TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Scoop Is In The House
LEAD STORY: Iran Captures British Vessels And Crew
Robson Defends Racism Remarks After Being Ejected From House
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
PNG Former Commander Details Sandlines Crisis
INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES
STORY OF THE WEEK: PM's Presser: Civil Unions Top Of Mind
Civility On Civil Unions Disingenous
SCOOP COLUMNS:
Fiona Rae & More Is There!
Stateside: Mother Earth's Revenge Waiting To Happen
Chris Sanders: Cover-Up Kerry Rides Again
Uri Avnery Considers Ariel Sharon's "Revised Disengagement Plan"
The Strange Case Of The Alleged Ohio Mall Bomber
Sonia Nettnin: Film Review - Keys
OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Greens Welcome Tyre Recycling Plan
Key Uses Treasury Report To Attack Cullen
Immigrants Accused Of Welfare Bludging
Warehouse's What A Pig Easter Eggs Irresponsible
Skyhawks Costing A Fortune On The Ground
CYFs Screws Up Again
PM Welcomes Pacific Fisheries Convention
Images: GG In Germany
Public Input Sought On Chinese FTA
Politics According To Peters - Imitation Without Admission
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Stateside with Rosalea: Mother Nature's Revenge
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TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS------------
Scoop Is In The House
- For today's questions see… Questions for Oral Answer - Tuesday, 22 June 2004 [1]
LEAD STORY:
Iran Captures British Vessels And Crew
- Persian Gulf: The British Ministry of Defence has confirmed that eight Royal navy personnel from the Royal Navy
training team based in southern Iraq have been detained by the Iranian authorities while delivering a boat from Umm Qasr
to Basrah. See... UK MOD Confirms 8 Navy Personnel Detained By Iran [1] ALSO: Iran Statement On Seizing British Navy Vessels [2]
Robson Defends Racism Remarks After Being Ejected From House
- Matt Robson stands by the words that saw him ejected from the Parliamentary debating chamber this afternoon. See... Robson stands by un-Parliamentary words [1]
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Global M activity is levelling out [1] Image: Mega Gem Soon To Shine In New Zealand [2] www.NZFlag.com opens non-profit store [3] Matariki Film night in Wellington [4] BMW ORACLE Racing leaps into the lead [5] IMNZ Independent Album Chart - June 2004 [6] Commission warning to Toll NZ Limited [7] Further progress in offer for Wrightson shares [8] Auckland Concert showcases King of Italian Opera [9]
PNG Former Commander Details Sandlines Crisis
- PORT MORESBY (The National Online/Pacific Media Watch): The Bougainville crisis of 1997 was a political crisis that
needed a political solution and not the barrel of the gun, says former Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) commander
Major General Jerry Singirok. See... PNG: Former Military Chief Details Sandline Crisis [1]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES
Haiti: Last chance to end cycle of violence [1] Massive arrests in Colombia [2] World Govts Arms Export Goals Intensifies Poverty [3] Oxfam Questions Globe's Guns or Growth Policies [4] Rainy Season Strikes Crisis-Plagued Darfur, Sudan [5] UN: Urgency Of Resolving Crisis In Darfur, Sudan [6] Dr Congo Has 20,000 Troops In Volatile East [7] Afghanistan: Concern Over Deteriorating Security [8] UN Seminar Decries Anti-Semitism [9] Olympic torch bearer highlights worker problems [10]
STORY OF THE WEEK: PM's Presser: Civil Unions Top Of Mind
- In This Edition: Civil Union Bill - NZ SAS soldiers injured in Afghanistan - New Zealand intelligence services and
the Cold War - Polls and preferred coalition partners. See... PM's Presser: Civil Unions, SAS, SIS & Coalitions [1]
Civility On Civil Unions Disingenous
- Green MP Metiria Turei says critics of the Civil Union Bill should "stop the spin" and come clean on why they are
opposing it. See... Bill opponents should stop being civil, come clean [1] MORE: - Libertarianz - Gay and Lesbian Marriage Should be Allowed [2] - PrideAlliance - PrideAlliance says CUB doesn't go far enough [3] CLICK FOR MORE STORY OF THE WEEK COVERAGE
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SpaceShipOne First Private Manned Space Mission
SCOOP COLUMNS:
Fiona Rae & More Is There!
- Alex Kingston might have been complaining recently that she's being shoved off ER for being too old, but she didn't
sound that peeved about it way back in February when I interviewed her... See... Public Address 22/06/04 - TV Identity [1]
Stateside: Mother Earth's Revenge Waiting To Happen
- We interrupt the previously scheduled travelog to bring you the Nightmare that is Yosemite National Park on a
summer's day. See... Stateside: Nightmare In Yosemite National Park [1] and Stateside with Rosalea: Yosemite Photos [2]
Chris Sanders: Cover-Up Kerry Rides Again
- Last week Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan opined that inflation was not a threat to US growth, sparking a large
rally in bonds. Market rates have been climbing since June 2003, a fact that is beginning to leave this bear market in
bonds looking a little long in the tooth. See... Chris Sanders: Cover-Up Kerry Rides Again [1]
Uri Avnery Considers Ariel Sharon's "Revised Disengagement Plan"
- Two weeks ago, the international community made a shocking declaration. Giving in to a demand by George Bush, the
''Quartet'' accepted the ''Revised Disengagement Plan'' of Ariel Sharon. This means that the United Nations, the
European Union, the Russian Federation and the United States confirmed this document. I wonder if any one of the
honorable diplomats has read the document with their own eyes. See... Uri Avnery: Irreversible Mental Damage [1]
The Strange Case Of The Alleged Ohio Mall Bomber
- While the major media screams about the latest beheading in the Middle East, John Ashcroft's destruction of a man in
the middle west -- likely for political purposes -- has gone unnoticed. See... Innocent Man In An Ohio Election-Terror Scam [1]
Sonia Nettnin: Film Review - Keys
KEYS is a documentary film about several Palestinian families who crossover the green partition line; and they revisit
the remains of their homes and villages. During the third annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival, KEYS (in Arabic,
MAFATEEH,) had its first showing at the Southwest Youth Collaborative. Saleem Daw directed the film. See... Sonia Nettnin: Film Review - Keys [1] More Palestine Film Reviews: - Review: Elias Chacour - Prophet in His Own Country [2] - Sonia Nettnin: To Create Something Out of Nothing [3]
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IMAGE: Governor General Visits Germany
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OTHER NEWS (JUST POLITICS)------------
Greens Welcome Tyre Recycling Plan
- Green MP Mike Ward is cautiously welcoming the new national waste tyre strategy announced today, but warns that such
voluntary measures let irresponsible vendors off the hook. See... Tyre scheme almost on the right track [1] and Millions of unwanted tyres to be Tyre Tracked [2]
Key Uses Treasury Report To Attack Cullen
- National Party Deputy Finance spokesman John Key is accusing the Government of deliberately misleading taxpayers with
its public statements about the Budget. See... Treasury condemns Budget as 'ineffective' [1]
Immigrants Accused Of Welfare Bludging
- More than 10,000 new immigrants have been granted the unemployment or unemployment hardship benefits in the past four
years, according to figures released by National Party Social Services spokeswoman Katherine Rich. See... Immigrants are taking taxpayers for a ride [1] and Labour’s “Diversity” Is Taxpayers’ Burden [2]
Warehouse's What A Pig Easter Eggs Irresponsible
- Green MP Sue Kedgley today hailed the Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) ruling that The Warehouse's marketing
of the What A Pig Easter egg was socially irresponsible, saying it was a victory for children's health and a defeat for
petty political point-scorers ... See... Look who has egg on their face now? [1]
Skyhawks Costing A Fortune On The Ground
- It is time the Government came clean about what is happening to the remnants of our once proud Air Force combat wing,
says National's Defence spokesman Simon Power. See... $7.8m to house grounded Skyhawks [1]
CYFs Screws Up Again
- National Party MP Katherine Rich is asking what it takes to set the alarm bells ringing at CYFS after a baby, whose
two siblings had already been removed from their mother's care, was left fighting for his life with head injuries.
See... Minister must get to grips with CYFS [1]
PM Welcomes Pacific Fisheries Convention
- Prime Minister Helen Clark has welcomed the entry into force of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention.
The Convention came into force on Saturday, 19 June. See... Pacific fisheries convention comes into force [1]
Images: GG In Germany
New Zealand's Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright lays a wreath at the "Neue Wache" Memorial to the Victims of War
and Tyranny in Berlin. See... Images: Governor General Visits Germany [1]
Public Input Sought On Chinese FTA
- The Government is seeking submissions from the public on the negotiation of a free trade agreement with China, Trade
Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today. See... Consultation on Chinese trade to start [1]
Politics According To Peters - Imitation Without Admission
- Over the past few weeks some fascinating options have been thrown into the political mix in the lead up to the 2005
elections. Some are far fetched and others downright foolish, but they are what keeps politics interesting. See... Imitation Without Admission - Winston Peters [1]
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