Scoop: Top Scoops+Just Politics (London Bombings)

Friday, 8 July 2005, 5:06 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY: BREAKING NEWS: Explosions Strike London Rush Hour Commuters - 52 Deaths Confirmed, 700+ Injured
SCOOP FULL COVERAGE:
MORE BREAKING NEWS:

More Top Scoops
Kevin List's A Week Of It Is In
Sutton Off To China For Pre-DOHA Round Meetings
Metservice Predicts Fine Weather For Saturday's Rugby Test
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
UN Peacekeeper Troops Storm Through Haitian Slum
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
London Bombings Commentary
Richard S. Ehrlich: Compassion On Holiday For Hmong
Marjorie Cohn: The Supreme Court Battle Begins
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
POLITICAL NEWSLETTERS:
United Releases Forestry Policy
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POLITICAL COLUMNS:

BREAKING NEWS: Explosions Strike London Rush Hour Commuters - 52 Deaths Confirmed, 700+ Injured

[1] London Police have confirmed 52 people have been killed and 700+ people have been injured after bomb attacks struck the Underground network and double-decker buses in London. In what appears to be the first major break in the London terrorist attacks, police may have discovered two unexploded bombs as they sifted through the wreckage of the four bombs that did go off. Scotland Yard has denied finding undetonated explosive devices in the wreckage. See Scoop's news roundup... [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/londonbombing.html
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00111.htm

SCOOP FULL COVERAGE:

Scoop News Coverage [1] - Scoop Audio Coverage [2] - Independent News Reports [3] - Commentary [4] - NZ MFAT Updates & Other Advisories [5] - International Reaction [6] - NZ Parliamentary Reaction [7]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/londonbombing.html#scoops
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/londonbombing.html#audio
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/londonbombing.html#reports
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/londonbombing.html#comment
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/londonbombing.html#mfat
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/londonbombing.html#intl
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/londonbombing.html#parl

MORE BREAKING NEWS:

- Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Explosions [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00101.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00104.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00103.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00102.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00100.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00099.htm
[7] - http://www.earthcam.com/uk/england/london/trafalgar.php

Kevin List's A Week Of It Is In

- In This Edition: Future of Institute For Liberal Values (Slightly) Uncertain - Alleged Security Risk Enjoys Cable Car Ride - Sorry Old Chap, No Can Do, Chatham House Rules! - McCully accuses Dominion Post of Left Wing Bias!? - Market Forces Comfort ACT MP In Times of Trouble. See... A Week of It: Liberal values, Liberated Algerians [1] ALSO: Ahmed Zaoui Meets Media Onslaught And Fans In Wgtn [2] . See also Ahmed Zaoui's speech... Zaoui: Religious Extremism and Our Response [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00123.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00097.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00110.htm

Sutton Off To China For Pre-DOHA Round Meetings

- Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton leaves for China on Monday to attend a meeting of trade ministers looking for solutions as part of the World Trade Organisation's Doha Development Round. Mr Sutton will be attending a "mini-ministerial" meeting in Dalian, China. He said that while New Zealand was having a lot of success with bilateral trade agreements, the Government's top trade priority was the WTO negotiations. The Labour-Progressive Government have successfully completed three trade agreements, with another three currently being negotiated. See... Minister to attend trade meeting in China [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00189.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00190.htm

Metservice Predicts Fine Weather For Saturday's Rugby Test

- After several days of rain in the north, MetService meteorologists are forecasting that showers will clear away in time for the third rugby test between the LIONS and the ALL BLACKS at Eden Park on Saturday evening. See... MetService forecasting a dry third test [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0507/S00016.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0507/S00074.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0507/S00120.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0507/S00119.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0507/S00063.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0507/S00116.htm

UN Peacekeeper Troops Storm Through Haitian Slum

- United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti have raided two areas of a slum district in an operation designed to rout gangs that have been active in Port-au-Prince, the Caribbean country’s capital, and have killed or wounded several gang members, a mission spokesman said. During the operation yesterday in Cité Soleil’s Bois-Neuf and Douillard areas, “the criminals, who tried desperately to fight back using weapons, were either killed or wounded,” suffering heavy losses, the spokesman for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Lieutenant Colonel El Ouafi Boulbars, said yesterday. See... UN Peacekeeping Mission Raids Slum District [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0507/S00149.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0507/S00136.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0507/S00144.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0507/S00155.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0507/S00153.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0507/S00156.htm

London Bombings Commentary

Russell Brown - I lived in London in years when several terrorist bombings were carried out by the IRA. It was easy enough to be stoic; the odds weren't so bad. The King's Cross station fire in 1987 was actually worse... See... Public Address 08/07/05 - Bloody Murder [1]

Christiaan Briggs - Lucky for that “War on Terror” thing ay? My mother managed to phone me today from New Zealand, to check I hadn’t been blown up. She advised that I take care with my words. The first hint I received of something amiss in London this morning was full ... See... Christiaan Briggs: Chickens Come Home To Roost [2]

William Rivers Pitt - A British associate penned a quick response to the bombing attacks that took place in London this morning. "The message from those claiming responsibility says, in part, 'Britain is now burning with fear, terror and panic in its northern, southern, ... See... William Rivers Pitt: Over There [3]

Peter Cresswell - "We are all Londoners today." Doesn't that describe the way all people with a soul feel this morning. The vibrant, tolerant city of London is today's front line in the battle for those western values that makes cities across the west the great places ...See… Peter Cresswell : 'We Are All Londoners Today' [4]

Deborah Coddington - Most of us will be glued to the television or radio today, listening for news about London, and effects of the senseless, mindless, irrational collectivism that motivates the fundamentalist and nihilist beliefs of the terrorists. How anyone can call these murderers "freedom fighters" is beyond me. See... Liberty Belle: The London Bombings [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00108.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00117.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00106.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00120.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00192.htm

Richard S. Ehrlich: Compassion On Holiday For Hmong

- BANGKOK, Thailand -- About 6,500 ethnic Hmong, who illegally crossed the Mekong River into Thailand, suffered the death of a baby girl after Thai officials reportedly ordered people not to feed or help them. See... Thai Officials Order Hmong Refugees Abandoned [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00112.htm

Marjorie Cohn: The Supreme Court Battle Begins

- With the unexpected resignation of Sandra Day O'Connor, George Bush finds himself on the horns of a dilemma. After his 2000 campaign pledge to appoint justices in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, Bush garnered the crucial support of right-wing evangelical Christians. Mobilizing in thousands of churches across the country, they provided the foot soldiers and the votes to elect and re-elect Bush. Their eyes were on the big prize - overturning Roe v. Wade, to stop the "holocaust" of abortion. The Supreme Court vacancy they've prepared for so long and hard has finally materialized, and the right-wing fundies are calling in their chits. See... Marjorie Cohn: Payback Time? [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00107.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00072.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00062.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00087.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00116.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00114.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00113.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00091.htm

POLITICAL NEWSLETTERS:

Transtasman Political Letter – 7th July Digest [1] Molesworth & Featherston (Lobby Edition) – 8/7/05 [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00095.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0507/S00118.htm

United Releases Forestry Policy

- United Future forestry spokesman Gordon Copeland today released the party's forestry policy for the 2005 election. This includes: giving all necessary government assistance to the forest sector to move up the value added chain through industry partnerships so that high value products, rather than unprocessed chips or logs, ensure that "NZ Inc" maximises its returns. See... United Future announces forestry policy [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00198.htm

MORE POLITICS HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00194.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00191.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00182.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00181.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00178.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00197.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00196.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00200.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00193.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00176.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00205.htm

POLITICAL COLUMNS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00174.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00202.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00201.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00195.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00186.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00187.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00201.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00199.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00188.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00192.htm

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