Today's Top Scoops - January 09, 2008
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LEAD STORY------------
Rosalea Barker: New Hampshire Primary Results - Part 1 - The town I stayed in last August, Littleton, is not very far from the tiny hamlet of Dixville Notch, whose election results I watched on local television news in California during the 9 pm bulletin last night, Monday, January 7. The polling place in a famous resort hotel opened at midnight, seventeen people voted, and the polls closed shortly thereafter. More >> [1]
ALSO:Rosalea Barker - US Primaries Move On To New Hampshire [2] Scott Galindez - Scott Galindez: Candidates Making Final Push [3] BuzzFlash.Com - Obama Pulls Even With Clinton Nationally, Leads SC [4] Michael Collins - New Hampshire Primary - ALL Diebold, ALL the Time [5] TV3 News - Obama gaining on Clinton in polls [6] TV3 News - Clinton gets emotional on the campaign trail [7]
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NZ POLITICS------------
Scoop Military and Defence Issues: Minister Concerned? Send A Frigate - Greens - The Government must back up the Conservation Minister's concerns for safety in the Antarctic region, expressed this
morning, by sending New Zealand Navy frigates to the region, Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. More >> [1]
ALSO:National - Are Orions available for whaling surveillance? [2] TV3 News - Graphic Japanese video fails to kill Australian anti-whaling sentiment [3]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH------------
Finance: Pin Punching Kiwi's Spend $4.0 Billion In December - During December 2007 New Zealanders spent over $4.0 billion across the country via 70 million transactions processed
through the Paymark network alone, up 8 percent year-on-year. More >> [1]
ALSO:Nielsen NetRatings - Top Sites December 2007 - Shopping Category [2] Motor Industry Association - 2007 new vehicle sales just short of 2005 record [3] Barfoot and Thompson - Auckland House Prices Rise 12% in 2007 [4] J P Morgan - Australia's building approvals jump 8.9%m/m [5]
Scoop Weather: Late Summer As La Nina Continues - Temperatures over late summer (January - March) are very likely to be above average for the time of year in the west
of the North Island and the entire South Island says NIWA's National Climate Centre. According to the centre's seasonal
climate ... More >> [1]
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WORLD------------
United Nations: Two Peacekeepers Wounded In South Lebanon - Two peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were injured today after the
vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a blast in southern Lebanon. More >> [1]
His Day In Court: SCSL War Crimes Trial Of Charles Taylor Resumes - After a delay of more than four months, the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor resumed
today at the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). More >> [1]
Conservation: Illegal Logging And Road Building Threatens Tigers And Tribes Of The Heart Of Sumatra - "We urge APP and its partners to stop clearing any more natural forest whose ecological, environmental and cultural
conservation values have not been determined and to stop sourcing any of its purchased wood from such forests," Ian
Kosasih, WWF-Indonesia's Forest Program Director, said. More >> [1]
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COMMENT------------
Daniel Patrick Welch: No Change For Me - I Want Bills - In the runup to this year's political circus, the buzzwords of hope and change are being bandied about like the cheap
currency they are. Divested of any real meaning by their repetition and cynical misapplication, they quickly become
empty slogans. More >> [1]
U.S. Elections: New Hampshire Primary - ALL Diebold, ALL The Time - Tomorrow's New Hampshire primary represents a major turning point in the presidential primaries. We've got the rising
star of Obama, the stunned Clinton camp, and the populist efforts of the fast moving Democrat, John Edwards, just off a
9% increase. More >> [1]
U.S. Elections: Huckabee - Social Conservatism Plus Populism-Lite? - Far right dubs Huckabee the `Big Government' candidate! Owing to his convincing victory in the Iowa Republican Party
caucuses, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has become "viable." Over the next few weeks expect the mainstream
media to both welcome the folksy/friendly Huckabee with open arms, and slice and dice his record and past statements. More >> [1]
Uri Avnery: The Case Of The White Bird - In public opinion polls, Tzipi Livni has enjoyed a remarkable popularity. She trumps all the other politicians in the
governing coalition. While the rating of the two Ehuds - Olmert and Barak - was going down, hers was on the way up. More >> [1]
Jason Leopold: CIA Tapes Destroyed As Pressure Mounted - The CIA destroyed videotapes showing its agents subjecting high-level al-Qaeda detainees to waterboarding after the
agency's inspector general issued a classified report in the spring of 2004 that concluded the interrogation methods
used on the prisoners. Details about when the videotapes were expected to be destroyed were revealed in a February 2003
letter released last week by Congresswoman Jane Harman. More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE------------
Scoop Art and Entertainment: Presenting The Tinkles - Meet Big Tones; an aging, ginger-haired 80's boybander trying to get back into entertainment scene with a
revolutionary idea: Creating a kiwi children's entertainment group to rival Hi5! More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, January 09, 2008
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