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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 28 November 2006

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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Uri Avnery: An Evening in Jounieh
Uri Avnery
DURING THE first Lebanon war, I visited Jounieh, a town some 20 km north of Beirut. At the time, it served as a port for the Christian forces. It was an exciting evening.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00459.htm
2: New National Leadership Brash And Confident
Kevin List
At a press conference introducing the new National Party Leader (John Key) and Deputy Leader (Bill English) Mr Key was asked about attacks on his wealth ($40 million +) by Labour's Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00438.htm
3: NATO Debates "War And Peace" Behind Closed Doors
Michel Chossudovsky
On the 29th of November, heads of State and heads of government from the 26 States together with Ministers of Defense and senior military brass of the "enlarged" Atlantic Alliance (NATO) will be meeting in Riga, Latvia.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00474.htm
4: Litvinenko Victim of Weapons Grade Polonium?
Scoop Blogwatch
While it sounds like a plot for a not very good who-done-it, Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, an ex-pat in London, was poisoned with polonium 210 in a sushi restaurant, and dies three weeks later ( The radioactive spy ). Litvinenko accused Putin on his ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00463.htm
5: NZer Trapped In Oaxaca - Crackdown Underway
Julie Webb-Pullman
NZer Trapped In Oaxaca As Violent Crackdown Underway Trapped In Autonomous University Of Oaxaca Surrounded By Federal Forces From Julie Webb-Pullman
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00437.htm
6: Mexico: The Good, The Bad, And The Hopeful
Julie Webb-Pullman
Mexican Attorney General Daniel Cabeza de Vaca on Monday backed down from his refusal to accept the recommendations of the National Commission on Human Rights in relation to the torture of Jesús Zúniga Velázquez, following criticism from the Geneva ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00433.htm
7: State Dept. Daily Press Briefing November 27, 2006
US State Department
ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS Prime Minister Olmert ’s Comments on Peace and Two-State Solution / Challenges to Ceasefire
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00418.htm
8: Ecuadorean Election: Correa’s Important Victory
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
• The Pink Tide resumes its South American course • A major defeat for U.S. regional diplomacy • Malign neglect does not work when it comes to advancing genuine U.S. national interests
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00419.htm
9: ID Dunedin 07– a winter wonderland of fashion
Vodafone id Dunedin Fashion Week
Dunedin is preparing for a fashion blizzard of winter wonderland collections at the seventh annual Vodafone ID Dunedin Fashion Show to be held on Saturday 10 March 2007.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0611/S00306.htm
10: Latest suicide data – deaths down
New Zealand Government
Suicide Facts: 2004–2005 data, prepared by the Ministry of Health was released today, by Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton, at the 4th National Suicide Prevention Symposium in Dunedin. There were 486 suicide deaths in 2004 compared with 517 in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00535.htm
11: Bond And The Return Of The Evil Empire
Scoop Blogwatch
We are living in a prime-time Bond film: we have dashing spies, poisoning, espionage, allegations of undercover assassinations. Murdered journalists are involved, as are billionaire 'tycoons'. What is going on? A former KGB spy, Alexander Litvinenko, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00464.htm
12: Video: Hated & Loathed Scoop IV's Clive Edwards
Scoop Video
Tonga's pro-democracy leader, Clive Edwards, is one of the nation's most controversial figures. He's hated by Nobles, loathed by many, his views banned by Tongan authorities. Scoop here publishes an extended interview with the Tongan people's representative.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00429.htm
13: Gaza: Stop The Sige - Stop The War
Peace Movement Aotearoa
This message is primarily about the international Gaza: Stop the Siege - Stop the War! campaign that has been running through November and will culminate in demonstrations around the world on Saturday, 2 December. There are five sections below:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00404.htm
14: Don’t Impeach Bush - Impeach The President
W. David Jenkins III
The recently empowered Democrats have begun their sprint by running in the wrong direction. The above statement by Feingold coupled with the pre and post election statements by Nancy Pelosi show that the Democrats, whether they are in the minority ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00458.htm
15: Images: U2 & Kanye West Auckland 24 Nov. 2006
Karim Sahai
U2, Kanye West at Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland, 24 November 2006 Photos by Karim Sahai - http://karimsahai.com
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00425.htm
16: Cindy Sheehan: Siege and Seizure in Korea
Cindy Sheehan
Traveling around the world these past months has given me an education about American history that majoring in the subject at UCLA never did. I have witnessed first hand what US imperialism and militarism can do to countries and societies. I sat with ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00479.htm
17: Bill Berkowitz: Neil Bush's Family Values
Bill Berkowitz
Two years ago, when Neil Bush and his mother, the former first lady Barbara Bush, were featured guests at a $1,000-a-table fundraiser for the Western Heights School District in Oklahoma City, proceeds from the event were specifically earmarked for ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00448.htm
18: National appoints Chief Press Secretary
New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Taylor as Chief Press Secretary.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00529.htm
19: Key all style, no substance
New Zealand Government
Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen today described John Key's first speech as National leader as shallow, simply being a collection of platitudes with no substance. "The speech tells us what he is not. He is not Don Brash. It doesn't tell us what he is, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00543.htm
20: Workplace Health and Safety Strategy gains made
New Zealand Government
Significant progress has been made in implementing the Workplace Health and Safety Strategy in the 17 months since it was launched, Labour Minister Ruth Dyson said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00544.htm
21: Key: North Shore National Party luncheon
New Zealand National Party
It’s a real pleasure to be giving my first speech as Leader of the Opposition here in my own electorate of Helensville. The opportunity to do so means a great deal to me. In 2002 and again in 2005 the voters of Helensville expressed their confidence ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00538.htm
22: Harawira: No trashing the Brash
The Maori Party
A lot of people are expecting me to bash Don Brash because he has been forced to resign, but in fact I respect his decision to stand down.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00512.htm
23: Customs seizes cocaine at Auckland Airport
Ministry Of Customs
Customs officers at Auckland International Airport have intercepted approximately 3.5 kilograms of cocaine, on its way to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00417.htm
24: Tourism NZ forgets the environment
Green Party
Tourism New Zealand’s Annual Report shows that while the Government speechwriters may have discovered the environment, Tourism New Zealand has yet to wake up to the environmental challenges to their industry, the Green Party says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00545.htm
25: Scoop Video: Reaching For Dreams – Who Is John Key
Scoop Video
Scoop Video: John Key reveals the personality he will market in preparation for the 2008 General Election. What exactly will National do with Maori electorates? And, is there really a role for Don Brash in a new look centrist National Party?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00482.htm
26: Labour Should Clean up their own backyard first
The Maori Party
Repeated Labour lines from Shane Jones about Maori Party alliances with this or that party, are becoming tired and boring, said Tariana Turia today, Co-leader of the Maori Party.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00550.htm
27: Dream Team Needs To Wake Up To MMP Reality
New Zealand First Party
National's so-called "dream team" will very quickly find itself in an electoral nightmare unless they ditch the secret radical agendas and come to terms with the realities of MMP, says New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00528.htm
28: Advice from the Greens for John and Bill
Green Party
Now that Don Brash has gone the National Party has the chance to show New Zealanders that it is prepared to clean up its act, the Green Party says. "If they ever want their party to be taken seriously again John Key and Bill English must be prepared ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00516.htm
29: Lap Up The Luxury With Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Experience the difference on Singapore Airlines’ new First Class with Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo. The design house, in partnership with Singapore Airlines, has specially created the carrier’s new First Class amenity kit.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0611/S00494.htm
30: Prime Minister told ‘this is D Day’
The Maori Party
The Maori Party today called on Helen Clark to exercise her leadership as Prime Minister and put an end to the Government's hostile position being advocated internationally, in their opposition to the draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00547.htm
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