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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 22 November 2009

Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:13 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

1: The Sporting Trial of Thierry Henry Binoy Kampmark That much air time, and column space, is being given to this issue might be seen as worrying. But football matches have a habit of transfixing global audiences. No sport attracts more money or tribal ... More >>

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 21 November 2009

Sunday, 22 November 2009, 10:11 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

1: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 20 November 2009 Scoop Daily Ratings 1: Minto: Hone Harawira - Speaking Truth To Power John Minto John Minto writes: None of this should need to be said but the reaction of so many to Harawira's angry email resembles the ... More >>

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 20 November 2009

Saturday, 21 November 2009, 9:19 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

1: Minto: Hone Harawira - Speaking Truth To Power John Minto John Minto writes: None of this should need to be said but the reaction of so many to Harawira's angry email resembles the deeply embedded racism which Don Brash tapped into so successfully ... More >>

EFF: The Impact of ACTA on the Knowledge Economy

Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:53 am | Scoop Link

For the rest of us, with access to only leaks and whispers of what ACTA is about, there are many troubling questions. How can such a radical proposal legally be kept so secret from the millions of Net users and companies whose rights and freedoms ... More >>

Scoop Link: Guardian's Greenwash vs New Zealand II

Friday, 20 November 2009, 10:57 am | Scoop Link

When New Zealand's sink forests are harvested in the 2020s, as is likely, all that carbon will return to the atmosphere More >>

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 19 November 2009

Friday, 20 November 2009, 9:07 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

1: India: Starvation in West Bengal Asian Human Rights Commission E.M. Parvati died yesterday. Parvati was a resident of Belgachhia Bhagar, a municipal dumping ground of Howrah in West Bengal. The doctor who examined Parvati's body certified that the ... More >>

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 18 November 2009

Thursday, 19 November 2009, 9:03 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

1: Docs say emissions trading scheme will hurt Kids NZ Climate And Health Senior doctors today said that the intended changes to New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) will not only threaten our future survival but will be an extravagant ... More >>

World on course for catastrophic 6 degree rise

Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 4:25 pm | Scoop Link

The world is now firmly on course for the worst-case scenario in terms of climate change, with average global temperatures rising by up to 6C by the end of the century, leading scientists said yesterday. Such a rise – which would be much higher nearer ... More >>

Full Coverage: Copenhagen and NZ's ETS

Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 9:50 am | Scoop Full Coverage

Revelations that Climate Change Minister Nick Smith’s proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme are going to cost taxpayers an extra $105 billion is something really worth swearing about, Dr Russel Norman, Green Party Co-Leader said today. More >>

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 17 November 2009

Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 9:03 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

1: Background Note: Iran US Department of State - Background Note Geography Area: 1.6 million sq. km. (636,295 sq. mi., slightly larger than Alaska). Arable land: 9.78% of the country. Cities: Capital --Tehran. Other cities --Isfahan, Tabriz, Mashhad, ... More >>

Wellington ACC Motorbike Protest Video 17.11.09

Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 5:41 pm | Scoop Video

YouTube video from today’s Wellington protest against proposed hikes in ACC levies for motorcycles. More >>

Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 16 November 2009

Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 9:14 am | Scoop Daily Ratings

1: Campbell: The selective targeting of Beenie Man Gordon Campbell Reportedly, Big Day Out organizers have backed down from their original intention to include the Jamaican dancehall musician Beenie Man in the next BDO festival line-up in January. ... More >>

Full Coverage: All Whites! All Whites! All Whites!

Monday, 16 November 2009, 12:53 pm | Scoop Full Coverage

The All Black have beaten Bahrain 1-0 in Wellington, qualifying for the South Africa World Cup in 2010. Scoop photographer Karim Sahai was on the sideline for the historic clash at Wellington's Cake-Tin. More >>

Report: Select Committee Deadlock on ETS Bill

Monday, 16 November 2009, 12:28 pm | The Scoop Team

The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee has been unable to come to a majority decision on the proposed emissions trading bill. The bill will be returned to Parliament unchanged. The Government is negotiating with the Maori Party over support for the ... More >>

RDU Audio: Breakfast With Spanky – Russel Norman

Monday, 16 November 2009, 12:00 pm | Scoop Audio

Breakfast With Spanky On Christchurch’s RDU 98.5FM. Russel Norman joined us on the show this morning to give his opinion on whether Hone should get the boot from the Maori Party. In some ways they’re not too different- the Greens and Hone - ... More >>