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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Intel
Corporation – 2007 Major News
Highlights
Intel2007 has been a very good year for Intel Corporation. The company extended its product and technology leadership; grew net income by nearly 35 percent (through the third quarter); introduced the world’s first processors built on 45 nanometer (nm) process ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0712/S00040.htm
2:
Winston
Peters - “What Price Democracy?”
New Zealand First PartyAn address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to Nelson Grey Power Friday 14 December 2007 at 1:30pm Stoke Memorial Hall, 560 Main Road Stoke, Nelson
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00340.htm
3:
New
charity on board for Fanuary
MYJOBSPACE.CO.NZAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingMyjobspace.co.nz is thrilled to announce their partnership with Women for Women Charitable Trust for Fanuary 08. Women for Women Charitable Trust was recently set up to help educate women in all aspects of women’s health with a special focus on women’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00159.htm
4:
Political
Storm Brews Over Auckland Housing
Syed Akbar KamalThere is a political storm brewing in the corridors of Auckland City Council over ‘affordable housing’ which Mayor John Banks had publicly issued calls for its scrapping during his election campaign. His contention is that ‘affordable housing’ ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00177.htm
5:
Electoral
Finance Bill - the Green position
Green PartyMany of you will have seen media reports and even paid advertising about the Electoral Finance Bill. Given the controversy around this Bill, we thought it was important that we wrote to you directly to explain the Green position.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00296.htm
6:
Welcome
Aboard [Insert Your Name Here]
Airlines
Air New ZealandEver wanted to have your very own plane for the day? Well thanks to Air New Zealand’s grabaplane promotion, which launches today, one lucky Kiwi will have that wish come true!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00230.htm
7:
Excerpts
From Al Gore's Nobel Acceptance
Speech
Allen RolandFormer U.S. Vice President Al Gore delivers his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize during a ceremony in the City Hall in Oslo December 10, 2007.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00202.htm
8:
TEC
announces $2.2 bil investments for
2008
Tertiary Education CommissionThe Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has announced more than $2.2 billion of the approximately $3.3 billion a year that it invests in tertiary education on behalf of the taxpayer.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0712/S00062.htm
9:
Shadbolt
may feel wrath of Labour's election
law
New Zealand National PartyNational's opposition to the Electoral Finance Bill is being vindicated by today's nationwide newspaper ads from Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt and others opposing tertiary funding cuts, says National Party Leader John Key
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00343.htm
10:
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11:
Lebanese
parliament closer to choosing
President
Henri Bou Saab in BeirutLebanon is famous for its high-mountain winter skiing and its sunny summer months on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00201.htm
12:
We
love Japan but not pseudo science
Greenpeace New ZealandWe love Japan but not pseudo science Suva, Fiji - December 14, 2007: Japan’s recent stonewalling tactics at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting (1) in Guam, the continuous sabotaging of the climate change discussions ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00853.htm
13:
CATT
releases report on Taser Trial
Campaign Against the TaserMEDIA RELEASE 14 December 2007 Campaign Against the Taser releases report on Taser trial Stun guns in Aotearoa New Zealand? The shocking trial A report on the New Zealand Police Taser trial 1 September 2006 – 1 September 2007 The ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00191.htm
14:
UNIFIL
- Whose Mission is it fulfilling?
Franklin P LambThe United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Whose Mission is it fulfilling? Franklin Lamb UN Headquarters Naquora, Lebanon
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00187.htm
15:
Denegration
of News to the Level of Entertainment
Massachusetts School Of LawCorporate Ownership Of Mass Media Degrades News To Level Of Entertainment A Massachusetts School of Law Interview, Dean Lawrence Velvel, Host
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00198.htm
16:
How
to kill pests without killing the
earth...
stephentvedten.comThere are about 50 to 60 million insect species on earth - we have named only about 1 million and there are only about 1 thousand pest species - already over 50% of these thousand pests are already resistant to our volatile, dangerous, synthetic ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0712/S00252.htm
17:
Next
Generation Of Dancers Kick-Start
Careers
The New Zealand School of Dance2008 Todd Scholar Rory Fairweather-Neylan joins the Royal New Zealand Ballet next year. His fellow New Zealand School of Dance graduates are also being snapped up by dance companies both nationally and internationally.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0712/S00189.htm
18:
Measles
in air traveller triggers alert
Auckland Regional Public Health ServiceAn international passenger arriving in Auckland aboard flight Air New Zealand, NZ734 from Brisbane on 28 November 2007 has been diagnosed with English measles (morbilli).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0712/S00054.htm
19:
Tertiary
reforms on right track, say staff
Association of University StaffUniversity staff have welcomed today’s announcement by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) that high-quality tertiary education is vital for New Zealand’s economic transformation and social development goals, and that universities will ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0712/S00064.htm
Department Of CorrectionsThe Department of Corrections today released the Prison Christmas Menu for 2007. Corrections Inmate Employment Internal Services Manager Ruth Turner says that Prison kitchens are one important facet of the work CIE does to train prisoners. “Prisoners ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00162.htm
21:
Intelligence
Reappraises the Iranian Nuclear Issue
INSS InsightAt the beginning of December 2007, the National Intelligence Council, the supreme body of the American intelligence community, released a reappraisal of Iran’s nuclear intentions and capabilities. The document, a non-classified summary of a detailed ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00188.htm
22:
Avian
Flu, AIDS Figure In US Help For
Bangladesh
US Information ServiceCyclone Sidr's deadly landfall wreaked havoc in southern Bangladesh November 15, killing thousands, displacing hundreds of thousands, and adding pain and desperation to a nation whose population of 133 million already struggles with poverty and disease.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0712/S00799.htm
23:
Top
Scoop Stories - 14 December 2007 News
Summary
The Scoop EditorCapital And Coast Gets & Management / Greens Welcome Marketing Sanctuary / Urgency Special / Housing Vs. Treaty / Wellington Claim / Bali & NZ Climate Policy / Insecticide & Pests / Auckland Airport / Air NZ / East Timor / Sharks / New Orleans.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00204.htm
24:
Dr
Richard Worth: Electoral Finance Bill
New Zealand National PartyElectoral Finance Bill The Electoral Finance Bill which is a direct assault on the democratic rights of all New Zealanders completed its committee stages on Tuesday. However one looks at this legislation three points are clear:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00345.htm
25:
More
madness possible from Electoral Finance
Bill
David ThorntonSo Tim Shadbolt is threatening to ‘bring down the Government’ if it reduces funding for Invercargill’s Southern Institute of Technology [SIT] [see today’s NZ Herald page A5]
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00181.htm
26:
Agreement
in principle reached on Taranaki
Whanui
New Zealand GovernmentThe Crown and Port Nicholson Block Claims Team have signed an Agreement in Principle to settle all outstanding historical Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi claims of Taranaki Whānui (Wellington), Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00275.htm
27:
www.mccully.co.nz
- 14 December
New Zealand National PartyThe Cullen plan for the final week of the 2007 Parliament was way too cute. The ugly spectacle of passing the hated Electoral Finance Bill (EFB) under urgency had to be avoided at all costs.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00350.htm
28:
Victory
for the people of Manukau
Problem Gambling FoundationDecember 14, 2007 Victory for the people of Manukau The days when pokie trusts could hoodwink councils into meekly accepting the harm they are doing to communities are well and truly over says the Problem Gambling Foundation. CEO John Stansfield says ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0712/S00190.htm
Problem Gambling FoundationA march to highlight concern at substance abuse and problem gambling in Gisborne tomorrow is the third of a series and is expected to attract a large turnout.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0712/S00172.htm
30:
Parker:
Bali Speech on NZ Climate Policy
New Zealand GovernmentDesigning a national policy framework to reduce emissions across sectors and gases: New Zealand’s climate change solution Climate Change and Energy Minister David Parker’s speech notes for the OECD side event, 12 December 2007,
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0712/S00264.htm
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