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TOP SCOOPS
Selling Body Parts On Internet Not Kosher In NZ
Sludge Report: Is This What Cold War Looks Like?
Report Clears Bunkle And Hobbs On Ministerial Allowances Controversy
Lessons In Californian Chaos
Secret Family Court Should Be Open To Public Scrutiny
Bidders Pleased With Their Slice Of The Spectrum
Greens To Protest Against Snooping At Waihopia
Who Remembers Steven Wallace?
Grenpeace Vs Teagle – Two Arrested
Scoop World: Presidential Cancer
Scoop World: Nuclear Cargo Nears Departure
Fiji: Regime Abusing Public Funds And Trust
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TOP SCOOPS
Selling Body Parts On Internet Not Kosher In NZ
- Buying a human kidney for transplant is not legal in New Zealand, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health said this
afternoon, after discovering a Chinese man offered one of his kidneys for sale on a New Zealand auction website with a
reserve price of $100,000. See.. Kidney Sale Illegal, Ad Withdrawn [1] . See also... Kidney For Sale On Kiwi Website [2]
Sludge Report: Is This What Cold War Looks Like?
- It appears the NOAA Supercomputer’s long range forecast for Inauguration Day in Washington D.C., first published by
Scoop on Monday (see... Icy Blast For Bush’s Inauguration [1] ), and then again Wednesday (see... Storm Warning For Dubya [2] ), were right on the button. See… Sludge Report #48 - Cold War Begins Early In D.C. [3] for images showing what looks like a Washington ice storm. Meanwhile the spell of bad weather the US has been
experiencing since Christmas has become an emergency in Chicago. Emergency In The State Of Illinois [4]
Report Clears Bunkle And Hobbs On Ministerial Allowances Controversy
- Customs Minister Phillida Bunkle feels vindicated that a Parliamentary Service report on her claims and entitlements
clears her of any suggestion that she wrongfully claimed an accommodation allowance, but she's not surprised. See… Bunkle Cleared [1] . See also… Report On MPs' Allowances And Entitlements [2] and Marian Hobbs Welcomes Inquiry Result [3] . National's Roger Sowry has a different view. See... Bunkle And Hobbs Tarnished Credibility [4]
Lessons In Californian Chaos
- Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said the fact that the Californian State Government was intervening
in the region's troubled electricity market showed the clear dangers of electricity deregulation. See... Lesson For New Zealand In Californian Power Chaos [1]
Secret Family Court Should Be Open To Public Scrutiny
- ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said the openness and desire for public scrutiny demonstrated by the
Chief Youth Court Judge served as a good example for how the Family Court could operate. See… Family Courts Should Follow Youth Court Example [1]
Bidders Pleased With Their Slice Of The Spectrum
- Minister of Communications Paul Swain, confirmed today that the auction of a key part of the 2GHz spectrum had
concluded. See… 2GHz Auction Concludes [1]
REACTION FROM THE BIDDERS
- VODAFONE - Vodafone New Zealand one step closer to 3G future
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- TELECOM - Telecom Pleased With Outcome Of Spectrum Auction
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Greens To Protest Against Snooping At Waihopia
- Green MPs Keith Locke and Rod Donald will be using this year's protest against the Waihopai spy base to advance the
Green campaign against a new 'email snooping' bill, currently before select committee. See… MPs To Use Waihopia Protest To Highlight Bill [1]
Who Remembers Steven Wallace?
- It is now more than eight and a half months since Steven was killed - and we are still waiting for answers to the
questions raised by the shooting, and for some kind of justice for Steven’s family and friends. See… Who Remembers Steven Wallace? [1]
Grenpeace Vs Teagle – Two Arrested
- 19 January 2001, Christchurch –Two activists from the Rainbow Warrior were arrested this morning after Greenpeace
occupied a Tegel factory in Christchurch to protest the use of GE soya meal in animal feed. See... Two Arrested During Occupation Of Tegel Factor [1] and Greenpeace Delivers GE Free Soy To Tegel [2] . Meanwhile… RCGM -- Formal Hearings To Resume Next Week [3]
Scoop World: Presidential Cancer
- During President Clinton's physical examination on January 12 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, a
lesion on his back suspicious for skin cancer was excised. See... Statement by Physician to President [1] for the official statement from the White House.
Scoop World: Nuclear Cargo Nears Departure
- As preparations for tomorrow’s transport of plutonium/MOX from France to Japan are being finalized, the scandal of
nuclear waste reprocessing at la Hague plant continues (1). Later today, a train carrying spent nuclear fuel from the
Netherlands will arrive at Cogema’s Valognes rail depot. See... Dutch Nuclear Transport Arrives At La Hague [1] . See also ... Goff Condemns Latest Nuclear Waste Shipment [2] and Government's 'concern' over nuke shipments not enough [3] .
Fiji: Regime Abusing Public Funds And Trust
- Fiji Labour Party's President, Jokapeci Koroi has slammed the regime for abusing public funds and betraying public
trust in hiring a private lawyer to defend it in the Constitution Review Commission case. See... Koroi Slates Regime For Abuse Of Funds And Trust [1] and Constitution Commission Stops Sitting [2]