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F16s – Overstayer – Bump Headed Salmon – Spanish Bomb – Nigeria – Presidential Primaries – Americas Cup – Savage Honeymoon - Pinochet
F16S: The PM says the F16 deal with the US compromises NZ’s ability to upgrade the rest of its defence equipment.
OVERSTAYER: The lawyer for an Auckland overstaying school students says he is the innocent victim of his parents actions. The student – presently in the cells – is said to be a high performing student at Hillary college. His parents are believed to be in hiding.
BUMP HEADED SALMON: The Environmental Risk Management Authority has been brought under special controls to prevent eggs escaping into the environment. The mesh size on the Salmon’s
SPANISH BOMB: A car-bomb has exploded in Spain bearing the hall marks of the Eta Basque separatists.
NIGERIA: Nigerian troops have been deployed in a northern city where Christians and Muslims are clashing over a plan to introduce Islamic law.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES: Michigan and Arizona are going to the polls today in primary races for the US republican presidential candidacy. McCain is expected to win Arizona and Michigan is expected to be a photo finish.
AMERICAS CUP: Auckland’s hospitality industry is doing a roaring trade as the Americas Cup winds up.
SAVAGE HONEYMOON: The Film Commission says that it is good news that the kiwi film Savage Honeymoon’s rating has been changed from R18 to R15.
PINOCHET: Four countries
seeking the extradition of Chilean General Augusto Pinochet
have been making futher representations to the British
government trying to prevent his
release.
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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