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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.
Alastair Thompson - Latest News [Page 73]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 3:47 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - The Real Deal: The Community Wizard of Sebastopol - Stateside: Rosalea's War Diary - Tuesday - Matthew Reid: Embarrassed In Iraq - Hard News Is There! - The Homefront: How To Take Back America - John Kaminsky: Iraq War Is A Rerun ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 4:02 pm | Alastair Thompson
Tube Talk: Hollywood's Biggest Night - Stateside: Rosalea's War Diary - Monday - War Is Not Like A Basketball Mis-match - The War Pictures You Are Not Supposed To See - Priest Paints Cross Of His Blood On US Consulate Floor - Scoop Satire: Blair ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 24 March 2003, 4:41 pm | Alastair Thompson
Priest Crosses US Consul Office With His Blood - Images Of U.S. Prisoners From Al Jazeera - Four Biting Anti-War Cartoons From John Chuckman - William Rivers Pitt: Burning Baghdad - Marc Ash: Paris In WWII Compared Baghdad 2003 - The Peace Debate: ... More >>
Scoop Images: Wellington Marches Against War - M22
Saturday, 22 March 2003, 6:16 pm | Alastair Thompson
Four or five thousand Wellingtonians took to the streets on a beautiful day today to protest against the war currently underway in Iraq. More >>
Scoop Panorama: March 22nd Peace Protest At Parlt.
Saturday, 22 March 2003, 6:09 pm | Alastair Thompson
Panorama images of the March 22nd March for peace in Wellington on the Parliament lawn. See also.. Scoop Images: Wellington Marches Against War - March 22 . More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 21 March 2003, 4:05 pm | Alastair Thompson
Weekend Peace Protests – All You Need To Know - Scoop Broke The News – Swiss Police Shoot Anti-War Kids - Firas Al-Atraqchi: Here Comes The Islamic Backlash - Stateside: Rosalea's War Diary - Eco-Economy: A War To Enforce The Almighty US Dollar - Japanese ... More >>
Scoop Images Confirm Iraqi Oil Fields Alight
Friday, 21 March 2003, 2:36 pm | Alastair Thompson
According to an unconfirmed report from Associated Press quoting Fox News, fires southwest of the city of Basra have been burning for several hours. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics - WAR BEGINS
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 5:20 pm | Alastair Thompson
THE IRAQ WAR HAS STARTED - PM Regrets War Has Begun - Full Political Reaction - War Has Begun: Vigil 5pm US Consulate - Who Is On The Side Of This War? - Yeah Right! - Scoop Is In The House - Streets Of London: Regrets In Great Britain - Where's The ... More >>
NewsFlash: President Bush Announces Gulf War II
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 4:42 pm | Alastair Thompson
What follows is the full text of U.S. President George Bush's announcement that the attack on Iraq had commenced. More >>
The Coalition Of The Willing [/Killing] Is Named
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 1:22 pm | Alastair Thompson
The U.S. "Coalition Of The Willing" has finally been named. In naming it U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell observed that it was a bigger group than that arrayed to support the first Gulf War in 1991. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 19 March 2003, 4:01 pm | Alastair Thompson
Peace Protesters With A Papal Mandate - Scoop Is In The House - War Approaches & Gold And Oil Prices Fall! Go Figure - U.S. Govt. Insiders Talk Of An Insane Administration - Michael Moore Gives Dubya A Piece Of His Mind - A Yellow Ribbon U.S. Soldiers Can ... More >>
The Truth About War And U.S. Oil Stocks
Wednesday, 19 March 2003, 2:44 pm | Alastair Thompson
While oil prices have fallen 16% in the past four days and petrol prices have followed, those thinking that the oil crisis of 2003 is over would be well-advised to look past these short term market movements and glance at the fundamentals of supply and ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 18 March 2003, 3:44 pm | Alastair Thompson
Kindness Or Bombs and Blood: You Choose - Scoop Is In The House - The Final Countdown: Bush Admin. Ultimatum - The Final Countdown: UN Pulls Out - The Final Countdown: The Hawks' Call To Arms - Hard News is There! - How Does It Feel In Baghdad? - Matthew ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 17 March 2003, 4:25 pm | Alastair Thompson
US Will Attack Iraq Irrespective of UN Outcome - John Paul II Keeps Faith And Hope Alive - Bernard Weiner: War On Iraq Will Be War Crime - Uptononline (Diaspora Edition) - The Faces Of The Intended Victims Of US Bombing - Reader Opinion: A Kiwi Expat ... More >>
Scoop Image: Scoop And Its Environs At Dawn
Monday, 17 March 2003, 10:06 am | Alastair Thompson
A panoramic view from Johnstone's Hill of Wellington at Dawn this morning. In the foreground you can see the suburb of Karori where Scoop is headquartered.. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 14 March 2003, 4:38 pm | Alastair Thompson
Howard's End: Do We Need To Be Saved By The US? - Naked In Nuhaka: World's Looking Weird From The East Cape - Hard News Is There! - Public Address's Latest Offerings - With IDF Poo In Your Street, It's Tough On The West Bank - Jason Leopold: Fluid ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 6:07 pm | Alastair Thompson
Saving Air NZ: Cullen And Norris Admit "Proposed Merger" Is Straw Man - Examining The Real War Motivations - Scoop Images: Big Blue - Babylon Express: Who Will Be The Next Iraqi Dictator ? - Scoop Satire: Rumsfeld's Diary Reveals Panic - Coercing ... More >>
Scoop ALERT: Potential Spam Based Paypal Ripoff
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 5:59 pm | Alastair Thompson
It pays to read your email very carefully and check what appears to be happening in the address bar of your browser before you enter any important details – ESPECIALLY FINANCIAL DETAILS – into a web form. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 12 March 2003, 3:42 pm | Alastair Thompson
Guest Essay: The True Spirit Of America - Jason Leopold: Is the United States headed for World War III? - Big Orange And Deadly – USAF Unveils It's Latest Toy - Ways To Stop War (1) – US Court Case Advances To Hearing - (2) – US Economy Implodes - ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 11 March 2003, 6:21 pm | Alastair Thompson
Sludge Report: War Is Just A Racket - Coercing A Coalition (1) – Counting The Numbers - (2) - Counting The Cost - (3) – NZ Urged To Speak Up - (4) – Annan On The Rule Of Law - (5) - George Backs Down - Matthew Reid: But. But. But. - UQ Wire: MalcontentX's ... More >>
