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Today's Top Scoop Stories - News Summary
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 12:06 am | The Scoop Team
Coup: With Stealth, By Degrees, Military Tightens Grip On Viti Levu - Scoop Audio - QUESTIONS OF THE DAY - Unions: I'll Have A Pay Rise With Those Fries Thanks - Loot News: Reserve Bank Warns Coffers Running Low On Coins - MORE HEADLINES - Media News: ... More >>
Fijian Coup Not On NZ's Wishlist For Xmas
Monday, 4 December 2006, 6:37 pm | Scoop Audio
"Fiji is continuing to be of great concern," was what the Prime Minister told the assembled media late this afternoon as potentially the world's slowest coup creaked into gear in the democratically challenged island nation. More >>
Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary
Monday, 4 December 2006, 5:06 pm | The Scoop Team
Fiji Crisis: Military Makes Move - Takes Over Special Branch Police HQ; Health: More Money For Rural Midwives; Health: Fidel Inspired Behaviour Leads To Coleman's Smoking In The Gun; MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES; POLITICAL COLUMNS More >>
Scoop Top 30 Weekend Ratings - 2-3 Dec. 2006
Monday, 4 December 2006, 9:23 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
The weekend's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Suva - Fiji Soldiers Take Over SWAT Police HQ
Monday, 4 December 2006, 12:31 am | Scoop Link
Scoop Link: Fiji Times has reported that Fijian Army soldiers in full combat gear have taken over the headquarters of the Fiji Police Tactical Response Division and locked out members on duty there. While there has been no official confirmation, ... More >>
Security of Electronic Voting Condemned by NIST
Saturday, 2 December 2006, 9:42 pm | Scoop Link
Paperless electronic voting machines used throughout the Washington region and much of the country "cannot be made secure," according to draft recommendations issued this week by a federal agency that advises the US Election Assistance Commission. More >>
Link: U.S. Congress to Look at Voting Problems
Saturday, 2 December 2006, 9:02 pm | Scoop Link
Sarasota's voting controversy has given new life to election reform advocates in Congress, prompting the incoming leader of the House to make the issue a top priority for the new year and triggering hearings in the US Senate. More >>
Link: Iraq Study Group to Call for Troop Pullback
Saturday, 2 December 2006, 8:59 pm | Scoop Link
The Iraq Study Group, which wrapped up eight months of deliberations yesterday, has reached a consensus and will call for a major withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, shifting the US role from combat to support and advising, according to a source familiar ... More >>
Nicky Hager: Late-Capitalisms True Punk Rocker
Friday, 1 December 2006, 6:14 pm | Scoop Blogwatch
The fetish we call “freedom of speech” is resolutely defended in particular, we note, by the liberal right. Yet this creates a very uneasy tension. The pretence of the rational, utilitarian individual, very much aware of how things really are ... More >>
Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary
Friday, 1 December 2006, 5:25 pm | The Scoop Team
Pacific News: No Fiji Military Coup Today, We're Playing Rugby; Scoop Satire: Commodore Bainimarama Please Come Back To NZ, There's Unfinished Business; Parliament: Key Lays His Reshuffle On The Table; Justice: Cullen Stays Action For War Crime; Exports: ... More >>
CNN Link: Colin Powell Says Iraq in a "Civil War"
Friday, 1 December 2006, 5:04 pm | Scoop Link
Former secretary of state Colin Powell says "civil war" describes Iraq now. Bush, top advisers have avoided the term. Powell was top diplomat when US invaded Iraq in 2003 and made case for war. UN secretary general said Monday Iraq was "almost" ... More >>
The Sinking Of The Trawler Gaul – Case Reopened
Friday, 1 December 2006, 4:32 pm | Scoop Blogwatch
The Hull trawler Gaul sank in 1974, in the Barents Sea. All the 36 crew members on board lost their lives in this tragedy. The vessel was two years old, well found and apparently very seaworthy. More >>
Today's Top Scoop Stories - News Summary
Friday, 1 December 2006, 3:41 pm | The Scoop Team
Pacific News: Deadline Passes - Suva Awaits Army's Next Move - Parliament: Key Lays His Reshuffle On The Table - Justice: Cullen Stays Action For War Crime - Exports: Applegrowers Offered Clayton's Access To Australia - Politics News: No Deputy Consumer ... More >>
Today's Scoop Just Politics News Summary
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 4:13 pm | The Scoop Team
Politics News: Brash Resigns From Parliament – Gone By Christmas; Export: 2006, Year Of The Veteran, Moves Towards Export Year 2007; Prisons: Turia Accuses Corrections Of Political Correctness; MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES More >>
Audio: Wammo IVs Weedbusters Carolyn Lewis
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 3:13 pm | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Those looking for a children’s book for Christmas with an environmental message are in luck. To find out why, Listen to Wammo's IV of National Weedbusters Coordinator Carolyn Lewis. More >>
Audio: Wammo IVs NetSafe Director Martin Cocker
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 3:05 pm | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: A New Zealand computer connected to the Internet is typically targeted more than a hundred times a day by a variety of worms, viruses, trojans, and hackers, according to a study released today by NetSafe - Wammo IVs NetSafe Executive Director ... More >>
Audio: Manning & Pound on 95bFM Fiji - Update
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 2:47 pm | Scoop Audio
Scoop Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning and 95bFM's Simon Pound discuss the latest on the Fiji Crisis. More >>
Audio: A Week in Politics… Wammo Talks To John Key
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 11:38 am | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo IVs John Key - The first interview from Don Brash's old office apparently. They talk about being leader, what to do with a problem like Don Brash, dream teams, Hollow books, answering emails, speech writing, centrist governments, ... More >>
FULL COVERAGE: John Key ChChChanges On Climate
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 10:46 am | Scoop Full Coverage
"I firmly believe in climate change and always have," was new National Party Leader John Key's answer to RNZ earlier this week. Mr Key was something less of an eco-warrior a year earlier however. See Scoop's FULL COVERAGE: John Key's First Week. More >>
SCOOP FULL COVERAGE: Prelude To A Fijian Coup
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 10:32 am | Scoop Full Coverage
UPDATED 9:15am Thursday November 30 - Scoop FULL COVERAGE News Report: The situation in Suva, Fiji is tense following uncertainty over the outcome of talks between Fiji's PM, Qarase, and the island nation's military commander, Bainimarama. More >>
