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Friday, 22 April 2005, 5:47 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY: Solicitor General Called In For Berrymans
No Naughty Net Research Needed, Says SSC -
Kevin List's Had A Month Of It
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Condoleezza Rice Goes To Russia
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
How The United States Is Able To Torture Political Prisoners
Hon Simon Upton's Diaspora Edition Newsletter
MOTORNET: Karl Ferguson On Subaru's RS
Bonus Joules Is Banned From The Welly. College Of Ed.
Julie Webb-Pullman Gives The US A Human Rights Report Card
Martin LeFevre Meditates On Benedict XVI
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Chicago Palestine Film Festival: 2000 Terrorists
Green Team Ready To Have A Crack At Election 2005 -
Planet Needs Saving For 365 days of the Year -
Coddington Takes A Swipe At Media Before Re-entering Fourth Estate -
MORE PARLIAMENT HEADLINES:

LEAD STORY:
Solicitor General Called In For Berrymans

[1] Attorney-General Michael Cullen said today he had asked the Solicitor-General to consider and report on whether there were grounds to apply to the High Court to issue an order for a new inquest into the death of Kenneth Richards on the property of .Keith and Margaret Berryman in 1994. “The Solicitor-General alone has the statutory responsibility to determine whether such an application should be made." See... The Berrymans [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00501.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00501.htm

No Naughty Net Research Needed, Says SSC -

The State Services Commissioner, Mark Prebble, today released a copy of the letter he has sent today to all State sector chief executives regarding the appropriate use of Internet and email by their staff. See... Appropriate Use Of Internet And Email [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00280.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00261.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00262.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00282.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00279.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0504/S00275.htm

Kevin List's Had A Month Of It

- It’s back, Scoop's 'A Week If It' column, not by any popular demand but just for the sheer flippin' heck of it. Due to the soporific nature of the Parliamentary year this irregular Scoop column went away. It’s hard to type a column when one has fallen asleep at the keyboard. See... A Month of It – Late April Politics, News & Stuff [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00226.htm

Scoop Report: Enroute To Gallipoli

- Scoop Co-Editor Selwyn Manning sent in the following snapshots from Dubai where the New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757, currently en-route for Gallipoli Turkey, had a stopover last night. See... Images: Snapshots From The Gallipoli Voyage (2) [1] . EARLIER: Scoop Images: Snapshots From The Gallipoli Voyage [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00227.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00209.htm

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[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0504/S00278.htm
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Condoleezza Rice Goes To Russia

[1] PRESIDENT PUTIN: (in Russian) I'd like to welcome Dr. Rice and her colleagues and I'm very pleased to welcome you here in the Kremlin. I'm very pleased to welcome you here in the Kremlin in your new capacity as the Secretary of State. See... Rice Remarks with Russian President Vladimir Putin [2] MORE: Rice with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov [3] Rice Press Availability at the NATO Ministerial [4] State Dept. Daily Press Briefing April 21, 200 [5] Condoleezza Rice Interview With James Rosen of Fox [6] Rice Remarks to the Press En Route to Vilnius [7] Rice IV With Aleksey Venediktov of Ekho Moskvy [8]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00350.htm
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MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

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[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00332.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
How The United States Is Able To Torture Political Prisoners

- Paul Buchanan examines the revelations about torture of political prisoners held in US prisons in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Iraq. See... Buchanan: The Symmetry Between Torture & Terror [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00197.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00298.htm

Hon Simon Upton's Diaspora Edition Newsletter

- In this issue: France discovers a new way of putting itself at the centre of Europe by threatening to derail the new European Constitution; the Father of the Constitution, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing plans his own apotheosis; and French farmers are given holidays paid for by the taxpayer. ... See... Upton-on-line: France’s Allergic Reaction To EC [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00212.htm

MOTORNET: Karl Ferguson On Subaru's RS

- How do you give an existing car that's generally well respected, but no longer the new kid on the block, a new lease of life? Simple really. Take the most popular model and put a bigger engine in it. See... MOTORNET: Old Dog, New Tricks [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00217.htm

Bonus Joules Is Banned From The Welly. College Of Ed.

- Banned from me old alma mater. Yes, no room on the Ship of Knowledge for me. Left sitting in the gutter in the cold outside the warm, cosy Home of Education. And they made it sound so wonderful: See... Bonus Joules: New Zealand Heroes [1] 22 April 2005 |

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00225.htm

Julie Webb-Pullman Gives The US A Human Rights Report Card

- How does the United States measure up against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? This, the first of a two part series, assesses US performance in relation to Articles 1 to 15 of the UDHR. See... Julie Webb-Pullman: UDHR Report Card For US, Pt. 1 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00224.htm

Martin LeFevre Meditates On Benedict XVI

- So now we (the ‘we’ in this case is most problematic) have a new pope whose diffident exterior masks a doctrinaire interior. The Catholic Church could have embraced worldwide ecumenism. Instead it is, in Pope Benedict XVI, reasserting its medieval claim to ... See... Meditations (Spirituality): The Last Pope? [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00220.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00205.htm

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Chicago Palestine Film Festival: 2000 Terrorists

- Several survivors of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre share their testimonies in the documentary “2000 Terrorists.” On September 15, 1982, a day after the assassination of Catholic Maronite, Lebanese President-elect Bashir Gemayel, Christian Phalangists entered the Sabra and Shatila camps. See... Sonia Nettnin Film Review: 2000 Terrorists [1] MORE REVIEWS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00219.htm
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Green Team Ready To Have A Crack At Election 2005 -

The Green Party’s talented team of candidates for this year’s election will attract as many voters as the party’s forward-thinking and practical policies, Green co-leaders Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald say. See… Green Party List released on Earth Day [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00497.htm

Planet Needs Saving For 365 days of the Year -

International Earth Day is a positive celebration of efforts to save the planet, but the challenge is to make every day an Earth Day, says Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. See…Make Every Day Earth Day: Greens [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00492.htm

Coddington Takes A Swipe At Media Before Re-entering Fourth Estate -

I won't miss the catty girlie remarks from female journalists, like Jane Clifton (who's obsessed lately with personally attacking Katherine Rich's lipstick - could there be a green reason for this?) and Linda Clark. See… Liberty Belle - April 22 2005 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00500.htm

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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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