TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Hard News Is Here!
Sludge Report: Indonesia's Constitutional Flaws
Eco-Economy: Cullen’s Blind Alley
Scoop Feature: A Pacific Reporter’s Survival Guide
Lindsay Perigo: The Price Of Liberty
News Hounds Off The Scent
Scoop Image: CBD Power Supply
Quebec Summit Protests Started Something
Italy, Ya Basta Declares War - G8 Summit
Fiji: 13 Traitors Charged With 13 Treasons
Oz Strike Force Has Fun Blowing Up Old Boat
Progress On Fixing The Diesel Situation

TOP SCOOPS

Hard News Is Here!

- My story will shock and horrify New Zealand. When I get my day in court the public will finally hear the terrible truth about the cruel things that have been said about me and done to me by people who can't handle the way I wear 'Other radio stations are shit' t-shirts and grow sideburns south of my earlobes. And most of all, they'll hear about me, me, me. See... HARD NEWS 01/06/01 - All About Me [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0106/S00005.htm

Sludge Report: Indonesia's Constitutional Flaws

- As President Abdurrahman Wahid faces the commencement of impeachment proceedings against him in the People's Consultative Assembly, the flower of democracy that flowered less than two short years ago in Indonesia is being trampled. See... Sludge Report #75 – Impeachment In Indonesia [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0105/S00187.htm

Eco-Economy: Cullen’s Blind Alley

- Labour’s Super Fund is quickly becoming a financial and political disaster. Moreover, the scheme is insulting to young New Zealanders. It would be better for the Labour government to quietly let it drop. See... Eco-Economy: Super Scheme is Political Suicide [1] . See also... Sludge Report #73 – Borrowing And Saving [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0106/S00006.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0105/S00166.htm

Scoop Feature: A Pacific Reporter’s Survival Guide

- Wars, coups and bloody conflicts are increasingly common in the Pacific region. Reporting these events is difficult especially when national governments denounce journalism and intimidate the media. See... Scoop Feature: To Survive, Get The Story Right [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0106/S00004.htm

Lindsay Perigo: The Price Of Liberty

- There was some discussion yesterday about the origin of the statement, "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." I mused that, though Jefferson said it, he wasn't the first, & that I thought it had originally been stated by an Irishman. See... Lindsay Perigo: Eternal Insolence [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0106/S00001.htm

News Hounds Off The Scent

- Journalists at the national news agency NZPA are on strike again. They walked off the job at 11.30pm yesterday (Thursday) and are not expected to return to work until noon today. See... NZPA Journalists Strike [1] . EARLIER: NZ Herald talks fail [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0106/S00002.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0105/S00272.htm

Scoop Image: CBD Power Supply

- The following picture was forwarded to Scoop by a reader with the caption. ”Ya can't beat wellington on a good day...!”. You sure can’t! See... Scoop Images: Lightning Strike On Wellington CBD [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0106/S00003.htm

Quebec Summit Protests Started Something

- When thirty-four heads of state gathered behind a chain-link barrier in Quebec City this past April to smile for the television cameras during the Summit of the Americas, it was the tear gassing outside that garnered all the media attention. See... Something Did Start in Quebec City [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0106/S00004.htm

Italy, Ya Basta Declares War - G8 Summit

- We learn from the Italian media that in a meeting held in Rome on May 24, the Italian and the US government have decided to declare war to the multitude of brothers and sisters that will gather in Genoa against the G8 meeting scheduled for July. See... Italy, Ya Basta Declares War - G8 Summit [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0106/S00002.htm

Fiji: 13 Traitors Charged With 13 Treasons

- The preliminary inquiry on the charge of treason against the terrorists George Speight and his band of thugs has been deferred to next week. This was after Speight sacked his lawyer Rabo Matebalavu. See... The Treason Charge [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0106/S00003.htm

Oz Strike Force Has Fun Blowing Up Old Boat

- A de-commissioned US Navy war ship was sent to its final resting place today off the coast of Queensland through the precise strike capability of the Royal Australian Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft. See... Jets Send Ship To Watery Grave [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0106/S00001.htm

Progress On Fixing The Diesel Situation

- Caltex achievements over the last 24 hours include: - Refueling all Caltex’s emergency service customers with clean diesel, including the Coastguard, Police and port company boats in Auckland, Wellington and Lyttleton. See... Caltex Media Update – Diesel [1] MORE: - BP - BP Brings Marine Diesel Situation Under Control [2] - Shell - Personal And Environmental Safety Are Priority [3] - MSA - MSA Urges Recreational Boaties To Be Cautious [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0106/S00003.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0105/S00291.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0105/S00287.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0105/S00286.htm

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