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Scoop Top 25 Daily Ratings 20 September 2006

Published: Thu 21 Sep 2006 10:12 AM
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Yesterday's top 25 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Thai Counter-Insurgency Officials Coup Plotters?
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After surviving an alleged car bomb assassination plot, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra now faces about 10 military counter-insurgency officials charged with attempting to murder him, including a sergeant who confessed to planning ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00116.htm
2: Brace yourself for this year's hottest secret toy
Fisher-Price
If you thought Tickle Me Elmo was huge, then prepare yourself! On 20 September 2006, around the globe, Elmo returns and he is more hysterical, gorgeous and collectable than ever before!
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0607/S00393.htm
3: Al Gore: Global Warming Is the Immediate Crisis
Al Gore
A few days ago, scientists announced alarming new evidence of the rapid melting of the perennial ice of the north polar cap, continuing a trend of the past several years that now confronts us with the prospect that human activities, if unchecked ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00269.htm
4: How USA Reversed Its Policy on Bombing Civilians
Sherwood Ross
When Adolph Hitler's Luftwaffe destroyed the Spanish town of Guernica on April 26, 1937, the slaughter of civilians was broadly condemned in Great Britain and the United States. Winston Churchill, England's wartime Prime Minister, wrote in "The Gathering ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00270.htm
5: Vegan Challenges Professor to Triathlon
NZ Vegetarian Society
Christchurch vegan Ella Soryl (11) has challenged Professor Robert Pickard to prove his claims that her diet is lacking.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0609/S00236.htm
6: Preview of the 61st UN General Assembly
US State Department
Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs The New York Foreign Press Center Briefing New York City September 18, 2006
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00362.htm
7: Rice IV With Matt Lauer of NBC's Today Show
US State Department
QUESTION: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be inside the chamber when the President makes his speech at the UN this morning. Madame Secretary, it's always good to have you here in our studio.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00354.htm
8: Scoop Video: Tonga - An Island On The Brink
Scoop Video
Video: NZ's PM Helen Clark said this week: "There's been enormous division in Tonga and I think there's an opportunity to move ahead… There's a new prime minister. There's a will for change, I believe, and we will support that however we can."
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00282.htm
9: Thailand US Trained Military Mount Bloodless Coup
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Troops from Thailand's U.S.-trained military, backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers, seized the prime minister's office on Tuesday (September 19) night and filled TV screens with propaganda, in a bloodless coup led by a "revolutionary ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00259.htm
10: Ancient Art Italy Wants Back From Boston's MFA
Suzan Mazur
With Boston's Museum of Fine Arts nearing an accord with Italy over its collection of classical art acquired primarily from Italy both before and after the1983 UNESCO curb on antiquities trafficking - I thought it might be interesting to revisit a ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00210.htm
11: Dutch Queen's visit inspires ongoing exchange
Victoria University of Wellington
The visit to New Zealand in 1992 by Dutch Queen Beatrix inspired a relationship between Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Groningen that is still going strong. Having encouraged a number of Victoria University students to spend a semester ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0609/S00081.htm
12: IFEX Communiqué Vol 15 No 37
IFEX
1. Civil Society Urges More Transparency for IMF, World Bank 2. Turkmenistan: International Outcry Over Journalist's Death 3. Iraq: Three Journalists Killed in a Week; Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Detained 4. Turkey: International PEN Supports Writers Facing Trials ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00366.htm
13: MOTORNET: Still Got It - Mini Cooper S
Karl Ferguson
The girl at the drive through window was about 16. I hadn't paid her a great deal of attention to be honest, most likely trying to decide between a Big Mac or a Chicken Royale, when just as I was about to order she gushed, 'Your car is really cool. I ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00147.htm
14: Scoop Images: Snowy Mountains High
Alastair Thompson
Some new pictures (taken on Scoop's new S7000 Fuji Finepix camera) from Mt Ruapehu which is presently experiencing one of its best ski-seasons for several years. Both Turoa and Whakapapa skifields are operating from top to bottom with huge snow bases ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0408/S00323.htm
15: AUS Tertiary Update
Association of University Staff
Jobs to be axed from tertiary-education sector Following recent revelations that a number of polytechnics are facing their worst-ever year financially, a number of tertiary-education institutions, including universities, are set to axe staff numbers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0609/S00084.htm
16: Public Address 20/09/06 - Thai Coup Update
HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Yeah yeah, I know, like we haven't already thrown several thosuands words at you today ... But Tze Ming has just posted some good stuff on what's up with the Thai coup and what it means - which isn't necessarily what you'd think:
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00281.htm
17: 'Stormy seas’ forecast for transfer pricing
Ernst and Young
Survey shows tax authorities converging on principles, diverging on implementation
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0609/S00346.htm
18: Collins gets desperate in attempt to mislead
New Zealand Government
Judith Collins has once again misled the New Zealand public with her recent comments on the serious issue of stress related illness, Social Development Minister David Benson-Pope said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0609/S00459.htm
19: MOTORNET: Diesel Delights - Peugeot 407 & 307
Karl Ferguson
There are plenty of reasons why punters are attracted to French vehicles, and in particular, the offerings of Peugeot. Flair, original design, plush interiors and an almost guaranteed comfortable ride are some. Now there’s a couple more.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00020.htm
20: Keith Olbermann: Bush Owes Us an Apology
Scoop Blogwatch
The President of the United States owes this country an apology. It will not be offered, of course. He does not realize its necessity. There are now none around him who would tell him or could. The last of them, it appears, was the very man whose letter provoked ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00274.htm
21: Cover Up of GM Rice Contamination a Scandal
GE Free NZ
The UK Independent newspaper's report of an official cover-up of contamination of rice by an illegal GE variant has serious implications for maintaining the integrity of the food supply in New Zealand and overseas.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0609/S00037.htm
22: Burma Boasts At UN Of Big Northern Friends
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Dragged by the U.S. into the United Nations Security Council for critical examination, Burma responded on Tuesday (September 19) by boasting that China, Russia and other "friendly nations" will protect Burma's military ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00276.htm
23: MOH Fabricated WHO Meningococcal Meeting
Ron Law
Documents received under the Official Information Act and from the World Health Organization reveal that the Ministry of Health fabricated a WHO meningococcal vaccine strategy workshop.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0609/S00080.htm
24: Rice IV With Harry Smith of CBS's Early Show
US State Department
QUESTION: Earlier I talked to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and asked her about ongoing negotiations with Iran concerning its nuclear activities.
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0609/S00353.htm
25 Dr Brash Offers Love Advice (2005)
Scoop Audio
Scoop has obtained a mashed up audio of currently embattled National leader Dr Don Brash offering love advice to the population of Christchurch. Currently Dr Brash has faced caucus dissension regarding allegations of an affair with the vice chair ...
http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00262.htm
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