Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings November 25 2008

Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 9:16 am
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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...

1: Reflections: The Legacy Of 'Helen Holyoake'

Simon Arcus

Simon Arcus writes that as the dust settles on the New Zealand election Helen Clark has left a legacy comparable only to Sir Keith Holyoake - a bloodless exit as leader, a clean slate, an opportunity to plan for the future unencumbered by fallout...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00326.htm

US State Department

Geography Area: 125,000 sq. km. (48,000 sq. mi.); about the size of Pennsylvania. Cities: Capital --Asmara (est. pop. 435,000). Other cities --Keren (57,000); Assab (28,000); Massawa (25,000); Afabet (25,000); Tessenie (25,000); Mendefera (25,000); ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00440.htm

Content.net

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Nov. 24 – Babcock & Brown Ltd., the Australian investment group that’s lost 99% of its market value in the past 12 months, had its stock halted from trading pending talks with its banks.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00340.htm

US State Department

Geography Area: 390,580 sq. km. (150,760 sq. mi.), slightly larger than Montana. Cities: Capital --Harare (pronounced Ha-RAR-e), pop. 1.5 million. Other towns --Bulawayo, Chitungwiza, Mutare, Gweru, Kwekwe, Masvingo, Marondera. Terrain: Desert and savanna. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00438.htm

UN Watch

Geneva, November 24, 2008 — By a vote of 85 to 50, with 42 abstaining, the UN General Assembly today adopted a draft resolution calling on all countries to alter their legal and constitutional systems to prevent "defamation of religions," asserting ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00421.htm

Undernews

Here in America we are descended in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine - GOP President Dwight Eisenhower, 1954
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00312.htm

William Engdahl

On Friday November 21, the world came within a hair’s breadth of the most colossal financial collapse in history according to bankers on the inside of events with whom we have contact. The trigger was the bank which only two years ago was America’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00329.htm

Suzan Mazur

A fter reviewing Robert M. Hazen’s 28-page C.V. of his work as an experimental mineralogist (listing grant $$$ too), as an educator, author of a dozen books and a symphonic trumpeter – I was most charmed to read that a new mineral “precipitated” ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00345.htm

US State Department

Geography Area: 28,748 sq. km. (slightly larger than Maryland). Major cities: Capital --Tirana (600,000, 2005 est.). Others --Durres (200,000, 2005 est.), Shkoder (81,000, 2005 est.), Vlore (72,000, 2005 est.). Terrain: Situated in the southwestern region ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00447.htm

New Zealand Police

Police Commissioners from every state and territory in Australia and New Zealand have joined together to combat family violence.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00310.htm

New Zealand Government

Thank you for the invitation to open your conference... the first for ACEM here in our nation’s capital. In my brief remarks today I want to support your drive for greater clinical leadership, to cover our plans to give doctors and nurses more ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0811/S00203.htm

CSL Biotherapies

GARDASIL®, the vaccine used in the New Zealand cervical cancer immunisation programme, has won the prestigious 2008 International Galien Prize, according to Mike Taylor, New Zealand Country Manager for CSL Biotherapies NZ Ltd.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0811/S00032.htm

Julie Webb-Pullman

It is not stretching a point to call the latest Venezuelan rightwing salvo political pornography. In a last-ditch attempt to resist the tsunami of support for PSUV candidates, a million copies of a video produced by an organisation called SYNERGIA began circulating ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00314.htm

Maori Television Service

New Zealand's national indigenous broadcaster, Maori Television, is putting out the call for all New Zealanders to come home for Waitangi Day 2009 but forget the planes, trains and automobiles you would usually rely on. This year, the only travel required ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0811/S00238.htm

Undernews

Al Jazeera Bolivia's president has suspended the work of agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, accusing them of spying inside Bolivia. Speaking in the coca-producing region of Chimore in central Chapare province on Saturday, Evo Morales ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00330.htm

New Zealand Government

Take a stand on violence against women on White Ribbon Day White Ribbon Day is an opportunity to reinforce the message that society does not condone violence against women, says Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0811/S00202.htm

APEC 2008

The current global financial crisis is one of the most serious economic challenges we have ever faced. We will act quickly and decisively to address the impending global economic slowdown.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00367.htm

Suzan Mazur

I t’s not surprising that Stuart Newman was one of “the Altenberg 16” scientists who kicked off a reformulation of the theory of evolution, the “extended evolutionary synthesis,” this July at Konrad Lorenz Insitute. While I’ve been writing about ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00344.htm

PHARMAC

People can be confident a generic version of a widely-used gastrointestinal drug will work just as well as the medicine it is replacing, says PHARMAC.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0811/S00082.htm

New Zealand Government

Women’s Affairs Minister Pansy Wong has urged people to reaffirm their opposition to violence against women by wearing a white ribbon this week.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0811/S00206.htm

Greenpeace

24 November 2008 - Now in its tenth edition, the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics shows that most consumer electronics companies have been slow to get serious about climate change.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0811/S00036.htm

The Scoop Editor

Gordon Campbell: John Key’s Performance In Peru Hospitals: Ryall Performs Triage On Emergency Departments Lucifer's Election? Christian Candidate Analyses Election Failure Election 2008: Results Finally Touch Down New Ministers In Action: Farewell ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00347.htm

Bayleys

An exclusive Auckland home that recently sold for more than $6.5 million is now being rented out for $5,000 a week, reflecting an emerging trend for high-end city home owners to offer their homes as luxury rentals during absences.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0811/S00455.htm

Content.net

Nov. 25 – Citigroup Inc. got a US$20 billion injection of government aid and protection from losses on US$306 billion of toxic, mortgage-related assets. Shares of the No. 2 U.S. bank by assets soared more than 50%.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00327.htm

Uri Avnery

THE DAY before yesterday, two documents appeared side by side in Haaretz: a giant advertisement from the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the results of a public opinion poll.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00318.htm

US State Department

Geography Area: 21,883 sq. km. (8,450 sq. mi.); about the size of Massachusetts. Cities: Capital --Djibouti. Other cities --Dikhil, Arta, Ali-Sabieh, Obock, Tadjoura. Terrain: Coastal desert. Climate: Torrid and dry.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00441.htm

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is hosting various events around the country this week to raise awareness for the millions of women worldwide robbed of a voice to speak up against violence.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00315.htm

US State Department

Geography Area: 181,040 sq. km. (69,900 sq. mi.); about the size of Missouri. Cities: Capital --Phnom Penh (pop. 1.3 million), Battambang, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Prey Veng, Kompong Cham. Terrain: Central plain drained by the Tonle Sap (Great Lake) ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0811/S00435.htm

The Family Party

The Family party was formed out of the Destiny party - a Faith based party - achieving some 14,000 votes in the ‘05 election; however the Family party vote dropped to 6,900 in November 8, ‘08 election. This is also in line with the overall drop in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00297.htm

Sharemilker of the Year

The 2008 New Zealand Sharemilkers of the Year say the intangible benefits from entering the competition are ten-fold compared to any monetary reward.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0811/S00447.htm

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