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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Australian
Troops Accused Of Torturing
Militiamen
The following report was carried this morning in the Jakarta English language daily the Jakarta Post. It reports an East Timorese militia commander accusing Australian peace-keepers of torturing eight militiamen in Dili East Timor.
2:
Rugby
And Elections Speech – Simon
Upton
There's a major contest looming sometime in November. New Zealanders are fixated on it. It will be a titanic struggle. The consequences of the result will be profound for this island nation. It is a watershed, a dividing line between going forward ...
3:
Heart
of new government announced - Alliance
List
The Alliance has released its party list naming the people who will be at the heart of a new government.
4:
After
APEC: Passing the buck
If you lower your sights far enough, you can always hit your target - even if it is your own foot. So it is with the success claimed for the APEC leaders' meeting in Auckland just ended.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Deceit
And Deception - US Dealings in
Indonosia
Deception, Deceit and Betrayal - More revelations today from official declassifed US Commerce Department documents on United States government dealings in Indonesia. John Howard reports, "Follow the Money."
6:
HARD
NEWS: Nice Dress, Shame About the
Economy
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... so sorry to have missed last week's post-Apec appointment, but I was drugged by a shadowy group with links to powerful international financial interests and then taken to a secret location.
7:
Scoop
Opinion: Fire In The Sky
As Kiwi and Aussie diggers hunker down in Dili tonight their future is being decided not at home - where loved ones wait and elected leaders worry - but in Jakarta where the worries of East Timor are increasingly playing second fiddle to a domestic political ...
8:
Scoop
Weekender - Hard News Special
Bulletin
In response to an enthusisatic request from a Scoop Today subscriber we have today included the full text of Russell Brown's Hard News column... see below...
9:
NEWSFLASH:
November 27th Election Date
Set
The Prime Minister Jenny Shipley has just announced the election date will be November 27th.
10:
US
Intelligence Say Habibie “Right Type Of
Person"
Recently declassified documents from the US Commerce Department reveal the Clinton White House intelligence report on Indonesian President, B.J. Habibie. In the CIA’s opinion Habibe is "the type of official needed today in developing countries." ...
11:
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.
12:
The
end is nigh
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that with the election campaign poised to begin, three events in the past 24 hours emphasise the failure of nine years of National government and the need for a new Labour government.
13:
Survey
Confirms Scoop Social Decline
Investigation
A report which shows 73 percent of households cannot meet all regular bills confirms Scoop reports into the plight of low socio-economic families.
14:
Countdown
to National's defeat begins
Today's announcement of the general election date marks the beginning of the countdown to National's defeat, says Labour leader Helen Clark.
15:
Rankin
- Ansett NZ Pilots Confront 90s' Reality
For most of this month, Ansett New Zealand pilots have been in dispute with their employer. Ansett New Zealand is 100% owned by News Corporation (meaning media magnate, Rupert Murdoch). The dispute is not just about Ansett.
16:
Wellington
Woos Hiv Epidemic
“What sick irony! The very day that Wellington City Council proudly announces securing the Gay Tourism Convention, doctors in the capital are reported as being alarmed at the surge in sexual diseases in the region,” said Mrs Rosemary Francis, a spokesperson ...
17:
New
Indonesian Security Law
Suspended
The sweeping new security laws passed by the Indonesian Parliament on Thursday have been suspended following violent clashes on the streets of Jakarta in which at least four protestors and one policeman have died.
18:
Burglars
Commit 20,000+ Privacy Heist -
Wishart
The author of a bestselling book on privacy says a burglary that’s netted criminals the names, addresses and possibly even credit card details of thousands of New Zealanders may be the biggest ever privacy breach in this country.
19:
Scoop
Archive: Scoop Today - East Timor Latest And Much
More...
All the latest news on East Timor and from around New Zealand - brought to you by Scoop - visit the site for much, much more...http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/a1/c8/199909241740.f0f1452c.html
20:
Peace
in our time - Gordon Campbell
If Indonesia has treated the outside world with contempt over the last few weeks, it has been encouraged to do so. For decades, Indonesia was given carte blanche to rule East Timor as it saw fit, while New Zealand assured Jakarta that nothing would ...
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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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