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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Disestablishment
and Worried Anglicans
Binoy KampmarkSeveral callers ringing the middle-brow Radio 4 station in England a fortnight ago were concerned about one thing: that placing disestablishment of the Church of England back on the agenda was a serious mistake. Attempts to change the Act of Settlement ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00119.htm
2:
Linda
Hogan And Toni Layton
The Hogan'sToni Layton is gearing up to fight for what is rightfully hers in the dissolution of her marriage to former tennis champion, and soon to be ex-wife, Martina Navratilova. The fall out is not going to be pretty. Famed celebrity divorce attorney Raymond ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00188.htm
3:
Mexico:
Corrupt Governor Targets David Reyes
Julie Webb-PullmanOn 13 April 2009, the second anniversary of his abduction from a local park by a group of men dressed head-to-toe in black clothing, David Venegas Reyes faces sentencing for the “crime” of being a prominent member of the social movement, APPO, the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00120.htm
4:
Mobilization
to Stop the Genocide in Darfur
Africa ActionThursday, April 9, 2009 (Washington, DC) – This month Africa Action honors the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide by hosting several special events designed to mobilize public pressure and strengthen collective efforts to demand peace and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00187.htm
5:
Scoop
Top 30 Daily Ratings 10 April 2009
Scoop Daily RatingsYesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00121.htm
6:
Citroen
Praised For Cutting Blind Spot
Hazards
CitroenCitroen is one of the few car makers to score range wide top scores in the NRMA Blind Spot Ratings, from its smallest to largest cars and including its commercial vehicles.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00189.htm
7:
Mortgage
Relief Options Already Available In
NZ
ACT New ZealandThis week the Australian Government announced that it had brokered a new deal with Australia's four largest banks to provide 'mortgage holidays' to borrowers who face financial hardship after losing their job.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0904/S00156.htm
8:
11-April-2009
- China Economic Scan
chinaeconomicscan.comIn this edition: China's exports fall by a smaller amount, consumer confidence increases slightly, SPD Bank to raise 30 billion yuan, Chinese renewable energy plan, Chinese stocks close up.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0904/S00232.htm
9:
SMELLIE
SNIFFS THE BREEZE: Bye bye Aunty
Helen
BusinesswireApril 10 - I first encountered Helen Clark in 1981. She was my political studies tutor at Auckland University in 1981.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00114.htm
10:
Rodney
Hide has misled the PM and
Aucklanders
North Shore CityApril 11, 2009 Local Government Minister Rodney Hide has misled the PM and Aucklanders North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams says Rodney Hide, Minister for Local Government has misled the Prime Minister and Aucklanders in his ministerial capacity ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0904/S00165.htm
11:
Thailand's
Red Shirts Will Not Cause a
"Bloodbath"
Richard S. EhrlichBANGKOK, Thailand -- Threatened by tens of thousands of "red shirts," who are crippling Bangkok's streets while demanding elections, the government promised to prevent a "bloodbath" or any repeat of the November blockade of Bangkok's airports which stranded ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00113.htm
12:
Tax
cuts neither a priority nor effective
Green PartyToday's ShapeNZ survey of New Zealander's attitudes towards tax cuts confirms the obvious: There's no wisdom in borrowing to fund tax cuts. Neither are tax cuts the right measure to provide an economic stimulus to an economy slipping deeper into ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0904/S00158.htm
13:
Commitment
to customers facing financial
hardship
WestpacTrustWestpac New Zealand Ltd (WNZL) has announced a set of clear principles that it will apply when assisting all customers facing financial hardship and job losses.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0904/S00233.htm
14:
Bad
Friday for Crucified Call Centre
Workers
Unite UnionOver 30 market research call centre workers in Auckland, who are members of the Unite Union have been illegally locked out today by their employer, British multi-national corporation, Synovate. The corporation’s New Zealand managers were instructed by ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0904/S00231.htm
15:
Signing
Of The Maori Declaration Of
Independence
Maori Government Of AotearoaAs Maori Governor of the Maori Government Of Aotearoa, and co-founder of Maori Declaration Of Independence 2008, I would like to thank you all for your attention to this celestial, serious and monumental occassion in the history of Maori peoples first migration ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0904/S00100.htm
16:
Easter
shop trading: Good Friday report
Department Of LabourThe Department of Labour is considering action against 17 retailers around the country following visits by inspectors today to ensure compliance with Easter shop trading legislation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0904/S00101.htm
17:
Police
seeking witnesses to illegal street
race
New Zealand PoliceNorth Shore Police are seeking witnesses to an illegal street race that ended in tragedy in Bayview just after midnight last night, Thursday the 9th of April 2009.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0904/S00166.htm
18:
Thai
Military Using Food Deprivation
Joe DavyIn a desperate attempt to force Joua Va Yang, a former BBC jungle guide, back to Laos the Thai military is using food deprivation against his wife and children, including his four year-old child.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00175.htm
19:
Nepal:
A Government Should Run The Country
Asian Human Rights CommissionThe report from Nepal, where a mob led by the Maoist cadres, in the past two days, interfering and preventing the court proceedings at Surkhet district is one more incident that highlights the wrong direction in which the country is headed. Parbati ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00185.htm
20:
Papua
Violence Mars Indonesian Elections
TAPOL - The Indonesian Human Rights Campaign9 March 2009 ¬ At a time when the international media is focussing on today’s Indonesian elections, little attention had been paid to the deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua. TAPOL is calling for an end to the violence and for the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00176.htm
21:
Israel
Investigated, But Will It Repent?
Ramzy BaroudAny variation of the words “Palestine” and “massacre” are sure to yield millions of results on major search engines on the World Wide Web. These results are largely in reference to hundreds of different dates and events in which numerous Palestinians ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00118.htm
22:
17-year-old
Injured After Illegal Street Race
New Zealand PoliceNorth Shore Police are seeking witnesses to an illegal street race that ended in tragedy in Bayview just after midnight last night, Thursday the 9th of April 2009. A 17 year old female Beach Haven resident was seriously injured after one of the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0904/S00164.htm
23:
UN
Chief Deplores Ditching Of Fiji's
Constitution
United NationsNew York, Apr 10 2009 9:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed dismay on Friday at the decision to scrap Fiji's Constitution and the clear attempt by an unelected executive to prolong rule by setting a new five-year time frame for parliamentary ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00179.htm
24:
Broken
promises will leave workers worse
off
New Zealand Labour PartyWhile making promises of tax cuts the centrepiece of their election campaign National never acknowledged to the public that in a worsening world economic recession that would inevitably involve borrowing to pay for them, Labour Leader Phil Goff says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0904/S00157.htm
Asian Human Rights CommissionFive media organisations in Sri Lanka issuing an investigative report entitled, 'The Resurgence of Terror and the paramilitary forces in Sri Lanka,' stated that covert operations are carried out by paramilitary groups that have the patronage of an ultra-powerful ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00186.htm
26:
Group
Raises Fresh Alarm On Niger Delta
Crisis
Akanimo SampsonCIVIL society group, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) says the geographical spread of criminal activity from the Niger Delta, Nigeria's main oil and gas region, is a symptom of more persistent problems that have not been addressed over the past ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00180.htm
27:
Niger
Delta Royal Fathers Spoil For Oil War
Akanimo SampsonROYAL fathers of the Niger Delta are currently spoiling to join the fray in the volatile oil and gas region, as they are perfecting plans to press for a minimum of $2.00 for the oil-bearing communities for every barrel of oil drilled in their areas.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00182.htm
28:
Indonesia:
Unjust Democracy
Asian Human Rights CommissionAs Indonesia takes part in its third parliamentary election under a new order regime, one might be tempted to see it emerging as a modern, democratic state that has overcome its atrocious decades of military rule. But appearances here are deceiving. In 1998 ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00183.htm
29:
NZ
Man Puts Back On Line For Business
Success
justtees.co.nzA young enterprising New Zealand business man is preparing to put his back literally on the line to make sure his company rides out the current financial storm.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0904/S00015.htm
30:
Kiwi
Freediver Breaks Freediving World
Record
David ButtonSingle breath dive took just three minutes 30 seconds at Dean’s Blue Hole, Long Island, Bahamas
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0904/S00161.htm
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