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Today's top 20 rating items on Scoop are...
1: UN
Compound In Dili Defended By Indonesian
Army
Speaking from the UN Compound in Dili by phone to Radio New Zealand New Zealander Andrew Ladley of the UNAMET mission says the compound is now secure as it is being defended by a new army unit which has just arrived.
2:
Labour
Leader's Credibility Put At
Issue
"Labour Leader Helen Clark's credibility has been dealt a major blow with defamation proceedings against her over her claims about surgery at Ascot Hospital," Health Minister Wyatt Creech said today.
3:
Te Kaha Deploys To Assist In East
Timor
The Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jenny Shipley and the Minister of Defence, Hon Max Bradford, this morning announced the Government had agreed to deploy HMNZS Te Kaha to Darwin.
4:
History
will judge National's reluctance
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that the National Government's excuses for President Habibie and the Indonesian Government are wearing very thin.
5:
Foreign
Ministers Timor Meeting Will Not Be
Today
Arrangements will not be able to be made in time for an urgent meeting of foreign ministers today to discuss the crisis in East Timor.
6:
Questions
Of The Day On East Timor
APEC And East Timor - Slaughter In East Timor - Indonesia's Attendance At APEC
7:
Column
on East Timor by Campaigner Colin
Iles
For the merest moment in time the East Timorese glimpsed the possibility of an end to 24 years of the brutal and illegal occupation that had cost a third of their population.
8:
East
Timor: We Must Keep Hope Alive
As the forces of chaos gather strength in East Timor APEC faces its greatest challenge. Scoop's Alastair Thompson argues we owe it to the people of East Timor not to give up hope.
9:
Dealing
with the Balance of Payments
crisis
The balance of payments deficit has reached a crisis point. At $6,374 million in the last year, every New Zealander is spending $33 dollars a week more on imported goods, than we earn from the sale of our nation's exports, said Alliance leader Jim ...
10:
Labour's
Employment Relations policy
WORKING TOGETHER: LABOUR ON EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS Labour believes that legislation governing employment relations should recognise the interdependence of workers and employers; promote and sustain economic growth; and assist in achieving a fair distribution ...
11:
Soapbox
51: Taking the future
seriously
Political parties are chattering about the `knowledge-based economy' phrase, but is their heart really in it?
12:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
EAST TIMOR: Australia - Indonesian Attendance At APEC - Ministers' Meeting - UN - Dili - NZ Military - Protest --- OTHER NEWS: APEC Traffic Problems - Scott Watson Trial - Y2k and Health - Labour Social Security Policy
13:
Finally
a fair workplace relations policy
Labour's employment relations policy would right many of the wrongs of the past nine years by redressing the imbalance of the Employment Contracts Act and by encouraging collective organisation and good faith bargaining.
14:
New
Direction For State Services
Commission
State Services Minister Simon Upton has announced a major change of direction for the State Services Commission. The announcement is the key element of a major re-assessment of monitoring within the core public sector that has already seen new arrangements ...
15:
UN
Provides Bait For East Timor
Disaster
Events over the past week have now brought the true situation in East Timor into the open, and in the process the innocence and naiveté of the wider international community has been harshly exposed. Scoop's Alastair Thompson analyses the latest ...
16:
Labour
social security policy offers fresh
vision
Labour's social security policy is tailored to offer New Zealanders security and opportunity in the new century, says Labour Leader Helen Clark.
17:
Hobbs
offers alternative to National
voters
Labour Wellington Central candidate Marian Hobbs said she will campaigning vigorously for local votes from National Party supporters in light of the almost certainty of National pulling out of the Wellington Central race.
18:
The
Dominion
Ethnic Cleansing - Meningitis - Troops Ready - Brash Salary - IR Policy - Iwi Agreement - State Services Commission - Bugging
19:
Welfare
for the 21st Century - Labour
Social security under Labour will work harder to include people in society rather than shut them out, says Labour social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey.
20:
The
case for scrapping the ECA
"Labour will repeal the Employment Contracts Act because it is unfair, contravenes important ILO conventions and has failed to increase productivity or growth," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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Jonathan Cook: US Feels The Heat On Palestine Vote At UN
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