Today's Top Scoops - October 04, 2007
Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi's Missing Peace Warriors
Charity:
Auckland City Mission Is Seeking Volunteers
Civil Defence: North Shore City Flirts With
Disaster
Oddspot: NZ Politician Tells World 'Mission
Accomplished' In Iraq
Politics/Thespianism: Brash Play, Hide Movie - Where's
Cullen's Mini Series?
Housing: Scrutineers Come Under Scrutiny
Transport: Legislation For Drugged Driving
Tabled
Shakin' Earth: How Much Risk Do NZ Tsunamis Pose To
Australia?
Advertising: Agency With 'Grizzly' Client Wins
Big
Australia
Wire: Australia Joins United States In Defence Satellite
Capability
Denuclearization:
Statement By President George Bush On Six-Party Talks
Agreement
Foreign
Affairs: America's Role In Outstanding Holocaust
Issues
Women's
Affairs: Women's Empowerment Key To United Nations
Achieving Goals
Freedom
Rider: Ahmadinejad Sane, Bush Crazy
Seymour
Hersh: New Plans for Iran
Leslie
Griffith: Thank You, Dan Rather
Ann Wright: More Bounties in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Will Result in Detention of Innocent Civilians
Art: German Artist Explores Iranian
Callisthenitics
Music: JT Organises Maori Musical Get
Together
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Burma: Aung
San Suu Kyi's Missing Peace Warriors - Six days
after the brutal clampdown by the Burmese generals, the
world is left wondering what has become of Aung San Suu
Kyi's "peace warriors". The Buddhist monks, who last month
turned small protests against hiked fuel prices into a mass
display of peaceful protest against the military, have
simply vanished from the streets. Rangoon's famed Shwedagon
Pagoda, Burma's holiest shrine and the symbolic heart of the
latest anti-junta uprising, remains occupied by soldiers. More
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ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0710/S00045.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0710/S00046.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Charity:
Auckland City Mission Is Seeking Volunteers - The
Auckland City Mission invites anybody who cares about our
community (and has a cheerful disposition!) to help with the
Mission's Street Appeal in Auckland's CBD, Newmarket and
Takapuna on Friday, December 7. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0710/S00055.htm
Civil Defence: North Shore City Flirts With
Disaster - North Shore City Civil Defence has sexed
up its image in an attempt to attract new blood for
important emergency volunteer roles. A cheeky new poster has
gone up at North Shore secondary schools and university
campuses. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0710/S00041.htm
Oddspot: NZ Politician Tells World 'Mission
Accomplished' In Iraq - Green Party MP Keith Locke
hopes that National Party leader John Key will be phoning
President George Bush ASAP with Mr Key's good news that the
war in Iraq is over, and that coalition forces can continue
to withdraw their troops. More
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ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Goff questions Key's judgment on foreign policy [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0710/S00049.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0710/S00063.htm
Politics/Thespianism: Brash Play, Hide Movie - Where's
Cullen's Mini Series? - We're Here To Help is a film
is based on the real-life story of Christchurch businessman
Dave Henderson whose battle with the Inland Revenue
Department started after a minor altercation. Michael Hurst
(Hercules, The Tattooist) plays Rodney Hide a friend and
supporter of Mr Henderson. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0710/S00051.htm
Housing: Scrutineers Come Under Scrutiny -
Minister of Housing Chris Carter says he will be carefully
monitoring progress in Housing New Zealand's Investigations
Unit to make sure improvements are delivered as quickly as
possible. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- National - Seven-year legacy of HNZ fraud exposed [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0710/S00058.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0710/S00061.htm
Transport: Legislation For Drugged Driving
Tabled - Transport Minister Annette King says the
Land Transport Amendment Bill, tabled in Parliament today,
provides tougher laws for people who drive under the
influence of illegal drugs. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Green Party - Driving under the influence should be illegal [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0710/S00054.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0710/S00062.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Shakin' Earth: How Much Risk Do NZ Tsunamis Pose To
Australia? - Research funded by the Australian
Government will investigate tsunamis on the west coast of
New Zealand to help understand how much risk they pose to
Australia. The recent earthquakes south of New Zealand
caused little more than a ripple on Australian shores. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0710/S00007.htm
Advertising: Agency With 'Grizzly' Client Wins
Big - The people have voted, the votes have been
tallied, and the Yamaha 'Grizzly' has been awarded Fair Go
"Best Ad of the Year". The television commercial, which has
screened throughout 2007, was made by Auckland based agency,
Barnes Advertising for Yamaha's 'Grizzly' four wheel
motorbike. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0710/S00063.htm
WORLD
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Australia
Wire: Australia Joins United States In Defence Satellite
Capability - Under our partnership arrangement,
Australia will fund one satellite plus associated ground
infrastructure to extend the constellation to six satellites
and the US will fund the remaining five. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0710/S00143.htm
Denuclearization:
Statement By President George Bush On Six-Party Talks
Agreement - In February 2007, the participants in
the Six-Party Talks announced a set of first steps toward
implementing that agreement. Today's announcement maps out
additional steps toward our ultimate goal of full and
verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0710/S00141.htm
Foreign
Affairs: America's Role In Outstanding Holocaust
Issues - As Holocaust survivors age, we have less
and less time to do what we can help them receive a measure
of justice in their lifetime. The survivor community is the
principal constituency and major concern of my office. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0710/S00133.htm
Women's
Affairs: Women's Empowerment Key To United Nations
Achieving Goals - Stressing that the empowerment of
women is vital to achieving peace and security, improved
living standards and respect for human rights,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has underscored the need to
support the work of the United Nations Population Fund ...
More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0710/S00131.htm
COMMENT
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Freedom
Rider: Ahmadinejad Sane, Bush Crazy - A famous
old English song is titled, "The World Turned Upside Down."
Such appears to be the insane vantage point through which
the Bush regime, and many ordinary citizens, view reality:
in reverse. U.S. media and politicians behave as if they are
already at war with Iran, a nation that has been brutalized
over generations by Americans, but whose president spoke of
world peace and an end to "dark plots" during his visit to
this country... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0710/S00061.htm
Seymour
Hersh: New Plans for Iran - In a series of
public statements in recent months, President Bush and
members of his Administration have redefined the war in
Iraq, to an increasing degree, as a strategic battle between
the United States and Iran. "Shia extremists, backed by
Iran, are training Iraqis to carry out attacks on our forces
and the Iraqi people," Bush told the national convention of
the American Legion in August... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0710/S00047.htm
Leslie
Griffith: Thank You, Dan Rather - Thank you, Dan
Rather. It's balls to the wall time, and as a fellow Texan,
you sure came through. As an investigative journalist who
worked as both a reporter and anchor for the San Francisco
Bay Area's highest-rated newscast for 22 years, I can only
say what happened to you nationally was also happening
locally. You were told to conform to a Republican agenda or
shut up. When you refused to march in step, you got
Bush-whacked... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0710/S00050.htm
Ann Wright: More Bounties in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Will Result in Detention of Innocent Civilians -
The Bush administration has cooked up another bounty program
that will undoubtedly result in hundreds of innocent persons
in Afghanistan and Pakistan being detained and imprisoned,
perhaps for years, if history is repeated. The US military
will pay anywhere from $20,000 to $200,000 for twelve "Most
Wanted" Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0710/S00043.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Art: German Artist Explores Iranian
Callisthenitics - Presenting recent work by German
artist Simon Wachsmuth for the first time in New Zealand, a
way of considering two things together provides the
opportunity of just that. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0710/S00050.htm
Music: JT Organises Maori Musical Get Together -
Top New Zealand musicians and music industry heavyweights
will gather next week (Thursday, Oct 11) to pave the way for
the next generation of talent. The event is a first - the
brainchild of Waipareira Trust CEO, John Tamihere. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0710/S00029.htm
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