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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 4 December 2009
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 4 December 2009
1: Taliban
Winter Operations Targeted
Australian Defence ForceJoint Afghan and Australian operations in Afghanistan are having a significant impact on the Taliban’s weapons and ammunition reserves with the discovery of 44 caches in the past two months.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00061.htm
2:
World's
Press Asks Google To Respect
Copyright
World Association of NewspapersThe newspaper industry's representative association made an impassioned defense of copyright to Google's chief attorney on Thursday, calling for "a more rigorous and unambiguous acceptance" of publishers' rights to decide how their content is used.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00062.htm
3:
the
Obama Escalation in Afghanstan
World Association of NewspapersMany of the world's religious leaders in attendance at the Parliament of World Religions taking place in Melbourne, Australia, are in partial mourning for the dream of a new world that President Obama promised, and decisively torpedoed in his announcement ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00063.htm
New Zealand PolicePolice are currently at the scene of a fatal shooting in Warkworth. Preliminary information from the scene advises that a female is deceased at the scene and Police are speaking with a male.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0912/S00057.htm
5:
Binoy
Kampmark: The charge of the 30,000
Binoy KampmarkPresident Obama’s decision to deploy a further 30,000 soldiers to Afghanistan looks like, on the surface, a chance to people more cemeteries. Politically, it has the effect of reaching out across the spectrum of political attitudes, hoping to, as ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00042.htm
6:
Top
Scoop Stories December 4th 2009 News
Summary
The Scoop EditorLEAD STORY Gordon Campbell: Public Funding For Rugby World Cup Few Can Afford To Attend NZ POLITICS Public Service: SSC Wants Teachers Under Code Of Conduct Balancing Env' Resp's w. Econ' Opp's: PM To Go To Copenhagen Key off to Copenhagen Standards: ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00043.htm
7:
Bomber's
Blog: The War On News (video)
Bomber's BlogBomber's Blog - The War On News Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury. Bomber's Blog - the war on news. Weekly TV show on Triangle/Stratos. Bomber also posts on the Tumeke! blog: www.tumeke.blogspot.com
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00044.htm
8:
What
are we signing up to Mr Power?
United Future NZ PartyUnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has called on the Government to release details of the recent international negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. “There is a lot of conjecture about the contents of ACTA and what it will mean ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00071.htm
9:
The
Curse of Politically Engineered
Research
Hugh PavletichOn November 20th 2009 information was leaked from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia , casting serious doubt on climate research carried out within this institution and other institutions around the world. While the vintage ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0912/S00124.htm
10:
Imagining
2020 #4: Green Crude by Pete Fowler
Imagining 2020I was very pessimistic until last year about our prospects of weaning off fossil fuels before reaching an irreversible tipping point. Some positive feedback loop would kick in, like higher temperatures releasing trapped methane from arctic permafrost ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00030.htm
11:
Oh
solar me-o: NIWA gives something to sing
about!
NIWASolarview, a free web-based tool from NIWA, helps you get the most out of your house. NIWA have designed and built a do-it-yourself tool that tells you how much sunlight your home receives at different times of the year. This helps you work out whether ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0912/S00013.htm
Foreign Policy InitiativeFPI is pleased to offer the Afternoon Roundup, a daily compendium of essential foreign policy news and analysis, to FPI Overnight Brief subscribers. The Afternoon Roundup will be sent each day Monday through Friday in the late afternoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00052.htm
13:
Kupe
flows at last, as Kapuni starts to wind
down
BusinesswireCommercial oil and gas have flowed for the first time from the Kupe gas field today, 23 years after the field was first discovered.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0912/S00130.htm
14:
Have
fun, keep kids safe outdoors this
summer
New Zealand Plunket SocietyPlunket and the National Poisons Centre are urging families to have fun but be safe in the outdoors this summer. Summer is a wonderful time to get involved with young children outside, and there are lots of new things to learn about and explore together ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0912/S00064.htm
15:
'Kiwis
for 350' petition to Parliament gains
3,000
Nicky Chapman - Kiwis for 350The ‘Kiwis for 350’ petition, organised by Dunedin mother and writer Nicky Chapman has gathered over 3,000 signatures in just three weeks. ‘This shows Kiwis are concerned about climate change, they want to act positively, and they want their Government ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00067.htm
16:
Government
leaves Auckland in dark on local
boards
New Zealand Labour PartyThe Government's third super city bill leaves Aucklanders in the dark over the power of local boards, says Labour's Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00063.htm
17:
Council
to consider Manners Mall plan next
week
Wellington City CouncilWellington City Councillors will decide next week whether to proceed with plans that would provide a quicker, more direct bus route through what is now Manners Mall and see a new shared public space created in lower Cuba Street. The Council’s Strategy ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0912/S00061.htm
18:
Sydenham
bus priority lanes essential
Environment CanterburyEnvironment Canterbury strongly supports the Christchurch City Council’s planned bus lanes and other public transport improvements on the Colombo Street south route, says Cr Carole Evans, who chairs the regional council’s public passenger transport ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0912/S00065.htm
19:
33
million woolly walking stores of
carbon?
Federated FarmersWhile the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme remains in flux, the formation of the Australian-led Wool Carbon Alliance is intriguing New Zealand’s fibre farmers. “The Australians may be clutching at wool on the issue of wool carbon but we need ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0912/S00119.htm
20:
Appointments
to Broadcasting Standards Authority
New Zealand GovernmentThe Minister of Broadcasting announced today the appointment of Peter Radich as the chair of the Broadcasting Standards Authority and Leigh Pearson as a board member. Peter Radich is a partner in Radich Law and has been a solicitor of the High Court ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00069.htm
21:
English
decisions on Super and ACC
short-sighted
New Zealand Labour PartyContinuing strong investment performances by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund and ACC prove yet again how short-sighted Government policies are, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe. David Cunliffe said Finance Minister Bill English’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00068.htm
22:
Crashed
Spitfire out of Rotorua air show
Rotorua District CouncilOrganisers of next weekend’s Let’s GO Rotorua! Lakefront Air Show are searching for a replacement aircraft after the show’s WWII Spitfighter fighter crashed on landing at Ardmore Airport in Auckland yesterday, damaging its propeller and undercarriage. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0912/S00059.htm
23:
World
Disability Day celebrated in style &
action
New Zealand Labour PartyEvery year on 3 December we celebrate World Disability Day, and this year’s celebrations were a fitting acknowledgment of all disabled New Zealanders, Labour’s Disability spokesperson Lynne Pillay says. “World Disability Day is about acknowledging and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00073.htm
24:
Should
Bisphenol A be banned?
Science Media CentreThis week Breast Cancer UK called for a Government ban on use of Bisphenol A in the production of baby bottles. Breast Cancer UK says there is "clear and compelling scientific evidence" that links BPA, an organic chemical compound used for the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0912/S00011.htm
25:
Diabetes
Patient Progressing Well
Living Cell Technologies· In response to overwhelming public queries, clinician investigator reports progress on Living Cell Technologies’ (LCT’s) Diabetes Trial in New Zealand
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0912/S00012.htm
26:
Deaf
community silent protest at key's
office
Save the Advance CentreJohn Key and his Ministers have turned a Deaf ear to the plight of students who use the services of the Advance Centre. The Advance Centre provides essential services to Deaf and hearing impaired tertiary students in the Auckland region, but found ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00062.htm
27:
Entrepreneurs
to reduce delays in medical research
getparticipants.comLack of participants means around 75% of medical research in New Zealand is delayed, slowing down the development of new treatments and medical advancements. Now, in an innovative programme developed by local entrepreneur Jamie Mannion, New Zealanders ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0912/S00024.htm
28:
Honduran
Elections: What's in a majority
Julie Webb-PullmanItś official - Pepe Lobo of the National Party won 56% of the vote. The fact that this represents 56% of the lowest turnout ever, is a fact being glossed over by the majoprity of the international corporate media, in their indecent haste to present ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00024.htm
29:
US
Certification of Colombia on Human
Rights
Council on Hemispheric AffairsFor another consecutive year in its controversial certification process, the State Department has found that the Colombian government and its armed forces are meeting statutory criteria related to enforcement of human rights standards. This certification ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00051.htm
30:
Environment
Court decision reinforces Labour
fears
New Zealand Labour PartyLabour MP Jacinda Ardern says the Regulations Review Committee’s decision on three complaints about increased Environment Court filing fees backs Labour’s fears that Kiwis might be denied access to the Court. “Labour always believed the increased ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00072.htm
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Binoy Kampmark: Jesting On The Environment - Australian Mining Gets A Present
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Antithesis Of What Jesus Taught And Lived 
Ramzy Baroud: The West Bank's Men Of The CIA - Why Is The PA Killing Palestinians In Jenin?
Binoy Kampmark: Concentrated Markets And Iceless Fokkers
Binoy Kampmark: Catching Pegasus - Mercenary Spyware And The Liability Of The NSO Group
Ramzy Baroud: The World Owes Palestine This Much - Please Stop Censoring Palestinian Voices