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TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
Employment: Air NZ Steps Up Plans To Dump Staff
Health: Sprott Says Ignore MOH Cot-Death Prevention Advice
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Scoop Report: Benson-Pope Hits Out At Investigate Magazine -
Security: Former Spook Head Dies
Drugs: Nats Say Anti-P March Must Be Listened To
Science: Brian Carter's The March Night Sky
MORE HEADLINES
Tragic Landslide in Philippines Killed Around 1,800 People
Pilger and Simpson Urge Journalists to Drop 'Stone Age' and ‘Primitive’
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Abbas' message to Hamas
MORE COMMENTARY

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics):
Trans-Tasman: Downer Scheduled For Peters Meeting
Industry: Employers Say Strike Days Back To Mid-1990s Levels
MORE POLITICS NEWS

Employment: Air NZ Steps Up Plans To Dump Staff

Air New Zealand today announced it will proceed with its plan to outsource wide body aircraft heavy maintenance after union members failed to ratify their own counterproposal. Around 507 ANZES positions will be made redundant on top of the 110 announced in December, when the decision was made to outsource wide body aero engine maintenance. Of the total 617 positions affected by outsourcing 121 are licensed aircraft engineers and the remainder are trades people, sales and customer support, clerical staff, planners and cleaners. See... Air NZ To Outsource Wide Body Heavy Maintenance [1] ALSO:

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Health: Sprott Says Ignore MOH Cot-Death Prevention Advice

- Cot death expert Dr Jim Sprott is advising parents to ignore cot death prevention advice issued by Plunket and the Ministry of Health. His advice follows news yesterday that in the wake of a US study claiming that use of a dummy reduces cot death risk by more than 90%, New Zealand health officials are considering whether to add dummies to their cot death prevention advice. The US researchers suggest that dummies may assist in keeping babies' airways open if they get into a face-down position in their cots or become covered by bedding. See... Dr Jim Sprott On US Cot Death Research [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0602/S00052.htm

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- Scoop Audio: PM's Presser - Answers Historical Questions On Benson-Pope Allegations, ALSO: U.S. 'Arab-Friendly' General Coming To NZ!!! See... Scoop Audio: PM's Presser [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0602/S00223.htm

Scoop Report: Benson-Pope Hits Out At Investigate Magazine -

Cabinet Minister, David Benson-Pope, has hit out at Investigate magazine saying the latest article supposedly exposing "for the first time" information that he made girls stand outside in the cold in their nighties is sensationalist and "very selective". Through his press secretary, Mr Benson-Pope said: "This material has been available for months. It was thoroughly looked at by Police. They decided to take no action. There is no new material (in the Investigate magazine article). See... Benson-Pope Says Nothing New In Wishart Article [1] ALSO:

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Security: Former Spook Head Dies

- Prime Minister Helen Clark today paid tribute to Paul Molineaux, a former Director of Security, who passed away on Thursday in Christchurch aged 85 years. “Paul Molineaux was Director of Security from 1976 to 1983. He oversaw a period of expansion in the Service. Before becoming Director of Security, he worked as a lawyer, served as a Magistrate and District Court Judge, and for a period as Chief Justice in Western Samoa. Following his term as Director of Security, he served as Privacy Commissioner for ten years." See… Paul Molineaux [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0602/S00270.htm

Drugs: Nats Say Anti-P March Must Be Listened To

- National Party MP for Port Waikato Paul Hutchison says the anti-P march from Pukekohe, in his electorate, to Parliament should receive nationwide support and attention. "The organisers of the campaign, some of whom have had family members suffer from P addiction, should be congratulated for bringing increased attention to a problem that affects every sector of our society," says Dr Hutchison, who is also National's spokesman for Policy on Children. See... Anti-P march deserves nationwide support [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0602/S00284.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0602/S00288.htm

Science: Brian Carter's The March Night Sky

- We are moving into Autumn now with the Sun visible for half the day. This means that the nights for astronomy are rapidly getting longer. Planets - March is a good month for viewing the planets. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible for the whole of the month. Mercury will be visible for the last half of March. Mars will be visible for the first third of the night. Mars is in the constellation of Taurus. Its magnitude fades from 0.7 to 1.2 during the month. Saturn will be visible for the first two thirds of the night. Saturn is in the constellation of Cancer, in which it remains until September 2006. Its magnitude slightly fades from –0.1 to 0.1. See... The Night Sky [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0602/S00224.htm

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Tragic Landslide in Philippines Killed Around 1,800 People

- TEAR Fund New Zealand is working in Guinsaugon, the Philippines, to assist victims of the tragic landslide that obliterated all in its path with a 10-metre wall of mud, trees and gravel, and killed an estimated 1,800 people. TEAR Fund is working in Guinsaugon through TSKI, its local development partner in the region. An indigenous Filipino development organisation, TSKI is reporting 75 of its clients are missing, presumed dead. See... TEAR Fund Assisting Philippines' Landslide Victims [1] ALSO:

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Pilger and Simpson Urge Journalists to Drop 'Stone Age' and ‘Primitive’

- John Pilger and BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson have urged fellow journalists not to use terms such as 'stone age' and 'primitive' to describe contemporary tribal peoples, in a letter published in the Financial Times. 'These terms are dangerous because, aside from being often implicitly pejorative, they are used to justify the persecution of tribal people,' the letter states. 'Governments, such as in Indonesia and Botswana, claim that forcibly 'developing' tribes is for their own good and helps them to 'catch up' with the 'civilized' world. The results are almost always catastrophic for those involved.' See... Pilger and Simpson Urge Journalists to Drop 'Stone Age' and ‘Primative’ [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0602/S00321.htm

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Abbas' message to Hamas

- President Mahmoud Abbas advised the Hamas dominated opening session of the Second Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) that the peace process, which was established by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to build a present and a future for the Palestinian people in a modern state, must be allowed to move forward if there is to be any hope in combating Israeli extremism which is attempting to eliminate the political identity of the Palestinian people and its national rights. See... G C Fraser: National Rights of Palestine Key to Peace - Abbas [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0602/S00208.htm

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Trans-Tasman: Downer Scheduled For Peters Meeting

- Foreign Minister Winston Peters will host a visit later this week by Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer. Mr Downer is coming to Wellington for the six-monthly New Zealand and Australian Foreign Ministers' consultations. "The relationship between New Zealand and Australia is as close a relationship between countries as can be found anywhere in the world", said Mr Peters. See... Peters to host Australian Foreign Minister [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0602/S00272.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0602/S00236.htm

Industry: Employers Say Strike Days Back To Mid-1990s Levels

- The income value and number of work days lost due to union strike action is rocketing back towards the levels of the mid 1990's, says David Lowe, Employment Services Manager for EMA (Northern). "Last year to September staff lost $4.5 million in wages due to strikes," Mr Lowe said. Between March and June 2005 they lost $1.3 million, and between June and September $2.4 million. See... Wages, workdays lost to strikes rocketing [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0602/S00248.htm

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