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TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Kiwis Donate $2million To Tsunami Via World Vision
Homicide Inquiry: Police Seek Those In Wanganui On Friday 7 January
Amnesty Welcomes Central African Republic Impunity Referral To Int. Criminal Court
Palestinians Vote In Abbas As New President
DBM Look At Rodney Hide and Employment Relations
Richard Ehrlich's Tsunami Report: Free Flights For Brits
Fighting Talk Is Here…
Greg PalastSays The Bush Administration Purged Five CBS Journalists
Manuel Valenzuela Declares U.S. Army Fascist
Should Edwards Have Continued Run For Vice President?
The Good And Very Bad About U.S. Media
OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
National's Patriotism Regarding Conservation Questioned By Carter
Minister wants To See How Police Can Get Speedier
Debt Shirkers Diatribe From Katherine Rich Derided
Labour Slams National's Labour Policies
Government Committed To Protecting Fisheries
Alexander Continues Castration Campaign
Brash Concerned By Kiwi Economy
Patients Forced To be Patient In Auckland
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...TODAY'S PHOTO STORY...
NZDF Photos Of The Medical Team In Banda Aceh.
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LEAD STORY
Kiwis Donate $2million To Tsunami Via World Vision
- World Vision New Zealand’s tsunami appeal reached $2.04m today after receiving a big boost from text message
donations from mobile phones. See... Tsunami appeal boosted by text donations [1] Have Confidence In Aid Agencies [2] Amway Answers Call For Much-Needed Supplies [3] Bank of New Zealand donates $100,000 [4] Scoop's Tsunami Feature. [5]
NEW ZEALAND LEAD STORY
Homicide Inquiry: Police Seek Those In Wanganui On Friday 7 January
- A series of incidents reported by members of the public are being investigated and Police are keen to hear from
anyone who may have been in the vicinity of Aramoho, Somme Parade and Pitt Street said officer in charge of Operation
Somme… See... Tania McKenzie homicide: Police Seek Public Info [1]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
Amnesty Welcomes Central African Republic Impunity Referral To Int. Criminal Court
- Central African Republic: Referral to the International Criminal Court should be accompanied by judicial reforms to
address impunity… See... Central African Republic: Must Address Impunity [1]
STORY OF THE WEEK
Palestinians Vote In Abbas As New President
- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the election of new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as
"a significant step in what is a historic democratic transition" in the occupied territories, and said he was looking
forward to working for the establishment .. See... Hailing New Palestinian President [1] Abbas Dedicates Fatah Electoral Victory to Arafat [2]
SCOOP COLUMNS:
DBM Look At Rodney Hide and Employment Relations
- Locally, it has been a long, slow news summer. Thank God, then, for Rodney Hide. As he does every year, the ACT
leader has beavered away over the holidays, weaseling through the country, ferreting out injustices and iniquities. He
has uncovered one. See... Rodney Hide's Employment Relations Scandal [1]
Richard Ehrlich's Tsunami Report: Free Flights For Brits
- PHUKET, Thailand -- The British government is offering free airfare and accommodation for British families who lost
relatives in the tsunamis, so they can grieve amid the wreckage of hotels, inspect the devastated beaches and escort the
remains back ... See... Free Airfares For British Tsunami Victims Families [1]
Fighting Talk Is Here…
- This week... Lyndon Hood: I thought that rather than compiling my own top 20 best-of-2004-lists list... And Hamish
McKenzie: Here in Mexico we are in the depths of winter. The mercury, its core chilled by the frosty skies, struggles to
the mid 20s, and the locals laugh ... See... FIGHTING TALK - re-start the internet [1]
Greg PalastSays The Bush Administration Purged Five CBS Journalists
- "Independent" my ass. CBS' cowardly purge of five journalists who exposed George Bush's dodging of the Vietnam War
draft was done under cover of what the network laughably called an "Independent Review Panel." See... CBS' Cowardice And Conflicts Behind Purge [1]
Manuel Valenzuela Declares U.S. Army Fascist
- It is in times of fascism rising that armies of ignorance are once more resuscitated from the bowels of a society
bordering on the edge of mass psychosis. The America at the dawn of the twenty-first century is no exception, for an
army of fascism is ... See... Worker Bees & Soldier Ants: America’s Fascist Army [1]
Should Edwards Have Continued Run For Vice President?
- On November 3, just hours after Democratic vice-presidential hopeful John Edwards made a national announcement that
he and John Kerry were not going to concede until all the votes were counted, Kerry grabbed the spotlight and conceded…
See... The Last Man To Concede... [1] Interview from Camp Kerry [2]
The Good And Very Bad About U.S. Media
- On December 18, I attended Gary Webb’s memorial service in Sacramento, along with about 250 other people. In 1996,
Webb wrote a series of articles (“Dark Alliance”) for the San Jose Mercury News reporting that, in the 1980s, “a San
Francisco Bay ... See... We Have Met The Enemy, And It Is US (corp media) [1]
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National's Patriotism Regarding Conservation Questioned By Carter
- Conservation Minister Chris Carter has expressed his disappointment at the National Party's opposition to further
world heritage sites being established in New Zealand.. See…Power's view on World Heritage "disappointing" [1]
Minister wants To See How Police Can Get Speedier
- "Police figures showing that average response times to Priority One events in urban areas are two minutes slower than
target times confirm the need for the Communications Centre review," Police Minister George Hawkins said today. See... Figures disclose need for further scrutiny [1]
Debt Shirkers Diatribe From Katherine Rich Derided
- Associate Revenue Minister David Cunliffe today attacked National's belated and ill informed comments on child
support collection in Australia. See…Public deserve better from Katherine Rich [1]
Labour Slams National's Labour Policies
- National's latest ramblings on the Holidays Act show that they still do not have a clue about this important issue. National's "sort of" labour policy is a farce [1]
Government Committed To Protecting Fisheries
- A 40% increase in the number of Fisheries compliance staff since Labour became Government, with future growth already
signalled, shows the Government's commitment to protecting our fisheries. See…Minister slams National's ignorance [1]
Alexander Continues Castration Campaign
- "A monthly dose of Triptorelin for Lloyd McIntosh could do more to keep his predatory instincts at bay than just
surrounding him with expensive minders," said United Future Law & Order spokesman Marc Alexander. See... Alexander: An argument for chemical castration [1] Minister must release McIntosh advice [2]
Brash Concerned By Kiwi Economy
- Despite favourable economic conditions, New Zealand's economic position is not improving relative to other countries,
says National Party Leader Don Brash. See... Report confirms poor economic position [1]
Patients Forced To be Patient In Auckland
- Patients are waiting too long for after-hours healthcare in Auckland this summer, says National Party Health
spokeswoman, Judith Collins. See…Single economic market a step closer [1]