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Rogue Russian Troops May Be Behind Grozny Massacre
Friday, 22 October 1999, 11:50 am | John Howard
Salvos of rockets have slammed into a crowded open air market and other parts of the Chechen capital of Grozny, killing at least 118 people and critically injuring up to a 400. The Russian Defence Ministry is denying responsibility. Rogue troops ... More >>
ATM Users Fight Back With Pentagon’s Help
Friday, 22 October 1999, 8:48 am | John Howard
The Pentagon wants to ban ATM bank charges on all military bases in the US and around the world. The move has delighted politicians and consumer watchdog groups. John Howard reports. More >>
Megawati's loss shows she lacked tactical grip
Thursday, 21 October 1999, 3:11 pm | John Howard
While Asian governments were quick to respond positively to the election of Indonesia's new president, Abdurrahman Wahid, Megawati's loss shows she lacked tactical grip. John Howard reports. More >>
Scoop Column: Scoop Not Part Of Dumbed Down Media
Thursday, 21 October 1999, 12:29 am | John Howard
NZ First leader, Winston Peters, decided to play journalist in a speech yesterday and again attacked the media saying it was dumbed-down and will trot out any old rubbish and pass it off as news. John Howard reports. More >>
Kennett Shows Aussie Polls Way Off Mark
Wednesday, 20 October 1999, 8:46 am | John Howard
Victoria's Premier Jeff Kennett, stood before his people yesterday a broken man, but unbowed. In lessons for New Zealand politicians, the opinion polls were way off the mark. John Howard reports. More >>
Superbugs, Treatment and Antibiotic Resistance
Tuesday, 19 October 1999, 9:12 am | John Howard
The Holmes Show last night carried a report that antibiotic resistant "superbugs" reported in three different hospitals were nothing new and follow a 10-year international trend. But how did society fight germs before antibiotics, like penicillin, were ... More >>
12th Anniversary of 87 Crash Unsettles Investors
Monday, 18 October 1999, 3:09 pm | John Howard
In a coincidence that could further unsettle financial investors, this week is the 12th anniversary of the stock market crash of 1987. John Howard reports. More >>
West Coasters Losers Over Logging Contracts
Monday, 18 October 1999, 10:11 am | John Howard
Contracts for milling Timberlands West Coast beech forests were such a sham that a Labour-led government would not need to break them, the party says. National disagrees. Scoop's West Coast correspondent, John Howard, says West Coasters are the losers. More >>
The Indonesian Threat To Australian Security
Friday, 15 October 1999, 3:06 pm | John Howard
Australia fears an East Timor invasion, not from pro-independence militiamen, but from pesky insects, snails and weeds. John Howard reports. More >>
Surveys Show Kiwis Don't Mind Native Logging
Friday, 15 October 1999, 9:42 am | John Howard
New Zealanders do not mind native trees being logged providing it is done sensibly, according to the results of a recent AC Nielsen survey. Scoop's West Coast correspondent, John Howard, reports. More >>
Huge Protest Expected At Seattle WTO Meet
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 8:39 am | John Howard
Patenting nature, the introduction of GE foods, further trade liberalisation and the cutting of tariff's and subsidies are on the agenda of next month's World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Seattle. Tens of thousands will protest. John Howard ... More >>
Scoop Column: Musings On Merger Mania
Thursday, 14 October 1999, 12:59 am | John Howard
The global urge to merge terrifies the living bejeezus out of me. I fear that in the next generation our kids and grandkids will be buying their cornflakes, sneakers, their cars and making telephone calls all from the same global company. Maybe Telecom ... More >>
Pakistan Prime Minister Unpopular
Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 3:07 pm | John Howard
The military coup in Pakistan comes at a time of rising unpopularity of its Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. John Howard reports. More >>
British Oil The Main Beneficiary Of Timor Crisis
Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 2:59 pm | John Howard
SCOOP NEWS ANALYSIS - British Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook's, arrival in New Zealand prior to September's APEC forum caused Thailand Foreign Ministry official, Kobsak Chitikul, to ask, "Why is Mr Robin Cook here?" Britain is not a member ... More >>
Aussie Troops In Provocative Covert Moves
Monday, 11 October 1999, 5:10 pm | John Howard
Australian special forces and navy divers have been carrying out covert operations in East Timor since April in a provocative move that prompted warnings from Jakarta. John Howard reports. More >>
Light Relief - Conversation Between Two Mariners
Monday, 11 October 1999, 4:09 pm | John Howard
Transcript of actual radio conversation of US Naval Forces operating off the Canadian coast of Newfoundland. More >>
Scoop Column: The Politics Of Disintegration
Sunday, 10 October 1999, 4:45 pm | John Howard
Scoop's West Coast correspondent John Howard finds lessons in Bill Clinton's musings on Quebec and East Timor for New Zealand's increasingly embattled West Coasters. More >>
Paddington Smash: Signal Warnings In March Ignored
Sunday, 10 October 1999, 4:38 pm | John Howard
Authorities investigating London's rail crash have given Railtrack managers one month to improve signalling systems but independent advisors had already told Railtrack in March of the dangerous system but no action was taken. John Howard reports. More >>
Relief As Paddington Victim’s Phones Stop Ringing
Friday, 8 October 1999, 4:38 pm | John Howard
Three days after the Paddington rail crash in England, the mobile telephones inside the carriages may have finally stopped ringing. This provides some relief for the search teams, but not much. John Howard reports. More >>
Russia Pleads With IMF To Release Money
Friday, 8 October 1999, 11:11 am | John Howard
Russia pleaded with the West yesterday not to let the growing scandal over alleged money laundering delay the release of loans from the IMF and tip it into bankruptcy. John Howard reports. More >>
