Today's Top Scoops - November 07, 2007
Nicky Hager: How To Decide Who Is A Terrorist?
Questions
For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Burning Issues: Sharples Commends Fire Service Over
Maori Language Issue
Immigration: Longest Serving Remand Prisoner In NZ
History Freed
Education: NZ Young Minds To Be Moulded For 21st
Century
Festivities: Quieter Guy Fawkes Pleases Fire
Service
Scoop Images: Greens Remember Rod Donald
Treasury:
New Zealand's Financial System Resilient
Agriculture:
New Zealand Farmer Confidence Continues
Sharemarket:
CPPIB Statement Of Intention Regarding AIAL
Waste
Not: High-Value Ingredients From The Kiwifruit
Waste
Burma:
Envoy Stresses Need To Lift Restrictions On Political
Detainees
Foreign
Affairs: UN Deplores Deadly Suicide Attack In
Afghanistan
Environment:
Online Database Accessible To 100+ Developing
Nations
Olympic
Spirit: IOC Should End Silence on Press Freedom
Violations
Mark
Drolette: What the hell, it's only a damned piece of
paper
Kucinich's
Impeachment Bill Is Under Discussion on the
Floor
Avante Garde: Experimental Musicians Seeks Any
Suggestions?
Advertising: Creatives Appointed To Welly
Agency
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LEAD STORY
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Nicky Hager: How To Decide Who Is A
Terrorist? - The Solicitor-General will shortly
make a decision whether to approve terrorism charges against
the Maori, peace and environmental activists arrested last
month. Nicky Hager describes how the decision will be made
and the factors the Solicitor-General needs to take into
account. It was only a few weeks ago, on 13 September, that
the Government's long-fought "terror" case against Ahmed
Zaoui was finally abandoned. For nearly five years, Police
and SIS intelligence staff claimed they had decisive proof
that Zaoui was a dangerous terrorist. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00120.htm
NZ POLITICS
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QUESTIONS
Of THE DAY:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00102.htm
Burning Issues: Sharples Commends Fire Service Over
Maori Language Issue - The actions of an individual
fire-fighter in Canterbury in protesting about the use of
two Maori words on his uniform demonstrate the need more
effort promoting the Maori Language Act 1987 says the Maori
Party. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00096.htm
Immigration: Longest Serving Remand Prisoner In NZ
History Freed - GPJA are delighted at the release
from Mount Eden Prison of Amir Mohebbi - the last and
longest detained of the Iranians in Mt Eden Prison. Amir was
the longest-detained remand prisoner in the history of New
Zealand. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00103.htm
Education: NZ Young Minds To Be Moulded For 21st
Century - Prime Minister Helen Clark and Education
Minister Chris Carter today launched the new New Zealand
Curriculum. More
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ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Minister welcomes new curriculum [2]
- National - Curriculum test will be in its implementation [3]
- Maori Party - Why Did it take 20 Years to Recognise Te Reo Maori [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00070.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00080.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00091.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00095.htm
Festivities: Quieter Guy Fawkes Pleases Fire
Service - One of the quietest Guy Fawkes nights on
record has the Fire Service praising the responsible
attitude to fireworks shown by New Zealanders. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00099.htm
Scoop Images: Greens Remember Rod Donald - The
Green Party today marked the second anniversary of the death
of Co-Leader Rod Donald, by gathering after caucus beside
his kowhai tree in Parliament grounds. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00113.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Treasury:
New Zealand's Financial System Resilient - The
Reserve Bank today released its Financial Stability Report,
a twice-yearly report assessing the health of the NZ
financial system. Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard said
the financial system is sound and has been reasonably
resilient against a back-drop of worldwide market
volatility. "In recent months global financial stability has
been severely tested, with turmoil in financial markets,"
said Dr Bollard. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00103.htm
Agriculture:
New Zealand Farmer Confidence Continues - New
Zealand farmer confidence is continuing to trend upwards,
with the latest Rabobank/Nielsen Rural Confidence Survey
showing a further net improvement in confidence levels. The
survey showed that although there had been a slight decrease
in the number of NZ farmers expecting the rural economy to
improve, the number expecting conditions to worsen had
almost halved. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00105.htm
Sharemarket:
CPPIB Statement Of Intention Regarding AIAL - The
CPP Investment Board today announced its intention to make a
partial takeover offer to all shareholders of Auckland
International Airport Limited (AIAL). If successful, the
offer would increase CPPIB's shareholding in AIAL to 40%.
"We have received strong encouragement from AIAL
shareholders that they would like the opportunity to
consider our proposal directly". More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00106.htm
Waste
Not: High-Value Ingredients From The Kiwifruit
Waste - Research suggests that consuming Kiwifruit
as part of one's daily diet can confer a variety of health
benefits, but unfortunately much of the kiwifruit's greatest
potential, remains in the components of the fruit that are
either uneaten or undigested. A new Kiwifruit company has
demonstrated the commercial feasibility of unlocking the
kiwifruit's true potential. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00082.htm
WORLD
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Burma:
Envoy Stresses Need To Lift Restrictions On Political
Detainees - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special
Adviser today again stressed the need for dialogue between
the country's leadership and the opposition, and urged that
all restrictions on political detainees, including
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, be lifted as a
critical first step. He held meetings with various ministers
including those for foreign affairs, information, culture,
and labour. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S00225.htm
Foreign
Affairs: UN Deplores Deadly Suicide Attack In
Afghanistan - United Nations Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon today denounced the suicide attack that killed more
than 40 civilians and injured scores of others in the
northern Afghan town of Baghlan - one of the deadliest the
war-torn nation has witnessed in recent years. "The
Secretary-General strongly condemns this heinous attack and
sends his profound condolences to the bereaved families of
the victims". More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S00226.htm
Environment:
Online Database Accessible To 100+ Developing
Nations - More than 100 developing nations now have
access to a United Nations-backed online environmental
database which allows users to view material worth $1.5
million from prominent environmental science journals. The
"Online Access to Research in the Environment" project
offers free or low-cost service to 70 of the world's poorest
nations with per capital incomes below $1,000. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S00221.htm
Olympic
Spirit: IOC Should End Silence on Press Freedom
Violations - The International Olympic Committee
should mark China's official Journalists' Day on Thursday by
ending its silence on the Chinese government's ongoing
violations of its pledge on media freedoms, a commitment it
made to the IOC to win its bid to host the 2008 Olympics
Games in Beijing, Human Rights Watch have said. Foreign
correspondents routinely face harassment, detention and
intimidation at the hands of Chinese security forces and
plainclothes thugs who appear to operate at official behest.
More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S00216.htm
COMMENT
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Mark
Drolette: What the hell, it's only a damned piece of
paper - It's not often, in these dire days, I burst
out laughing when the Bush administration, or one of its
lackeys, makes yet another insane assertion. (Ed.: Mark,
"insane" is superfluous here, given the source.) But I
couldn't contain myself recently when I read this lead by
Laurie Kellman of the Associated Press... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00131.htm
Kucinich's
Impeachment Bill Is Under Discussion on the Floor -
4:14 p.m Hoyer moved to refer the resolution to the House
Judiciary Committee. Kucinich tried to avoid that and get a
vote on the resolution, but - unable to do that - asked for
a vote on the decision to refer to committee. Hoyer withdrew
his motion and then ... More
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ALSO:
- Matthew Cardinale - Kucinich to Force Impeachment Consideration Vote [2]
- David Swanson - Kucinich to Move Impeachment of Bush After Cheney [3]
- David Swanson - Kucinich Will Impeach Cheney [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00133.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00106.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00115.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00105.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Avante Garde: Experimental Musicians Seeks Any
Suggestions? - Being told to "stop singing stop
playing stop living" via a feedback form is something
experimental musician Greg Malcolm has become quite used to
while on the road. He's bravely courted audience reactions
to his music over the past ten years. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0711/S00074.htm
Advertising: Creatives Appointed To Welly
Agency - Clemenger BBDO Wellington has appointed
multi-award winning creative Mark Harricks as Creative
Director and Paul Nagy as Deputy Creative Director. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0711/S00070.htm
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