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Monday, 30 July 2001, 4:19 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Royal Commission On Genetic Modification Report Released
Stateside With Rosalea: Being John Ashcroft
Irish Eyes: Still Life Fruit Musings From A Meandering Mind
10% Power Reduction Achievable With Intelligent Conservation
Auckland’s Britomart Gets $20 Million Transfund Grant
Health Ministry Working On Meningococcal Vaccine
Foods You Can Play With Are Toys
Images: Winner Creates The hair You Want
Scoop Images: Inside Peter Jackson’s Edoras
Scoop World: George Speight’s Future Hangs On Ballot Box
Scoop World: Press Freedom Concerns In Jakarta
Scoop World Link: Who Deserves The Holy Land?
Katya Rivas

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Royal Commission On Genetic Modification Report Released

- The Royal Commission on Genetic Modification has backed the limited use of genetic engineering technology in its report released by the government at a press conference in the Beehive this afternoon. See... NEWSFLASH: Royal Commission Report Released [1] EARLIER: - GE Free NZ - People Gather For A Ge-Free Nation [2] - Green Party - IMAGES: GE Free NZ Rally At Parliament [3] - Scoop - IMAGES: Dame Sylvia Receives Royal Commission Report On GM [4]

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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00178.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00120.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00479.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00172.htm

Stateside With Rosalea: Being John Ashcroft

- John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, is a bit of worry. He was on the telly this morning in the 'Hour of Power', speaking in the Crystal Cathedral here in California. See... Stateside with Rosalea: Job's Lot [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00176.htm

Irish Eyes: Still Life Fruit Musings From A Meandering Mind

- “A bowl of fruit, good for your bowels. Still life of a bowel full of fruit. In the life giving rain that is good for your skin. Ah my little chiquita, bonita, apples from the south of France.” See... Irish Eyes: King Henry's Feast [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00177.htm

10% Power Reduction Achievable With Intelligent Conservation

- Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said she was pleased Energy Minister Pete Hodgson had agreed with the Greens that energy conservation is the key to avoiding the looming electricity crisis. See... Greens Welcome Energy Campaign [1] MORE: - NZ Govt - Parliament Turns On Its Electricity Generators [2] - Hutt City Council - Hutt City Powers Down [3] - ACT - Price Rationing Could Help Power Crisis [4] - NZ First - Power: Call For House To Resume Under Urgency [5] - Nats - Govt Must Rectify Cuts To Energy Efficiency Budget [6] - Government Must Practise What It Preaches [7] - Government still dithering on electricity [8] Click through to the Just Politics page for full power crisis coverage [9]

Auckland’s Britomart Gets $20 Million Transfund Grant

- Transfund's decision to contribute $20 million to the Waitemata Waterfront Interchange is good news for Auckland but raises questions about access to future funding for operating costs, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said today. See... Funding good news but road blocks ahead [1] FULL COVERAGE: - Mayor’s Chris Fletcher And Phil Warren - Transfund decision acknowledges Britomart project [2] - David Thornton - Govt. Bullying Tactics On Britomart Out Of Order [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00504.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/AK0107/S00072.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/AK0107/S00071.htm

Health Ministry Working On Meningococcal Vaccine

- Development of a vaccine to combat New Zealand's ongoing epidemic of meningococcal disease is underway following the signing of a contract between the Ministry of Health and biotechnology company Chiron Corporation. See... Development Of Meningococcal Vaccine To Begin [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0107/S00053.htm

Foods You Can Play With Are Toys

- A recent Dunedin High Court decision has set an important precedent for retailers and distributors: novelty containers can be toys and the product safety standard for toys can apply to them. See... Myriad Marketing Toy Safety Judgement [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0107/S00234.htm

Images: Winner Creates The hair You Want

- 1300 people witnessed the announcement of New Zealand’s Hairdresser of the Year, Tracey Merritt ( Bettjemens, Auckland) at last night’s 2001 L’Oreal Professionnel Colour Trophy Awards. See... Images: NZ Hairdresser Of The Year [1] Loose Hanging Art Morally Repugnant - "The Corrective Party is shocked, horrified, spindled, folded and mutilated that so-called "christian" groups are calling for the importation and viewing of obscene and Essence papyri that contains nothing but perverted obscene Essene "literature!!!" said Sister Malaris, Pustulant Mistress of the Corrective Party today in response to the recent Auckland mueseum furore. See... Save Our Children from Obscene Essene Literature!! [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0107/S00094.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00124.htm

Scoop Images: Inside Peter Jackson’s Edoras

- Scoop’s content partner theonering.net has recently published a set of photographs of the inside of the Edoras set, Scoop has republished a selection of the exclusive pictures. See... Scoop Images: Inside Edoras [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00175.htm

Scoop World: George Speight’s Future Hangs On Ballot Box

SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Rebel forces within Fiji army ranks will be weeded out if the Fiji Labour Party regains power next month, reports the Daily Post. See... Get Rid Of Army Rebels: Labour [1] . On the other hand George Speight and his key advisers awaiting trial for treason will be granted immunity if the Conservative Alliance Natanitu Vanua Party gets into power in next month's general election, the Sun reports. See... Party Promises To Clear Speight [2] . Earlier the High Court overturned a decision that would have seen Speight released to contest the elections himself. See... Judge Overturns Speight Move [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0107/S00106.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0107/S00104.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0107/S00103.htm

Scoop World: Press Freedom Concerns In Jakarta

JAKARTA, July 28 - Indonesian journalists are mounting a campaign to try to dissuade new president Megawati Sukarnoputri from reopening the information ministry, closed by her reformist predecessor in 1999, local media reports said Saturday. See... Indonesia: Information Ministry Protest [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0107/S00105.htm

Scoop World Link: Who Deserves The Holy Land?

– In a column published in the Jerusalem Post at the weekend Rabbi Shlomo Riskin discovered in scripture that the Holy Land belongs to the just. See… We must be worthy of the land

Katya Rivas

- The prayer I accept and listen to can be made any time, in any place, without external conditions, as long as it is truly felt and completely in accordance with My wishes. See... Katya Rivas: I Am the Good Shepherd [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00174.htm

Alastair Thompson

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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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