Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 17 November 2009
US Department of State - Background NoteGeography Area: 1.6 million sq. km. (636,295 sq. mi., slightly larger than Alaska). Arable land: 9.78% of the country. Cities: Capital --Tehran. Other cities --Isfahan, Tabriz, Mashhad, Shiraz, Yazd, Qom. Terrain: Desert and mountains. Climate: Semiarid; ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00553.htm
2:
Dave
Cohen: The Oil Situation Is Really
Bad
Dave CohenOn the eve of the International Energy Agency’s release of its annual World Energy Outlook (WEO), a whistleblower at the IEA claims the agency “has been deliberately underplaying a looming [oil] shortage for fear of triggering panic buying” in the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00159.htm
3:
Intel
Announces New Technologies
Intel CorporationAUCKLAND, 16 November 2009 – More than four out of every five supercomputers on the TOP500 list are powered by Intel® processors. Intel Corporation today announced new technologies that will better equip scientists, researchers and engineers with ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0911/S00027.htm
4:
Thousands
of Motorcyclists Convene at
Parliament
Carolyn MeersAn estimated crowd of 10,000 motorcyclists gathered on Parliament grounds today to protest the ACC's raising of levies for their vehicles. ACC has stated that the rises in fees are a response to "rising claim numbers and healthcare costs" incurred by ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00177.htm
5:
Senior
UN Peacekeeping Official To Visit
China
US Department of State - Background NoteThe United Nations peacekeeping chief is slated to pay an official visit to China this week to attend a meeting on the Organization’s operations tasked with restoring stability and democracy in conflict-ravaged countries.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00554.htm
6:
Somalia:
Efforts Needed On Land To Fight
Piracy
United NationsThe Somali Government and the African Union force in the country need more help on land to fight piracy in the waters, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report released today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00555.htm
7:
Ae
Marika! - a column By Hone Harawira
The Maori PartyThey say a week in politics is a long time, and they’re right. Last week I made a public apology about an email I’d written. Firstly, I readily apologise for the poor choice of words. I suspect that if I’d said something like: “European colonisers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00208.htm
8:
Tom
Frewen: Today In Parliament 17.11.09
Tom FrewenParliament resumes after a fortnight's adjournment, welcomes David Clendon as Sue Bradford's replacement for the Greens, congratulates the All Whites on beating Bahrain, and gets into a shouting match over the cost of the emissions trading scheme with ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00178.htm
9:
Wellington
ACC Motorbike Protest Video 17.11.09
Scoop VideoYouTube video from today’s Wellington protest against proposed hikes in ACC levies for motorcycles.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00179.htm
10:
Social
Networking And Movies Come Alive On
Xbox
Xbox 360AUCKLAND, New Zealand – November 16 – Xbox 360 New Zealand confirmed the next wave of social entertainment is coming to Xbox LIVE on November 17th. Facebook, Twitter and Xbox Movies on Demand will be available on Xbox 360 consoles, transforming Xbox ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00491.htm
11:
Pearl
Jam, Ben Harper, Relentless7 Kick Off
Tour
Blackout Music ManagementThe mighty Pearl Jam consolidated their reputation as one of the world's best live acts with another fantastic performance at Members Equity Stadium last night. Pearl Jam remain a class act, showing off new album Backspacer and the tunes that were ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00238.htm
12:
SIS
asks uni staff to watch for foreign
agents
Tertiary Education UnionThe New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has been approaching universities seeking their help to prevent foreign states getting their hands on technology associated with weapons of mass destruction. Director of the SIS, Dr Warren Tucker, sent a letter ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00169.htm
13:
Womad
New Zealand 2010: Artist Biographies
Womad 2010WOMAD - World of Music, Arts and Dance 2010 will be held in Taranaki between the 12th and 14th of March. Here is some of the tallent that will be performing.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00258.htm
14:
Greenpeace
Protestors Call Out Fonterra
Carolyn MeersGreepeace shut down a portion of a lignite coal mine used by dairy processing and export company Fonterra in Southland this morning, covering the coal mine with a 40 by 40 metre banner with the words "Fonterra Climate Crime". Fonterra is using ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00172.htm
15:
Labour
remembers Dutch Ambassador
New Zealand Labour PartyThe Labour Party is today mourning the passing of Her Excellency Ms Annelies Boogaerdt, Ambassador for the Kingdom of the Netherlands to New Zealand. Mrs Boogaerdt died suddenly in Wellington Hospital last night. Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00215.htm
16:
Monsanto
Pulls GM Corn Amid Food Safety
Concerns
Robt MannFor the first time, a GM multinational has pulled two GM corn varieties from the regulatory and assessment process at the eleventh hour (1), after planning for a future income of several billion dollars per year from global sales (2). Monsanto ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00548.htm
17:
Motorcycle
accident record cannot be ignored
New Zealand GovernmentACC minister Nick Smith responded to today’s motorcycle protest over proposed ACC levy increases by highlighting the significant increase in fatalities and claims from motorcycle accidents. “Forty six motorcyclists died last year in accidents, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00212.htm
18:
Docs
say emissions trading scheme will hurt
Kids
NZ Climate And HealthSenior doctors today said that the intended changes to New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) will not only threaten our future survival but will be an extravagant waste of public funds, describing the legislation process as a fiasco. The doctors, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00172.htm
19:
Changes
to Google Settlement Affect NZ
Authors
Copyright Licensing LtdNew Zealand authors and publishers can now sue Google Book Search for digitising their works under a just-reached revised settlement agreement. Objections raised by rightsholders (authors and publishers) in a number of countries including New ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00536.htm
20:
NZ
Police: Motorcycle Protest Peaceful,
Orderly
New Zealand PolicePolice say motorcycle riders at a Wellington protest have been orderly and no arrests made. "The protesters have been well behaved today and we have not had to deal with any serious incidents," says District Road Policing Manager, Inspector Peter Baird. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00302.htm
21:
Aung
San Suu Kyi, Omar Khadr, and Barack
Obama
John ChuckmanDuring his trip to Asia, President Obama called for the government of Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi, a noted dissident who has spent years under house arrest. It made headlines, a fact which tells us more about the role of media as an outlet for government ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00173.htm
22:
Vodafone
and SKY team up to deliver MYSKYHDi
VodafoneSKY and Vodafone are delighted to announce that SKY customers who have their landline and broadband with Vodafone will now receive MYSKYHDi at no cost.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00517.htm
23:
Ethical
behaviour and client care document
Code CommitteeCode Committee Releases Consultation Paper on Proposed Minimum Standards of Ethical Behaviour and Client Care for Authorised Financial Advisers
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00538.htm
24:
Campbell:
The selective targeting of Beenie Man
Gordon CampbellReportedly, Big Day Out organizers have backed down from their original intention to include the Jamaican dancehall musician Beenie Man in the next BDO festival line-up in January. The reason has been the public pressure from gay activists who have been ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00157.htm
25:
Pay
Equity Questions Unanswered
New Zealand Labour PartyNational MPs have still not explained why they refused to hear submissions about pay equity for school support staff and social workers, Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney said. “On the eve of Work for Free Day, the 15,808 people ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00223.htm
26:
Int'l
Gold Medal for Gibbston Valley Pinot
Noir
Gibbston Valley WinesThe 2008 Gibbston Valley Reserve Pinot Noir has been awarded a Blue-Gold Medal and included in the Top 100 Wines of the Show at the prestigious Sydney International Wine Competition. The Sydney International Wine Competition is unique among international ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00537.htm
27:
MARKET
CLOSE: NZX 50 falls as IPOs loom; IFT
down
BusinesswireNov. 17 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares fell, tracking a slide in Australian equities, after banks sold off and as investors await a wave of new share sales and the outcome of Infratil Ltd.’s talks to buy Shell New Zealand’s assets.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00539.htm
28:
Rakaia-Ashburton
Groundwater Flow Project
Environment CanterburyEnvironment Canterbury has started a piezometric* survey to better understand the three-dimensional water flows in the aquifer system beneath the Rakaia-Ashburton Plains area. Geology student Clare Webster has been employed from November to February ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0911/S00029.htm
29:
Let’s
trust Nick Smith not Treasury. Yeah
right!
New Zealand Labour PartyJohn Key’s defence of his embattled Minister Nick Smith and the Government's subsequent attack on Treasury’s findings that National’s ETS will create a $110 billion debt for taxpayers is a continuation of the Government’s shambolic ETS process ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00220.htm
30:
Greenpeace
calls for protest outside Fonterra
Greenpeace New ZealandThe four Greenpeace activists arrested today after closing down a Southland lignite coalmine say they succeeded in drawing attention to Fonterra’s expanding use of coal for milk processing. They labelled the burning of around 450,000 tonnes of coal ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00155.htm