Today's Top Scoop Stories - News Summary

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:02 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
The Hollow Men: Brash Responds To Hager's Book
Statistics: Census Results Out And Online
Internet: Kiwis Get iTunes Store, Apple Online Shop
Immigration: Legislation Proposals Prepare For Check-In

SCOOP INTERNATIONAL LEAD STORY:
Middle East: How Hezbollah Is Moving For Broad Support In Lebanon
International Justice: UN General Assembly Actions Investigation Into UN Peacekeeper Crimes
US News: Bush Admin's Bolton Leaves Controversy In His Wake
More International Headlines:

SCOOP LEAD STORY
Fiji Coup: Bainimarama Appoints 77 Year Old Military Doctor As PM

UPDATED 11:30am - After weeks of threats, Fiji’s military has been able to overthrow the elected Government – the fourth coup d’etat in 19 years – and put Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase on house arrest. The situation is now closely monitored by the United Nations Security Council, which last week expressed concerns over the situation in the South Pacific island. The UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has condemned the seizure of power by the military leadership and is calling for the immediate reinstatement of the legitimate authority in Fiji and its return to constitutional rule. See... Bainimarama Appoints Himself President Of Fiji [1] ALSO:Scoop Audio: (click here to listen) [2] Selwyn Manning reports on Radio Adelaide that NZ PM Helen Clark has said Fijian military who remain loyal to their constitution should tell Bainimarama he has been replaced.

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00102.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00088.htm

RECOMMENDED AUDIO:

Scoop Audio: [1] Helen Clark says Soldiers in Fiji's military, who remained loyal to their constitution, should tell Bainimarama he has been replaced. Also, New Zealand looks set to conduct fingerprinting and eye scans at airports, under new government immigration laws; and a man is in hospital after being bitten by a wild stallion that wanted his mare for its harem. See… Scoop Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning on Radio Adelaide [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00092.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00092.htm

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NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
The Hollow Men: Brash Responds To Hager's Book

- Hager contends that his book - a scurrilous attack on both the National Party as an institution and me as its Leader - was written with the help of emails provided to him by six "people in the National Party (who) were profoundly unhappy" with how some of the Party's electoral success in 2005 had been obtained. This edition of "Don Brash writes" is my response to Mr Hager's book. See... Don Brash Writes: Nicky Hager's book [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00108.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00405.htm

Statistics: Census Results Out And Online

- Results from the 2006 Census show that New Zealand's usually resident population grew faster between 2001 and 2006 than in any five-year period between censuses in the last 30 years, Statistics New Zealand said today. In the five years to 2006, the population increased by 7.8 percent (to reach 4,027,947), compared with 3.3 percent between 1996 and 2001. See... Census Shows Accelerating Growth Across Country [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00069.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00097.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00104.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00099.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00098.htm
[6] - http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/default.htm

Internet: Kiwis Get iTunes Store, Apple Online Shop

- LOOPdigital is pleased to announce it has expanded its worldwide distribution within iTunes Music Store territories to include New Zealand as the result of a meeting with the Manager of Music Programming and Label Relations for iTunes Australia. See... LOOPdigital Distributes in iTunes New Zealand [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0612/S00013.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00097.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0611/S00330.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/share/email_entry.html

Immigration: Legislation Proposals Prepare For Check-In

- New immigration laws will make coming here easier for the migrants New Zealand wants and enhance border security against those we don't want, says Immigration Minister David Cunliffe. Mr Cunliffe has unveiled a package of proposals for a new Immigration Act following public submissions and consultation on the Immigration Act Review discussion document issued in April. See... Comprehensive immigration law one step closer [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00059.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00069.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00071.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00062.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00067.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00080.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00087.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00088.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/nauru.html

INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
Middle East: How Hezbollah Is Moving For Broad Support In Lebanon

Sophie McNeill reports from Beirut, A truck laden with yellow Hezbollah flags drives past the Christian neighbourhood of Gemayzeh early Sunday morning in downtown Beirut. There's a picture of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on the windscreen, but it's not his name that the young men on board are chanting. "General, General!" yell these young Shiite boys. Their chant is for the leader of Hezbollah's largest Christian ally, the former General Michel Aoun. And this van captures an important dynamic that many of the international and Lebanese press have omitted from their coverage of the last few days. See... Why Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV Broadcasts Sunday Mass [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00097.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00052.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00030.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00427.htm

International Justice: UN General Assembly Actions Investigation Into UN Peacekeeper Crimes

- The United Nations General Assembly has agreed to set up to a committee to consider the criminal accountability of UN officials and experts serving on peacekeeping missions. See... Committee to Examine Criminal Accountability of UN [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00133.htm

US News: Bush Admin's Bolton Leaves Controversy In His Wake

- Andreas von Warburg reports from New York - UNITED NATIONS – Ambassador John Bolton is one of President Bush’s most fiercely opposed appointments. Despised by many when he took office at the United Nations in 2005; praised somewhat like a star now that he’s resigning… so much so that several of his fellow ambassadors have almost given him a vote of confidence. See... Bolton Leaves UN: Hated By Some, Admired By Others [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00091.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00054.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00134.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00128.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00127.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00125.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00124.htm

Scoop Audio:

US President George W Bush accepts US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton's resignation.

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