Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For May 27 2010

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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For May 27 2010

1: Unlawful Police Search of Cannabis Campaigner

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

The founder of New Zealand’s first cannabis club the Daktory, Dakta Green, today described a raid Monday on an 18-year old cannabis law reform campaigner’s house in Blenheim as “completely over the top and unlawful”.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00297.htm

2: American Idol Viewers Say the Winner is: Crystal

HCD Research

A new national study among 3,901 American Idol viewers revealed that viewers selected Crystal Bowersoxas the contestant who should win American Idol Season 9 competition based on her performances last night.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00431.htm

3: Amateur radio operator charged

Ministry of Economic Development

Radio Spectrum Management recently prosecuted Amateur Radio Operator Alan Potter for transmitting outside the terms and conditions of the General User Radio Licence for Amateur Radio Operators.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00283.htm

4: Staking a Claim for Cambodia

UNDP

Cambodia opened an international conference on mining today to discuss the country’s mineral resources sector and steps needed to “responsibly” develop it for the greater good of its citizens.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00450.htm

5: Burma's Lost 20 Years

Terry Evans

Today is the 20th anniversary of the last general election held in Burma, when Aung San Suu Kyi led her National League for Democracy (NLD) to an overwhelming election victory. Burma's new era of democracy was short-lived, as the military junta did ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00451.htm

6: Exclusive Twilight Eclipse Clip at MTV Movie Award

MTV NZ

Giving fans worldwide more of the beloved vampire film franchise they adore and vote tirelessly for each year, MTV today announced that Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are confirmed to present an exclusive clip from the highly anticipated ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00287.htm

7: Budget pays to enrich the wealthy

John Minto

Any rational discussion of the budget we might have hoped for was drowned out in a self-congratulatory chorus of government ministers and business leaders supported by largely uncritical media commentary.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00216.htm

8: Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 27.10.09

Tom Frewen

Russell Norman's Kiwibank question boomerangs back across the chamber. Nick Smith calls Pete Hodgson a "sewer rat" for implying the prime minister's blind trust conceals conflicts of interest. Senior Citizens Minister John Carter is questioned about outcomes ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00227.htm

9: Prime Minister responds to TV3 story

New Zealand Government

Prime Minister John Key tonight responded to a TV3 story in relation to his blind trust.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00474.htm

10: Pete Bethune’s Criminal Trial Starts May 27th

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

The criminal trial against Sea Shepherd Conservation Society volunteer Captain Pete Bethune begins in Tokyo on May 27. Captain Bethune was arrested in March and remains in maximum-security detention in Tokyo.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00432.htm

11: Jamaica: Different Drug War, Different Strategy

Council on Hemispheric Affairs

A state of emergency was declared in certain areas of Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday, as violence broke out over the extradition of accused drug lord and local hero Christopher “Dudus” Coke. Coke is the alleged head of the “Shower Posse,” a gang that ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00442.htm

12: UN finds pace of global economic recovery

United Nations

26 May 2010 – The global economy is slowly rebounding from the worst of the recession but the recovery remains too anaemic to create enough jobs to replace those lost so far, a new United Nations report says today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00449.htm

13: National silences notice of motion

New Zealand Labour Party

The National Party Senior Whip, Chris Tremain, refused to support moving a motion on today’s Parliamentary Order Paper calling for Japan to cooperate with Maritime New Zealand in determining who was responsible for the sinking of the Ady Gil.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00462.htm

14: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares gain for 2nd day; FBU up

Businesswire

May 27 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares rose for a second day, led by Cavalier Corp., Fletcher Building Ltd. and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare amid perceptions the recent rout pushed prices down to levels that are relatively attractive.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00867.htm

15: Blatant conflict of interest in melanoma study

Get Brown Tanning

A University of Minnesota advocacy group may have "reverse-engineered" a study to bolster its own pre-existing anti-indoor tanning crusade, failing to properly cite the significance of conflicting data within its own paper, downplaying confounding ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00865.htm

16: Questions and Answers - 27 May 2010

Office of the Clerk

Banks, Australian-owned—Dividends Sent Offshore Over Last 5 Years; Public Sector—Spending Relative to Economy; State-owned Enterprises—Future Sale; Budget 2010—Environmental Initiatives and Bluegreen Vision
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00467.htm

17: English: Focus on Finance - Budget 2010

New Zealand Government

Last week I delivered my second Budget. Whereas the focus of Budget 2009 was dealing with the immediate effects of the global recession, Budget 2010 is about positioning New Zealand for faster, sustainable economic growth.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00475.htm

18: Williamson: NZ Sustainable Building Conference

New Zealand Government

Thank you for the invitation to speak here today. While sustainability in my view has become an over-used term that encompasses a multitude of disparate views of the world, I'm all for cutting edge innovation and excellence in buildings.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00476.htm

19: Kiwibank will get downgraded if sold

Progressive Party

Mums and Dads borrowing to buy their own home will pay more mortgage interest if the government doesn't stop talking about selling Kiwibank.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00472.htm

20: Recall: PACIFIC ATENOLOL (Atenolol) 50mg, 100mg

Mylan New Zealand

Mylan New Zealand Limited, following consultation with Medsafe, Ministry of Health, is recalling all Pacific Atenolol 50mg and 100mg tablets, which are manufactured by IPCA Laboratories Limited and marketed by Mylan New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00134.htm

21: Even mining companies want Govt to back down

New Zealand Labour Party

Mining companies are among the more than 35,000 people and organisations who have made submissions to the Government urging it not to remove Coromandel land from schedule 4 protection, Labour Conservation spokesperson David Parker says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00443.htm

22: Company Refuses to Transport Unsustainable Seafood

Greenpeace New Zealand

The world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk, refuses to ship a number of at-risk marine species including several caught by New Zealand fisheries, reports Greenpeace.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00447.htm

23: NZ seafood rejected on international market again

Green Party

Major international shipping company, Maersk, has refused to ship orange roughy, adding to the rising tide of international rejection of the NZ seafood industry, the Green Party said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00463.htm

24: Police following up information on Raymond Piper

New Zealand Police

Kapiti Police are following up several pieces of information received from the public, which may help locate Raymond Piper, missing since 15 May 2010.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00250.htm

25: Queenstown to host TRENZ in 2011

Destination Queenstown

New Zealand’s premier visitor destination, Queenstown, will play host to one of the country’s biggest international business events next year.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00248.htm

26: Leonard Cohen Returns to Australia and NZ

Mushroom Group

Early last year audiences across Australia and New Zealand were privileged to experience the incomparable live talents of Leonard Cohen. Rapturous reviews followed, with many critics calling the shows the best they have ever seen. The tour went on to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00286.htm

27: meBooks launches eBooks site for NZ

mebooks

New Zealanders now have access to a range of eBook titles created for and by New Zealanders.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00836.htm

28: Turia: Launch of Computer Clubhouse Connected

New Zealand Government

This is a great day for us all. There was however, one word in particular that drew me here today – and that word is quite simply, connection.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00471.htm

29: Leaky Home Solution Disadvantages Residents

Papakura District Council

Papakura District Council Mayor Calum Penrose says the Government’s proposed solution to the leaky homes issue will bring relief to owners of leaky homes and offer some kind of closure for them.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00251.htm

30: A Fatwa That Stirred Muslims

NewAgeIslam.com

Recently Darul Ulum Deoband issued a fatwa saying that if a woman works in any government or public office with other men, the income will be haram (prohibited) for her family. This fatwa was published prominently in Times of India, a leading newspaper. This ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00446.htm

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