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Scoop Today - The Weekend Top 20
The top 20 rating items on Scoop over the Weekend were...
1: Sludge
Report #7 - Negotiating With A
Psycopath
IN THIS EDITION - FIJI COUP SPECIAL: How Do You Negotiate With A Psycopath? - If This Was A Telemovie - We Haven't Yet Got To The Bottom Of Who Is Behind This! - Conclusions
2:
HARD
NEWS: Prostitutes, Thieves and
Gold-diggers
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... what didn't happen: democracy hasn't been overthrown by an out-of-town con man and a few hired goons. Not here, anyway.
3:
"The
Day I Was Kissed By A Coup
Leader"
"As much as I wanted to go to Fiji's Parliament, I was very aware that with my Indian looks crossing the line into the Parliament where all the indigenous Fijians were gathering, would be kind of scary. But journalism got the better of me...."
4:
NEWSFLASH:
Ratu Mara Dismisses
Government
Fijian President Ratu Mara has dismissed the Labour Government of Fiji led by Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry who remains a hostage within the Fijian Parliamentary compound held by a group of gunmen.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
NEWSFLASH:
Army Moves To Isolate Speight
The security situation in Suva has sharply deteriorated with apparent moves by President Ratu Mara to isolate the gunmen in the Parliamentary complex and put up a proper cordon to prevent people from coming and going from the compound. + Sludge Report ...
6:
Scoop
Archive: Re-emergence of sweatshops shows need for
change
Investigations into the latest alleged sweatshop in Auckland illustrate the urgent need for provisions included in the Employment Relations Bill to deter this sort of exploitation of workers, says Labour Minister Margaret Wilson.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/9d/a9/200005250034.7ba5addf.html
7:
Scoop
Images: Cap'n Blackadder's Triple
Crown
The Canterbury Crusaders won their third consecutive Super 12 Final last night beating the ACT Brumbies 20-19 in Canberra. Sean Hay recorded the action for Scoop in Wellington.
8:
Lord
Of The Rings - Don't Believe The
Hype?
According to star Christopher Lee who plays the dark mage Saruman in Peter Jackson’s three film epic, the director hasn’t lost his touch.
9:
NEWSFLASH:
Shooting At Fiji Parliament
This afternoon shots were fired at one of the police checkpoints around the Fijian Parliament at least three people are now beleived to be injured including a cameraman.
10:
Scoop
Images: And Not A Hobbit Was
Stirring
The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.
11:
NEWSFLASH:
Speight Walks Around
Parliament....
Live reports from Radio New Zealand reporters inside the Parliamentary complex.
12:
Cameraman,
Two Soldiers Wounded In Gunfire
SUVA: A foreign cameraman, a Briton attached to Associated Press television news service, and two soldiers were taken to hospital today after being wounded in a shooting incident at a military checkpoint near the Parliament complex.
13:
Scoop
Archive: TIMOR TODAY 21 March
2000
For full text see... http://www.easttimor.com/http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/cc/f7/200003211155.08727154.html
14:
Scoop
Images: Rumbles Beneath The
Pacific
The following images show an underwater erruption taking place near the Solomon Islands.. for more information see... Scientists See Fiery Birth Of New Pacific Island in the Science wire.
15:
Keith
Rankin - Exchange Rate Blues?
It should be a matter of acute embarrassment to the Reserve Bank that the foreign exchange value of the New Zealand dollar should fall in response to its latest jacking up of interest rates. Instead of blaming Governor Don Brash for his lack of understanding ...
16:
Elected
Government Condemns Chiefs'
Offer
SUVA: The elected government of the Fiji Islands has reacted with alarm to the chiefs' proposals to resolve the week-old hostage crisis, branding the resolutions as "unconstitutional".
17:
Irish
Eyes: If we all had buckets of money
If the weather were like the banking system when we wanted it to rain we would only have to ask.
As the Buller District Council today considers grasping at the govt's $120 million tax-paid bribe, Libertarianz Leader Peter Cresswell suggests they consider instead a novel and more honest alternative.
19:
Sex
In Prisons – You Must Be
Joking!
New Zealanders will be aghast to learn that the Corrections Minister wants criminals to be able to enjoy a sex life while in prison said New Zealand First Law and Order Spokesman, Ron Mark, today.
20:
Bill
Threatens Rights of Intellectually
Disabled
People with intellectual disabilities could be locked up without having committed a crime, IHC National President Barbara Rocco, told the Health Select Committee 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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