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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings October 18 2008

Sunday, 19 October 2008, 9:18 am
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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...

1: Thailand, Laos Hmong Refugee Crisis

Center for Public Policy Analysis
Royal Thai soldiers and Ministry of Interior officials (MOI) at Ban Huay Nam Khao, Petchabun Province, Thailand havetold Hmong refugees that if no one volunteers to return to Laos in thecurrent month of October, then the military will again begin ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00353.htm

2: Key Must Explain His Maori Party Deal

New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has accused John Key of playing the country like the stock market over National's secret dealings with the Maori Party.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00392.htm

3: Queen Mary Hospital preserved as heritage site

New Zealand Government

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Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today announced that the significant heritage Queen Mary Hospital site at Hanmer will be preserved in a transfer of land between government agencies.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00428.htm

4: Palast & RFK In Rolling Stone: It's Already Stolen

Greg Palast
ROLLING STONE: IT'S ALREADY STOLEN Investigation by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast released today Don’t worry about Mickey Mouse or ACORN stealing the election. According to an investigative report out today in Rolling Stone magazine, Robert ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00265.htm

5: Ferrari Defies Sales Decline

Ferrari Australia and New Zealand
The 2008 Australian International Motor Show is an outstanding sales success for Ferrari, with the legendary Italian supercar company now holding nearly 200 orders for the car that made its debut at the show, the Ferrari California.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00379.htm

6: Family Party needed to temper Green social agenda

The Family Party
Family Party leader Richard Lewis says the Green’s policy of population control further justifies the need for a pro-life political party in parliament beyond 2008.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0810/S00309.htm

7: Greens' Population Policy misinterpreted

Green Party
The Green Party Population Policy does not seek in any way to influence the number of children New Zealanders should have, as could be taken from a TV3 news item tonight.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00426.htm

8: Obama on Latin America

Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As Election Day draws near, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama repeatedly have focused their attention on such key foreign policy issues as the Iraq War and the global financial crisis. U.S. policy toward Latin America, on the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00379.htm

9: Interview With Voting Experts Palast & Kennedy

The Huffington Post
The perennial issues of vote fraud and voter suppression are becoming front-page news as several states conduct early voting and as Election Day itself nears.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00257.htm

10: Greens Want To Dictate Size Of Families

Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ is labeling the Green party policy on population as dangerous, dictatorial and similar to China’s one child policy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0810/S00308.htm

11: MasterCard Cardholders Achieve Cost Savings

Professional Public Relations NZ Ltd
October 2008 – MasterCard Worldwide and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific today announced the launch of their complimentary weekend promotion for the second year running. The promotion, which was well-received last year, has been expanded ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00375.htm

12: Secretary of State to Travel to Mexico

US State Department
At the invitation of Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico October 22-23. While in Mexico, the Secretary will discuss a broad range of bilateral and international issues of mutual interest, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00377.htm

13: Can Communities Serve as Financial Safe Havens?

Catherine Austin Fitts
" target="_blank"> The fall in global stock market prices over the last year has had a significant impact on most Americans’ retirement savings. When monthly 401(k) and IRA statements arrived last week, many small investors saw their investments ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00267.htm

14: Press Roundtable on Pakistan

US State Department
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER: It’s good to talk to you guys. We thought it was maybe a good time to get together again because there’s so much happening with the U.S. and Pakistan.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00376.htm

15: EU/UN/OSCE-Sponsored Talks on Georgia

US State Department
Assistant Secretary Fried: Thank you all for coming this evening. I gather some or all of you may have listened to Ambassador Pierre Morel representing the EU who chaired the talks. You may have gone to the Russian Mission for Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00378.htm

16: Charges laid over Taranaki baler accident

Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour today laid charges against LGC Limited, trading as Taranaki Recyclers, over an accident on April 22 2008, when an employee had his legs amputated when he fell into an automatic baler press.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00378.htm

17: Events to mark 90th anniversary of Armistice

New Zealand National Party
Embargoed 6.00pm Friday 17 October Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today announced a series of public events will be held to mark the 90th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00427.htm

18: Nick Willis to be welcomed home to Hutt City

Hutt City Council
Hutt City’s bronze medal Olympian Nick Willis will be welcomed home at a ceremony at Westfield Queensgate on Wednesday 22 October, Mayor David Ogden has announced.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0810/S00203.htm

19: Daily Voting News For October 17, 2008

John Gideon
18 days until Election Day. Today was a day for court decisions. Finally a judge in New Jersey has released the Princeton University report on the state’s Sequoia Voting Machines. Earlier Sequoia had released their response to the report. After ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00270.htm

20: Grand Mercure Nelson Monaco Clinches Supreme Award

Chambers PR
Media Release for immediate use 17 October 2008 Grand Mercure Nelson Monaco Clinches Supreme Hanz Award For Excellence
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00376.htm

21: Get your tickets for Villa Maria Awards

Manukau City Council
Tickets are now on sale for the 2008 Villa Maria Cult-Couture Awards. The awards, a feature event in the Manukau Festival of Arts, promise two amazing nights of couture, creativity and live performances.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0810/S00205.htm

22: GOP Attacked ACORN Before 2004 Election

Jason Leopold
In a replay of a tactic used to help secure President George W. Bush’s second term, Republicans – aided by investigative agencies of the federal government – are making a campaign issue out of voter-registration forms with fake names like “Mickey ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00271.htm

23: Dunne: Maori seats distort democracy

United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says National’s bumbling efforts over the Maori seats issue and the equally strident responses by the Maori and Green parties demanding the entrenchment of Maori seats highlights just how badly those parties and media ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00405.htm

24: SPOT to be found in New Zealand

Bare Publicity
A LIFE-saving handheld device that is taking the world by storm has been launched in New Zealand and is set to be available in stores in time for Christmas.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00359.htm

25: www.mccully.co.nz - 17 October 2008

New Zealand National Party
The pre-election opening of the books, as reported last week, saw expressions of triumph clearly evident on the faces of members of the Clark/Cullen Government.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00424.htm

26: Post Presidential Debate Research Study Results

HCD Research
HCD Research has released the results of a study of 1402 voters conducted shortly after the conclusion of the 3rd Presidential Debate held at Hofstra University.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00344.htm

27: Policy Brief on the Truth About Voter Fraud

truthaboutfraud.org
Fraud by individual voters is both irrational and extremely rare. Most citizens who take the time to vote offer their legitimate signatures and sworn oaths with the gravitas that this hard-won civic right deserves. Even for the few who view voting ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00268.htm

28: Dunne: survival of health camps essential

United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has accused the Ministry of Social Development of 'dropping the ball' over funding for the nation's children's health camps.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00401.htm

29: Summer Camp for Queenstown

Southern PR
The organizers of GAY SKI WEEK NZ will be back for summer with SUMMER CAMP NZ to run from 10 – 18 January 2009.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0810/S00195.htm

30: Manukau Arts proud partners in inaugural festival

Manukau City Council
Manukau Arts, proud partners in the inaugural Manukau Festival of Arts, have spent the last six months bringing together a variety of colourful events aimed at promoting the city’s energetic, creative arts scene.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0810/S00204.htm

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