Today's Top Scoops - 11 June 2008
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LEAD STORY------------
Legal Issues: Proposed Safety Orders Welcomed - Liz Kinley, Jigsaw CEO Strategic Operations, has added Jigsaw's support to the proposal that Police who attend a domestic violence incident be given the power to issue a safety order. They can do this when they assess that there are immediate safety issues but they do not have sufficient evidence to make an arrest.
More >> [1]
ALSO:National - National leads, Labour follows on family violence [2]
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NZ POLITICS------------
- Transport Safety Minister Harry Duynhoven today announced that the Government will consider amending the Land
Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 to ban the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving a vehicle. More >> [1]
ALSO:Vodafone - Support for decision to consider hand-held ban [2] Living Streets Aotearoa - Txting ties up the brain as well as the hands! [3]
Crime: Interpol Assists In NZ Child Porn Case - A 40-year-old Lower Hutt man was today jailed for two years and four months for possessing pictures and movies of
children being sexually abused after a German police tip-off. More >> [1]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH------------
Research: Scientists Lead Way To Brave New Food World - Agricultural and medical scientists at two of New Zealand's leading research organisations are joining forces to
improve animal production and human health. More >> [1]
Forestry: KFA Blame Clark For Treeless NZ - Prime Minister Helen Clark is personally responsible for shocking new deforestation data revealing that New Zealand
has experienced the worst deforestation in its modern history, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >> [1]
Technology: Vodafone And Apple Bring iPhone 3G To NZ July 11 - iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first
generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software. More >> [1]
ALSO:Apple - Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers [2] Apple - New App Store Available in 62 Countries [3]
Quotas: Stiff Sentence Passed In Fish Dumping Case - Nelson based fisherman Lee Craig Harding was sentenced in the Nelson District court today on charges relating to
illegally discarding catches of southern blue whiting ('dumping') during a trip in 2004 and the deliberate mis-reporting
of that catch. More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - Fish dumping unacceptable [2] Greens - Fish dumping unacceptable [3] Maori Party - Enforcement of fish quota system welcomed [4] Sealord - Sealord Condemns Dumping Of Fish [5]
Cyberplace NZ: Special Needs Nzers Caught In The 'Net - Individuals with special needs are among New Zealanders who have been listed as the most internet-addicted people in
the world. More >> [1]
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WORLD------------
Europe-U.S. Summit: President Bush With Slovenian Prime Minister Janša And EU President Barroso - ''I appreciate the Foreign Minister Solana going to Iran to deliver a clear message: there is a better way for you to
move forward than a way that so far has led to isolation. Iran with a nuclear weapon would be incredibly dangerous for
world peace.'' - George Bush. More >> [1]
EARLIEREU: Strengthening The Strategic Partnership [2] Slovenian PM Welcomes U.S. President [3] Aboard Air Force One En Route Slovenia [4] President Bush Departs For Europe [5] Economy Top Agenda Of Bush EU Meetings [6]
Proliferation: Assessment Of Tools & Policy Issues - Combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is one of this administration's highest national security
priorities. President Bush has said that we must keep the world's most dangerous weapons out of the hands of the world's
most dangerous regimes. More >> [1]
Shifting Sands Of Time: Environmental Change Re-Draws Atlas Of Africa - 'Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment' features over 300 satellite images taken in every country in Africa in
over 100 locations. The 'before' and 'after' photographs, some of which span a 35-year period, offer striking snapshots
of local environmental transformation across the continent. The Atlas underlines how development choices, population
growth, climate change and, in some cases, conflicts are shaping and impacting the natural and nature-based assets of
the region. More >> [1]
Report: UN Rights Council Discusses Human Rights In Burma - Mr. Ojea Quintana appealed to all those involved in the humanitarian assistance to ensure respect for the fundamental
rights of all victims. Aid workers should ensure that assistance was equally provided to the most affected areas. More >> [1]
ALSOState Dept - : Statement On UN Report On Human Rights In Burma [2] FULL TEXT - Report Of The UN Special Rapporteur For Burma [PDF] [3]
Stopping Illegal Wildlife Trafficking: Interview With Bo Derek, Special Envoy for Wildlife Trafficking - "The idea of trying to protect our endangered wildlife just doesn't work unless we reduce the demand, the idea that
we can protect these animals in parks or in the seas around the world, when there's a bounty on their head." -- Bo
Derek. More >> [1]
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COMMENT------------
Michael Collins: Bush Political Prisoner Gets Her Day in Court - Bush Political Prisoner Gets Her Day in Court Susan Lindauer, accused "unregistered" agent and the judge who rescued
her from forced psychiatric medication, now U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey. More >> [1]
FROM OCT, 2007American Cassandra - Susan Lindauer's Story [2]
Jason Leopold: House Dems Want Bush Admin Investigated for War Crimes - House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey Friday requesting that he appoint a special
prosecutor to investigate whether White House officials, including President Bush, violated the War Crimes Act when they
allowed interrogators... More >> [1]
Jason Leopold: McClellan to Testify Before Congress About Bush Admin. Role in Plame Leak - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next
week about the White House's role in the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame. More >> [1]
ALSO Scoop Link - McClellan to Testify Before House in CIA Leak Case [2]
Uri Avnery: No, I Can't! - AFTER MONTHS of a tough and bitter race, a merciless struggle, Barack Obama has defeated his formidable opponent,
Hillary Clinton. He has wrought a miracle: for the first time in history a black person has become a credible candidate
for the... More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE------------
Community Art: Tenants Splash Out On Art Prior To Rent Hikes - Artwork created by residential tenants of the Christchurch City Council goes on display at Our City O-Tautahi this
Thursday (12 June). The Council's City Housing unit organised a creative art and photography competition - open to all
tenants. More >> [1]
Clothes: All Black Recruitment Reaches New Levels - Baby Silvestri-Astrop, born last Saturday 7 June, the day of the All Black vs Ireland test, was the first baby to
receive his jersey as part of adidas 'Birthright' campaign, which aims to provide every baby born on home-match test
days between now and the end of the Philips Tri-Nations series with their own tiny version of the famous black jersey. More >> [1]
Vision Thing: NZ Eye Worker Restores Sight To Hundreds In Fiji - Local orthoptist Ellen Booth has been lending her hand to help improve the sight of hundreds of visually impaired in
Fiji. Putting her valuable eye care skills to work at The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ's Pacific regional training centre
and eye clinic in Fiji, Ellen dispensed low cost glasses to over 300 people. More >> [1]
Waitakere: Westies So Tough, They Leave Palm Prints In Grantie - Granite plaques bearing the handprints of famous westies Oscar Kightley, Paul Radisich and Karen Walker were unveiled
on Waitakere's Walkway of Fame on Saturday. More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, 11 June 2008
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