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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Pentagon
Poised To Resume Open Air Weapons
Testing
Sherwood RossThe Pentagon has denied President Bush issued a directive for it to resume open-air testing of chemical and biological warfare(CBW) agents that were halted by President Richard Nixon in 1969. Yet, the Pentagon's stated preparations make it appear it ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00060.htm
2:
Michael
Collins: Mike Huckabee - Minister of
Death
Michael CollinsMike 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. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00059.htm
3:
Year-End
Zeitgeist Highlights Hot Searches in
2007
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 4 December 2007 – With the end of the year in sight, it's time to reflect on what made 2007 special. Today we're releasing our first ever annual Zeitgeist for New Zealand - the fastest rising and highest volume search terms ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00043.htm
4:
Nicholas
Burns Press Conference At OSCE
Meeting
US State DepartmentWe need an organization that represents the values of Europe and North America, that stands up for democracy, for human rights, for free elections, for the monitoring of free elections on an objective, fair, and truthful basis, that would stand for ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00228.htm
5:
Questions
for Oral Answer - Tuesday, 4 December
07
Office of the Clerk1. R DOUG WOOLERTON (NZ First) to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he stand by the statement made on his behalf, with respect to the future capital structure of Fonterra, that the Government’s primary concern includes ensuring that New Zealand retains ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00065.htm
6:
Scoop
Top 30 Daily Ratings 4 December 2007
Scoop Daily RatingsYesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00076.htm
7:
Vigilance
Against Bird Flu Must Not Wane
United NationsThe United Nations agriculture agency warned today that continued vigilance is needed to avert a global pandemic of avian influenza as Chinese health officials reported a new case of fatal infection in a human.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00254.htm
8:
EU
Bird Flu Measures For Poland, Romania,
UK
European UnionFollowing recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Poland and Romania, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today voted in favour of a Decision setting out the eradication and control measures for both Member States.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00177.htm
9:
Weaving
web of secrecy is ‘playing with
fire’
Syed Akbar KamalHigh profile lawyer Deborah Manning who successfully defended Algerian former MP Ahmed Zaoui has sounded alarm that while ‘Mr. Zaoui has received justice in New Zealand’ she is concerned that ‘many others may miss out’.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00075.htm
10:
Chinese
Officials: Man Dies Of H5N1 Bird Flu
Virus
Wikinews.orgThe man, only being identified as 24-year-old Lu, is from the Jiangsu Province of eastern China and was admitted to the hospital after having severe flu-like symptoms. Lu was originally diagnosed with pneumonia.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00151.htm
11:
Papers
show depth of crisis at Wellington
DHB
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says David Cunliffe must inject fresh urgency into his management of the crisis at Wellington Hospital.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00081.htm
12:
Questions
For Oral Answer - Wed 5 December 2007
Office of the Clerk1. JEANETTE FITZSIMONS to the Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues: Does he accept the assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that “If warming is not kept below two degrees centigrade … substantial global impacts will ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00085.htm
13:
Greens
have no confidence in new election
law
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Deputy Leader Bill English says a last-minute amendment to the Electoral Finance Bill shows the Greens are getting cold feet on the shonky piece of legislation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00082.htm
14:
Business
Roundtable member behind attack on
reform
Green PartyA member of the Business Roundtable is behind the marches against campaign finance reform says the Green Party. The man paying an organiser to run the marches against the Electoral Finance Bill, John Boscawen, is a member of the Business Roundtable, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00057.htm
15:
Push
back against the right's "War on
Christmas"
Bill BerkowitzOver the past few years, the "War on Christmas" -- a shared project of the Religious Right and the Fox News Channel - has become as much a part of the holiday season as the showing of Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" and Charles Schulz`s "A Charlie ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00080.htm
16:
Book
buyers review what’s worthy of
publishing
Worthy of PublishingBook lovers can now preview and vote for what they would like to see published and offered for sale on the book market.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00084.htm
Media StatementNew Zealand has its first carboNZeroCert TM certified law firm, and Lowndes Associates intends its new carbon neutral status to exemplify how local businesses can match the standard being set internationally.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00085.htm
18:
COHA:
Latin America's New Middle Class
Council on Hemispheric AffairsBrazil, pointed to as a showcase for both its economic boom and the vast inequality that still persists in parts of the country, has become the new face of this emerging middle class.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00252.htm
19:
NZ
Google Zeitgeist Hot Searches for
2007
Strong growth in searches for social networks and the big 2007 sporting cups!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00052.htm
20:
PISA:
Impressive result for NZ science
teachers
PPTAThe latest international survey results show New Zealand students are getting excellent value out of their secondary science teachers, PPTA president Robin Duff says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00064.htm
21:
Health
system so bad - patients clean
toilets
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the state of the public health system is so bad that patients in Rotorua are being forced to clean their own toilets.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00112.htm
22:
Global
Conference On Avian And Pandemic
Influenza
US State DepartmentThe conference is being hosted by the Government of India in conjunction with the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, and aims to increase assistance to countries facing the social and economic consequences of widespread poultry losses ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00233.htm
23:
IMNZ
Independent Album Chart - December
2007
Independent Music New ZealandIMNZ Independent Album Chart Rank Artist Title Label/Distributor 1 Kora Kora Border 2 Tiki Past, Present, Future Rhythmethod 3 Shapeshifter Shapeshifter Live Truetone/Rhythmethod 4 Hollie Smith Long Player Soundsmith 5 Die! Die! Die! Promises Promises Tardus 6 ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00032.htm
24:
Nations
Examine Bird Flu Preparedness At
Meeting
US Information ServiceTwo days before the December 4-6 New Delhi International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza convened in India's northern capital, journalists from India and Afghanistan gathered at a two-day workshop to learn how to cover the highly ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00242.htm
25:
Lyndon
Hood: Electoral Spam Act
Lyndon HoodHaving been away for a while, Scoop's satirist felt it appropriate to clear out his email. Why don't we join him?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00052.htm
26:
Telstra
and Microsoft bomb in tech survey
PC AuthoritySYDNEY AUSTRALIA, 4th December, 2007 - Haymarket Media’s PC Authority magazine is set to publish the results of the biggest ever tech survey undertaken in Australia.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00059.htm
27:
Toys
Top Christmas Lists With Kids Of All
Ages
Noel LeemingMore and more adults are channelling the child within when it comes to writing their Christmas wish list, with toys of all shapes and sizes becoming ‘must have’ items.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00070.htm
Vice Chancellors' CommitteeSome protagonists in the current debate over limiting access to university courses are using the term open entry to describe the status quo. The concept of open entry to universities is linked to the ideals of equal opportunity stated by Peter Fraser, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0712/S00017.htm
29:
Pork
Industry Board welcomes Beekeepers’
win
NZ Pork IndustryThe Court of Appeal has upheld the Beekeepers’ case that it is unlawful for MAF to allow new organisms across the border. It affirms that the only body with power to approve the introduction of new organisms to New Zealand is ERMA.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00083.htm
30:
Wellington
Hospital Horror Story Gets Worse
The Maori PartyHealth spokesperson for the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, has today spoken of her horror at the latest revelations of hospital failures afflicting the Capital Health and Coast District Health Board.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00100.htm
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Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Antithesis Of What Jesus Taught And Lived 
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Binoy Kampmark: Catching Pegasus - Mercenary Spyware And The Liability Of The NSO Group
Ramzy Baroud: The World Owes Palestine This Much - Please Stop Censoring Palestinian Voices