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1: Scoop
Images: Pictures Of An Anarchist’s
Death
The following image sequence shows the death of anti-capitalist Carlo Giuliani during protests in Genoa yesterday, Friday 20th July.
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Scoop
Images: The Battle Of Genoa Day
Two
The streets of Genoa are a mess this morning NZ time, strewn with the debris of hours of running battles between thousands of anti-capitalists and thousands of police for much of Friday in Genoa.
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HARD
NEWS 20/07/01 - Letter to Mikey
Hi Mikey, Happy birthday! How's your week been? Mine's been a bit tiring, on account of the woman I love being stricken with the killer flu of 2001. What a motherfucker. Anyway, I'm taking the kids to school so I can't fit in a broadcast this week. You ...
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Following the successful disbanding of the armed forces the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, has unveiled a new bold plan to total disband the entire nation. In a statement to the worlds press Prime Minister Clarke unveiled ...
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Image:
Record Breaking Snowfall Blankets
Ruapehu
Photo caption: Heavy cloud cleared just long enough for a photo of the Grand Chateau blanketed in snow today.
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Italy,
Ya Basta Declares War - G8
Summit
We learn from the Italian media that in a meeting held in Rome on May 24, the Italian and the US government have decided to declare war to the multitude of brothers and sisters that will gather in Genoa against the G8 meeting scheduled for July.
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Scoop
Images: Genoa’s First G8
Demonstration
The following images are of the “No Borders” demonstration held in support of immigrants rights in Genoa this morning New Zealand Time. All images are from the Italian Indymedia Website .
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RA'S
Pacific Beat On Fiji Double Murder
Coverage
Over a week ago, a 23-year-old man, Apete Kaisau, was charged with the murder. But by the time he appeared before a magistrate, the story of how he had allegedly killed the two men - along with possible motives for the killing - had already received ...
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Tanczos
calls for inquiry on police abuse of
power
Green Party Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today called on the Police Commissioner to issue a directive to all police officers in New Zealand to refrain from abusing the emergency search provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
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Irish
Eyes: A Place Where WeatheryWorries
Lap
When we were children there were tidal wave warnings and we had to leave our classrooms and climb up a small hill to just the right height so that when the tidal wave arrived it would lap at our toes but do no more.
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Scoop
Images: The Battle Of Genoa – Here We
Go!
The Battle of Genoa begins officially tomorrow but already the city is locked down by security forces, with numerous reports of abuses of protestors human rights already emerging. See SWO’s Joe Carolan Writes From The Genoa Barricades for a report from ...
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Signiticant
Global Warming During The 21st
Century
New research published in Europe and the United States today discloses an even greater prospect of significant global warming over the next century unless world-wide mitigation policies are introduced, senior NIWA climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger said today.
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Wellington
Solidarity anti-G8 Demonstration
Between July 19-21, politicians from the G8 (the seven richest countries in the world, plus Russia) will meet in Genoa, Italy, with some of the world's most powerful businesses. Economic decisions affecting the lives of millions will be decided in secret. But ...
16:
Give
Kit Richards An Award
"Mr Richards is laughing all the way to the bank, while Prime Minister Helen Clark is left looking extremely foolish.
These Are The Days Of Our Select Committees - Shipley’s 5% Growth Target Wildly Optimistic, History Shows - Cross-Ditch Foreign Ministers Meeting Calls For Harmony - Men’s Groups Wrong, Family Court Fair, Say Lawyers - Better Planning & Advice Would ...
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National
Radio Midday Report
Canterbury Health – Cricketer Safety – G8 Protests – Beech Logging – Kyoto Protocol – Middle East – Bluebird Strike – Fire Dispute – Flight Safety – Counterfeit Drugs – Geoffrey Archer – Southern Roads
19:
Smith's
spurious claims rejected
The government tonight rejected National MP Nick Smith's claims about the logging of private indigenous forests on the West Coast as utterly spurious.
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Student
Magazine Threatens Rival with Legal
Action
Earlier this week, Victoria University's independent student publication Lucid received correspondence from a lawyer acting on behalf of Salient editor Nikki Burrows threatening legal action. The letter claims that Lucid reporter Keith Ng's investigative article ...
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SWO’s
Joe Carolan Writes From The Genoa
Barricades
The following is mail from a Kiwi representative at upcoming protetss in Genoa, circulating by email among NZ activist groups...
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National
welcomes West Coast indigenous
logging
The resumption of sustainable logging of indigenous forests on the West Coast this week exposes the hypocrisy of the Government's expensive Timberlands policy, National's Environment spokesperson Nick Smith said today.
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British
Oil The Main Beneficiary Of Timor
Crisis
SCOOP NEWS ANALYSIS - British Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook's, arrival in New Zealand prior to September's APEC forum caused Thailand Foreign Ministry official, Kobsak Chitikul, to ask, "Why is Mr Robin Cook here?" Britain is not a member ...
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Howard's
End: The Carpetbaggers
Return
They're Back! Economic rationalists such as former Australian PM Paul Keating who undermined the bargaining power of workers and dismantled Australia's economic defences, along with Harvard University's Dr Michael Porter of the Roger Douglas era, are scheduled ...
25:
Scoop
Images: Genoa Day 3 – Global
Solidarity
Images from Indymedia of global Genoa solidarity protests. For live coverage see... http://italia.indymedia.org/ .
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Beech
Project Positive Says
Conservationist
The development of sustainable beech production on private land on the West Coast is a positive move, which should slow the rapid rise of wooden furniture imports sourced from heavy logging of tropical forests, the Ecologic Foundation said today.
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$120m
Grant Has Not Saved a Single Beech
Tree
It's crazy that the government's West Coast logging policy, which has cost the taxpayer $120 million, has apparently not saved a single native tree, ACT leader Richard Prebble says.
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Scoop
Images: Hobbiton Bridge
Scoop's Hobbit strikes yet again. Hobbiton bridge is revealed in all its glory….enjoy.
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Police
Charged For Robbery
Three policemen have been arrested for robbery from the home of murdered Red Cross Director John Scott.
Hard News Is Here - West Coast Beech Logging An Environmental Success - G8: Drop The Debt, Now! – Jubilee 2000 Aotearoa - Irish Eyes On G8: Oceans Of Worry Lap At The Toes - Global Warming IS A Clear & Present Danger - Fiji Murders: Police & Media ...
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Binoy Kampmark: Jesting On The Environment - Australian Mining Gets A Present
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Antithesis Of What Jesus Taught And Lived 
Ramzy Baroud: The West Bank's Men Of The CIA - Why Is The PA Killing Palestinians In Jenin?
Binoy Kampmark: Concentrated Markets And Iceless Fokkers
Binoy Kampmark: Catching Pegasus - Mercenary Spyware And The Liability Of The NSO Group
Ramzy Baroud: The World Owes Palestine This Much - Please Stop Censoring Palestinian Voices