Today's Top Scoop Stories - News Summary

Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 1:13 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

TODAY’S LEAD STORY:
Parliament: Peters, Downer Talk Foreign Affairs, Clark Does Too

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:
Immigration: Government Fights To Send Sick Child Back To Romania
Intelligence: Wot, No Jihadis?
Images: Evermore At MySpace NZ Launch
Environment: Climate Activists Climbing All Over Coal Plant
Entertainment: Skeletons And Brass Bands Parade Through Wellington-
NEWS HEADLINES:
Defence: Kiwis Make World Safe For Democracy
Satire: Media Maltreatment Of The Executive Leads To Poetical Apology

WORLD NEWS:
Scoop News: UN Boss Unaware Of Fiji/UN Peacekeeping Deployment
Australia: Hicks Sues Aust Govt over failure to protect
Greenpeace: Whalers on the move
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

Parliament: Peters, Downer Talk Foreign Affairs, Clark Does Too

[1] New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and his Australian counterpart Alexander Downer held a joint media conference this morning at the completion of their regular six-monthly talks. Issues discussed at the media conference were the ongoing situation in Fiji following Commodore Frank Bainarama's coup, the situatiuon in Iraq, whether media reports regarding a possible United States attack on Iran are credible and the fate of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks. See... Scoop Audio: Downer on Fiji, Iran, Iraq and David Hicks [2] ALSO: Scoop Audio: PM's post-cabinet press conference: Housing, Fiji and Whaling [3] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00246.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00246.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00248.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00486.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00353.htm

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00498.htm

Immigration: Government Fights To Send Sick Child Back To Romania

- The Crown has lodged an appeal in the High Court in the case of a Romanian family who falsely represented the health status of a child to gain entry to New Zealand, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. Mr Cunliffe says the decision of the Deportation Review Tribunal to allow the Vilceanu family to stay in New Zealand raises serious immigration and legal issues. See... Appeal in case of family who lied about health [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00484.htm

Intelligence: Wot, No Jihadis?

- Paul Buchanan compare the 2005 and 2006 SIS Annual Reports: The major discrepancy is in the primary threat assessment. Rather than local jihadis, the 2006 report focuses on the activities of foreign intelligence organizations operating in New Zealand. This begs some questions. What happened to those local jihadis? See... Paul G. Buchanan: A Change Of Focus At The SIS [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00257.htm

Images: Evermore At MySpace NZ Launch

- On Friday night kiwi band Evermore played at a 'secret show' in Auckland for MySpace users to mark the launch the New Zealand version of MySpace.com. Photgrapher Mark Barber caught the proceedings on camera. See... Images: Evermore Plays MySpace's Secret NZ Launch [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00211.htm

Environment: Climate Activists Climbing All Over Coal Plant

- Activists up the Huntly smoke stack and on coal conveyor Huntly, New Zealand — Four members of the Greenpeace climate rescue team have scaled the 150 metre high smoke stack of one of New Zealand's biggest climate polluters, the Huntly coal-fired power station, and another four are now on top of the coal conveyor leading into the station. Update: Greenpeace reports 9 arrested - all released without charge. See... Activists up Huntly smoke stack, on coal conveyor [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00347.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00473.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00348.htm

Entertainment: Skeletons And Brass Bands Parade Through Wellington-

In late February 2007 on a perfect Wellington evening regular scoop contributor Karim Sahai was out and about around Cuba Street capturing the fun of the fair and the colour of the Cuba Carnival parade. See... Karim Sahai: Images Of the Cuba Carnival Parade [1] More Wellington Culture:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00242.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00245.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0702/S00197.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00060.htm
[5] - http://www.fringe.org.nz
[6] - http://www.cubacarnival.org.nz/

NEWS HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00474.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0702/S00279.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0702/S00341.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0702/S00055.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0702/S00066.htm

Defence: Kiwis Make World Safe For Democracy

- New Zealand soldiers serving in Timor-Leste have been meeting with village leaders, UN police and local authorities in an effort to decrease gang violence ahead of the country’s April elections. The meetings have been held during patrols into Santa Cruz and Taibese Village in South East Dili, both flash points for gang violence over the past few years. See... Kiwis Lay Foundations for Peaceful Timor Elections [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00323.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00324.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0702/S00325.htm

Satire: Media Maltreatment Of The Executive Leads To Poetical Apology

- After careful deliberation, on behalf of the New Zealand Media, Lyndon Hood writes: O, let's not be beastly to Helen / She's got more than enough on her plate. / For one thing, her creation: / The sustainable nation! / At least till two thousand and eight... See... Lyndon Hood: Ode in Apology to Helen Clark [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00207.htm

Scoop News: UN Boss Unaware Of Fiji/UN Peacekeeping Deployment

- Fiji's announcement that 92 soldiers from its army will be deployed to Sinai and Sudan has caused a flurry of activity at the United Nations in New York. But where exactly does the UN stand on post-coup Fiji? Selwyn Manning reports from New York. See... UN Conundrum Over 92 Fiji Soldiers For Operation [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00213.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00165.htm

Australia: Hicks Sues Aust Govt over failure to protect

- Hicks' Australian defense team, headed by David McLeod, will charge the government with breaching its duty to protect Hicks, as a citizen, by failing to call for a fair trial. Justice Brian Tamberlin will first rule whether the court has jurisdiction to hear the case; McLeod said Sunday that a failure to grant jurisdiction essentially would mean that no court in the world can review US military commissions. See... Hicks Sues Aust Govt over failure to protect [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00394.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00088.htm

Greenpeace: Whalers on the move

- Antarctica — At around 17:30 New Zealand time today, the expedition leader of the Japanese government's whaling fleet radioed, informing us that the Nisshin Maru - disabled nine days ago by fire - plans to start sailing in three hours. He also said that the whole fleet was currently being re-fuelled, in preparation for departure. . See... Whalers on the move [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00397.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00164.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00302.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00281.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00280.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00308.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00166.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00402.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00403.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00408.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00406.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00333.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0702/S00405.htm

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