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East Timor - Peter Snell – WINZ Bungle – Chechnya – Global Warming – European Pollution – Hospital Infections – New Health Boards – On Board Umpires – Hawkes Bay Health – General Pinochet- Mark Middleton
EAST TIMOR: The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has paid credit to the staff working in East Timor. He has also attacked critics and has also appealed to the East Timorese to be patient. He told the East Timorese he could understand their frustration and warned them that there were more difficult times ahead.
PETER SNELL: Sportsman of the century Peter Snell says the presence of drugs in professional sport has changed things.
WINZ BUNGLE: Social Welfare Minister Steve Maharey is dubious about claims from WINZ boss Christine Rankin that it was difficult to anticipate the problems that have occurred.
CHECHNYA: Human Rights Groups are making more allegations against the Russian operation in Chechnya. The Russian’s have appointed an official to investigate.
GLOBAL WARMING: Rising sea levels are a major threat to Pacific Islands say scientists.
EUROPEAN POLLUTION: The EU is investigating the cyanide spill that is still killing fish and birds in the Danube river system.
HOSPITAL INFECTIONS: Hundreds of people may be dying from hospital caught infections say British health officials.
NEW HEALTH BOARDS: Advertising will begin this weekend for new directors for regional transitional health boards.
ONBOARD UMPIRES: Team New Zealand has succeeded in getting on-board umpires for the Americas Cup finals series starting Saturday. Prada won the day on penalty turns which will not have to be taken immediately penalties occur.
HAWKES BAY HEALTH: The Minister of Health wants to know why the Hawkes Bay Hospital is paying $1 million a year to lease its facilities. Hawkes Bay Health say
GENERAL PINOCHET: A now released medical report says that General Augusto Pinochet is suffering from brain damage.
MARK
MIDDLETON: Mark Middleton is appearing in court this morning
in Wanganui charged with threatening to kill the man who
murdered his step-daughter Karla
Cardno.
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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