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TODAY’S TOP
SCOOPS
Israel Invades On Eve Of UN Assembly Urgent
Meeting
Alliance Says No Plan To Merge With Maori
Party
Fight Against Terror Must Not Impinge Human
Rights
Minister / Department Misinforms Nigel
Hampton QC Over Zaoui Case
Book Tickets To UQ.Org
/ Indymedia Fundraising Screening Of Fahrenheit
911
OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Has Peters
Defamed Ahmed Zaoui?
Lahar Prevention Would Have
Been Smarter: Nats
Brash Policies Devastated The
Coast: Anderton
UNICEF Report “Indictment” For
NZ Child Welfare
Port-a-Loos For Art Sake
ACT Urges Tories To Clarify Ed Zoning Policy
Taxpayers Ought Not Pay For Animal Exploitation
Govt Funds Engineering Skills Push
NZ
First Congratulates DOC On Dogs
Policy
Get Your Own Deception Dollar & See.. GNN's Aftermath Unanswered Questions
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TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
------------Israel Invades On Eve Of UN Assembly Urgent Meeting - HEBRON, Palestine - Israeli occupying forces (IOF) invaded yesterday night the West Bank City of Hebron, storming its various neighbourhoods with tanks and armoured vehicles, while hundreds of Israeli soldiers were reportedly deployed in its streets. See... Israeli Troops Invade Hebron, Attack Other Towns [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0407/S00147.htm
Alliance Says No Plan To Merge With Maori Party - John Pagani’s announcement on National Radio today that the Alliance is merging with the Maori Party is nothing more than a politically motivated beat-up, says Alliance President Jill Ovens. See... Alliance Says It Is Not Merging With Maori Party [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0407/S00140.htm
Fight Against Terror Must Not Impinge Human Rights -
The struggle against terrorism must be reconciled with the
imperatives of personal safety and dignity, the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has asserted.
See... Fight Against Terrorism Must Not Exclude Rights [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0407/S00138.htm
Minister / Department Misinforms Nigel Hampton QC Over Zaoui
Case - A 8 September 2003 letter written by the Minister
of Corrections, Paul Swain, incorrectly informed Nigel
Hampton QC of the Howard League, that an internal
investigation report concerning allegations of mistreatment
of detained refugee, Ahmed Zaoui, had been forwarded to
Zaoui’s solicitor. Paul
Swain Misleads QC Over Zaoui Assault Reports [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0407/S00073.htm
Book Tickets To UQ.Org / Indymedia Fundraising Screening Of
Fahrenheit 911 - Do you want to see Michael Moore's
Cannes Palm D'Or Fahrenheit 911 a week before it opens? Did
you miss out on the booked out Film Festival screenings? Do
you support the work of Independent Media? Do you have any
Unanswered Questions about what happened on September 11th
2001. See... SCOOP FAHRENHEIT 911 PREVIEW SCREENING 23rd JULY [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0407/S00095.htm
OTHER NEWS (JUST POLITICS)
------------Has Peters Defamed Ahmed Zaoui? - “Convicted Terrorist Ahmed Zaoui’s fight to stay in the country has now cost taxpayers more than $900,000,” said New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. See... Zaoui – New Zealand’s Million Dollar Terrorist [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00232.htm
Lahar Prevention Would Have Been Smarter: Nats - A
$64,000 cheque to Ruapehu District Council is guilt money
from a Government that has put political correctness ahead
of public safety, says National's Local Government
spokesman, Dr Nick Smith. See... Money should have been spent on lahar prevention [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00243.htm
Brash Policies Devastated The Coast: Anderton - While
visiting the West Coast this week Jim Anderton has suggested
Coasters remind Mr Brash of a few key points on his visit.
The Economic Development Minister and Progressive Leader has
been busy getting things done for Coasters, working with
them ... See... Brash style policies left the Coast devastated [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00237.htm
UNICEF Report “Indictment” For NZ Child Welfare -
Making New Zealand Fit for Children, a Unicef report
released today is the latest indictment of the Government's
approach to child welfare in this country, United Future
leader Peter Dunne said today. See... Enough reports; time for action on child abuse [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00230.htm
Port-a-Loos For Art Sake - With furore over the cost
of sending an artist to Italy to showcase their braying
exploding port-a-loo, it is time that Prime Minister - and
Arts Culture and Heritage Minister - Helen Clark front up
and explain just what on Earth is going on in her ...
See... Just What Exactly Is Going On, Prime Minister? [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00229.htm
ACT Urges Tories To Clarify Ed Zoning Policy - ACT New
Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today
expressed her disappointment at the National Party's attempt
to water down its policy on school zoning. See... National Must Clarify Zoning Position [1]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00228.htm
Taxpayers
Ought Not Pay For Animal Exploitation - Green MP Sue
Kedgley today called for taxpayer funding for animal
experimentation to be cut off from public institutions that
refuse to publicly account for their experiments on live
animals, on the eve of the expected release of animal use
statistics ... See... No more animal secrets - or no more public funding [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00226.htm
Govt Funds Engineering Skills Push - Funding to develop
engineering qualifications that foster entrepreneurial
skills was announced today by Finance Minister Michael
Cullen and Acting Associate Education (Tertiary Education)
Minister Margaret Wilson. See... New funding to develop engineering qualifications [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00238.htm
NZ First Congratulates DOC On Dogs Policy - New
Zealand First conservation spokesperson Edwin Perry has
welcomed the news that the Department of Conservation in
Taranaki is to take action against three dog owners who took
their pets into the Egmont National Park. See... DOC Prosecutions Welcomed [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0407/S00241.htm
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