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The Top 30 rating items on Scoop for December 26, 2007 were...
Regatta News
No yachting event in the world attracts such huge media coverage - except, of course, the America's Cup and the Volvo
Ocean Race every four years or so - than does the start in Sydney Harbour on the 26th of December every year.
UNICEF
American photographer Stephanie Sinclair is the winner of the international photo competition "UNICEF Photo of the
Year". Her photo shows a wedding couple in Afghanistan. The groom, Mohammed, looks much older than his 40 years. The
bride is still a child.
J. Sri Raman
Guess the place from where President Pervez Musharraf, or General (Retired) Musharraf as jeering opponents refer to him
these days, has received unexpected support against Pakistan's pro-democracy struggle? Answer: New Delhi, capital of the
neighbor often ...
UNICEF
The image "raises awareness about a worldwide problem," UNICEF patroness Eva Luise Köhler said at the award ceremony in
Berlin. "Millions of girls are married while they are still under-age."
Sail-World.com
Starting on Sydney Harbour, the boats sail 628 nautical miles down the SE coast of Australia, across Bass Strait & down the east coast of Tasmania, around Tasman Island & across Storm Bay, to the finishing line in the Derwent River, Hobart.
Scoop Feedback
Sure there are signed photographs of George W. Bush up for sale on Ebay as there are many other souvenirs of the 43rd
President, but this time, Internet Pioneer/Satirist/Government Teacher Eliot Stein has actually put our Chief Executive
up for sale!
Martin LeFevre - Meditations
At the core of the Christian faith is the idea of “God becoming man in Jesus.” As soon as I became old enough to
question my conditioning, I instinctively felt this was an inherent blasphemy.
Queen Elizabeth II
One of the features of growing old is a heightened awareness of change. To remember what happened 50 years ago means
that it is possible to appreciate what has changed in the meantime.
Noel Leeming
Tried And True Gifts With The Latest Features - Noel Leeming’s Top Selling Gifts This Christmas-
Sam Smith
If Edwards wins the Iowa caucuses, it will be the most significant progressive primary win since Eugene McCarthy got 41%
of the vote in New Hampshire in 1968.
Marketing Digest
The new Australian government has hit the ground running. Already the new Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has
announced a firm switch-off date for analogue television across Australia: December 2013. It’s an ambitious target,
considering that digital ...
Cathy Campbell Communications
High Fashion And Fast Fillies At Ellerslie’s Boxing Day Races. Celebrating 20 Years of Fashion in the Field
SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists
Strolling through town just now I found it necessary to contrive a state of nonchalance, so infectious was the alarm
that had clearly taken charge of everyone else. Scurrying hither and thither with clenched, yet ominously splayed,
grimness etched into their ...
Morteza Aminmansour
Desertification means land degradation in arid, semi- arid and dry sub- humid area resulting from various factors,
including climate variations and human activities.
McGillicuddy Serious Party
Clan McGillicuddy will be the Martians in a 're-enactment' of The War of the Worlds in the heritage port area of Oamaru
on New Years Eve. Alfs Imperial Army will be defending the British Empire from the tripods' evil invasion.
Tuariki Delamere
Last week I filed 98 criminal informations in the Auckland District Court. I have been advised today[7 December] by the
Auckland District Court that my applications have been accepted and approved for the issuing of summonses.
New Zealand Government
With 2008 approaching it is a good time for people to make a New Years resolution to become more sustainable from next
year, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
Rolex Sydney to Hobart Media Centre
It was a spectacular 1pm start watched by hundreds of thousands of spectators lining the foreshores and on spectator
craft of varying sizes. In a cool 10-12 knot northeasterly breeze, Wild Oats XI chose the leeward end of the northern
start line.
Santa
Today at his workshop near the North Pole, Santa Claus announced that he is planning to leave his home of many years
because of the impact of climate change.
Rolex Sydney to Hobart Media Centre
Skippers at this morning's final weather briefing were told that the race will start today in a 10 to 15 NE breeze. As
the fleet progresses south the breeze will strengthen. By sunset they should be flying under spinnakers in a 20 to 25
knot sea breeze.
Sail World
Perfect Blue skies at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia ahead of the 63rd Rolex Sydney Hobart Race.
NIWA
A 4.4 metre female great white shark has set a new distance record for a New Zealand shark by swimming over 3000km to
the tropical waters of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The shark, nicknamed Kerri, has provided the first
evidence that ...
Official New Zealand Music Chart
Official New Zealand Music Chart - Week to Sunday 23 December 2007
Government Of Japan
In response to a request from the WFP, the Government of Japan has extended grant aid (food aid) totaling 2.88 billion
yen through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to eight countries where there are vulnerable groups.
Vatican
This is Christmas - the historical event and the mystery of love, which for more than two thousand years has spoken to
men and women of every era and every place. It is the holy day on which the "great light" of Christ shines forth,
bearing peace!
Westpac Rescue Helicopter
The Wellington based Westpac Rescue Helicopter rescued two divers near Cape Palliser this evening (25/12/2007).
Scoop Daily Ratings
Christmas Day's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
LawFuel
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia
seeking the winding up of a number of companies associated with financial adviser, Mr Ian Bristow.
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Rebellious voters defied Thailand's 15-month- old military coup, and cast their ballots
overwhelmingly for a politician who supports ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, despite the junta's tribunals
which indicted Mr. ...
BuzzFlash.Com
It might come as a suprise to non-history majors that American slavery was a legacy of our nation's years as a colonial
outpost of the British Empire.
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