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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
John
Minto Sth Africa On Its Way To A Failed
State
John MintoJohn Minto writes: I’ve been on my first visit to South Africa. Having been a critical observer from a distance since the first democratic elections, I was keen to see how the post-apartheid policies were affecting the everyday lives of people.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0905/S00032.htm
2:
Laos
Military Kills 9 Hmong Children In
Attack
Center for Public Policy AnalysisThe Lao military killed at least nine (9) Hmong children in an April 3, 2009, attack on Lao Hmong civilians hiding in the Phou Da Phao area of Xieng Khouang Provice, Laos.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0905/S00096.htm
3:
Freedom
Of Expression On World Press Freedom
Day
IFEXAdvertisement - scroll to continue reading(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - 2 May 2009 - As the global media and human rights communities mark the event of World Press Freedom Day, ARTICLE 19 calls attention to the ongoing need to ensure that freedom of expression is safeguarded and enhanced in all parts ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0905/S00098.htm
4:
Attacks
On World Press Freedom Day
World Association of Newspapers(WAN/IFEX) - Paris, 3 May 2009 - The World Association of Newspapers has protested to the leaders of five countries today, World Press Freedom Day, against the jailings and widespread attacks on journalists in their countries.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0905/S00099.htm
5:
Forum
Promoting Reintegration Of
Ex-Combatants
United NationsNew York, May 4 2009 7:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the opening of a new forum for the United Nations to advance its work on the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) process in countries emerging from armed conflict.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0905/S00100.htm
6:
Goff
makes changes to shadow Cabinet,
portfolios
New Zealand Labour PartyLabour Leader Phil Goff has today unveiled changes to his shadow Cabinet following the departure of the Rt Hon Helen Clark and Hon Michael Cullen, and the return of Hon Damien O’Connor. “Both Michael and Helen made huge contributions to the party ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0905/S00067.htm
7:
Bankruptcies
and Soaring Unemployment
Global ResearchThe economy continued to shrink in the first quarter of 2009 at an annual pace of 6.1 percent, making it the worst recession in more than 50 years. Gross Domestic Product slipped into negative territory from January to March for back-to-back quarters ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0905/S00095.htm
8:
Lyndon
Hood: The Caper Of The Missing
Stimulus
Lyndon HoodOn a whim, I purchased a old, battered notebook. As it turned out, this contained handwritten notes towards an unpublished short story (or possibly a screenplay) which I've tentatively titled "The Maltese Tax Cuts".
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0905/S00053.htm
9:
Top
Scoop Stories May 5th, 2009 News
Summary
The Scoop EditorGordon Campbell: The Labour Re-shuffle NZ POLITICS Gordon Campbell: The Sin Of (Cutting) Wages Auckland: Legislative Programme Announced Foreign Affairs: Minister To Present Report To UN Rights Council Gordon Campbell: On Russel Norman (And Our SAS In Afghanistan)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0905/S00052.htm
10:
Alt
Group Shines At One Show Design Awards In
NYC
Alt GroupAuckland based multidisciplinary design firm, Alt Group, is having to expand their trophy cabinet after winning two coveted Pencils (a Silver and a Bronze), and two Merit Awards at the prestigious One Show Design awards, which were held in New York ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00128.htm
11:
Auckland
house prices rise 2.2% in April:
Barfoot
BusinesswireMay 5 – Auckland property prices rose in April, the third straight month which has shown signs of more life, according to to Barfoot & Thompson.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00133.htm
12:
Sri
Lanka Suffering Felt In New Zealand
Christopher AdamsMangal Murughan has no idea when she will hear from her family in war-torn Sri Lanka again. The Sri Lankan-born New Zealander received a call from her father on April 23 telling her that her brother, Shri Moorthi, had been killed two days earlier. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00063.htm
13:
Solenza
develops new approach to solar energy
Shine GroupHamilton, New Zealand - 5 May, 2009 - Solenza has developed a revolutionary new way to harness the power of the sun to generate electricity and heat water by integrating long run roofing iron with a solar energy transfer system. Solenza’s patented ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00130.htm
14:
Update
24 - Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu
Ministry of HealthThe number of confirmed and probable cases reported to the Ministry of Health as at 3:30pm today are: * six confirmed cases of Influenza A (H1N1) (no change from 6:15pm last night) * 15 probable cases - there has been a net increase of one to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0905/S00045.htm
15:
ETS
policy delays causing major investment
blight
Business Council for Sustainable DevelopmentBusiness leaders told the Parliamentary Select Committee reviewing the Emissions Trading Scheme this afternoon indecision is stalling hundreds of millions in investments in sectors which will both benefit from or fear having a price of carbon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00056.htm
UndernewsPew Research - Over the first four months of 2009, the Republican Party has continued to lose adherents. In total, the GOP has lost roughly a quarter of its base over the past five years.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0905/S00041.htm
17:
Today In Parliament: 05.05.09
Tom FrewenPrime Minister John Key and Opposition Leader Phil Goff went hammer and tongs over Auckland Governance consultation, and Labour’s Chris Hipkins had a crack at Bill English over the Government’s use of purchase advisors.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0905/S00054.htm
18:
Bernard
Yee Appointed Vice President Of AT&T
AT and THONG KONG, May. 4, 2009 — AT&T* today announced that Bernard Yee has been appointed as the new head of AT&T’s sales in Asia Pacific. Yee will be responsible for managing the direct sales and channel sales teams with a focus on business growth across the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00120.htm
19:
ACE
Insurance New Zealand Appoints New
CEO
Ace insuranceACE Insurance, a part of the ACE Group of Companies®, global leaders in insurance and reinsurance, announced today the appointment of Paul Martin as the CEO & Country Manager of New Zealand. Paul replaces Richard Parkinson who recently left the company. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00131.htm
20:
Hi
Ho Silver! -- The Lost Chalice
Suzan MazurYes, there was a 1955 Lone Ranger episode called " The Lost Chalice " about a chase for escaped convicts and a treasure. And if you’re a Spaghetti Western fan, you might like the HarperCollins version of the book by the same name with its "Cast ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0905/S00036.htm
21:
April
sees collapse in new vehicle market
Motor Industry AssociationApril has seen a collapse in the New Zealand new vehicle market of even greater magnitude than what has been experienced in major overseas markets. New car sales at 3525 (27.3% down on March 2009 and 46.5% down on April 2008), represented the lowest April for ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00129.htm
22:
Cost-effective
preparation for climate change
New Zealand Climate Science CoalitionNew Zealand should commit to a policy of adaptation to climate change rather than saddling its people with the high direct and indirect costs of an emissions trading scheme that will have no discernible effect on future temperatures. This was the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00053.htm
23:
Competitiveness
of tradespeople increasing
BuilderscrackThe recession is having an impact on the prices tradespeople can charge, with the value of the average job completed through Builderscrack.co.nz, a website where homeowners get quotes from Tradespeople, having fallen 24% since last year. Co-founder Keith ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00121.htm
24:
Deputy
PM to close Entrepreneurial Summit
AUT UniversityPower pair Sharon Hunter and Tenby Powell will chair New Zealand’s bold ideas brainstorm, The Entrepreneurial Summit being held on May 21 at the Ellerslie Event Centre in Auckland.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00132.htm
25:
Jackson
James Wood Challenges Other
Candidates
Jackson WoodMt. Albert’s favourite second cousin and arguably front running candidate Jackson James Wood today challenged the other aspirants to a duel at dawn atop the mighty heights of Mount Albert itself “Too long have mainstream journalists ignored my ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00062.htm
26:
One-third
of marriages end in divorce
Statistics New ZealandThe Family Court granted 9,700 divorces in 2008, slightly below the annual average of 10,000 for the last decade, Statistics New Zealand said today. Analysis of divorce statistics by year of marriage shows that about one-third of New Zealanders who married ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00059.htm
27:
MARKET
CLOSE: NZX 50 extends gains on global
rally
BusinesswireMay 5 – New Zealand stocks extended their rally for the sixth day in seven as economic reports from Washington to Beijing stoked optimism the global slump is abating. Rakon, which makes components for global positioning systems, soared 14% to NZ$1.50.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00134.htm
28:
Burning
the Fat: Obesity and Global Warming
Binoy KampmarkA study in the latest issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology by Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts plays out a grim scene: a world of overweight populations draining the earth’s resources and forcing up global temperatures. ‘We argue ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0905/S00048.htm
29:
NZ
Government Falling Behind On Climate
Change
GreenpeaceThe New Zealand Government has been caught out by Australia’s proposal for stronger and faster greenhouse gas emission cuts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00054.htm
30:
NZ
commodity prices advance on aluminium,
lamb
BusinesswireMay 5 --- New Zealand commodity prices posted their strongest monthly gains in almost two years, led by increases for aluminium and lamb.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0905/S00135.htm
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Eugene Doyle: The West’s War On Iran
Richard S. Ehrlich: Deadly Border Feud Between Thailand & Cambodia
Gordon Campbell: On Free Speech And Anti-Semitism
Ian Powell: The Disgrace Of The Hospice Care Funding Scandal
Binoy Kampmark: Catching Israel Out - Gaza And The Madleen “Selfie” Protest
Ramzy Baroud: Gaza's 'Humanitarian' Façade - A Deceptive Ploy Unravels