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Delamere Sacking – Death – East Timor – Nuclear Power – Expensive Pen – Tennis
DELAMERE SACKING: ACT leader Richard Prebble says Donna Awatere Huata will go if she is involved in the immigration scheme which led to Tuariki Delamere being sacked. Donna;s husband is believed to have been involved.
DEATH: The Medical Association is welcoming a call from the coroner for training in the proper procedures for death certificates and training for embalmers.
EAST TIMOR: Indonesia is denying that its troops are delaying refugees from returning from West Timor.
NUCLEAR POWER: Chernobyl Nuclear Power station is to be turned on again. Power tests are reportedly underway already. The Ukraine had promised to close the power plant.
EXPENSIVE PEN: The pen Edward VIII used to sign his abdication has been sold for $20,000.
TENNIS: Andre Agassi has had his first win of the year over Pete Sampras.
Alastair Thompson
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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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