Today's Top Scoops - October 11, 2007
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LEAD STORY------------
Energy Efficiency: NZ Energy Strategy For The 21st Century Unveiled - (Images + Media Briefing Audio) - This morning Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons wearing her Govt Spokesperson hat on Energy Efficiency and Minister of Energy David Parker announced the launch of the New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy at Parliament. The strategy sets out the government's vision for a sustainable, low emissions energy system. See... More >> [1]
ALSO: Clark & Parker PR - Strategy sets path for sustainable, secure energy [2] Fitzsimmons PR - Families, Drivers, Business & Climate Are Winners [3] Fact Sheet - Key actions in the New Zealand Energy Strategy [4] David Parker Speech - Energy strategy delivers sustainable energy system [5] Jeanette Fitzsimmons Speech - Energy efficiency steps up for a sustainable NZ [6]
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NZ POLITICS------------
WHO'S WATCHING WHO:Who's Watching You? ChCh Public Meeting Thursday [1]
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY: Questions For Oral Answer - Thursday, 11 October 2007 [1]
NZ In the World: NZ Behind Move To Abolish Death Penalty - Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced that New Zealand is working with other countries to put a resolution to
the United Nations seeking the abolition of the death penalty world wide. More >> [1]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH------------
Penguins: Vodafone Gets Behind Small Birds - Vodafone and Run The Red are excited to announce Donatelive! a new service which is the first of its kind in New
Zealand. The service enables customers with Vodafone live! capable handsets to donate to the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust. More >> [1]
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WORLD------------
Boom Times: UN Survey Shows Surge In Burma Opium Production - The report revealed that opium cultivation is highly concentrated in one area of the Myanmar, namely South and East
Shan states, which accounts for 90 per cent of all opium grown in the country, Mr. Costa said More >> [1]
Tree Lovers: Buying Rainforest Won't Save It, Says Brazilian Shaman - The visit to London by a renowned Yanomami Indian leader from Brazilian Amazonia will throw a spotlight on the
increasingly exaggerated claims of organisations engaged in schemes to 'buy the rainforest', after he condemned the idea
as 'useless'. More >> [1]
Mental Note: UN Calls For More Mental Health Resources - More than 60 per cent of people globally who suffer from mental disorders are not receiving treatment,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, urging an increase in resources devoted to mental health care. More >> [1]
Dead End: Death Of Burmese Dissident In Custody - The United States is deeply troubled by reports of the death of Burmese dissident Win Shwe during interrogation by
Burmese authorities. Burmese authorities reportedly cremated his body at the detention center where he was interrogated. More >> [1]
Homeward Bound: Trooper Pearce Begins Long Journey Home - ''RTF soldiers will be joined by other members of International Security Assistance Force, particularly Dutch troops
from Task Force Uruzgan, to honour their fallen comrade.'' More >> [1]
The Road Ahead: Nepalese Should Turn Election Delay To Advantage - Nepal's political parties should use the delay to the holding of Constituent Assembly elections to bolster the peace
process by tackling its weaknesses and agreeing on a road map for ensuring that credible polls can take place. More >> [1]
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COMMENT------------
Jason Miller: 35% of Americans Support Bush: Diagnosis, Insanity - The essential features of Americanistic Personality Disorder include pervasive patterns of extreme self-absorption,
profound and long-term lapses in empathy, a deep disregard for the well-being of others, a powerful aversion to
intellectual honesty and reality, and a grossly exaggerated sense of the importance of one's self and one's nation.
These patterns emerge in infancy... More >> [1]
Martin LeFevre: Why Hillary Should Never Be President - Let him have his delusion, history will denounce George W. Bush for the US/UK invasion of Iraq, which has killed tens
if not hundreds of thousands of people, and made refugees out of millions more. But history will also denounce Bill
Clinton for knowingly and willfully prohibiting not only the US government but also the United Nations from acting to... More >> [1]
Carolyn Baker: American Lockdown - Law Enforcement Out Of Control - In my recent article "The End Of America: The Police State Is Right Here, Right Now" I included experiences of
escalating intimidation on the part of law enforcement in the United States within recent months. I must confess that
when I cite such incidents, I fear that in a few days or weeks, it will all go away, and everyone else, myself... More >> [1]
Cynthia Boaz: Resistance, Not Repression, is the Real Story From Burma - Note: the events within Burma described below come from a member of the exiled pro-democracy leadership of Burma
8888. This individual is now deeply involved contact both with groups on the Thai-Burma border and within the country.
Because of the sensitive ... More >> [1]
ALSO: Cynthia Boaz and Shaazka Beyerle - Burma's Saffron Revolution - Goodbye, Generals [2] Richard S. Ehrlich - Tiananmen Square, Burmese Style [3] Burma: The Ineffectiveness of our Outcry [4] Asia Sentinel - Burma - Business Beats Quiet Path to Pariah's Door [5] J. Sri Raman - The Companies They Keep in Burma [6] Tiamerenla Monalisa Changkija - Light the Lamp of Democracy [7] Richard S. Ehrlich - Burma's Bloggers [8] Richard S. Ehrlich - Burma's Dictator [9]
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LIFESTYLE------------
Peacefulness: Musos Laze Around For Good Cause - The 2007 Bed to Air for world peace event was held in the shop front of Rex Royale, where a giant bed was erected,
some of Wellington's most recognisable musicians put in appearances and the event got support from organisations such as
Oxfam and Amnesty International. More >> [1]
Sexiness: TV Males Compete For Votes - Smooth and suave or loveable rogue - what makes a kiwi man sexy? That's the question New Zealand women will be
grappling with as they decide the Sexiest Man on TV in the TV Guide's 2007 Best On The Box people's choice awards. More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, October 11, 2007
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