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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
Gilchrist
sent naked photos of teenager to
police
Rochelle ReesFurther in the emails sent by Rob Gilchrist to the police counter-terrorism units, was an email sent on 30/07/2005, containing naked photographs of a female and then teenage activist, sent with the subject line “needs a shave....”.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0812/S00278.htm
2: Election Fraud Witness Killed In Solo Plane Crash
Bradblog.ComThe Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that the private plane of the GOP's highly-placed "IT guru" Mike Connell's went down in Lake Township, Ohio on Friday evening. Connell was killed in the crash and is reported to have been the only person on board. There ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00375.htm
3: Bhutan's 'Nelson Mandela' Released after 17 yrs
Steve AllenAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingBhutanese democratic fighter Dhan Kumar Rai, who was slapped life sentence by the Bhutanese regime on charges of treason, has finally been released after 17 years imprisonment inside Chemgang jail in Bhutan, reports Kantipur Daily.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00492.htm
4: New spirit in the fighting Left of Auckland
Socialist AotearoaFaced with a barrage of attacks from the new National led government, in particular the 90 Day Fire at Will Law (which now comes into effect on March 1st, thanks to pressure from ACT), socialists, unionists and left Greens have got their act together ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0812/S00282.htm
5: Campbell: 2008, and a holiday beyond politics
Gordon CampbellOver the next fortnight or so, the mainstream media will be providing Year in Review space fillers aplenty, so enough already for the Barack Obama/John Key recaps, and lets all try to forget that Sarah Palin and Owen Glenn ever existed…
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00403.htm
6: Mixed messages at a time of economic stress
Lindsay SheltonClick to enlarge Wellingtonians bask in the sun next under the Christmas tree placed in Midland Park by the WCC
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00402.htm
7: Background Note: Malawi
US Department of State - Background NoteGeography Area: 118,484 sq. km. (45,747 sq. mi.); land the size of Pennsylvania, with a lake the size of Vermont. Cities: Capital --Lilongwe. Other cities --Blantyre (the commercial capital), Zomba, Mzuzu. Terrain: Plateaus, highlands, and valleys. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00491.htm
8: Story Removed
anaxarchosError: Couldn't get title
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00377.htm
9: No Christmas for Hmong, Laos Refugees
centerforpublicpolicyanalysis.orgElements of the Royal Thai military’s 3rd Army and Ministry of Interior are secretly mobilizing to deport Hmong refugee families back to Laos in the coming days prior to Christmas and the New Year. Increased coercive measures, psychological abuse and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00496.htm
10: Undercover agent fiasco strengthens inquiry call
Green PartyGreen MP Keith Locke says a police infiltrator's disruption of an anti-GE protester's court case against the Police reinforces the case for an independent Commission of Inquiry into the activities of the Police Special Investigation Group.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0812/S00251.htm
11: Action Alert from Organic Consumers Association
Organic Consumer AssociationGo to http://www.stopvilsack.org to oppose Vilsack's Senate confirmation through an online petition
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00495.htm
12: Elitist Govt leaves Kiwis in the poo
Green PartyOrdinary Kiwis who like to swim in a river, surf at a beach, catch a fish or collect shellfish have been left drowning in cow effluent while the Government has exclusive meetings with industrial agriculture companies over the future of water in our country, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0812/S00256.htm
13: One Leg Raised on the Bush–Cheney Legacy
Walter BraschThe chairman of the Republican National Committee may have begun an irreversible descent into a future as a fear-bound paranoid victim of functional amnesia, possibly caused by a hysterical post-traumatic event such as the overwhelming victory of Democrats ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00391.htm
14: Rick Warren - The New National Preacher
Michael CollinsRick Warren's selection to open the upcoming inauguration created a well justified scandal given his appallingly bigoted views on gay marriage. Equating that institution with both incest and pedophilia shows a total lack of judgment and compassion. This ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00376.htm
15: NBC’s Meet the Press with David Gregory
US State DepartmentQUESTION: But first, we welcome back the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for her 20th appearance on this program over the past eight years. Thank you for being willing to come on the program and explain your views all these times.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00479.htm
16: Spammer to pay $100,000 penalty
Department Of Internal AffairsOne of three New Zealand citizens has admitted his part in a major international spamming operation and will pay a financial penalty of $100,000 plus costs of $7666.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0812/S00291.htm
17: Communist League leader protests harassment
Communist LeagueA leader of the Communist League, Annalucia Vermunt, has issued an open letter to government officials protesting at how she was treated by customs officers at Auckland International Airport after they detained her on November 17. Vermunt, a meat worker, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0812/S00289.htm
18: Interview With Tavis Smiley (NPR)
US State DepartmentQUESTION: Madame Secretary, always nice to have you back on this program.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00490.htm
19: Auckland International Boat Show 2009
Center for Public Policy AnalysisA brand new year and a brand new look go hand in hand for the upcoming Auckland International Boat Show which takes place in early March. Show lovers can expect all the usual boating highlights, plus a number of new features and attractions that make for a ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0812/S00451.htm
20: Voices Of Dissent: Activism & American Democracy
Karil DanielsI'm writing to invite you to watch my film, Voices Of Dissent: Activism & American Democracy, on KTEH, Public Television of San Jose, Channel 54 (Comcast 10) this coming Monday 12/22, at 11 pm. There will also be an encore showing very early morning on ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00493.htm
21: Catholic Church closes its communications office
Catholic CommunicationsFrom 31 December, Catholic Communications, the national media office of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference, will be disestablished and its staff made redundant as a result of a restructuring of the Conference operation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0812/S00286.htm
22: Interview With Robert McMahon
US State DepartmentQUESTION: Okay. So, Secretary Rice, the town is pretty much abuzz over inauguration planning, and I’d like to go back to the last inauguration, where the President issued a pretty bold statement and a bold program about democracy promotion, especially ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00485.htm
23: Environment Court Confirms Mahinerangi Windfarm
TrustPowerThe Environment Court has confirmed the resource consent conditions for TrustPower's proposed Mahinerangi Windfarm.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0812/S00450.htm
24: NZ Oil & Gas lifts stake in Pan Pacific to 14.9%
Content.netDec. 22 – New Zealand Oil & Gas Ltd., whose shares have gained 10% this year while the NZX 50 Index tumbled, has lifted its holding in Pan Pacific Petroleum to 14.9% after announcing plans to buy a strategic stake in its drilling partner.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00401.htm
25: Gonzales, Rice Lied to Congress About Niger Intel
Jason LeopoldA high-ranking CIA official warned Condoleezza Rice in September 2002 that allegations about Iraq seeking yellowcake uranium from Niger were untrue and that she, as national security adviser, should stop President George W. Bush from citing the claim in making ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00395.htm
26: Police Investigate Case Of Injred Toddler
New Zealand PoliceKerikeri Police continue their investigation into the injuries sustained by a 15 month old boy on Friday evening.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0812/S00296.htm
27: Israeli forces demolish Sheikh Jarrah protest camp
ISM MediaIsraeli forces have again demolished the protest tent established in Sheikh Jarrah, Occupied East Jerusalem, built on Palestinian private property in support of the evicted al-Kurd family and the 18 Palestinian families who currently face eviction ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00494.htm
28: $92 Million To Ease Plight Of Somalis
United NationsThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today appealed for $92 million to ease the plight of some 250,000 Somalis living in one of the world’s oldest and most congested camps in Kenya and to meet the needs of new arrivals from ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00474.htm
29: Environmental footprinting expertise funded
New Zealand GovernmentProposals are being sought to establish New Zealand's first professorship for the study of the environmental footprint of our primary products, the Minister of Agriculture & Forestry Hon David Carter announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0812/S00257.htm
30: 2008 A Big News Year
UMR Research LtdSixteen of the fifty most closely followed news stories since 2003 all happened in the past 12 months – more than any other year.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0812/S00447.htm
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