NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Parliament: MPs Vote 72 to 49 Against Bill To Raise Drinking Age
Mercury Transit : Don't Look Directly At The Sun, See It On Scoop Instead
Men's Health: It's Movember In The Military
Final Week: Jazz Festival Act Hotter Than Expected
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SCOOP INTERNATIONAL LEAD STORY:
Middle East: Israel Unleashes Huge Assault On Gaza
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Middle East: Israel PM States Israel Killed 300 "Terrorists" In Gaza
UN Audio News:

SCOOP LEAD STORY

Scoop Report: Kiwi Vets Arrive In London Awaiting Commemoration

Scoop's Kevin List writes: Yesterday in the wee small hours of the New Zealand morning a contingent of Kiwi war veterans and their defence minders touched down in England at the RAF's Brize Norton air base. The veterans have been chosen by ballot to attend the unveiling of the New Zealand memorial - which will be dedicated this weekend by the NZ Prime Minister, Helen Clark. See... Vets Touch Down In Blighty For NZ Memorial [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00170.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00165.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00139.htm

RECOMMENDED AUDIO:

Scoop Audio: [1] Selwyn Manning and 95bFM's Simon Pound discuss: How Israel has taken advantage of the US elections to wage a HUGE offensive against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Also, discussed is how significant is the Donald Rumsfeld sacking from his Secretary of Defense position; and Scoop's Kevin List is in London reporting on the NZ Memorial and Helen Clark meetings with Tony Blair. See… Manning and Pound 95bFM Counterclockwise [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00171.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00171.htm

NEW ZEALAND LEAD STORY:

Education: TXT-In-Exams Debate Brings Out Creativity In Press Secretaries [1] - Untd Futr is cncernd bout da xeptnce of txt spk 2 b allwd in ritn xams 4 NCEA. A spkesprsn 4 MP Judy Turna sez dat letn infrml, abbrev8td languag in forml xams snds compltly da rong msg 2 stdnts. “Skoolz r ther 2 educ8 + raze litracy 2 certn standrds. Thy set da bar – and it shud b hi – NCEA shudnt let da standard b decidd by informl pop cultr of da time. See... Txt spk juz nt up2 stndard! [2] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00175.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00175.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00172.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0611/S00039.htm

Parliament: MPs Vote 72 to 49 Against Bill To Raise Drinking Age

- MPs voted down the Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill last night 72 votes to 49 on its Second Reading. The bill will not proceed any further. The Government is however going to conduct a review into under-age drinking.SEE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00173.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00169.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00123.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00090.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00124.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00131.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00133.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00135.htm
[9] - http://scoop.co.nz#kept18

Mercury Transit : Don't Look Directly At The Sun, See It On Scoop Instead

- Images of Mercury just beginning its transit of the sun soon after 08:12 this morning. They were taken with a telescope at the University of Canterbury's Mt John Observatory, Lake Tekapo. The pictures show Mercury as a tiny round dot, edging onto the sun. See... Mercury transit photos [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0611/S00024.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0611/S00025.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0611/S00009.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0611/S00022.htm

Men's Health: It's Movember In The Military

- Members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Flymo team plus Captain Andy Warden from the NZ Army outside the Defence headquarters today. The Flymos are one of the many New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) teams taking part in a special charity event called Movember which involves men being sponsored to grow a moustache. See... Flymos Help Raise Awareness of Men’s Health Issues [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00121.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00126.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0611/S00004.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00058.htm

Final Week: Jazz Festival Act Hotter Than Expected

- His laser light show was pretty amazing. The fire engines, fire alarm, evacuation and smoke was perhaps a good build up for this show too! Robin filled the room with a smoke machine for a better effect and I guess due to the sensitive nature of the Frontroom’s newly refurbished status – set the fire alarm off! See... Jazz Festival Review: Music & Film [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00130.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00056.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00059.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00047.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0610/S00073.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0611/S00023.htm
[7] - http://www.jazzfestival.co.nz/calendar/

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[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0611/S00184.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0611/S00100.htm

INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
Middle East: Israel Unleashes Huge Assault On Gaza

- United Nations officials voiced shock and dismay at Israel’s shelling of a residential area in the occupied Gaza Strip in which 18 Palestinian civilians were killed, including eight children and seven women, with Secretary-General Kofi Annan calling on the Israeli Government to cease its military operations there forthwith. See... Shock, Dismay at Deadly Shelling of Gaza Civilians [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00139.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00149.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00150.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00148.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00147.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00146.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00145.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00144.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00140.htm

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00141.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00138.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00137.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00136.htm

Middle East: Israel PM States Israel Killed 300 "Terrorists" In Gaza

- On October 30, Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reportedly told the Knesset Security and Foreign Affairs Committee that in the past three months, the Israeli military has killed 300 "terrorists" in the Gaza Strip in its war against terror. See... Who Does Israel's PM Consider To Be A Terrorist? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00107.htm

UN AUDIO NEWS:

UN Audio: (click here to listen) [1] UNRWA Condemns Israeli Military Operations in Beit Hanoun - Palestinian Observer Calls for Urgent Meeting of Security Council - Annan Expreses Shock Over Israeli Operations in Gaza - SPECIAL FEATURES: Special Envoy for the Middle East Expresses Shock at Palestinian Deaths + Postponed Peace Talks on Somalia to be Held in December. See… UN Audio News [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00162.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00162.htm

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