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National Radio 7am Bulletin
1. KIWI HOSTAGE FREED: Russian security forces have freed a NZ Aid worker Geraldo Cruise, 58, held hostage in Chechnya for several months. He has now arrived back in Geneva.
2. WTO: Jobshare compromise solution looks likely to be approved in the WTO dispute over who will be the next Director General. Moore would take the job first. A "least worst" solution say WTO members.
3. WINZ: WINZ CEO Christine Rankin is defending her expenditure on conferences and training. She says she was misled by a staff-member over the cost of the conference and plane chartering.
4. UPPER HUTT YOUTH OFFENDERS: Group of Upper Hutt residents are unhappy about the placement of four young offenders in a community facility in their neighbourhood - they want an assurance the offenders are not sex offenders.
5. JFK JUNIOR: Bad weather off Martha's vineyard has cleared and searchers have 15 sites to inspect in their hunt for JFK Junior's plane.
6. GANG FENCES: Police are planning to knock down more gang HQ fences after dozing Highway 61's fence in Christchurch yesterday. Meanwhile the gang has started building a new fence.
7. NORTHERN IRELAND: US peace negotiator George Mitchell is to review the Northern Ireland peace process.
8. HILLARY BIRTHDAY: Hillary celebrates 80th birthday at Government House - "I believe I epitomise the average NZer" - says Hillary.
9. RUGBY:
Springbok coach Nick Mallett accuses All Blacks of cheating
and says his boys aren't good enough at it while Jeff Wilson
and Josh Kronfeld and very
good.
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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