Today's Top Scoops - 19 March 2008
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LEAD STORY
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Tibet: PM Releases Notice Of Motion In China Shop - "I move that this House express its deep concern at reports of violence and riots in Tibet and subsequently elsewhere in China; call on all sides to show restraint; express its strong support for the right of people to protest peacefully; urge the Chinese authorities to react carefully and proportionately to protest; and urge China to engage in meaningful dialogue with representatives of the Tibetan people in order to achieve a lasting resolution of problems in Tibet." More >> [1]
ALSO:United Future - Turner condemns Government inaction on Tibet [2] Maori Party - Dr Pita Sharples: The situation in Tibet [3] Greens - Locke calls for stronger support for Tibetans [4] Amnesty International - Amnesty International protests crackdown in Tibet [5] Media Statement - Wellington: Vigil for Tibetans [6] Nelson Peace Group - Nelson Vigil in Support of Tibetan Protesters [7] TV3 Video - Tibetan protests a sensitive subject with NZ government [8] Scoop Full Coverage - FTA Muzzles NZ Opposition To China/Tibet Violence [9]
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NZ POLITICS
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QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:Questions For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 19 March 2008 [1]
Peters Speech: Super-annuation Slashing Of 90s Remembered - "Just remember the Asian crisis - what was National's solution? Slash superannuation. That's right.," said Winston
Peters in a speech today to Grey Power. More >> [1]
Justice: Government On Track With Victims' Rights - Many of the recommendations in the Inquiry into Victims' Rights Report are key to Victim Support's Commitment to
Parallel Justice document released to Government recently. More >> [1]
Money: Stuff Up In Crown Accounts - Inland Revenue has announced that Crown Accounts released earlier this month incorrectly reported a headline
operating deficit. An error meant that January tax revenue was under-reported by approximately $600 million. More >> [1]
ALSO: NZ Govt - Dunne backs Inland Revenue [2] SSC - SSC: Statement on Error in the Crown Accounts [3] NZ Treasury - Revised Financial Statements [4] TV3 Video - Tax officials admit $600 million blunder [5] TV3 Video - Tax expert: How it was possible to 'lose' $600 million [6] TV3 Video - Cullen won't rule out recession - full press conference [7]
Savings: National "All Flop, No Flip" On KiwiSaver - Finance Minister Michael Cullen has repeated calls for National to clarify its position on KiwiSaver after Bill
English backed away from issuing policy at a superannuation conference today. More >> [1]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Employment: Air NZ tells Its Side Of The Cabin Crew Catastrophe - Due to a number of erroneous and factually incorrect media items in recent days, Air New Zealand would like to again
clarify the employment terms and conditions of its Shanghai based Cabin Crew. More >> [1]
Future Is Now: TV3 First in the Market With HDTV - TV3 has announced the launch of High Definition (HDTV) broadcasting on the new Freeview HD digital terrestrial
television service. In doing so, they will be the first New Zealand broadcaster to introduce this new format. More >> [1]
Hospitals: X-Rays Go Digital In Waikato - A $5.9 million investment in radiology and cardiology digital imaging systems at five Health Waikato hospitals will
make viewing traditional x-rays outdated. More >> [1]
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WORLD
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Medical: Bird Flu Deeply Entrenched In Indonesia, Despite Best Efforts - Bird flu has become "deeply entrenched" in Indonesia with 31 out of 33 provinces being infected, according to FAO.
''The avian influenza situation in Indonesia is grave - all international partners and national authorities need to step
up their efforts for halting the spread of the disease in animals and making the fight against the virus a top
priority.'' More >> [1]
Cults: Scientology Harassment Fails To Prevent Anonymous Protest - When criticizing a totalitarian, mafia-like organization such as the Church of Scientology, it is only to be expected
that one will encounter extreme and nefarious methods as the organization attempts to intimidate, harass and silence. More >> [1]
Middle East: UN Expresses Concern Over Plight Of Palestinians Living On Iraqi-syrian Border - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today warned that the situation of the more than 2,700
Palestinians who have been stranded and are living in inhumane conditions in two camps on the Iraqi-Syrian border
continues to deteriorate. More >> [1]
Tibet: Cultural Genocide Taking Place, Says Dalai Lama - Whether it was intended or not, I believe that a form of cultural genocide has taken place in Tibet, where the
Tibetan identity has been under constant attack. Tibetans have been reduced to an insignificant minority in their own
land as a result of the huge transfer of non-Tibetans into Tibet More >> [1]
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COMMENT
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Suzan Mazur: Richard Dawkins Renounces Darwinism As Religion - Atheist evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins spoke to a packed auditorium at Manhattan's Ethical Culture Society
Saturday night about his best-selling book, The God Delusion , admitting in a Q More >> [1]
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman: Ohio's voting machines are now an official crime scene - At least 15 touch-screen voting machines that produced improbable numbers in Ohio's 2006 statewide election are now
under double-lock in an official crime scene. And the phony "Homeland Security Alert" used by Republicans to build up
George W. Bush's ... More >> [1]
Thomas R Estes: Understanding a Religious Democracy - To most Americans, the mention of Iran evokes a black hole of individual consciousness - a place in the mind that is
perpetual subject to media infill, well-versed propaganda and indefinite controversy... More >> [1]
Jason Leopold: Fired US Attorney Details GOP Effort to "Cage" Votes in New Mexico in 2004 - The Justice Department issued a directive to every US attorney in the country to find and prosecute cases of voter
fraud in their states during the height of hotly contested elections in 2002, 2004, and 2006, even though evidence of
such abuses ... More >> [1]
Atlanta Progressive News: Anti-War Grannies Arrested Trying to Enlist - ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 17 (IPS) - As part of actions across the United States to mark the fifth anniversary of the
U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, 10 "Grandmothers for Peace", ranging in age from 57 to 80, were arrested Monday while
trying to enlist ... More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE
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Mental Health: Plan To Assist Self-Harmers - A New Zealand first pilot scheme developed to support school based health teams deal with the problem has proven
successful at three Waikato high schools. More >> [1]
Charity: Kidscan Urges Kiwis To Get In Behind Miriama - The KidsCan Charitable Trust now supports 20,000 financially disadvantaged children throughout New Zealand. Actress
and KidsCan Ambassador, Miriama Smith is currently raising funds for KidsCan on TV One's 'Dancing with the Stars'. More >> [1]
Tea: Taste My Dilmah On The Interislander! - More than 60 people were treated to high tea on the high seas at a charity fundraiser aboard the Interislander ferry
Kaitaki last night. More >> [1]
Karim Sahai Images: WOMAD New Zealand 2008 - Photographer Karim Sahai captured local and international acts at NZ's WOMAD 2008. Images of Whirimako Black, Toumani
Diabate & Symmetric Orchestra, Sharon Jones, David D'Or, Mavis Staples, Tibet's Gyuto Monks & Neil Finn with a slideshow of many more. More >> [1]
ALSO:Toi Maori Aotearoa - Top Mâori Tâ Moko Artists unleash Moko at WOMAD [2] TV3 Video - Full interview with Don McGlashan [3] TV3 Video - Womad: Interview with New York DJ Nicodemus [4] TV3 Video - Singer Jess Chambers a hit at Womad music festival [5]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, 19 March 2008
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