Scoop's Top 30 Items For Monday Dates: 12/Dec/2005
Security contractors of the so-called "Victory" Group of the British mercenary Firm Aegis Defense Services have
committed the ultimate war crime: the indiscriminate killing of civilians as part of a "game", not a video game but a
real game of shooting ...
European reaction to visiting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's statements on torture can be summed up in lead
commentary Wednesday in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, among the most widely respected German newspapers.
The battle for the hearts and minds of Hong Kong took a turn yesterday when the first mass mobilization against the WTO
was a colourful, festive and totally peaceful affair. Local media reports expressed surprise; yet their stories were
still refracted against ...
In 1958 I wrote the following: 'There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between
what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.'
London -- "Massive" explosions struck an oil depot about 20 kilometres from London's Luton airport, close to the M1
near Hemel Hempstead filling the sky with orange flames and shattering windows and doors at nearby homes, police and
witnesses ...
Police and other emergency services are attending the area of Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead this morning
following reports of an explosion just after 6am.
Speech delivered by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the Commemoration of the 60th
Anniversary of his admission to University of Havana, in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana,
In the last couple of years, the slightly foggy concept of "race relations" has ridden high in surveys of issues of
concern to New Zealanders. That might be put in context by what happened in Sydney yesterday...
In a national first, one of New Zealand’s newest and most misunderstood communities is the focus of a social photography
project due to open at the Waikato Museum on December 3.
Tips from ASB as peak time of year for fraudulent activity approaches
International aid agency Oxfam is responding to the humanitarian needs of people affected by the volcanic eruption of Mt
Ambae in Vanuatu which displaced half the population of Ambae island.
An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale struck the Wairarapa at 2:55am, centered 20 kilometres east of Pahiatua.
The Geological & Nuclear Sciences data centre said the quake had a focal depth of 25 km and will have been felt throughout the ...
Minister of Agriculture Minister for Biosecurity Minister of Fisheries Minister of Forestry Associate Minister of Health
Associate Minister for Tertiary Education
Parliament's last week for the year. TVNZ's Colmar-Brunton polls that predicted National would win the election continue
to place National ahead. The Reserve Bank has raised interest rates again. The Greens accept baubles without office.
I had never been invited to dinner by Ralph Nader before, so I figured I'd better check it out. The hall where the
drinks were being served could have been at any one of the scores of events Washington was throwing that night, but the
difference ...
Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party, spoke out about the mis-use of the Maori name in a brand of cigarettes
produced by tobacco company Philip Morris.
COLUMBUS, OH - The Rules Committee of the Ohio Senate approved H.B. 3 December 7, 2005, despite two days of strong
opposition testimony. The four Democrat committee members refused to take part in the final vote as a protest to the
Republican steamrolling ...
Intel Corporation today announced development of a new, ultra-fast, yet very low power prototype transistor using new
materials that could form the basis of its microprocessors and other logic products beginning in the second half of the
next decade.
Don Brash and the other Kyoto detractors in Parliament need to now accept that the world is going to make some sort of
adjustments for climate change and New Zealand is going to have to be part of it, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette
Fitzsimons says.
Good evening – it’s been a long day for many people and I thank you once again for attending this final briefing of
today.
“The report released today by the Ministry of Health into cancer rates in New Plymouth is nothing more than a sham”
stated Tariana Turia, Member of Parliament for Te Tai Hauauru.
The dramatic increase in time it is taking businesses to pay their bills continues, putting pressure on small and
medium-sized businesses as they head into the Christmas and New Year period.
Catering for a vegan at Christmas dinner would probably be enough to cause heart palpitations in the average omnivore.
Not so for self-taught Birkenhead chef Colin Sky, who is organising a Christmas feast for up to 50 vegans on December
18, at Blissful ...
Montreal, Canada 9 December 2005 - Greenpeace today congratulated the 157 countries, who have ratified the Kyoto
Protocol, as they moved the landmark climate change treaty towards deeper emissions reductions after 2012.
World Trade: Prelude To WTO Round: Jane Kelsey Reports, Official Suicide Statistics Calculate Cost In Dollar Terms,
Employment: Who Will Fix The Doctor Shortage?, Police: Govt And NZ First Seal More Cops Deal, Santa Sends Karma Filled
Feast To Auckland ...
Social factors do have an influence on suicide, according to a report released today by the Associate Health Minister
Jim Anderton.
Thunderstorms have been popping like pop-corn over New Zealand over the weekend and will continue to do so for the rest
of this week. MetService meteorologists have issued a special weather advisory on thunderstorms for Waikato, Waitomo,
Taumarunui, ...
The Commerce Commission has released its final determination under the Telecommunication Act on resale by TelstraClear
Limited of several Telecom broadband retail services for business.
Michael Crawford to perform in New Zealand for one concert only, at New Plymouth’s TSB Bowl of Brooklands, on Saturday,
11 March 2006, in a concert to benefit the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Trust. Tickets on Sale Thursday, December
15, 2005
Judging from King Gyanendra’s latest cabinet reshuffle, the monarch appears unfazed by last month’s 12-point accord
reached between Nepal’s mainstream political parties and Maoist rebels in New Delhi.