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Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 5:57 pm
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LEAD STORY

World Cup: All Whites Claim Historic Point

Herbert pays tribute to All Whites fighting spirit

NZ POLITICS

Speaking Of Expenses: Bassett Book Proposal Hounded

Gordon Campbell: On The Foreshore And Seabed Deal, And Gaza Blockade

Streets Ahead: Maryan Street Biggest Winner In Goff's Re-Shuffle

Govt prepared for welfare debate to get ugly

Gordon Campbell:On a Solution for the Ministerial Spending Scandal (And for Child Poverty)

Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministers will always spend more - Key

Sitting On Defence: Public Submissions Released

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

Smellie Sniffs The Breeze: No Free Fridge

State Sector: Wind Blows From Strength To Strength

Scoop Business: Final Report Urges Mobile Termination Regulation

New Organisms: More Nutrition From Clover Could Mean Less Emissions

COMMENT

Helen Clark: Women and Power

Martin LeFevre: The Hole In America’s Soul

Getting at Google: Crime, Maps and the Street View Project

Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Nebraska

Martha Rosenberg: Will You Take An Immune Drug To Prevent Fractures? Amgen Hopes So

Gordon Campbell: On The Green Party Conference

Julie Webb Pullman: San Juan Copala – Mexico’s Gaza

Catherine Austin Fitts: Plant It Forward “As For Years”

Evelyn Pringle: Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness - Part I

LIFESTYLE

WORLD

Argentina Bicentennial: A Mixed Story

United Nations: Iranian Nuclear Programme Is A ‘Special Case’

World Cup: All Whites Claim Historic Point
A last gasp Winston Reid header deep into injury time earned New Zealand an historic and dramatic 1-1 draw against Slovakia in Rustenburg to leave the All Whites firmly in the mix in Group F at the FIFA World Cup.With time ticking away and New Zealand a goal down to a 50th minute Robert Vittek header, Reid climbed high over Zdenko Strba at the back post to meet a perfectly flighted Shane Smeltz cross, sparking wild celebrations throughout the New Zealand squad. Video: More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00191.htm

ALSO:

• Governor-General Congratulates All Whites [2]


• Flavell welcomes Maori soccer aspirations [3]


• ONSport Video: All Whites Draw With Slovakia [4]


• ONSport Video: All Whites Prepare To Play Slovakia [5]


• The All White's equaliser – why Rupert Murdoch gets its significance [6]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00198.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00244.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00111.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00108.htm [5]

[6] - http://pundit.co.nz/content/the-all-whites-equaliser-%E2%80%93%C2%A0why-rupert-murdoch-gets-its-significance" target="_blank [6]

Herbert pays tribute to All Whites fighting spirit
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sports/37433.html

ALSO:

• World Cup 2010 And The All Whites [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00114.htm [2]

ALSO:

• Questions and Answers - 16 June 2010 [2]


• Questions And Answers - 15 June 2010 [3]


• The Week In Parliament 11.06.10 [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00253.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00233.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00080.htm [4]

Speaking Of Expenses: Bassett Book Proposal Hounded
At today’s Auckland City Council Finance & Strategy Committee, Citizens & Ratepayers (C&R) councillors voted to spend $120,000 to commission a history of the council from 1989 to 2010. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00165.htm

Gordon Campbell: On The Foreshore And Seabed Deal, And Gaza Blockade
The Maori Party seems to have won few immediate and tangible benefits from its long awaited deal on the foreshore and seabed – and nothing at all (beyond a cosmetic name change) from the position that was staked out recently by the government in its consultation document. More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/15/gordon-campbell-on-the-foreshore-seabed-gaza/

Streets Ahead: Maryan Street Biggest Winner In Goff's Re-Shuffle
Labour Leader Phil Goff today announced changes to Labour MPs rankings and portfolios following the demotions of Chris Carter, Shane Jones and Mita Ririnui over credit card expenses. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00215.htm

ALSO:

• Carter Apologises "Unreservedly" [2]


• Beneficiaries are not the problem [3]


• MPs shut out of “diverse” welfare forum [4]


• Greens Miffed at Missed Opportunity [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00226.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00165.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00138.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00090.htm [5]

Govt prepared for welfare debate to get ugly
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/37169.html

Gordon Campbell:On a Solution for the Ministerial Spending Scandal (And for Child Poverty)
The litmus test in the Ministerial expenses scandal is what would happen to an ordinary employee who repeatedly misused the company or departmental credit card in the fashion exposed in the last couple of days... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/11/g-campbell-ministerial-spending-child-poverty/

ALSO:

• Carter - statement on ministerial expenses [2]


• Real Issue is Porn – Not Jones [3]


• Physician, Heal Thyself! [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00166.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00107.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00114.htm [4]

Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministers will always spend more - Key
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/37252.html

Sitting On Defence: Public Submissions Released
Associate Minister of Defence Heather Roy today publicly released the summary of submissions received by the Ministry of Defence during the public consultation phase of the Government's Defence Review 2009 (DR09). More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00188.htm

ALSO:

• Air-Quality Standard Reprieve Likely for HB Homes [2]


• Grey Power supports relaxing air quality standards [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00110.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00124.htm [3]

Smellie Sniffs The Breeze: No Free Fridge
Westpac senior economist Donna Purdue says of the latest confidence survey, "this is great news for the New Zealand economy" because consumer spending has been the "weak spot" in the recent sluggish recovery. But in the new age of austerity, is this really such a good thing? More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00451.htm

State Sector: Wind Blows From Strength To Strength
The Ministry of Economic Development’s latest Energy Quarterly, released today, shows that in the year from April 2009 to March 2010 wind farms have provided a record 3.7% of New Zealand’s electricity. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00167.htm

ALSO:

• Minister Wong to attend 9th APEC Energy Meeting [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00249.htm [2]

Scoop Business: Final Report Urges Mobile Termination Regulation
The Commerce Commission has recommended the regulation of fees mobile phone companies charge each other for ending calls on their networks, saying there was too much potential for incumbents to block new entrants to the market. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/16/nz-regulator-urges-mobile-termination-regulation/

ALSO:

• True mobile market competition one step closer [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00434.htm [2]

New Organisms: More Nutrition From Clover Could Mean Less Emissions
World-first science GE discovery that could lead to more productive farms and reduced greenhouse gases. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1006/S00025.htm

ALSO:

• GE Does Not Belong In Clean Green 100% Pure NZ [2]


• Better Alternatives Than GE In Agriculture [3]


• Hard News: Clover It [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00160.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00161.htm [3]

[4] - http://publicaddress.net/6695#post6695" target="_blank [4]

Helen Clark: Women and Power
As Prime Minister of my country for nine years and the first woman to lead the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), I believe that achieving gender equality is not only morally right, but also catalytic to development as a whole, creating political, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00079.htm

Martin LeFevre: The Hole In America’s Soul
The black goo spewing from the abyss is a complete metaphor for the hole in America’s soul. Indeed, the dark crude erupting in the Gulf of Mexico is so rich in metaphysical symbolism, that one can’t help but heed the call to “drill, baby drill.” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00076.htm

Getting at Google: Crime, Maps and the Street View Project
Google is being cheeky. In fact, according to the London-based pressure group Privacy International, it may well have behaved in a criminal way. The bone of contention here is that the search company has been accumulating Wi-Fi data for its Street View ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00088.htm

Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Nebraska
This being the Cornhusker State, it’s time to husk some corn—of the sentimental kind. Nebraska entered the US as the 37th state on March 1, 1867, just under two years after the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on May 10, 1865, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00087.htm

Martha Rosenberg: Will You Take An Immune Drug To Prevent Fractures? Amgen Hopes So
Monkeys developed tooth and jaw abscesses and two died of protozoal infections. Human subjects developed cervical, ovarian, pancreatic, gastric and thyroid cancers and breast cancer ''was the most common adverse event that led to discontinuation'' in ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00085.htm

Gordon Campbell: On The Green Party Conference
The Greens held their party conference last weekend – the first for some years not dominated by an actual or pending leadership change. This time, the new team of Russel Norman and Meteria Turei could focus entirely on the traditional... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/08/gordon-campbell-on-the-green-party-conference/

Julie Webb Pullman: San Juan Copala – Mexico’s Gaza
San Juan Copala, traditional centre of the indigenous Triqui people, lies in Oaxaca State, Mexico, and is one of the poorest and strife-torn areas in Mexico. In an attempt to break the cycle of poverty, inequality, exclusion, and persistent human rights ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00050.htm

Catherine Austin Fitts: Plant It Forward “As For Years”
In 2006, after settling a significant piece of litigation, I decided that I would build my new home base in Hickory Valley, Tennessee, the small farming community where I have lived since 2000 next to my cousin and her family. I and the Solari... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00061.htm

Evelyn Pringle: Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness - Part I
For the past two decades, the Psychopharmaceutical Industrial Complex has been the driving force behind the epidemic of mental illness in the United States with the promotion of biological psychiatry and a bogus ''chemical imbalance'' in the brain ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00057.htm

ALSO:

• Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness (Part II) [2]


• Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness (Part I) [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00040.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00022.htm [3]

ALSO:

• Kyrgyzstan : ICRC Urges Restraint [2]


• Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan: Humanitarian Catastrophe [3]


• UN Alarmed By Inter-Ethnic Violence In Kyrgyzstan [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00232.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00268.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00261.htm [4]

Argentina Bicentennial: A Mixed Story
Since its independence from Spain, Argentina has experienced two British invasions, a series of illegitimate governments, the Peronist movement, a dictatorship that cost 30,000 lives, the Falklands War and a neo-liberal economy during the 1990s followed ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00213.htm

United Nations: Iranian Nuclear Programme Is A ‘Special Case’
The head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today that the potential military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear programme make the country a “special case” for the agency as he called on Tehran to take action to ensure ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00152.htm

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