Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 5:25 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY:
Scoop Report: John Howard Boycotts Kiwi Ceremony At Gallipoli
Brash Defends ‘Political’ ANZAC Day Speech
Meningococcal Vaccine Effectiveness For Babys Debated
Scoop Report: Aged Stem Cells & HIV In Germany
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Rumours Of A "Final Solution" To Oz Refugees Alarm Activists
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Between The Lines Interview's Terry Jones
Ghandhi Would Not Be Impressed With SWAT
Scoop Image: Spotted Buzzing Above Wellington
UQ Wire: What Sibel Edmonds Won't Say
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Self Employed Look Set To Enjoy Parental Leave
Politicians Of All Persuasions Back Democratic Burma
NZ Tsunami Aid Sorted Out
MORE PARLIAMENT HEADLINES:

LEAD STORY:
Scoop Report: John Howard Boycotts Kiwi Ceremony At Gallipoli

[1] Scoop's Selwyn Manning reports from Gallipoli that Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard will be boycotting an official ANZAC Day New Zealand ceremony at Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, preferring instead to attend a barbeque on the shores of ANZAC Cove. See... Howard Boycotts Kiwi ANZAC Day Chunuk Bair Service [2] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00230.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00229.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00230.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00507.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00250.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00289.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00288.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00284.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/?s=fc

Brash Defends ‘Political’ ANZAC Day Speech

- National Party Leader Don Brash says it is clear that the Australian Prime Minister’s snub to the New Zealand service at Gallipoli is a direct result of his exasperation at Labour giving up on defence. See... Aussies give up on NZ’s defence stance [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00521.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00517.htm

Meningococcal Vaccine Effectiveness For Babys Debated

- "Twelve years after the event, it emerges that reassurances of "Trust us, this meningococcal vaccine will protect your children" has been proven to be fallacious. This paper demonstrates that the meningococcal vaccine used in Canada actually increased the risks for under two year olds by 390%, and in 2-5 year olds by 75%"... See... Meningococcal Vaccination Risk In Under 5 Yr- Olds [1] - vs - "New Zealand has a vaccine to combat an epidemic caused by a B strain of meningococcal disease. The MeNZB vaccine is a different type of vaccine to that which is discussed in the Canadian report"… See also... MOH: Different Disease Group, Different Vaccine [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0504/S00089.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0504/S00092.htm

Scoop Report: Aged Stem Cells & HIV In Germany

- Stem cells from human adipose tissue have turned cancerous in a study with laboratory animals. The malignant tumours were formed through cells which had been cultivated outside of the body. See... Research Shows Old Stem Cells Can Turn Cancerous [1] and z HIV In Germany: Jog Trot Instead Of Safer Sex [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00234.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nzhttp://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00233.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0504/S00091.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0504/S00295.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0504/S00292.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00291.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00286.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00285.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0504/S00157.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0504/S00152.htm

Rumours Of A "Final Solution" To Oz Refugees Alarm Activists

[1] "The Australian Prime Minister's 'final solution' of sending all boatpeople, whether inside or outside the migration zone, to the to be completed Christmas Island detention centre should cause one mighty revolution in Federal Parliament as has rarely been seen in Australian politics, and not just because this constitutes another breach of what Australia promised with its UN Convention signature," WA Refugee group Project SafeCom said this morning, upon rumours about this plan 'slowly leaking' through an AAP Wire report and from reports about the SBS Insight program to be aired tonight. See... Howard's "solution" should cause a revolution [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00381.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00381.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00379.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00378.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00372.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00371.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00369.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00367.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00364.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00361.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00360.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00358.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Between The Lines Interview's Terry Jones

- With Humor and Irony, A Founding Member of Monty Python Blasts Bush and Blair's War on Terror - Interview with Terry Jones, founding member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, conducted by Scott Harris See... Monty Python's Terry Jones Blasts Bush/Blair War [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00243.htm

Ghandhi Would Not Be Impressed With SWAT

- A client of mine uses "swat" operation when referring to a complex series of seemingly unrelated actions by a series of governmental agencies, including agencies of judicial, executive and legislative branches, often with the participation and assistance of private individual or corporate informants, to profit from the destruction, silencing, asset seizure or blackmail of an individual or company who is out of favor or has offended some individual or group in power. See... Anatomy Of A SWAT From A Lawyer’s Perspective [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00241.htm

Scoop Image: Spotted Buzzing Above Wellington

- The Boeing Vertol 107-II, owned and operated by Columbia Helicopters New Zealand Limited, has two rotors on top rather the more usual single rotor and tail blade. See... Scoop Image: Twin Rotor Chopper Over The Capital [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00239.htm

UQ Wire: What Sibel Edmonds Won't Say

- Former FBI contract translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds and her attorneys were ordered removed from the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse so that a three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals panel could discuss her case in private with Bush administration lawyers. See... UQ Wire: S. Edmonds, 911, Drugs & Campaign Finance [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00251.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

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[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00244.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00242.htm

Self Employed Look Set To Enjoy Parental Leave

- Legislation to extend New Zealand’s paid parental leave scheme to the self-employed will be introduced to Parliament this year, Associate Labour Minister Ruth Dyson said today. See... Budget 2005: Paid parental leave to self-employed [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00512.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00523.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00510.htm

Politicians Of All Persuasions Back Democratic Burma

- New Zealand MPs have formed the New Zealand Parliamentarians for a Democratic Burma group. Lead by Northcote MP Ann Hartley, the group will work with the New Zealand government to promote and support moves towards Democracy in Burma. See... NZ Parliamentarians for a Democratic Burma [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00516.htm

NZ Tsunami Aid Sorted Out

- All of the $19 million allocated to match $ for $ public fundraising following the Indian Ocean tsunami has now been allocated to New Zealand NGOs and community groups, Aid Minister Marian Hobbs announced today. See... Final tsunami $ for $ funding announced [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00514.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00290.htm

MORE PARLIAMENT HEADLINES:

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[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00508.htm

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