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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 4 December 2006

Published: Tue 5 Dec 2006 09:18 AM
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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Annan's Successor Moves To Pick His Top Management
Andreas von Warburg
UNITED NATIONS - Two weeks into the transition period, all eyes at the United Nations are on Secretary-General-Designate Ban Ki-moon (pictured left) and his picks for the top management. South Korea’s former Foreign Minister will be swearing in in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00054.htm
2: Sharon Stone puts out SOS call for NZ clothes
Word of Mouth Media
Hollywood actress Sharon Stone has put out an urgent call to leading New Zealand lifestyle designer Untouched World for more of their clothes for her wardrobe.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00048.htm
3: Suva - Fiji Soldiers Take Over SWAT Police HQ
Scoop Link
Scoop Link: Fiji Times has reported that Fijian Army soldiers in full combat gear have taken over the headquarters of the Fiji Police Tactical Response Division and locked out members on duty there. While there has been no official confirmation, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00055.htm
4: Update On The Search For Trooper Joshua Porter
Australian Defence Force
On 29 Nov 06, while HMAS Kanimbla was operating near Fiji, a Blackhawk helicopter from 171 Aviation Squadron, carrying four crew and six soldiers from the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) crashed and sank in 2300 meters of water. Nine personnel ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00071.htm
5: Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Office of the Speaker
Dr Jan Wright, an independent policy analyst and consultant with a number of non-executive public sector directorships, has been selected to be the next Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00043.htm
6: Kosovo Albanians, Serbia Still Opposed on Future
United Nations
Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian Government and Serbia remain “diametrically opposed” in their views of the future status of the Serbian province, which that the United Nations has run ever since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00080.htm
7: The Letter – Monday, 4 December 2006
The Letter Limited
The Haps; Next Test; His Role; All at sea; Does it matter?; Some Advice; Labour’s dilemma; New Whips; The Whips Office; Anything but benign; Growing Debt; A correction has to come; Out of the Red
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00056.htm
8: Reserve Bank runs out of coins in lead up to Xmas
Newmarket Business Association
Just five weeks after phasing out the old coins, the Reserve Bank has now written to the country's retail banks warning them there will be a shortage of the new 20 cent pieces in the lead up to the busy Christmas period, with some unimpressed retailers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00057.htm
9: How Bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA
www.UnansweredQuestions.org
New details have emerged about how an al Qaeda spy named Ali Mohamed penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets and the FBI before the 9/11 attacks. We speak with investigative journalist Peter Lance about his new book, "Triple Cross." [includes rush transcript]
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00046.htm
10: Mazur: John Deuss' Editors On Record On The Man
Suzan Mazur
THE HUSH HUSH nature of the John Deuss investigation related to VAT-skimming deposits at his offshore First Curacao International Bank gives the impression that deeper politics are at play.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00031.htm
11: Fijian Coup Not On NZ's Wishlist For Xmas
Scoop Audio
"Fiji is continuing to be of great concern," was what the Prime Minister told the assembled media late this afternoon as potentially the world's slowest coup creaked into gear in the democratically challenged island nation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00058.htm
12: Susan Wood leaves CloseUp
Television New Zealand
CloseUp presenter Susan Wood has today resigned from TVNZ, and will no longer appear on screen for the immediate future. For the last few weeks, Susan's health has been a matter for serious concern. She will be undergoing surgery next week to remove ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0612/S00021.htm
13: Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary
The Scoop Team
Fiji Crisis: Military Makes Move - Takes Over Special Branch Police HQ; Health: More Money For Rural Midwives; Health: Fidel Inspired Behaviour Leads To Coleman's Smoking In The Gun; MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES; POLITICAL COLUMNS
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00057.htm
14: Key's failure of leadership on Coleman
New Zealand Government
Just one week into the job National leader John Key has made a significant misstep by confirming Jonathan Coleman as Associate Health Spokesman despite knowing about Coleman's behaviour during an incident with British American Tobacco, Health Minister ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00032.htm
15: A scientific approach is needed for GM corn
New Zealand Life Sciences Network
“MAF should identify if GM is present, the type of GM construct and undertake a risk assessment before ripping up imported corn suspected of containing genetically modified seeds.” the chairman of the Life Sciences Network, Dr William Rolleston, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0612/S00009.htm
16: Scoop Top 30 Weekend Ratings - 2-3 Dec. 2006
Scoop Daily Ratings
The weekend's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00053.htm
17: UN Food Agency Teams Up With Islamic Relief Group
United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today signed an agreement with the international Islamic aid organization, Islamic Relief Worldwide, to increase cooperation on vital feeding programmes for the poor regardless of colour or creed, both for ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00079.htm
18: All GE Corn Must be Destroyed
Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace said today all GE contaminated corn must be pulled up and destroyed, following the discovery that some 1.8 tonnes of GE corn have been imported into New Zealand, distributed and grown.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00038.htm
19: Liberia, UN And World Bank Sign $4 Million Deal
United Nations
As part of continued United Nations assistance to help Liberia rebuild after 14 years of brutal civil war, the world body has signed a landmark agreement involving the Government and the World Bank to rehabilitate three major roads, costing an estimated ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00078.htm
20: Collins Comments - 4 December 2006
New Zealand National Party
National MPs support Diabetes Awareness and walk the talk
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00040.htm
21: Consumer wine tasting untainted
Consumer's Institute
Consumer’s latest taste test of sparkling wines has no chance of being influenced by winemakers. “Every wine included in our latest tasting was anonymously bought from retailers, as are all our test goods”, says Belinda Allan of Consumers’ ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00060.htm
22: Clinton Visits Asia for Last Time as Tsunami Envoy
United Nations
Former United States President Bill Clinton starts his last visit to Asia today as the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, making stops in India, Thailand and Indonesia to review rebuilding progress after the ravages of the 2004 ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00076.htm
23: Weathertightness - Chief Adjudicator Appointed
New Zealand Government
Building and Construction Minister Clayton Cosgrove today announced the appointment of Patricia McConnell as Chief Adjudicator of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service (WHRS) for a three-year term starting this month.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00042.htm
24: NetGuide.co.nz Makes Today’s World Even Easier
Netguide
NetGuide magazine, New Zealand’s leading consumer technology guide, today launched a revamped interactive website www.netguide.co.nz.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00056.htm
25: Use it or lose it says Rodney mayor
Rodney District Council
Rodney’s mayor John Law says the Auckland City Council is “missing the boat” if it doesn’t look at other options for its waterfront. Mr Law says that with the waterfront no longer in contention for a stadium, the site should be used for an ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0612/S00030.htm
26: A Sparkling Bubble
Gush Shalom
A FRIEND of mine, who was brought up in Egypt, took part in the interrogation of Egyptian officers captured in the 1956 Sinai war.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00072.htm
27: McDonald’s agrees on union deal
McDonald's
McDonald’s Restaurants NZ Ltd has agreed to a collective agreement with the Unite Union. The collective agreement includes the following: 1. As at 4 December 2006, minimum hourly starting rates are $8.40 for employees aged under 18 years, and $10.25 ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00058.htm
28: Summary of key points from QPEC Summit
Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC
Summary of key points from QPEC Summit on Resourcing for Quality Public Education held on 22 November in Auckland
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0612/S00007.htm
29: Hezbollah Beirut Protest Urges Lebanon PM To Quit
Sophie McNeill
Sophie McNeill in Beirut writes: Hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah supporters packed the roads of the Lebanese capital yesterday as they took part in a huge anti-government rally. "We're from the north and the south and we've come to fill your squares, Beirut," ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00052.htm
30: International Day of Disabled Persons
New Zealand Government
"Good progress is being achieved in our country in creating a fully inclusive society for disabled persons and their families", said Disability Issues Minister Ruth Dyson today, marking International Day of Disabled Persons.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00030.htm
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