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Scoop's Top 30 Items For Monday

Scoop's Top 30 Items For Monday Dates: 12/Dec/2005

1:

British

Mercenaries Shooting at Baghdad Motorists



Security contractors of the

so-called "Victory" Group of the British mercenary Firm

Aegis Defense Services have committed the ultimate war

crime: the indiscriminate killing of civilians as part of a

"game", not a video game but a real game of shooting

...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00108.htm

2:

Rice's

Indefensible Brief; Cheney's Last Throes



European reaction to visiting

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's statements on torture

can be summed up in lead commentary Wednesday in the

Sueddeutsche Zeitung, among the most widely respected German

newspapers.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00126.htm

3:

Jane

Kelsey WTO: The Antidote to

Fear-Mongering

The battle for the

hearts and minds of Hong Kong took a turn yesterday when the

first mass mobilization against the WTO was a colourful,

festive and totally peaceful affair. Local media reports

expressed surprise; yet their stories were still refracted

against ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00145.htm

4:

Harold

Pinter Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth &

Politics

In 1958 I wrote the

following: 'There are no hard distinctions between what is

real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what

is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false;

it can be both true and false.'

ADVERTISEMENT

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00142.htm

5:

Breaking

News: Explosions Strike Oil Depot Near

M1

London -- "Massive" explosions

struck an oil depot about 20 kilometres from London's Luton

airport, close to the M1 near Hemel Hempstead filling the

sky with orange flames and shattering windows and doors at

nearby homes, police and witnesses ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00131.htm

6:

Explosion

At Buncefield Oil Depot - Hertfordshire



Police and other emergency

services are attending the area of Buncefield Oil Depot in

Hemel Hempstead this morning following reports of an

explosion just after 6am.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0512/S00219.htm

7:

Fideo

Castro Speech: 60th University

Commemoration

Speech delivered by

Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, at

the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of his admission

to University of Havana, in the Aula Magna of the University

of Havana,

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0512/S00120.htm

8:

Public

Address 12/12/05 - Scary

In the

last couple of years, the slightly foggy concept of "race

relations" has ridden high in surveys of issues of concern

to New Zealanders. That might be put in context by what

happened in Sydney yesterday...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00143.htm

9:

Veil

of Secrecy lifted on Somali

Community

In a national first, one

of New Zealand’s newest and most misunderstood communities

is the focus of a social photography project due to open at

the Waikato Museum on December 3.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0511/S00213.htm

10:

'TIS

the season to be wary

Tips from

ASB as peak time of year for fraudulent activity approaches

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0512/S00176.htm

11:

Vanuatu

volcano eruption: Oxfam’s

response

International aid agency

Oxfam is responding to the humanitarian needs of people

affected by the volcanic eruption of Mt Ambae in Vanuatu

which displaced half the population of Ambae island.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0512/S00097.htm

12:

Scoop

News: Wairarapa Shaken By Moderate

Quake

An earthquake measuring 5 on

the Richter Scale struck the Wairarapa at 2:55am, centered

20 kilometres east of Pahiatua. The Geological & Nuclear

Sciences data centre said the quake had a focal depth of 25

km and will have been felt throughout the ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00146.htm

13:

Cost

of suicide to NZ nearly $1.4 billion a

year

Minister of Agriculture

Minister for Biosecurity Minister of Fisheries Minister of

Forestry Associate Minister of Health Associate Minister for

Tertiary Education

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0512/S00172.htm

14:

ACT's

The Letter - 12 December

2005

Parliament's last week for

the year. TVNZ's Colmar-Brunton polls that predicted

National would win the election continue to place National

ahead. The Reserve Bank has raised interest rates again. The

Greens accept baubles without office.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0512/S00168.htm

15:

Sam

Smith: A Confederacy Of Doers

I

had never been invited to dinner by Ralph Nader before, so I

figured I'd better check it out. The hall where the drinks

were being served could have been at any one of the scores

of events Washington was throwing that night, but the

difference ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00141.htm

16:

Maori

name to Promote Smoking Outrages

Sharples

Dr Pita Sharples,

Co-leader of the Maori Party, spoke out about the mis-use of

the Maori name in a brand of cigarettes produced by tobacco

company Philip Morris.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0512/S00181.htm

17:

OH

Sen. Rules Cmtte. Approves Anti-Democratic

Bill

COLUMBUS, OH - The Rules

Committee of the Ohio Senate approved H.B. 3 December 7,

2005, despite two days of strong opposition testimony. The

four Democrat committee members refused to take part in the

final vote as a protest to the Republican steamrolling

...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0512/S00228.htm

18:

Intel

Announces Chip Technology

Breakthrough

Intel Corporation

today announced development of a new, ultra-fast, yet very

low power prototype transistor using new materials that

could form the basis of its microprocessors and other logic

products beginning in the second half of the next

decade.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0512/S00022.htm

19:

Kyoto

here to stay, get used to it

Don

Brash and the other Kyoto detractors in Parliament need to

now accept that the world is going to make some sort of

adjustments for climate change and New Zealand is going to

have to be part of it, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette

Fitzsimons says.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0512/S00176.htm

20:

UK

Explosion: Evening Press Briefing -

Update

Good evening – it’s been a

long day for many people and I thank you once again for

attending this final briefing of today.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0512/S00221.htm

21:

Government

Whitewash True Impact of

Dioxin

“The report released today

by the Ministry of Health into cancer rates in New Plymouth

is nothing more than a sham” stated Tariana Turia, Member of

Parliament for Te Tai Hauauru.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0512/S00178.htm

22:

New

Zealand trade payments remain in

decline

The dramatic increase in

time it is taking businesses to pay their bills continues,

putting pressure on small and medium-sized businesses as

they head into the Christmas and New Year period.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0512/S00175.htm

23:

A

vegan Christmas dinner: no turkey, no

problem

Catering for a vegan at

Christmas dinner would probably be enough to cause heart

palpitations in the average omnivore. Not so for self-taught

Birkenhead chef Colin Sky, who is organising a Christmas

feast for up to 50 vegans on December 18, at Blissful

...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0512/S00076.htm

24:

Kyoto

Protocol moves ahead

Montreal,

Canada 9 December 2005 - Greenpeace today congratulated the

157 countries, who have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, as they

moved the landmark climate change treaty towards deeper

emissions reductions after 2012.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0512/S00227.htm

25:

Scoop:

Top Scoops + Just Politics

World

Trade: Prelude To WTO Round: Jane Kelsey Reports, Official

Suicide Statistics Calculate Cost In Dollar Terms,

Employment: Who Will Fix The Doctor Shortage?, Police: Govt

And NZ First Seal More Cops Deal, Santa Sends Karma Filled

Feast To Auckland ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00144.htm

26:

Research

on link between social factors,

suicide

Social factors do have an

influence on suicide, according to a report released today

by the Associate Health Minister Jim Anderton.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0512/S00171.htm

27:

Pop

Corn Type

Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms have

been popping like pop-corn over New Zealand over the weekend

and will continue to do so for the rest of this week.

MetService meteorologists have issued a special weather

advisory on thunderstorms for Waikato, Waitomo, Taumarunui,

...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0512/S00023.htm

28:

Resale

of Telecom broadband services for

business

The Commerce Commission

has released its final determination under the

Telecommunication Act on resale by TelstraClear Limited of

several Telecom broadband retail services for business.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0512/S00154.htm

29:

Michael

Crawford: Music of the Night - March

2006

Michael Crawford to perform

in New Zealand for one concert only, at New Plymouth’s TSB

Bowl of Brooklands, on Saturday, 11 March 2006, in a concert

to benefit the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Trust.

Tickets on Sale Thursday, December 15, 2005

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0512/S00067.htm

30:

Sanjay

Upadhya: Nepal Now It’s The Military’s

Turn

Judging from King Gyanendra’s

latest cabinet reshuffle, the monarch appears unfazed by

last month’s 12-point accord reached between Nepal’s

mainstream political parties and Maoist rebels in New Delhi.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0512/S00137.htm




















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Russell Brown & Keith Ng Are There! - I love military and police equipment. They're just so... thoughtful.

Take this Australian made "water barrier". It's a big plastic water container. Easy to move into place, just add water. Sturdy as a concrete block, slippery as a greasy pole. Can't push it over, can't climb it. I mean, if *I* was looking to purchase a two-metre high redeployable crowd control barrier, *I'd* get one of these. See... Public Address 12/12/05 - Scary

Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth & Politics - In 1958 I wrote the following: 'There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.' Truth in drama is forever elusive. You never quite find it but the search for it is compulsive. The search is clearly what drives the endeavour. The search is your task. More often than not you stumble upon the truth in the dark, colliding with it or just glimpsing an image or a shape which seems to correspond to the truth, often without realising that you have done so. See... Harold Pinter Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth & Politics

Torture As Viewed Inside The United States - If the Bush Administration listens to the American public, rather than to Sen. John McCain, it needn't be too worried about the issue of torture of suspected terrorists. Results of two recent polls by major public opinion organizations show that a substantial majority of Americans believes that such treatment is justified, that torture is still being carried out, and that soldiers, rather than official policy, are responsible. See… William Fisher: How Do Americans Feel About Torture?

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John Chuckman - Torture And White Phosphorus

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Jason Leopold - Leopold: For Rove, New Testimony, New Problems

Narconews - Tracking Bloody Footprints in the House of Death

Sam Smith - A Confederacy Of Doers

Uri Avnery - The Curse of the Gods

Sheila Samples - Cornered By The Truth

Genevieve Cora Fraser - Jesus Spoke Aramaic To The Children Of Israel

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Sanjay Upadhya - Nepal: Now It’s The Military’s Turn

Reagan Shrestha - Indian Encroachment Threatening Nepali Sovereignty

U Raj Misra - Nepal: Agreement with Rejected Maoists Terrorists?

Kamala Sarup - Why Poor Still Poor?

P. Kharel - Nepal: Prodigal Parties

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