TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY:
Has Waikato Man Got Mad Cow Disease? - The Ministry of Health has been notified of a Waikato man with an undiagnosed progressive neurological disease.
Neurologists are querying, among other possible diagnoses, the likelihood that this could be Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(CJD). See... Ministry notified undiagnosed neurological illness [1] ALSO:What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease? Q [2]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
LEAD STORY:
Wolfowitz Admits Iraq Not Involved In Sept-11 Attacks
COLUMNS:
Mo’ Friday’s Hard News Is There…
Naked in Nuhaka
Maxim Considers The Real Issues
OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
United Nations Commends Solomons Intervention
Health Select Committee Recommends Prescription Dak
Positive Trend: Unemployment Down To 16 Year Low
Harry’s Law A Bad Precedence
Convicted Bali Bombers Get Death Sentence
Dalziel Eyes Immigration Future
Pathways To Employment And Higher Education
Greens: Caution Needed On Mad Cow Scare
ACT: Maharey Soft On Dads
Heather Roy’s Diary
Select Committee Biz For The Week
Mark Cites Botched Parole Case
King’s Health Portfolio Is Mismanaged: ACT
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TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS------------
LEAD STORY:
Has Waikato Man Got Mad Cow Disease? - The Ministry of Health has been notified of a Waikato man with an undiagnosed progressive neurological disease.
Neurologists are querying, among other possible diagnoses, the likelihood that this could be Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(CJD). See... Ministry notified undiagnosed neurological illness [1] ALSO:What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease? Q [2]
NEW ZEALAND NEWS:
Unemployment Rate at 4.7 Percent [1] Treasury Releases Kiwi Bond Interest Rates [2] Peace Movement’s what's on where listings [3] ACC launches 2004/05 year levies consultation [4] CTU: Business NZ Wails Over ACC Levy Increases [5]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
LEAD STORY: Wolfowitz Admits Iraq Not Involved In Sept-11 Attacks - Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, one of the main architects for the war in Iraq, admitted for the first
time that Iraq had nothing to do with the September 11 terrorist attacks, contradicting public statements made by senior
White House ... See... Wolfowitz: Iraq Was Not Involved In 9-11 Attacks [1] Annan Commends NZ’s Solomons Intervention [2] Sri-Lanka: LTTE-linked killings continue [3] Arnon Perlman: On Palestinian Prisoners Release [4] PNA Slams Israeli Deception over Detainees Release [5] Waqf Warns Attempt To Force Way into Al Aqsa [6] PM Abbas to Visit Kuwait, Saudi, UAE and Tunisia [7] Bush again Says Isreal’s Apartheid Wall Is ‘a Prob [8] Rice: Commitment to Transformation in Mideast [9] We Demonstrate Because We Want Freedom [10] Free at Last, Free at Last [11] Is your representative on this list? [12] U.S. Condemns Car Bombing in Iraq [13] UN: Jordanian Mission Bombing in Iraq Heinous Act [14] UN Talks With Iran on Enhanced Nuke Safeguards [15] Liberia: UN Envoy To Talk With Troop Contributors [16] UN Radio: Condemns Jordanian Embassy Bomb Attack in Iraq [17] Security Council Meet On Rwanda & Yugoslavia Tribunals [18] Schröder Says Germany’s Economic trend improving [19] Bush and Powell Meet in Crawford [20] U.S. President's Radio Address [21] Powell: U.S. Will Not be Defeated in Terror War [22] White House Daily Briefing With Claire Buchan [23]
COLUMNS:
Mo’ Friday’s Hard News Is There… - Risk |Aug 08, 2003 11:54 Russell Brown's Hard News I knew I shouldn't have had that kebab. King's Cross, 1987, I
think it was. Or possibly Elephant and Castle. I really don't mean to be flippant, but the news that a Waikato man has
suspected CJD reminds me why I can't donate blood. See... HARD NEWS 08/08/03 - Mo' Friday [1]
Naked in Nuhaka
- I've been thinking a lot lately about writing a column on topics political. It’s pretty apparent to anyone who
follows world news that the U.S. is in quite a political pickle right now. Here's a short-list: Allegations of
Republican Party computerised vote fiddling - Outright fibs in Presidential addresses justifying war in Iraq - Cover-ups
and information gaps in the investigations of pre-911 CIA and FBI dealings... See... The Maori American Presidential Candidate [1]
Maxim Considers The Real Issues
- Contents: School closures defy reason, Several schools south of Dunedin are to close but there are no sound reasons
to axe them. - 'Jobs Jolt' expensive remedy, A new 'tough love' package aims to reduce welfare dependency. - Student
debt hits $6 billion, ... See... Maxim Institute real issues. No. Seventy-Five [1]
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OTHER NEWS (JUST POLITICS)------------
United Nations Commends Solomons Intervention
- Foreign Minister Phil Goff today welcomed a statement from United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan praising the
regional response to the Solomon Islands crisis. See... Annan commends Solomons intervention [1]
Health Select Committee Recommends Prescription Dak
- Health Select Committee has recommended that the Government pursue the possibility of supporting the prescription of
clinically tested cannabis products for medicinal purposes. It has also recommended that the Expert Advisory Committee
on Drugs give a high priority to its reconsideration of the classification of cannabis. See... Inquiry Into Health Strategies And Cannibis Use [1] ALSO: Greens - Report on cannabis lays foundation for law change [2] MORE: Anderton Says Progressive Coalition Against Cannabis Reform - Progressive leader Jim Anderton is pleased that the Health Select Committee hasn't recommended any change to the
legal status of cannabis. See... Coalition Government won't go soft on cannabis [3] ALSO: United - Green's pro-cannabis stance a loser with voters [4] - United - Turner: Greens prove stupidity can be dangerous [5] - United - Should marijuana be legalised for medicinal use? [6] - National -National against softening of cannabis law [7]
Positive Trend: Unemployment Down To 16 Year Low
- Continued employment growth, against expectations, has seen New Zealand’s unemployment rate fall to its lowest level
in sixteen years. See... Employment growth sees fall in unemployment [1] ALSO: Progressive Coalition - Jobs Party positive about new unemployment low [2]
Harry’s Law A Bad Precedence
- National's Justice spokesman Richard Worth says the behaviour of Labour and the Greens over the Duynhoven issue casts
a pall over the integrity of the country's electoral system. See... Duynhoven law frays electoral system [1] ALSO: English - Harry's Law hides the real villains [2]
Convicted Bali Bombers Get Death Sentence
- Foreign Minister Phil Goff has welcomed the guilty verdict handed down today in the first of the Bali bombing murder
trials. See... Goff welcomes Bali bombing verdict [1]
Dalziel Eyes Immigration Future
- Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to again speak to the NZAMI Conference. I said in my introduction to
the NZAMI Annual report that I was surprised to be invited to contribute to the report given the matter of the legal
proceedings that arose ... See... Dalziel Speech: Immigration: Where we are heading [1]
Pathways To Employment And Higher Education
- Senior secondary students greatly value their STAR experiences and the programme is working well to help them move
into employment and training, according to a research report released today by Education Minister Trevor Mallard. See... Students moving up with STAR programme [1] ALSO: Mallard’s Speech - Pathways from school to work and study [2]
Greens: Caution Needed On Mad Cow Scare
- Green MP Sue Kedgley is calling for scrutiny of our BSE controls, in the wake of revelations that a Waikato man may
be suffering from the related "variant" Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD.) See... Kedgley urges precautionary approach to vCJD scare [1]
ACT: Maharey Soft On Dads
- ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused Social Services and Employment Minister Steve
Maharey of incompetence, in light of new information showing an increase in the number of DPB mothers refusing to name
the father of their ... See... Maharey Impotent Over DPB Dads [1]
Heather Roy’s Diary
- The week has been dominated by Harry Duynhoven and his predicament in initiating his Dutch citizenship and its
ramifications under the Electoral Act. When Harry discovered there was a problem he told the Speaker and his Ministerial
warrant was withdrawn. ... See... Heather Roy’s Diary: Saving Private Harry [1]
Select Committee Biz For The Week
- There were 14 committee meetings; 13 were in the parliamentary complex and one is in progress in Auckland. See... Select Committee Business From August 1 to 8 [1]
Mark Cites Botched Parole Case
- “Corrections Minister Paul Swain should resign after the police revealed last night that convicted five-time rapist
Michael John Carroll was missing from his Christchurch half-way house,” said New Zealand First law and order
spokesperson Ron Mark. See... Where Is Carroll Minister? Asks Mark [1] ALSO: National - Where is Michael Carroll? [2]
King’s Health Portfolio Is Mismanaged: ACT
- The fact that combined District Health Boards ran a $56 million deficit for the final quarter of the 2002-03 year
highlights Health Minister Annette King's inability to manage her portfolio, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather
Roy said today. See... DHBs Labouring Under Huge Deficits [1]