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Recently declassified documents from the US Commerce Department reveal the Clinton White House intelligence report on
Indonesian President, B.J. Habibie. In the CIA’s opinion Habibe is "the type of official needed today in developing
countries." ...
As a journalist working extremely hard to produce a service that I want to be the best of its kind I am angered and
astounded that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions seems set on trying to undermine Scoop Media.
As Kiwi and Aussie diggers hunker down in Dili tonight their future is being decided not at home - where loved ones wait
and elected leaders worry - but in Jakarta where the worries of East Timor are increasingly playing second fiddle to a
domestic political ...
The author of a bestselling book on privacy says a burglary that’s netted criminals the names, addresses and possibly
even credit card details of thousands of New Zealanders may be the biggest ever privacy breach in this country.
For most of this month, Ansett New Zealand pilots have been in dispute with their employer. Ansett New Zealand is 100%
owned by News Corporation (meaning media magnate, Rupert Murdoch). The dispute is not just about Ansett.
They show what appear to be Indonesian troops gunning down a youth in the street's of East Timor as he runs away.
Militia leaders are saying let the UN troops die of malaria while Indonesian troops watch with apparent bemusement as
members of the UN forces arrive in East Timor dressed in heavy battle fatigues, armoured vests, full packs and
ammunition belts in the ...
Bluff oyster lovers rejoice. You’re in for a rare treat with the announcement today that a national supermarket chain is
stocking about one million of the southern delicacy.
What would you think if....the person sitting at the desk next to you was to stand up right now and began yelling
profanities, 'head-butting' their monitor or pick up their PC and throw it to the ground?
Air New Zealand has added the All Blacks front row to the side of their newest Boeing 747 which will take Taine Randell
and the All Blacks to the World Cup.
Labour has promised to create 62 Ministers, Ministries, Offices, Funds says Roger Sowry. See the list here.
Deception, Deceit and Betrayal - More revelations today from official declassifed US Commerce Department documents on
United States government dealings in Indonesia. John Howard reports, "Follow the Money."
As hostilities against western journalists and aid workers intensify in East and West Timor tonight, Scoop speaks to
World Vision worker and journalist, James Addis. He has been camped up in Kupang, West Timor since Saturday night [NZ
Time] and describes ...
What is really going on in East Timor and Jakarta? Scoop's Alastair Thompson surveys the limited sources of information
currently available and attempts to reconcile what is clearly a very complicated crisis.
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Jack Elder has paid tribute to the former Chief Censor of Film and Literature, Kathryn
Paterson, who died yesterday in Sydney.
TV ONE has today advised SKY Network Television Ltd of its intention to withdraw the rights to replay One Network News
and Holmes.
"Australia's decision to ease the corporate tax rate down to 30 cents over the next two years must be seen in context,"
Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today.
Scoop understands that some filming for the massive trilogy The Lord Of The Rings is to take place in the countryside
West of Masterton.
Labour's employment policy includes one concept, which is guaranteed to create jobs, said the Hon Roger Sowry, Minister
of Employment.
Speech Notes from an Address by the Rt Hon Winston Peters to a Public Meeting at 2:30 pm on Sunday 19th September 1999
at Mount Albert Grammar School, 36 Alberton Avenue, Mount Albert, AUCKLAND.