Today's Top Scoops - September 26, 2007
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LEAD STORY------------
Burma: Kiwis Want NZ Govt To Assist Protestors - "The Burmese people must be supported by all countries that promote democracy," says Rae Julian, Executive Director of the Council for International Development of Aotearoa/New Zealand. She has written to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, urging them to add their diplomatic voices to support the hundreds of thousands of people in Burma who have courageously taken to the streets to call for regime change. More>> [1]
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NZ POLITICS------------
Dominion Day: Centenary Time For Reflection - "The centenary of dominion is time for celebration and reconciliation as remembers the last 100 years of being a
Dominion" said Lewis Holden, chair of the Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand. "As Pakeha New Zealanders
celebrate Dominion Day, we can all use the day to reflect on what the last one hundred years have meant for Maori and
Pakeha relations." More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - Clark: Concepts of Nationhood [2] Republican Movement - Debate to mark dominion centenary [3]
Legislation: Policing Act 'Wiki' Launched - Today's launch of a Policing Act wiki gives Kiwis an innovative way to suggest the wording for a new Act of
Parliament. The wiki is the latest step in a comprehensive review of the 1958 Police Act. More >> [1]
ALSO:Out-link - wiki.policeact.govt.nz [2]
[2] - wiki.policeact.govt.nz
Social Workers Day: Give Your Social Worker A Group Hug - Social Workers throughout Aotearoa New Zealand can take some extra pride in their profession today as they mark the
fourth National Social Workers Day. More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - Social Workers Celebrated for Making a Difference [2] National - Future of social work programme must be assured [3]
'Pumpkin': Qian Xun Xue reunites with her Nana - Qian Xun Xue and her grandmother, Madame Liu, were reunited this afternoon to the visible delight of both.
Accompanied by the Victorian social workers who have been supporting her to date, Qian Xun returned to New Zealand
yesterday cuddling the doll given to her by her Australian caregivers. More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Chinese Herald - A Public Letter from Xiao Ping Liu [2] Police - Sword in Exhibit Bag - Untampered since Uplift [3]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH------------
Telecom: Govt Lays Down Rules For 3-Way Separation - In a major step towards its overhaul of the telecommunications market, the government has today released its
separation determination for Telecom. More >> [1]
ALSO:InternetNZ - Operational Separation Determination welcomed [2] InternetNZ - nz Registrations Hit 300,000 [3] Telecom - Telecom Capital Return - Shares Cancelled [4]
Environment: Commercial Quotas Cut - Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton has taken decisive action to protect the sustainability of key fish stocks in setting
catch limits for this coming fishing year. More >> [1]
ALSO:Greens - Sinking lid limits will sink fish stocks [2] NZ First - Quota Cuts - Kick Foreign Vessels Out Too [3] Forest And Bird - Catch reductions not enough to save fisheries [4] ECO - Orange roughy and other catch limit cuts welcome [5] Sanford Limited - Changes to Fishing Quotas and Deemed Values [6] Seafood Industry Council - Seafood Industry: Minister's decisions a mixed bag [7] Federation of Commercial Fishermen - Foreign-charter fishers squeeze kiwi battlers [8]
Explosions: Eruption on Mt Ruapehu - What appears to have been a small volcanic eruption has occurred on Mt Ruapehu last evening at 8.20pm and lasting for
about 10 minutes. Monitoring equipment reported ash fall on ski fields and small lahars on the northern and eastern
sides of the mountain. More >> [1]
ALSO:Waikato DHB - Mt Ruapehu: Climber in Serious Condition [2] NZ Govt - New Waitakere emergency centre leads the way [3] Out-Link - GeoNet: Volcano Camera, Mt Ruapehu [4]
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WORLD------------
Interesting Times: Fears Of Imminent Bloodshed In Burma - Government vehicles manned by the personnel of township councils, quasi-government officials, government-organised
thugs, police and others have since around 10am been patrolling the streets warning that there are to be no further
protests or they will be met with violence and legal action. The vehicles have been broadcasting announcements through
loudspeakers that neither the monks nor public are to go on to the streets or stand on the side of the roads to support
anybody marching on the street. More >> [1]
Lock Down: Burma's Military Government Imposes Curfew - Burma's military government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Rangoon and Mandalay as part of efforts to end
pro-democracy demonstrations led by Buddhist monks. The announcement said Rangoon is now under the direct control of the
city's military commander for 60 days. The government deployed hundreds of troops and riot police in the capital, after
another march by tens of thousands of Buddhist monks and their supporters. More >> [1]
Bush On Burma: President Bush Addresses The UN General Assembly - Americans are outraged by the situation in Burma, where a military junta has imposed a 19-year reign of fear. Basic
freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship are severely restricted. Ethnic minorities are persecuted. Forced child labor,
human trafficking, and rape are common. The regime is holding more than 1,000 political prisoners -- including Aung San
Suu Kyi, whose party was elected overwhelmingly by the Burmese people in 1990. I urge the United Nations and all nations
to use their diplomatic and economic leverage to help the Burmese people reclaim their freedom. More >> [1]
Law & Disorder: Will The Human Rights Council Pull Sri Lanka Out Of Its State Of Lawlessness? - At the UN Human Rights Council several EU countries attempted to assist Sri Lanka out of its present serious crisis
by suggesting human rights monitoring by the United Nations to buttress the local mechanisms of law enforcement, which
have suffered a serious collapse. While the Sri Lankan government, for reasons which are difficult to comprehend,
resisted this move the countrys law and order situation was manifestly degenerating for the worst. More >> [1]
Conventional Wisdom: Secretary Condoleezza Rice on Climate Change -- "Climate change is a generational and global challenge. As a major economy and also a major greenhouse gas emitter,
the U.S. takes this challenge very seriously. Our efforts to address climate change are focused on technological
transformation, which is the topic of our conversation today. The U.S. understands the urgent challenge that climate
change poses, and our government is prepared to broaden our leadership on this issue". More >> [1]
SEE ALSO:World Leaders Show Will For Climate Change Breakthrough [2] UN To Offset Carbon Emissions From Meeting [3] UN Climate Change Pro Stresses Dangers Of Inaction [4] Tackling Climate Change A Moral Obligation [5] Climate Change Not Just Concern Of Scientists [6] California Gov And Delhi Mayor On Climate Change [7] Push To Phase-Out Ozone-Depleting Compounds [8] Youth Challenges UN To Stand On Climate Change [9]
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COMMENT------------
Nilesh Goundar: Ball Is In The Court Of Pacific Leaders - Tuvalu, four metres above water at its highest point, is already talking about seeking environmental refugee status
with our bigger neighbours, Australia and New Zealand. The geopolitical landscape places large ocean states of the
Pacific Islands at the forefront of the impacts of climate change due to the self interest of industrialised nations,
plundered fisheries from tuna-hungry... More >> [1]
Greg Palast: Dan Rather - Tased and Confused - New York- Newly unearthed records reveal that, in 2004, when Americans were in the midst of a brutal electoral battle
over whether to reelect a president posing as a war hero, a commanding US reporter, Dan Rather, went AWOL. Just three
months before the election, Rather had a story that might have changed the outcome of that razor-close race.... More >> [1]
Russ Wellen: A Child's Guide to Iran-US Relations - The US and Iran's mutual history can be broken down to two basic grievances: He hit me first and it's not fair.
There's no denying that Iran is an unsavory state. It funds Hezbollah. Its record on women's rights is abysmal. It hangs
citizens -- including gay teens -- in public. Also, new evidence suggests that not Libya, but Iran, was responsible for
the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie.... More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE------------
Entertainment: Sir Howard Morrison Honoured - "Not just a great artist and entertainer but an outstanding New Zealander" was the resounding message conveyed when
Te Waka Toi, the Maori Arts Board of Creative New Zealand, presented Sir Howard with the premiere Te Waka Toi Award for
Maori artists. More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, September 26, 2007
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