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1: The
Implications Of The CTU Scoop
Censorship
As a journalist working extremely hard to produce a service that I want to be the best of its kind I am angered and astounded that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions seems set on trying to undermine Scoop Media.
2:
Images:
Shooting - WARNING GRAPHIC
CONTENT
They show what appear to be Indonesian troops gunning down a youth in the street's of East Timor as he runs away.
3:
"Today
The Real Bludgers Are At The
Top"
Speech Notes from an Address by the Rt Hon Winston Peters to a Public Meeting at 2:30 pm on Sunday 19th September 1999 at Mount Albert Grammar School, 36 Alberton Avenue, Mount Albert, AUCKLAND.
4:
Scoop
News Analysis: East Timor - The End
Game
What is really going on in East Timor and Jakarta? Scoop's Alastair Thompson surveys the limited sources of information currently available and attempts to reconcile what is clearly a very complicated crisis.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Is
East Timor Really "Out Of
Control"?
A front-page New York Times article about the precarious situation in East Timor (9/12/99) began by reporting that Indonesian "Gen. Wiranto, conceded Saturday that he had lost control of elements of his military" that were operating on ...
6:
Scoop
Column: Abolish IMF And World
Bank
The annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington next week will discuss whether commercial banks and private investors should play a bigger role in bailing out troubled national economies. Scoop’s West Coast correspondent John Howard writes ...
7:
Scoop’s
Latest Words On Lord Of The Rings
Filming
Scoop understands that some filming for the massive trilogy The Lord Of The Rings is to take place in the countryside West of Masterton.
PRESS RELEASE ACT New Zealand Party List 19 September 1999 Position Surname First Name 1 Prebble Richard 2 Shirley Ken 3 Franks Stephen 4 Awatere Huata Donna 5 Hide Rodney 6 Jennings Owen 7 Newman Muriel 8 Webster Penny 9 Eckhoff Gerry 10 Roy Heather ...
9:
Treading
On Toes - US Business In
Indonesia
"We have myriad business interests in Indonesia," said US State Department spokesperson, Jaine Rubin, when explaining his government's reluctant involvement in East Timor. John Howard reports.
10:
Greens
Say NZ Importing Glow-In-The-Dark GE
Mice
Mice that glow in the dark are to be used for medical experiments in New Zealand, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons revealed today.
11:
"Are
votes more important than
jobs?"
Wellington students were concerned last week at Labour deputy-leader Michael Cullen's flippant attitude towards employment. At a public meeting, local student and Young National Brendan Pallesen raised concerns over job losses on the West Coast with ...
12:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Troops In Timor - Stent - Tax - Alliance Tax - Investigation - PTU - Christchurch Coal - Shooting - New Bank - Trampers Missing - Plants Dying
13:
Election
Date To Be Announced Next
Weekend
Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today she will announce the date of the 1999 general election following a special caucus to be held in Auckland on Sunday 26 September.
14:
Scoop
Archive: Once upon a time there was a small island
nation..
United Party Leader Peter Dunne's speech in the debate on sending peacekeepers to East Timor was in the form of a story about a small island nation...http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/c8/a8/199909201259.59ac25a2.html
15:
Rebels
delighted with election
results
Prebble's Rebels New Zealand President Clint Heine is delighted with the results of the Victoria University Students Association (VUWSA) student elections.
16:
NZ
Troops Are Human
Shields!
Libertarianz Defence Spokesman Robert Winefield deplores the cross-party decision to send troops to East Timor, where peacekeeping will essentially mean providing human shields to the Timorese populous. "This is a mission ill-suited to trained ...
17:
Hey
Richard; When, Where, How Much Did It Cost
Us?
Richard Prebble's admission that he's finally taken up residence in Wellington poses more questions about the embattled Act leader's fixed abode.
18:
Patricia Schnauer To Retire From
Parliamen
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today announced that ACT MP and Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer will retire from Parliament at the election.
19:
Men
And Women For War But Not Student
Allowances
University of Canterbury Students’ Association President, Darel Hall, will make the following comment in Canta magazine this week. Darel Hall was a territorial soldier for five years, and has led the UCSA in laying wreaths at Anzac day for the last ...
20:
Alliance’s
Promise Students Higher Tax
The Alliance Party’s promises to students promise higher taxes for the rest of New Zealand, Minister for Tertiary Education Max Bradford said 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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