Today's Top Scoops - December 04, 2007
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LEAD STORY------------
Legislation: Election Spending Back In Parliament - Scoop's satirist clears out his email. Let's join him: Warning: Your electoral registration is about to expire - Get cheaper ELEC71ONS!!!!1!! - Get paid to take out election advertisements! - Business arrangement - Important electoral safety warning ... More >> [1]
Also:Family First Lobby. - Electoral Finance Law Gags Voice of Trusts [2] No More Rates - Electoral Finance law will stifle rates reform [3] Scoop Coverage - Election Finance Bill [4]
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NZ POLITICS------------
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:Questions For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 4 December 2007 [1]
Environment: Climate Change Legislation Introduced - Legislation to provide New Zealand with two important tools to respond to the challenges posed by climate change was
introduced to Parliament today. The Bill establishes a New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme and legislates for the
government's preference for new renewable electricity generation. More >> [1]
ALSO:Greens - Greens issue sustainability challenge to Govt [2] Victoria University of Wellington - Professor in Climate Change appointed [3] Waikato University - Climate change expert awarded top Euro medal [4]
Public Service: Death Of Chief Ombudsman John Belgrave - Prime Minister Helen Clark today paid tribute to the Chief Ombudsman John Belgrave, who passed away overnight. "John
Belgrave was an outstanding public servant, with a long and distinguished career of service to our country," Helen Clark
said. More >> [1]
ALSO:United Future - Dunne on death of John Belgrave [2] National - Key pays tribute to John Belgrave [3]
Video/Audio: PM's Press Conference - Helen Clark's post Cabinet press conference held yesterday in the Beehive. The cabinet readout was followed by
numerous questions about stolen Victoria Cross medals, the Bali Meeting of the IPCC and the Electoral Finance Bill. More >> [1]
Vagrancy: Charity Reviews Research On Homelessness In NZ - Local charity Methodist Mission Northern, with a history of more than 100 years providing support for homeless
people, today published the report 'Homelessness in New Zealand; a Discussion and Synthesis of Research Findings'. More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - Street: National Homelessness Conference Speech [2]
Oddspot: 'Clocks' Cock-Up Leaves NZ Ambitionless - A scheduled gathering of the media in Auckland this afternoon to meet National Party leader John Key to view his DVD
'Ambitious for New Zealand' has been cancelled reportedly owing to copyright concerns. More >> [1]
Crime: Undie 500 Rioting Charges Withdrawn - The Otago University Students Association (OUSA) is today congratulating the police on their withdrawal of rioting
charges against those charged for their alleged involvement in the events following this year's Undie 500. More >> [1]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH------------
Retail: Award For Special Research - Research by a University of Waikato academic on sales promotions and brand switching has won an international award
for the most influential article appearing in the highly prestigious Journal of Marketing Research, for the paper, "Is
75% of the Sales Promotion Bump Due to Brand Switching? No, Only 33% Is". More >>
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WORLD------------
Climate Change: Bali Conference Opens With Call For Breakthrough - The United Nations Climate Change Conference opened in Bali, Indonesia on 3rd December with a call for a clear agenda
that will lead countries toward a new deal to address the problem by 2009 so that it can enter into force in 2013 when
the current regime expires. More >> [1]
RECENTLY:United Nations - Ban Ki-moon Advocates New 'Green Economics' [2] Greenpeace - Rainbow Warrior: Wind Turbines & Warning Shots [3] VOA News - Australia's New PM Signs Kyoto Protocol [4] World Wildlife Fund - Record Breaking Year For Climate & Weather [5] World Wildlife Fund - Indonesia: Climate Change Threatens People, Nature [6]
EARLIER:VOA News - Climate Change Conference Opens In Bali [7] UNFCCC - What Is Bali Climate Change Conference All About? [8] Greenpeace - Vital UN Climate Negotiations Start In Bali [9] VOA News - Climate Change Conference, Bali, Indonesia [10] Council On Foreign Relations - Bali & Beyond: The Future Of Climate Policy [11] Council On Foreign Relations - Protection From Consequences Of Climate Change [12] UNFCCC - Eyes On Bali For A Breakthrough On Climate Change [13]
Conservation: Endangered Pelts Go Up In Smoke In Kashmir - Indian wildlife authorities today torched a huge pile of banned wildlife furs and skins in Kashmir as part of the
government's effort to stop an illegal trade that threatens to wipe out many of India's most endangered species. More >> [1]
Intelligence: Iran Halted Nuke Weapons Program In 2003 - A new U.S. intelligence estimate says it is not clear that Iran is determined to produce nuclear weapons. The
estimate says Iran stopped nuclear weapons development four years ago, but adds that Tehran is keeping its options open.
VOA Correspondent ... More >> [1]
War Crimes: Bail For Khmer Rouge Prison Chief Turned Down - The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other crimes
three decades ago today dismissed a former prison chief's appeal to be released from provisional detention pending his
trial. More >> [1]
Outbreak: : More Ebola Cases In Uganda And Fears Of Spread - Medical authorities in Uganda have expressed concern over the possible spread of the deadly Ebola disease in the
western region after suspected cases were reported in two neighbouring districts. More >> [1]
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COMMENT------------
Michael Collins: Mike Huckabee - Minister of Death - Mike Huckabee is the "surging" candidate to watch in the Republican presidential primaries, at least for the moment.
The former Arkansas governor is an ordained Southern Baptist minister and a believer in the "inerrancy" doctrine of
Biblical scripture. ... More >> [1]
Uri Avnery: "The Tumult And The Shouting Dies..." - "THE TUMULT and the shouting dies, / The captains and the kings depart..." Rudyard Kipling wrote in his unforgettable
poem "Lest We Forget" ("Recessional") King George departed even before the tumult had died. His helicopter carried him
away over the horizon, just as his... More >> [1]
Anne Else: Children Of The Poor - Nothing Matters More - So Don Brash has repeated himself, and another married mother has turned into a sole parent - though I doubt that Je
Lan will be off to Work and Income any time soon. I've been thinking about sole parents because, in a roundabout way,
they featured... More >> [1]
BuzzFlash: Bush Continues to Obstruct Justice on Plame Outing - White House objections are preventing Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald from providing the Oversight and Government
Reform Committee chaired by Congressman Henry Waxman with records from interviews of White House officials taken during
his investigation into... More >> [1]
Paul Watson: Meet the Dr. Mengele of Whales - Meet Luis Pastene, the Dr. Mengele of the Cetacean world. This Chilean-born biostitute for hire is employed by the
Japanese Cetacean Research Institute (CRI) and his job is to mutilate whales to finger, probe and gawk at their blubber,
livers, ear-plugs, ... More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE------------
Kiwi Pride: NZ Doco Off To Robert Redford's Film Festival - In a coup for Auckland documentary-maker Pietra Brettkelly, her film The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins will run in
competition in the highly prized World Cinema - Documentary section at Sundance. More >> [1]
Wackiness: Christmas Music Goes To The Dogs - A world first - a CD single featuring a song just for dogs will be released on Monday 3rd December with all proceeds
going to the SPCA. More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, December 04, 2007
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