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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: The
Real Spirt of Xmas vs The Fake Spirit of
Xmas
Kevin ListThis Christmas Scoop received an email from a concerned and dedicated reader questioning whether Air NZ 's latest online Xmas message was really in the spirit of the season. The online animation shows Santa being grounded by the 'Green Police' due to his ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00430.htm
2:
Willis
Accepts Challenge from Worlds Fastest
Miler
Leyton TremainChristchurch will host an International Track and Field meeting on Friday the 13th of March 2009. New Zealand athletes Valerie Villi and Nick Willis made history at the Beijing Olympics claiming Gold and Bronze medals in the jewel of the games the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0812/S00244.htm
3:
Air
NZ Boeing 787-9 delivery delayed after
strike
Content.netDec. 24 – Air New Zealand, whose shares have tumbled 55% this year, is in discussions about compensation with Boeing Co. over delays to delivery of its 787-9 Dreamliners after a machinists strike and production tweaks.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00432.htm
4:
NZ
Government disappointed by Fiji move
New Zealand GovernmentForeign Minister Murray McCully says the Fiji Interim Government this afternoon moved to expel New Zealand’s Acting High Commissioner, Caroline McDonald.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0812/S00261.htm
5:
First
Detection of Ebola Reston Virus in
Pigs
Joint Press ReleaseFollowing the detection of the Ebola Reston virus in pigs in the Philippines, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00545.htm
6:
Zimbabwe'sCholera
Epidemic Not Under Control
United Nations23 December 2008 – The worst cholera epidemic ever recorded in Zimbabwe is still not under control after infecting nearly 24,000 people, with the death toll approaching 1,200, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00549.htm
7:
Darfur:
UN-African Union Force Reaches Over
60%
United NationsThe joint African Union-United Nations mission in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan received an additional 45 troops today, bringing the number of military staff to 12,242 – just over 60 per cent of the total military component of the force. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00550.htm
8:
Oxfam
Closes Historic Tsunami Response
OxfamInternational development agency Oxfam is preparing to close its response to the Indian Ocean tsunami at the end of this month, four years after the disaster. Oxfam and its local partner organisations assisted 2.5 million people in seven tsunami-affected ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00551.htm
9:
Additional
Delays for Air NZ Boeing 787-9
Aircraft
Air New ZealandAir New Zealand has had confirmation from Boeing that it can expect further delays in the delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0812/S00470.htm
10:
Sanlu
declared bankrupt by Chinese court
Content.netDec. 24 - Sanlu Group Co., the Chinese dairy company shut down amid a scandal over milk products tainted with melamine, was declared bankrupt by a provincial court, according to Fonterra Cooperative Group.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00431.htm
11:
Commonwealth
Bank to buy A$4 bln of Wizard loans
Content.netDec. 24 – Commonwealth bank of Australia, that nation’s biggest home lender, will buy A$4 billion in mortgages from General Electric’s Wizard Mortgage Corp.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00434.htm
12:
MARKET
UPDATE: NZ stocks mixed in light
trade
Content.netDec. 24 – New Zealand stocks were mixed, in light pre-Christmas trading, with Fletcher Building falling after figures showed the biggest drop in U.S. home sales for 21 years.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00433.htm
United NationsThe United Nations disaster management team was kept busy this year by the rise in hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters caused by extreme weather as well as by increased demand from Governments worldwide for disaster-awareness training.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00547.htm
14:
UN
Helping Philippines Tackle Ebola
Outbreak
United NationsThe Philippine Government has asked the United Nations for help in tackling what appears to be the first global outbreak of the deadly Ebola-Reston virus in pigs, which has attacked hog farms in the South-East Asian nation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00536.htm
15:
Toxic
Shellfish Warning Extended
Toi Te OraAs a result of follow up testing, people are now advised to avoid collecting or eating shellfish from the wider Coromandel and Bay of Plenty coastline from Tairua (including Tairua Harbour) south including Whiritoa, Whangamata, Onemana, and east along the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0812/S00320.htm
16:
NZ
dollar falls as recession deepens
Content.netDec. 24 – The New Zealand dollar fell after data confirmed the economy sank deeper into recession, heightening concern that it will continue to spiral downward next year.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00425.htm
17:
Background
Note: Montenegro
US Department of State - Background NoteGeography Area: Montenegro (13,938 sq. km.) is slightly smaller than Connecticut. Cities: Capital --Podgorica. Other cities --Bar, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Herceg Novi, Kotor, Niksic, Pljevlja, Tivat, Ulcinj. Terrain: Varied; mountainous ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00543.htm
18:
Story
Removed
Environment CanterburyError: Couldn't get title
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0812/S00316.htm
19:
Waiting
for the Bangladesh Verdict
J. Sri RamanBangladesh is scheduled to go to the polls on December 29. Does this mean that, in less than a week, the South Asian subcontinent would have returned to secure democracy?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00429.htm
20:
Breast
Pumps Missing From Waikato Hospital
Waikato District Health BoardTwo mobile breast pumps are missing from Waikato Hospital's newborn intensive care unit and nurses say they are sure it was intentional theft. Charge nurse Cathy McBride said the pumps, worth $2000 each, were taken sometime between 5pm on Monday and 9am ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0812/S00114.htm
21:
Environment
Enhancement Fund 2008
Environment CanterburyEnvironment Canterbury has approved $175,000 of funding for biodiversity projects in the Canterbury region for the 2008 funding round of the Environment Enhancement Fund.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0812/S00317.htm
22:
Veolia
Transport to Continue
VeoliaVeolia Transport Auckland Ltd (Veolia Transport) is pleased to announce that the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) has extended the company’s contract to continue as the operator of the Auckland passenger rail network through the transition ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0812/S00318.htm
23:
More
Frontline Police on the Way
New Zealand National PartyCounties-Manukau is a great place to live. People continue to be drawn by the opportunities, the vibrant cultural diversity, and the friendliness of the people and the buzz of living in one of the country’s fastest growing districts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0812/S00262.htm
24:
Sudanese
Government and UNICEF Sign Agreement
United Nations23 December 2008 – Sudan’s military and child welfare authorities have partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to protect children’s rights and prevent the recruitment of child soldiers in the war-torn African nation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00548.htm
25:
Expulsion
of New Zealand’s High Commissioner
British High CommissionThe British High Commissioner, George Fergusson, said today: “We are extremely disappointed at the wholly unjustified expulsion of the New Zealand Acting High Commissioner in Suva.”
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0812/S00300.htm
26:
IRL
scientist wins industry award
Industrial ResearchTim Kemmitt, senior research scientist with Industrial Research Limited's (IRL) Hydrogen and Distributed Energy team, has won a Sustainable Electricity Association of New Zealand (SEANZ) Industry Award for his work on photovoltaics (PV) for solar power ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0812/S00467.htm
27:
Fonterra
Welcomes Commerce Commission Decision
Fonterra Co-operative Group LtdFonterra General Counsel, David Matthews, said the company was pleased to have confirmation from the Commerce Commission that the contracts offered to farmers fully complied the law.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0812/S00471.htm
28:
NZ
Acting High Commissioner Expelled
New Zealand GovernmentThis unfortunate diplomatic situation resulted because of the bullying tactics, arrogance, disconnected, condescending and failed international and economic policies of the previous New Zealand government.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0812/S00263.htm
29:
Kyrgyz
National Television and Radio Network
US State DepartmentThe United States is concerned that the Kyrgyz National Television and Radio Network stopped broadcasting Radio Azattyk, the Kyrgyz-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Azattyk’s popular television news programs, “Inconvenient ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00546.htm
30:
While
you were sleeping: BusinessWire wrap
Content.netDec. 24 – U.S. home sales tumbled by the most in 21 years last month, indicating a deeper slump in the world’s biggest economy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00428.htm
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