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Libya transition 'won't be perfect,' Baird cautions
Mon Jun 27, 2011 18:05 from CBC | World News
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird wrapped up a secret trip to Libya on Monday to meet with anti-Gadhafi rebels and deliver a planeload of trauma kits to help the anti-Gadhafi cause.
World Refugee Day: From bad to worse
Mon Jun 20, 2011 13:34 from CBC | World News
A United Nations report released June 20 to mark World Refugee Day finds a deep imbalance in international support, with 12.3 million of the 15.4 million estimated refugees living in the poorest nations.
Reporter's notebook: Why is Turkey shielding its Syrian refugees?
Fri Jun 17, 2011 18:50 from CBC | World News
Carolyn Dunn reports from an overly sheltered camp for Syrian refugees in Turkey.
Voices from the Afghanistan mission
Thu Jun 23, 2011 16:20 from CBC | World News
As Canada's military mission in Afghanistan winds down, As It Happens looks back at the Canadian soldiers, their families and regular Afghans who lived through the war.
Food Banks to Benefit From Forces Fundraiser
Thu Jun 30, 2011 18:45 from Scoop NZ - Politics
The Auckland City Mission will be one of the many community food banks all around the country which will benefit from the generosity of the NZ Defence Force’s nation-wide drive to collect canned food during July.
World Food Program cuts aid to Afghanistan
Mon Jun 27, 2011 05:26 from CBC | World News
The United Nations World Food Program says it will cut food assistance to more than three million Afghans in about half the country's 34 provinces because of a shortage of money from donor nations.
Oxfam: New Zealand Risks Resources And Reputation
Fri Jul 1, 2011 01:15 from Scoop NZ - Politics
This weekend International Climate Change Negotiations Minister Tim Groser will meet ministers from around the world at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, a crucial stepping stone on the way to the United Nations climate talks in Durban in December. ...
( Just like farmers : all they can talk about is the weather. Farmers, of course, try to produce something essential despite interference and hardship.... )Vulnerability Report confirms experiences at coal face
Thu Jun 30, 2011 19:58 from Scoop NZ - Politics
Poverty Action Waikato is deeply concerned by the findings of the latest Vulnerability Report released by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services. (www.justiceandcompassion.org.nz)
25% of Afghan elections overturned
Cyberattack suspect charged in U.K.Thu Jun 23, 2011 05:31 from CBC | World News
A special Afghan tribunal overturned nearly 25 per cent of last year's parliamentary election results Thursday, alleging massive fraud and putting into question who will control body that acts as one of the few checks on President Hamid Karzai.
Al-Qaeda militants break out of Yemen prison
Youngest offenders to be now identified onlineWed Jun 22, 2011 08:32 from CBC | World News
At least 40 al-Qaeda militants have escaped from prison in the latest sign that Yemen's political upheaval has emboldened them to challenge authorities in the country's nearly lawless south.
( Pretty good story considering al Qaeda is a fraud. So who were they ? )
Iran deputy foreign minister quits amid power struggle
Tue Jun 21, 2011 07:16 from CBC | World News
Iran's newly appointed deputy foreign minister has resigned under pressure from hardliners who view him as part of a movement seeking to weaken the role of Iran's powerful Muslim clerics, media reports say.
Belfast faces 2nd night of rioting
Tue Jun 21, 2011 21:34 from CBC | World News
Hundreds of rioters threw gasoline bombs and attacked police vans in east Belfast on Tuesday as sectarian violence flared up for a second night in Northern Ireland.
Fri Jun 24, 2011 02:14 from Scoop NZ - Politics
For Immediate Release: Youngest offenders to be given preventive detention now identified online An online database which indentifies sentences for New Zealand’s most serious criminals has a new section that indentifies the youngest offenders to be given preventive ...
Smarter software development
Wed Jun 1, 2011 18:07 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
Victoria scientists are combining their expertise with collaborators at universities around New Zealand to come up with faster, more flexible and more affordable ways of developing software.
Wed Jun 22, 2011 13:20 from CBC | World News
British police filed charges Wednesday against a teenager suspected of involvement in cyberattacks on the CIA website.
'Mega-trials' bill gets final approval
StopTheMaddness2011/06/28
at 5:09 AM ETWake up Canada!
I bet there is so much hidden in this bill it would shock you.
Mega Trials WOW now when they bust a pot grow up they can charge and convict everyone together.
Now it will be easy to put all 12 people growing for 40-50 sick people in jail all at the same time for the same price!
We are headed for some scary times with this government....
Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest
6 min ago from Reuters: Top News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest on Friday after prosecutors said the hotel maid who accuses him of attempted rape lied to a grand jury and made other false statements. Food Banks to Benefit From Forces Fundraiser
Thu Jun 30, 2011 18:45 from Scoop NZ - Politics
The Auckland City Mission will be one of the many community food banks all around the country which will benefit from the generosity of the NZ Defence Force’s nation-wide drive to collect canned food during July.
NZ Organisations Rank Cyberattacks as #1 Risk
Wed Jun 15, 2011 21:03 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
New Zealand businesses rate cyberattacks as a more significant source of risk to their operations than terrorism or natural disasters, according to new research conducted by Symantec Corp.
Supercomputer network to be launched in Auckland
Wed Jun 22, 2011 19:13 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
A national supercomputer network to boost research on many fronts, from climate change to drug discovery, from nanoparticles to models of the human heart, will be launched tomorrow by the Hon Wayne Mapp at host institution The University of Auckland. The ...
Impact of anti-spam law being surveyed
Sun Jun 26, 2011 22:42 from Scoop NZ - Politics
Internal Affairs’ Anti-Spam Compliance Unit is conducting a survey to gauge the impact of the four-year-old Unsolicited Electronic Messages (UEM) Act and incoming spam on New Zealand businesses and individuals.
Don't Be Evil
Google Ideas, the Silicon Valley giant's self-proclaimed "think/do tank," just wrapped up its Summit Against Violent Extremism in Dublin. According to the director of Google Ideas, former U.S. State Department official Jared Cohen, the purpose of the summit was to "initiate a global conversation on how best to prevent young people from becoming radicalized and how to de-radicalise others." To this end, the summit organizers gathered an impressive array of policymakers, activists, and former militants -- from neo-Nazi skinheads to Islamist radicals to Irish ultranationalists -- to discuss the problem.
Day of Action against early childhood cuts
Wed Jun 29, 2011 17:29 from Scoop NZ - Politics
Early childhood centres around the country will take part in a National Day of Action against the government’s cuts to early childhood education tomorrow. (1st July)
Back Off Free Trade With India – Peters
Wed Jun 29, 2011 20:30 from Scoop NZ - Politics
June 30 2011 Rt. Hon Winston Peters Leader NZ First Back Off Free Trade With India – Peters Rt. Hon Winston Peters has warned the prime minister against entering a free trade agreement with India because it will lead to the loss of more jobs and ...
The strange jobs disconnection Minister Must Act On AgResearch Chicanery
Fri Jun 24, 2011 19:50 from Scoop NZ - Politics
The Alliance Party has highlighted how the person seeking to solve unemployment on behalf of the Government, is also on the Board of Directors of KiwiRail, whose recent decisions have led to the loss of skilled jobs.
Minister Must Act On AgResearch ChicaneryThu Jun 23, 2011 21:30 from Scoop NZ - Politics
Documents released under the Official information Act (OIA) to the Dominion Post are a serious reflection on the way AgResearch has sought to cover up their lack of expertise and understanding on issues that are integral to animal and environmental ...
Political Action To Decriminalise Abortion Now More Urgent
Thu Jun 23, 2011 22:51 from Scoop NZ - Politics
The fresh round of court action against abortion access announced today by the anti-abortion group Right to Life shows yet again that Parliament must urgently address the need to decriminalise abortion in New Zealand, ALRANZ President Dr. Morgan Healey said ...
It’s time to get personal in the Criminal Justice System
Thu Jun 23, 2011 18:16 from Scoop NZ - Politics
In a recent speech, the Rt Hon Nick Herbert, UK Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, said; “Every crime has a victim, and what has happened in the way our system has evolved, is that when the state has taken responsibility for dealing with ...
Call for ban on minerals activities in World Heritage AreasSat Jun 25, 2011 22:55 from Scoop NZ - Politics
ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION ORGANISATIONS of NZ Inc. Wellington – Sunday 26 June 2011 ECO calls on government to heed IUCN call for a ban on minerals activities in World Heritage Areas The Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO) welcomed ...
Lawyer to Judge: I Swear My Browser Ate My Homework
Fri Jul 1, 2011 12:46 from Wired Top Stories
A lawyer for copyright troll Righthaven is declaring under penalty of perjury that an update to his computer's browser prohibited him from electronically submitting a legal filing before an angry judge's deadline.'Some Will Call Me a Torturer': CIA Man Reveals Secret Jail
Fri Jul 1, 2011 12:43 from Wired Top Stories
Admitting that "some will call me a torturer" is a surefire way to cut yourself off from anyone's sympathy. But Glenn Carle, a former CIA operative, isn't sure whether he's the hero or the villain of his own story.U.S. stocks rally on as manufacturing rebounds
Fri Jul 1, 2011 12:31 from CBC | World News
A report that manufacturing rebounded in June prolonged a weeklong rally in the U.S. stock market Friday.
Job losses at the DOC will undermine conservation
Sun Jun 26, 2011 19:23 from Scoop NZ - Politics
The loss of over 100 jobs at the Department of Conservation is a body blow and will severely impact their capacity, the Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO) said today.
Plant & Food Research approved as R&D partner
Thu Jun 30, 2011 17:43 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
Auckland, New Zealand. 1 July 2011 Plant & Food Research has been accredited as an R&D partner for the Ministry of Science and Innovation's Technology Transfer Voucher programme, designed to encourage business to engage in research and development that ...
Melting Northwest Passage lets Pacific species cross
Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:48 from CBC | Canadian News
The migration of species through the Northwest Passage is a worrying sign of how global warming is affecting animals and plants in the oceans Manitoba bolsters dikes as Souris flood nears 
Flooding engulfs oil-patch producers
Fri Jul 1, 2011 11:19 from CBC | Canadian News
Authorities in towns in southwestern Manitoba are preparing for the worst as flooding from the rain-swollen Souris River approaches.
Flood threat closes Souris emergency room
Tue Jun 28, 2011 15:57 from CBC | Canadian News
Health officials have suspended emergency and acute care service at the Souris Hospital as the flood fight continues in the southwestern Manitoba town.
Flooding engulfs oil-patch producersTue Jun 28, 2011 16:40 from CBC | Canadian News
Farms aren't the only businesses in the province suffering from the worst spring flooding in recent memory, especially in the southeastern part of the province where agriculture has taken second place to oil production.
Oilsands wealth grew 23-fold since 1990
Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:45 from CBC | Canadian News
The value of Canada's oilsands grew 23-fold to $441 billion from $19 billion between 1990 and 2009, Statistics Canada reports.
An aboriginal group in Labrador voted in favour Thursday of an agreement to approve a multibillion-dollar hydro project.
Residential school survivors: improve mental health care
Fri Jul 1, 2011 09:56 from CBC | Canadian News
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's second national event wraps up in Inuvik, N.W.T., with many delegates renewing their call for better mental health support services for everyone, not just residential school survivors, in remote northern communities.
Inuvik gears up for Truth and Reconciliation event
Mon Jun 27, 2011 18:34 from CBC | Canadian News
Hundreds of residential school survivors are travelling to Inuvik, N.W.T., for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's second national event, which officially begins Tuesday.
New coroner to lead Ashley Smith inquest
Wed Jun 29, 2011 19:53 from CBC | Canadian News
A new coroner is taking over the inquest into the death of Ashley Smith, the New Brunswick teenager who died in an Ontario prison.
Canada's 'housing bubble' deemed close to bursting
Wed Jun 29, 2011 16:27 from CBC | Canadian News
Canada's housing market is in a bubble that's set to burst and prices could plunge by as much as 25 per cent, a major independent research firm warns.
Inaccurate gas pumps shortchange Canadians
Wed Jun 29, 2011 16:18 from CBC | Canadian News
Canadians already paying steep gas prices can add one more cost to their bill: forking over money for fuel they didn't receive, government figures show.
$35B shipbuilding bid deadline extended
Thu Jun 30, 2011 20:19 from CBC | Canadian News
The federal government has decided to give companies bidding on an estimated $35 billion in shipbuilding contracts for Canada's navy and Coast Guard an extra two weeks to get in their proposals.
Khawaja 'terrorist activity' appeal will go to Supreme Court
Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:35 from CBC | Canadian News
The country's top court has agreed to hear appeals by Momin Khawaja, an Ottawa software developer and the first person ever charged under Canada's anti-terror laws, and two men wanted in the U.S. over ties to the Tamil Tigers.
AECL sold for $15M to SNC-Lavalin
Wed Jun 29, 2011 20:31 from CBC | Canadian News
The federal government announces a deal to divest itself of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and get out of the business of subsidizing nuclear reactor sales and servicing.
Weston: Ottawa basically paying SNC to take AECL
Wed Jun 29, 2011 20:14 from CBC | Canadian News
The federal government's long-awaited deal to sell off its money-losing nuclear reactor business is more like a perpetual partnership than a sale, leaving Canadian taxpayers stuck with the fiscal fall-out for years to come.
Nearly 350 million diabetics worldwide, study finds
Tobacco giant’s proposed compensation claims depravedSat Jun 25, 2011 22:13 from CBC | World News
The number of adults worldwide with diabetes has more than doubled in three decades, jumping to an estimated 347 million, a new study says.
Mon Jun 27, 2011 19:50 from Scoop NZ - Politics
The Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHA) is appalled that the tobacco company Philip Morris intends to sue the Australian government for compensation should Canberra’s proposal for plain, brand-less packaging for cigarettes go ahead.
( Chutzpah R Us )
Science Media Centre Update
Fri Jul 1, 2011 01:34 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
Issue 140 July 1 - 7 In This Issue Pineapple Express EQ insurance and risk Conferences ahead Upcoming briefing New from the SMC Research highlights Policy updates Sci-tech events Quick Links SMC Alerts Briefings Calendar
NIWA National Climate Centre Seasonal Climate Outlook New research helps scientists break the pasture feed barrier
Wed Jun 29, 2011 18:07 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
Mild conditions likely to continue through late winter The recent La Niña event has dissipated, and conditions in the tropical Pacific are expected to remain near neutral over the coming season, according to the NIWA National Climate Centre.
New research helps scientists break the pasture feed barrierTue Jun 7, 2011 19:05 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
With funding from the Pastoral 21 feed programme (a joint investment by DairyNZ, Fonterra, Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Ministry of Science and Innovation), new research has investigated how improvements in both the quantity and quality of pasture ...
Target forage crops for nitrate leaching
Wed Jun 8, 2011 15:50 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
Applications of the nitrification inhibitor DCn to winter-grazed forage crop areas can reduce nitrate leaching by as much as 30 per cent, retaining nitrogen in the soil for future pasture or crop growth, an AgResearch study shows.
1080 report 'correct on the science'
Tue Jun 7, 2011 23:24 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
This morning, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Jan Wright released a report examining the use of 1080 (sodium monofluoroacetate) for pest control in the conservation estate.
PestWebNZ gives farmers new tool to combat pests and weeds
Sun Jun 12, 2011 15:18 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
New Zealand pastoral farmers are about to get their first access to a new tool to assist in weed and pest management. An advance release of "PestWebNZ" will be launched at the AgResearch exhibit at the National Agricultural Field Days at ...
Fungus approved to control Chilean needlegrass
Understanding the Unintended Effects of Genetic ManipulationWed Jun 22, 2011 21:28 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
The Environmental Risk Management Authority has approved the release of a rust fungus to control the weed Chilean needlegrass.
GE Grass Reports' Foreshadow Potential Economic Losses
Sat Jun 18, 2011 00:37 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 18 June 2011 GE Grass Reports' Foreshadow Potential Economic Losses A report analysis showing potential economic losses by introducing genetically engineered (GE/GM) grasses, ...
Sun Jun 19, 2011 19:23 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
Genetic engineering experiments are conducted with a specific objective in mind. The scientists aim to transfer foreign DNA into a host organism and effect specific changes within that organism. For example, the plant may be meant to become herbicide- ...
New research casts doubt over PCE 1080 report
Wed Jun 15, 2011 16:18 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
A new research paper by scientist Alexis Pietak (PhD) suggests that "The potential for widespread poisoning of New Zealand's large number of endemic and threatened/endangered omnivorous, insectivorous, and carnivorous bird species by the uncontrolled distribution ...
What’s goat milk got?
Sun Jun 12, 2011 18:21 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
What’s goat milk got? More people around the world drink goat milk than milk from any other animal, and 98% of New Zealand’s goat milk production goes offshore – mostly in the form of milk powder.
( That's easy. The protein is more like human milk than that from cattle. When my son was an infant it provided a 'bridge' that didn't burn out his digestive tract. It sure smells better than Simulac ! )
SMC Heads-Up: E.coli Outbreak, Cellphones & Teen Report
Thu Jun 2, 2011 23:20 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
A strain of E. coli causing severe kidney damage in hundreds and leading to at least 18 deaths in affected European countries has been the focus of increasing media attention worldwide, with headlines proclaiming the advent of an "entirely new super-toxic" ...
IARC: RF Electromagnetic Fields Possibly Carcinogenic
Tue May 31, 2011 22:11 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless ...
( Where have they been ? For years I've seen articles claiming a cancer link for both cellphones and transmission lines. )
ASCC Land Grant Hosts Molecular Biology Workshop
Sun May 29, 2011 17:00 from Scoop NZ - Sci-tech
In recent decades, new technologies for studying the genetic foundations of life have transformed the biomedical sciences, resulting in numerous breakthroughs that have improved people’s lives worldwide. Local high school students with an interest ...
Red Shirts and Rowdy Royals
The secret WikiLeaks cables that explain how Thailand went from paradise to political mayhem.
Leave vulnerable elderly State Housing tenants alone!
Mon Jun 27, 2011 15:54 from Scoop NZ - Politics
"After Housing Minister Phil Heatley's confirmation on TVNZ's "Q& A" programme (Sunday 26 June 2011) that National intend to break their promises to State Housing tenants, and dismantle and privatise State Housing stock - there are further ...
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