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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 25 June 2008

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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Typhoon Fengshen Kills 97 In Iloilo, Philippines
Philippines News Agency
The death toll of Typhoon Frank (Fengshen) in Iloilo province was placed at 97 as of 10 a.m. Monday, local time. The number of missing persons was listed at 122. The number of famillies affected are 91,183 or 353,116 persons all over the province.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0806/S00509.htm
2: The NYT "Covers" the Susan Lindauer Hearing
Michael Collins
The New York Times disgraced itself and betrayed the citizens of the United States when it repeatedly headlined misleading stories by reporter Judith Miller that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The paper issued a meandering apology well ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00332.htm
3: New Miss Tui crowned
Tui Awards
It's no secret that the Tui Brewery girls are in demand. Every man and his dog wants a piece of them but they are so darn busy pumping out that great amber liquid that they don't have enough time to get around everyone.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0806/S00238.htm
4: Counterfeit Passports For Sale
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. and Thai security officials spent much of June probing Bangkok-linked international gangs, after police seized thousands of counterfeit and genuine American and foreign passports and pages, including passports smuggled ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00346.htm
5: New UN Envoy For Kosovo Takes Up Job In Pristina
United Nations
Mr. Zannier succeeds Joachim Rücker as the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) at a time when Ban Ki-moon has proposed reconfiguring the Organization's presence.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0806/S00566.htm
6: What A National Government May Entail - Part Two
Kevin List
Unless we get a few choice email leaks from John Key’s office - yoo hoo, ready and waiting - we can only estimate what National’s policies will be in government by checking its public statements to date.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00356.htm
7: Questions And Answers – 24 June 2008
Office of the Clerk
1. Hon TARIANA TURIA (Co-Leader—Māori Party) to the Minister for ACC: What progress has been made in responding to the recommendation from the Government-appointed reviewer, David Goddard QC, that physiotherapists needed a 33 percent increase immediately ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0806/S00394.htm
8: Myspace Continues Redesign Initiative
Myspace.com
Leading Social Network Unveils New Splash Page, New Navigation, New Profile Customization, and New Search Functionality
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0806/S00431.htm
9: Muhammad Idrees Ahmad: Fortress Britain
Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
"The public has to be more alert", warned one "international terrorism expert" in the Daily Mail late last year, because Scotland "is set to become another Israel within five years". "[A]nti-terror measures will soon become a common feature of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00350.htm
10: Questions For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 25 June 08
Office of the Clerk
1. JOHN KEY to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement, in relation to the possibility of holding a referendum alongside the general election, that "Just in terms of sheer organisation I don't think that is possible."; if not, why not?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0806/S00399.htm
11: Hairdressers - the new public health menace?
New Zealand National Party
The National Party says Labour needs to explain why it thinks hairdressers are such a public health menace that it is planning to wrap several new layers of bureaucracy around them.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0806/S00378.htm
12: Pepper-sprayed protester seeking $50k's court day
Global Peace And Justice Auckland
Aucklander Simon Oosterman, who is seeking $50k in compensation for being pepper-sprayed at a GE-Free protest in 2005, is having his final day in the Rotorua District Court today, June 24 2008 at 2.15pm.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0806/S00304.htm
13: Indian Premier League Exclusive
Sky Television
It was billed as the biggest and best spectacle the cricket world has ever seen. Eight franchise teams stacked with international stars playing boundary-smashing Twenty20 in front of 60,000 feverish Indian fans in the stands, and millions more ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0806/S00246.htm
14: The CNI Collective Inspires
New Zealand Government
“We should all be proud of what the iwi of the Central North Island have achieved with this settlement” Minister of Maori Affairs, Parekura Horomia said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0806/S00400.htm
15: National knocks its own idea on the head
New Zealand Government
Flip-flops are now becoming the trademark of the National Party says Minister of Health David Cunliffe. Friday’s admission from Tony Ryall at medical conference in Rotorua that it was scrapping plans that would have allowed GP fees to sky-rocket ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0806/S00403.htm
16: Demographic Hole - NZ Short Of Business Leaders
Swann Group
New Zealand is facing a critical shortage of educated and experienced future business leaders, according to a report released today by management consultancy Swann Group Limited.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0806/S00405.htm
17: Skiers and snowboarders urged to get gear checked
NZ Snow Industries Federation
With most people's first day on the mountain this year looming, the New Zealand Snow Industries Federation is urging people to take advantage of free ski and snowboard equipment checks.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0806/S00248.htm
18: Conference step in understanding multicultural NZ
Kowiana Association of New Zealand
Kowiana Association of New Zealand, an organisation representing young Korean Kiwis and their friends, announces its first annual conference to discuss issues of multiculturalism to be held at the University of Auckland Business School, 18th – 19th of July.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0806/S00319.htm
19: Treaty deal major step forward for New Zealanders
New Zealand Government
The settlement achieved between the Crown and the Central North Island Iwi Collective is a major step forward for all New Zealanders, Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0806/S00397.htm
20: Open Polytechnic led project wins silver
Open Polytechnic
A ground-breaking eLearning project led by The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand has won silver at the Learning Impact Awards hosted by the IMS Global Learning Consortium in the United States.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0806/S00071.htm
21: Wammo & Dr Claire Robinson On Political Polls
Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo talks to Dr Claire Robinson - Political and Marketing Specialist from Massey University about Political Pollls. Do the polls accurately display the wider public mood? Is Labour about to be totally dumped by the public in favour of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00329.htm
22: Bravia TVs to feature built in Freeview
Sony Entertainment
Sony’s much awaited new range of BRAVIA TVs to feature built in Freeview HD™ tuners Making the leap from Standard Definition to High Definition is about to become a whole lot easier for television viewers!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0806/S00426.htm
23: Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Needs More Funds
United Nations
The UN-backed tribunal trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass killings and other crimes in Cambodia during the late 1970s, which is expected to soon hold its first trial, said today it needs more than $40 million in funds to continue its work.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0806/S00567.htm
24: Bush/McCain's gas price scam is an Enron re-run
Harvey Wasserman
The Bush/McCain gas price escalation is an Enron Re-Run. It is Chapter 2 of the scam Bush crony "Kenny Boy" Lay used in 1999-2001 to steal $100 billion from California ratepayers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00334.htm
25: Freedom of Expression and Political Islam
Maryam Namazie
Freedom of expression matters. It is not a luxury, a western value and it’s certainly not up for sale (though obviously governments and the UN mistakenly think it to be so).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00335.htm
26: The Copenhagen Consensus and Global Warming
Jeff Bradley
The world is faced with many problems. Environmentalists want us to believe that global warming is top of the list. In fact, Al Gore in his highly publicized documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” even went so far as to warn humankind that “We have ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00345.htm
27: Kiwi kids to receive 100,000 pedometers
McDonald's
In what is believed to be the largest physical activity programme ever attempted in New Zealand, this week will see 100,000 free pedometers delivered to Kiwi kids across the country.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0806/S00247.htm
28: J. Sri Raman: India's Obama Issues
J. Sri Raman
How does India look at Barack Obama? The question - as well as any answer to it - is crucially related to major foreign policy issues that the Democratic candidate for the US presidency will have to face as he continues his campaign, and even more ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00349.htm
29: Disintegration in the Andes
Tortilla con Sal
There are no chance ocurrences in politics. By signing a "free trade" Treaty with the United States, accepting the installation of a US military base and pushing for the sale of community lands, Peru's Alan García confirms he is a tool of President ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00353.htm
30: Newsletter takes cutting-edge science to the class
AgResearch
AgResearch has created a Science by Email newsletter to keep secondary school science teachers informed of the cutting-edge scientific advances made at New Zealand’s largest Crown Research Institute.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0806/S00069.htm
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