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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 6 December 2009
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 6 December 2009
1: UN
Agency Welcomes Sri Lanka’s
Decision
United NationsThe United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Sri Lanka’s decision this week to allow greater freedom of movement for some 135,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) remaining in 20 closed camps in the country’s north following the recently-ended ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00066.htm
2:
Côte
D’ivoire: UN Pitches In On Polio
Campaign
United NationsNew York, Dec 4 2009 2:10PM United Nations peacekeepers airlifted doctors and vaccines to remote and inaccessible regions of Côte d’Ivoire today as the Government opened its latest campaign to immunize over 6 million children against polio.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00064.htm
3:
Scoop
Top 30 Daily Ratings 4 December 2009
Scoop Daily Ratings1: Taliban Winter Operations Targeted Australian Defence Force Joint Afghan and Australian operations in Afghanistan are having a significant impact on the Taliban’s weapons and ammunition reserves with the discovery of 44 caches in the past two months. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00045.htm
4:
Satates
Must Improve Efforts For Landmine
victims
United NationsStates must step up efforts to help landmine victims – including women, children and indigenous populations – in especially vulnerable situations, a senior United Nations human rights official has said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00065.htm
5:
Scoop
Top 30 Daily Ratings 5 December 2009
Scoop Daily Ratings1: Bomber's Blog: The War On News (video) Bomber's Blog Bomber's Blog - The War On News Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury. Bomber's Blog - the war on news. Weekly TV show on Triangle/Stratos. Bomber also posts on the Tumeke! blog: www.tumeke.blogspot.com ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00046.htm
6:
Thousands
March In Support Of Copenhagen Summit
Greenpeace New ZealandAuckland Saturday December 5, 2009 – Thousands of people turned out today in support of John Key taking strong action at the Copenhagen climate talks.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00075.htm
7:
Bomber's
Blog: The War On News (video)
Bomber's BlogBomber's Blog - The War On News Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury. Bomber's Blog - the war on news. Weekly TV show on Triangle/Stratos. Bomber also posts on the Tumeke! blog: www.tumeke.blogspot.com
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00044.htm
8:
Massive
haka challenges leaders in Copenhagen
Oxfam(Video) On Saturday a massive haka in Auckland challenged world leaders to seal a fair, ambitious and binding climate change deal at the upcoming UN climate change conference. The haka was led by world-renowned kapa haka group Te Puru o Tamaki and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00074.htm
9:
Vintner's
Luck Not Part Of Dalia Lama Schedule
Carpe Diem FilmsThe New Zealand Dalai Lama Trust denied to Director,Producer and Actress Anna Wilding that it invited Niki Caros film Vintners Luck to screen as part of His Holinesss official scheduled tour on 5th December 2009. According to press release issued today ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00064.htm
10:
Climategate
Scandal and the Defeat of ETS
CFACTCFACT Executive Director Craig Rucker and CFACT Advisor Lord Christopher Monckton on the Climategate Scandal and the Defeat of Australia's Emission's Trading System
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00068.htm
11:
Rhombus-
Kapiti Coast Dub Xmas Special
RhombusFresh from being voted best band at Toast Martinborough 2009, iconic Wellington band Rhombus are set to perform their last show for 2009 and kickstart their Aoteraoa summer touring at Paekakariki Memorial Hall.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00066.htm
12:
"Produce Proof for Scare Forecasts."
Carbon Sense CoalitionThe Carbon Sense Coalition today called on Australian politicians and CSIRO to produce proof to justify the recent spate of climate scare forecasts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00077.htm
13:
Protests
target South Island Foodstuffs
directors
National Distribution UnionFoodstuffs distribution centre staff will protest at two Pak n Save and one New World supermarket in Christchurch beginning at 1.30 pm on Saturday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00076.htm
14:
Million
Bank Account Boost for Lotto Winner
New Zealand Lotteries CommissionOne lucky player who bought a ticket in Papatoetoe will now have an early Christmas present of one million in their bank accounts, as they have won Lotto First Division this weekend, says NZ Lotteries’ Chief Executive, Todd McLeay.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00065.htm
15:
'Hobbit'
casting 1 female role
THEONERING.NETIt is confirmed, casting is under way on the Hobbit and that is news enough. There have been rumors but now we have confirmation from a source that told us other details about casting as well. In addition to all of that, we have this juicy bombshell: ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00068.htm
16:
The
Last Sounds Of Summer At The Masonic
Tavern
Sounds of SummerWell, as they say, all good things must come to an end. The Sounds of Summer returns this February for its last event ever at the Masonic Tavern before the party relocates to a new venue for 2011.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00067.htm
17:
Will
New Zealand burn while ERMA fiddles?
GE Free NZGE Free NZ in Food and Environment understands that officials at the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) have been going "under the radar" and rubber-stamping amendments to regulatory approvals at the GM facilities of both AgResearch ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00078.htm
18:
PPP's
for Schools Should Deliver Better
Outcomes
Infrastructure AucklandThe New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development has welcomed the announcement by Minister of Education, Anne Tolley, that the Ministry of Education and Treasury are assessing the suitability of public-private partnerships (PPP) for building and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0912/S00014.htm
19:
Concert
For Greenpeace Climate Campaign
Greenpeace New ZealandAuckland December 5 2009 – Greenpeace’s Sign On climate campaign will today culminate in a march and free public concert in Auckland featuring top New Zealand bands and Sign On ambassadors performing.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00063.htm
20:
Consumers
need the tools to tackle climate
change
Consumers InternationalConsumers International (CI) will be representing the world’s consumer organisations at the climate change talks in Copenhagen, 7-18 December, and will demand that governments and businesses give consumers the tools they need to reduce their individual environmental ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00073.htm
21:
Key
Notes: 04 December 2009
New Zealand GovernmentAt midnight on Monday, two new street racing laws came into effect. These give police, the courts, and councils new tools to crack down on boy racers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00076.htm
22:
Police
response to assault charge being “petty
"
New Zealand PoliceA media report last night stated Police were petty and ridiculous in charging a man with throwing a cushion at a child.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00071.htm
23:
£1.5
M For Dementia Research Launched
BupaNew £1.5 M For Dementia Research Launched By Alzheimer’s Society And The Bupa Foundation
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0912/S00016.htm
24:
Kupe
Gas Project Commences Commissioning
Origin EnergyOrigin Energy New Zealand ('Origin'), on behalf of the Kupe Joint Venture, has announced that commissioning of the Kupe facilities has commenced with the wells being opened and the first gas and liquids being piped ashore to the gas processing plant at Hawera.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0912/S00131.htm
25:
Board
members kept informed on ageing
issues
Age ConcernNational Health Board members will be kept informed on ageing issues– Age Concern Age Concern New Zealand congratulates members of the new National Health Board on their appointment and is looking forward to a productive relationship.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00072.htm
26:
Chinese
winds of change blow at
Govett-Brewster
Govett Brewster GalleryChina in four seasons: Zhang Peili addresses the work of an artist at the threshold of experimental practice in media arts in China since the 1980s. He is a formative pioneer of video art practice in China thanks to groundbreaking work in the late ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00062.htm
27:
Ministry
of Justice is again avoiding the
issue
PSA“The Ministry of Justice is just avoiding the issue if they think they can unilaterally declare bargaining over and hope that the issues behind this dispute will simply fade away. They will not,” says PSA National Secretary Richard Wagstaff.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00070.htm
28:
Martin
LeFevre: Barack Loses His Base
Martin LeFevre - MeditationsIn a weak address on Tuesday evening, falling far short of his best oratory, President Barack Obama made his case to the American people, the Afghan people, and the world for literally ‘doubling down’ in Afghanistan I was prepared to come down hard ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00039.htm
29:
Copenhagen
Summit: Decisions Should Be Taken Now
ITUCBrussels, 4 December (ITUC OnLine): On the eve of the UN Climate Conference (7-18 December, Copenhagen), the International Trade Union Confederation has called again on governments to take urgent and necessary measures to reach without delay a low-carbon ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00069.htm
30:
College
Of Computing Set To Revolutionise IT
Ed
Hewlett-Packard NZPrime Minister Helen Clark today (7 March 2002) officially opened a revolutionary new computer college set to redefine the way IT education is administered in New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0203/S00019.htm
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