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1: Meeting
With Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles
Zenawi
US State DepartmentToday, I met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and representatives of the Ethiopian government to discuss issues of bilateral importance to both of our nations, with a focus on Ethiopia's relations with Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00346.htm
4:
Image:
Hurricane Daman Off Fiji - Heading For
NZ?
Supercomputer WeatherSattelite image shows Hurricane Daman off the Fijian island of Vanua Levu and the Yasawa island group. The storm is expected to move Southeast over Vanua Levu this afternoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00111.htm
MYJOBSPACE.CO.NZDue to the threat of legal action this promotion has been put on hold until we find a suitable charity that is willing to accept donations. The previous charity has withdrawn their permission to accept our donations.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00098.htm
6:
Largest
US Civil Disobedience Movement
Underway
afterdowningstreet.orgI am of the opinion that there has never been a movement in U.S. history with the number of arrests which have taken place in opposition to the Iraq War. This list of appeals, arrests and legal cases is not all-inclusive. Please send additions, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00093.htm
7:
Secret
Zaoui Witness Arrested, Flees To
Germany
STATE OF IT by Selwyn ManningScoop News: Mohammed Samraoui, once Algeria's top spook for north Europe and a secret witness in the Ahmed Zaoui hearings was recently arrested in Spain awaiting deportation papers from Algiers. He's now fled to Germany, fearing for his life.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00102.htm
8:
Karl
Rove’s Six Degrees of Obama
Separation
Martin LeFevre - MeditationsMeditations (Spirituality) - From Martin LeFevre in California Karl Rove’s Six Degrees of Obama Separation
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00107.htm
9:
Lyndon
Hood: Clark Welcomes Henry
Re-Appointment
Lyndon HoodPrime Minister Helen Clark today enthusiastically welcomed the re-appointment of Graham Henry as All Blacks coach for another term.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00109.htm
10:
Front-line
workers priority for pandemic vaccine
Ministry of HealthNearly 100,000 front-line personnel in health, police and other essential services are in line to receive the two-dose vaccine against the current H5N1 strain of avian influenza, if it is required.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0712/S00023.htm
11:
Questions
and Answers - 6 December 2007
Office of the Clerk1. Hon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Leader—National) to the Minister of Justice Justice : Does she stand by her statement yesterday, in relation to the Electoral Finance Bill, that “I am prepared to listen to the debate on clause 80(d) so that Parliament’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00154.htm
12:
Scoop
Top 30 Daily Ratings 5 December 2007
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00096.htm
13:
Graham
Henry re-appointed All Blacks coach
NZ Rugby UnionGraham Henry has been re-appointed to the position of All Blacks Coach, the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) announced today. The decision of the NZRU Board follows interviews with Mr Henry and the three other short-listed candidates Colin Cooper, Robbie Deans ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00092.htm
14:
Briefing
for the Incoming Minister for Food
Safety
New Zealand GovernmentThe attached documents have been prepared and collated as a briefing package on the Food Safety Portfolio. The package includes the following documents: * A structural diagram of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority and a description of each business ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00164.htm
15:
FEMA
Closely Monitors Pacific Northwest
Flooding
FEMAFederal and state officials today started a process in Washington to assess damages to homes and businesses in counties most affected by this week's storm and flooding.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00364.htm
16:
Burma
: Junta Named Worst Housing Rights
Violator
Terry EvansThis week the State Peace and Development Council of Burma named as Housing Rights Violator for the mass displacement of more than one million civilians
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00175.htm
17:
Iraq:
"Honour Killings" Persist In Kurdish
North
IRIN NewsAt least 27 Iraqi Kurdish women have been murdered for having illicit affairs in so-called "honour killings" in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan over the past four months.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00384.htm
18:
Fact
Sheet: United States Policy On
Somaliland
US State DepartmentOur policy on recognition is to allow the African Union to first deliberate on the question. We do not want to get ahead of the continental organization on an issue of such importance.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00353.htm
19:
Clark:
Business Council for Sustainable
Developmt
New Zealand GovernmentThank you for the invitation to address this meeting of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development. I recall attending the event which launched this Council in 1999. The initiative was led by Mike Andrews of Fletcher Challenge ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00173.htm
20:
Minister
calls on Heather Roy to apologise
New Zealand GovernmentMinister of Health David Cunliffe is calling on Heather Roy to apologise to the clinical staff of Capital and Coast District Health Board.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00176.htm
21:
largest
ever illegal importation of coral to
NZ
New Zealand Customs Service55 year old Charles Yip Mou Lam was convicted in Auckland District Court yesterday for attempting to illegally import 700kg of tropical and sub-tropical coral into New Zealand. The consignment represents New Zealand's biggest single seizure of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00096.htm
22:
New
evidence reveals Peter Ellis inquiry a
sham
Peterellis.orgPeterellis.org.nz spokesman Richard Christie reports that new research into the Peter Ellis case casts doubt on the safety of Ellis' convictions. The research reveals that Sir Thomas Eichelbaum's Inquiry was carried out in a manner designed to bury ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00092.htm
23:
roading,
smartcard and bus improvements 2008
Auckland Regional Transport AuthorityThe Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) released its third Draft Auckland Land Transport Programme (Auckland LTP) for consultation today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0712/S00070.htm
24:
Antioxidant
cocktail shows good results
University of SydneyProstate cancer trials undertaken at the University of Sydney have provided exciting results with reductions of up to 25 per cent of tumour growth in mouse models.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0712/S00017.htm
25:
New
World Record Speed For An Amphibious
Vehicle
Sealegs CorporationClick for big version Auckland, 07 December 2007 : Hitting record breaking speeds of over 100kph, a Sealegs 6.1m rigid inflatable boat today sped to new World Record fastest on water speed for an amphibious vehicle in Sydney harbour, this morning. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00125.htm
26:
Kucinich
First, Edwards Second in PDA Straw
Poll
David SwansonNot surprisingly in a field of eight contenders, no candidate came close to gaining a majority of the total vote in PDA's recently completed presidential straw poll . But two candidates--Dennis Kucinich (41%) and John Edwards (26%)--combined for ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00092.htm
27:
Afghanistan:
Hundreds Flee Fighting In Helmand
IRIN NewsHundreds of people have left their homes in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, after Afghan and international forces intensified their joint military operations to drive Taliban insurgents out of the district.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00414.htm
28:
New
Zealanders support road safety
messages
New Zealand GovernmentMost New Zealanders agree that speed and alcohol are major causes of road crashes and support police efforts to enforce road safety laws, according to the latest Public Attitudes to Road Safety survey released by the Ministry of Transport.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00162.htm
29:
President
Bush To Welcome President Of Nigeria
The White HousePresident Bush will welcome Umaru Yar'Adua, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to the White House on December 13, 2007. This visit will provide an opportunity for the President to be briefed by President Yar'Adua on his experiences during his ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00409.htm
30:
Waxman,
Mukasey and Ten Million Missing
Emails
Matt RennerA government watchdog group now says at least ten million White House emails, which may contain information about the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's covert CIA status, have been destroyed by the Bush administration.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00088.htm
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