ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00135.htm
13:
Obama
Inspires Hope in India, Pakistan
J. Sri Raman"Will India of the 21st century produce a Barack Obama?" So asks the title of a debate program on a leading Indian television channel. Ever since the Wednesday morning that shook the world, popular Indian list serves have kept popping questions like ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00121.htm
14:
Arrest
In Kerikeri Murder Case
New Zealand PolicePolice have arrested a 14-year-old Kerikeri male in connection with the death of Liberty Templeman in Kerikeri.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0811/S00053.htm
15:
Bush’s
Last Bullet: Why the US Attacked
Syria
Ramzy BaroudThe sovereignty of an independent, stable country that has carried out many constructive moves in recent months and weeks, which could have surely contributed to the stabilization of the Middle East, has been violated, its borders breached and its civilians killed.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00131.htm
16:
Buyers
Beware: 45% Of NZ Cars For Sale Are
'scary'
ScarycarsMedia Release 8 November 2008 Buyers Beware: 45% Of NZ Cars For Sale Are 'scary' Close to half the used cars offered for sale in New Zealand now have money owing or other serious issues which could potentially rebound on the new owner, according ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0811/S00119.htm
17:
Strike
Action At Rest Home
Unite UnionUnion members at Maddison Residential Care in Karori are taking strike action over the weekend after the breakdown of collective agreement negotiations and allegations that residents and staff are being bullied by the management of the facility.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0811/S00120.htm
18:
Dr
Cullen standing down as Labour Deputy
Leader
New Zealand Labour PartyMichael Cullen said today that he is standing down as Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary New Zealand Labour Party.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0811/S00151.htm
19:
Book
Review - Bacevich - Limits of Power
Jim MilesBefore the war in Iraq started Robert Kagan wrote a wonderful little narcissistic view of the United States and its abilities to provide peace in a world of democratic capitalism. It climaxed in my favourite statement of hubris and jingoism that I have ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00137.htm
Campaign to Save MMPI would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Prime-Minister-in-waiting John Key and the National party he leads. This was an election that in many ways became a referendum on change, and voters were careful to weigh up their choices carefully ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00141.htm
21:
2008
General Election Official Count
Underway
Chief Electoral OfficeThe Chief Electoral Office has started the official count process for the 2008 General Election, and aims to declare the official election results at 2.00pm Saturday 22 November.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0811/S00150.htm
22:
New
Round of U.S. Government Assistance
US State DepartmentDuring a visit to the Dr. Khalil Suleiman Hospital in the West Bank town of Jenin, Secretary Rice announced that the U.S. is increasing its development assistance to the Jenin Governorate, providing more than $14 million in new projects to benefit ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00124.htm
23:
If
You Liked Enron And Cheney, You'll Love
AIG
Martha RosenbergIt sounded like an Enron deal all over again. In 2000, Gen Re agreed to buy $600 million in reinsurance coverage from insurance giant American International Group (AIG) creating the appearance of a $100 million risk. But secretly it was no risk ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00119.htm
24:
'Daily
Voting News' For November 07, 2008
John GideonToday we have reports that ES&S software actually flipped votes in three races at one polling place in Crawford Co Kansas. We also have reports that ES&S software incorrectly reported results in one race in Polk Co North Carolina. The long count ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00138.htm
25:
Remarks
With Palestinian Prime Minister
US State DepartmentPRIME MINISTER FAYYAD: (Via interpreter). Good evening. I would like, at the beginning, to express my utmost pleasure to receive Madame Secretary of the United States of America, Secretary Rice, in Jenin.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00123.htm
27:
Melanoma
Victim Wishes She Could Turn Back
Time
SunsmartSix years ago Philippa, a 57-year-old Auckland tourism promoter, had a melanoma removed from her lower leg.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0811/S00024.htm
Adventure Racing World ChampionshipsNew Zealand adventure racing squad, Team Orion Health, won the Adventure Racing World Championships in Brazil yesterday, leading an all-Kiwi sweep on the podium.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0811/S00064.htm
29:
Business
Roundtable Congratulates John Key
New Zealand Business RoundtableBusiness Roundtable chairman Rob McLeod has congratulated National Party leader John Key for his conclusive victory in the general election.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00139.htm
30:
Election
brings farmers certainty
Federated Farmers“The decisive election result gives New Zealand and its farmers certainty in uncertain times,” Don Nicolson, president of Federated Farmers said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00140.htm
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