Today's Top Scoops - 18 February 2008
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LEAD STORY
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Great News! Stolen Medals Recovered - Prime Minister Helen Clark today praised the New Zealand Police for their work in ensuring the safe return of the 96 medals stolen from the Waiouru Army Museum last year. Helen Clark said the medals were an invaluable part of New Zealand's heritage and their theft had appalled the nation.More >> [1]
ALSO: National - Security of medals must be assured [2]
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NZ POLITICS
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Unions: Worker s Of NZ Unite In Rotorua - The trade union movement is gathering over the next two days in Rotorua to assess and develop union building
strategies, further develop its political strategy, and hear from the successes of the Australian Work Rights campaign
at their last election, CTU president Helen Kelly said today. More >> [1]
Kiwi Pride: NZ Tunnellers Museum in France Opens - A museum has been opened in Arras, France to commemorate the astonishing work of 450 New Zealanders who built a
network of tunnels between Arras and the German front lines during World War 1. More >> [1]
Scoop Satire: Graffiti Tagged For Destruction - The Government has announced its response to the fatal stabbing of an alleged tagger by an alleged Auckland
businessman. The plan to ban spraypaint sales to under-18-year-olds was welcomed by stationers and permanent marker
manufacturers everywhere. More >> [1]
ALSO:Scoop Full Coverage - : Govt Graffiti Clampdown [2]
Scoop At Webstock: Russell Brown On The State of Online Media In New Zealand - [video + images] Media commentator, Scoop Media Network partner, PublicAddress.net [1] publisher and self-confessed "blutter" Russell Brown opened the final day of Webstock this morning with a
provocative address on the state of web media in New Zealand. (Video supplied and served by Webstock web-videographers http://www.r2.co.nz [2] .) More >> [3]
ALSO:Chillout With Scoop At Webstock 2008 - Code For Freedom - Scoop Photo Album [4] Out-Link - www.webstock.org.nz [5]
[1] - http://PublicAddress.net
[2] - http://www.r2.co.nz
Auckland Issues: Traffic On Queen Street To Be Slowed Down - A new proposal by Auckland City Council's Transport Committee has emerged to almost halve the present 50km/h speed
limit on one of Auckland City's premier business address Queen Street. More > [1]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Population: Stork Kept Busy In 2007 - There were 64,040 births registered in New Zealand in the December 2007 year, the highest number since 1963,
Statistics New Zealand said today. More >> [1]
Liquor: Is Less More With Wine Quality? - Removal of leaves from grapevines during fruit ripening is a common management practice. Aimed to increase light
exposure on the grapes and reduce the incidence of disease, removing leaves is also thought to have a positive effect on
the quality of wine. More >> [1]
Keeping Tabs On Employees: Bosses To Become Lords Of Time - Manually signing staff in and out each day is to become a thing of the past with the introduction of a new non
contact finger scanner to New Zealand. The non contact biometric finger scanners are already being rolled out in
Australia. More >> [1]
Out There: Amateur Astronomers Help Discover New Solar System - Emily J Kernot reports that two amateur NZ astronomers have helped discover a solar system in the Milky Way galaxy
that resembles a scaled down version of our own. It is the first solar system to be discovered with replica Saturn and
Jupiter like planets. More >> [1]
ALSO:University of Auckland - Solar System Look-Alike Found [2] Stardome Observatory - Akld Astronomers Help Discover a New Solar System [3]
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WORLD
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Finance: U.S. Mortgage Crisis, Rising Prices Spell Financial Turmoil - The sub-prime mortgage market collapse in the United States, rising oil and commodity prices and other factors could
combine to hamper the economies of developing countries, the President of the United Nations General Assembly said
today. More >> [1]
Burma/Thai Border Area: Rebel Leader, Pado Mahn Sha Lah Phan, Assassinated - A Burmese ethnic leader has been shot dead at his home near the Thai/Burma border. Pado Mahn Sha Lah Phan, Secretary
General of the Karen National Union, was assassinated last Thursday at his Thai border town home. More >> [1]
Solomon Islands: Minister Lilo To Attend Environment Meet In Monaco - Minister for Environment, Conservation and Meteorology, Gordon Darcy Lilo will represent the government of Solomon
Islands at the Tenth Special Session of the Governing Council and Global Ministerial Forum of the UN Environment Program
in Monaco. More >> [1]
Refugees: UNHCR Aids 55K Congolese Returning To Katanga - The United Nations refugee agency is distributing supplies to some 55,000 displaced people who have returned to their
homes in the southern province of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >> [1]
Dafur Force: UN Police Trainers To Meet Over Plans For Darfur - The five-day conference, which is being sponsored by Germany, will start on Monday and will take place at the Kofi
Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana's capital, according to a press release. More >> [1]
United Nations: Migiro Travels To Thailand For Development Meeting - Migiro heads to Thailand this weekend to chair the latest regional coordination meeting of the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) as part of her efforts to promote development worldwide. More >> [1]
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COMMENT
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Ramzy Baroud: U.S. Presidential Elections & The Iraq Factor - As the race for the US presidential nominations progresses, the stances of and attitudes towards both Republican and
Democratic candidates continue to bring up causes for concern, in terms of their past behaviour, current appeal and
general trustworthiness. More >> [1]
David Swanson: Obamessives And Obamicans - A friend just described to me the scene last weekend in Richmond, Va., prior to the Tuesday Virginia primary in which
Obama trounced Clinton. Both of them spoke at a Democratic Party dinner in Richmond, and a huge crowd outside and inside
cheered. More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE
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Sport: Gritty Soccer Coming To Wellington Beach - If you fancy yourself as the next Ronaldo, Henry, or Leo Bertos, head down to Lyall Bay this weekend as football
fever begins with Wellington's first Beach Soccer Festival. More >> [1]
Ancient Comedy: Greek Play Has Sting In The Tail - From the Father of Comedy, Aristophanes, Onstage Project presents WASPS, a classic comedy about judiciary hi-jinks
and big stings. Aristophanes is regarded one of the best and most indecent writers in the world. More >> [1]
Arts: 'Shakey' Hits The Tex Age - It's true - the more things change the more they stay the same! Take six characters from classic plays, give them
each a mobile and a laptop and let them loose on today's modern world. More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, 18 February 2008
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