TV1 News

Friday, 1 October 1999, 6:36 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

1. RADIATION - Deadly radiation has been released around the site of Japan's worst ever nuclear accident. U.s and Russian experts have offered to help contain the effects of the disaster.

- A New Zealand teacher living 12 kilometres from the disaster site says it is difficult for English speakers to obtain information about he catastrophe.

2. EARTHQUAKE - Fifteen people are confirmed dead in the earthquake that hit Mexico early this morning- most in the state of Oaxaca .

3. EAST TIMOR - The peacekeeping troops in East Timor have fired the first shots "in anger" - warning shots from a Gurkha troop to Indonesian militia- as Kiwi troops ready themselves for duty in the territory.

4. RUGBY - A look forward to the Rugby World Cup with only eight hours until the first match kicks off.

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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.

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