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The following pictures - supplied to Scoop anonymously - show actress Liv Tyler in action during the shooting of some
scenes for the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. The pictures were taken in the South Island near Wanaka.
Just how much did the drug importing billionaire pay for his freedom? Not a lot according to Scoop sources.
Russia's acting president, Vladamir Putin, is beating the drums of nationalism saying he wants to rebuild Russia's
military and economic power, and he wants a woman to be the Speaker in the Duma. John Howard reports.
Images courtesy of the New Zealand Defence force….
A drug importing billionare paid around $50,000 to the Odyssey House drug rehabilitation centre as a donation,
substantially more than Scoop earlier reported.
In a Millennium move back to the dark ages which will likely outrage Christians, Jews and Moslems, a Vatican body
formerly known as the Inquisition, has ordered copies of a book entitled Women At The Alter to be warehoused or burned.
Cannabis law reformers have mixed feelings over the recent "non-criminal" importation of marijuana and hashish by an
American billioniare.
A district court judge today ruled that the Herald Newspaper has the right to challenge the name suppression of the
American billionaire caught importing cannabis into the country last week - but the paper will not get an opportunity to
do so till Monday.
The following images were taken on New Years Eve and New Years Day atop Mt Narawhia the highest point on Arapawa Island
in the Marlborough Sounds. Mt Narawhia at 535m tall and with a clear view of the horizon over the sea is an ideal place
to watch ...
Accelerating the company's major strategy initiative, Microsoft Corp. today announced that its co-founder, Bill Gates,
has created a new role for himself -- Chairman and Chief Software Architect -- so that he can dedicate all of his time
to helping drive ...
An American billionaire caught importing over 100 grams of cannabis is flying home today leaving controversy in his
wake.
Fantasy becomes a controlled substance and controversy continuea very lucky drug importing billionaire. Plus the rest
of the days news, all in Scoop Today today.
MAJOR ESCALATION IN CAMPAIGN TO STOP ILLEGAL JAPANESE WHALING AS ACTIVISTS DRAGGED UP STERN RAMP OF WHALING SHIP
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Tired of the usual holiday spots on planet Earth? Next year you could be in space because a US investor wants to turn
the Russian space station Mir into the ultimate holiday resort. John Howard reports.
Social Services Minister Steve Maharey said today that the former National Government had suppressed knowledge of an
out-of-court settlement involving a former senior WINZ manager which was reached before the election.
As the Russian military begins its invasion of Grozny, Russia has launched a strategic intercontinental Topol-M missile
using the occasion to warn the West against criticising its Chechen campaign. John Howard reports.
“The Employers Federation is still stuck in a punitive, forced-labour mind set,” said Robert Reid, President of UNITE!,
the community based union for unemployed and marginalised workers.
Thailand and the Japanese Global Infrastructure Fund are embarking on a bold and ambitious plan to build a canal linking
the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It will rival the Panama and Suez canals. John Howard reports.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said this evening that Japan’s continued whaling in the Southern Ocean could well have tragic
consequences not only for the whales it was targeting but also for Greenpeace activists who are challenging Japan’s
whaling programme.
ACT ACC Spokesman Hon Ken Shirley believes that the Government's 'indecent haste' in allowing businesses just three
weeks to make submissions on its bill to return ACC to a state monopoly is denying many the right to have their say.