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Skype apologises for losing half of daily call traffic
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 12:03 pm | Scoop Link
Millions of people around the globe have been hit by an outage at the popular internet phone service Skype. Users as far afield as Japan, Europe and the US have all reported problems. The company which prides itself on providing relatively reliable service ... More >>
WikiLeaks: US intervened in Michael Moore NZ screening
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 11:57 am | Scoop Link
Whatever else WikiLeaks may have revealed, one fact has been repeatedly confirmed: the US government under George Bush really loathed the documentary filmmaker Michael Moore. After a leaked cable from US diplomats in Havana falsely claimed Cuba had ... More >>
Full List of Wikileaks Published on Scoop – 23-12-10
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 10:18 am | The Scoop Team
June 13, 2007. ADCM and A/P-E Counselor delivered demarche points in on June 13 to Paul Ash, Deputy Director of International Security and Disarmament Division at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Mr. Ash expressed appreciation ... More >>
Wikileaks: NZ Foreign Policy Influenced by Dairy Trade?
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 2:16 pm | The Scoop Team
Sending combat engineers to Iraq has enabled the giant New Zealand dairy exporter, Fonterra, to bid on lucrative Iraq-related contracts. New Zealand and U.S. troops in Afghanistan can participate in joint training and exercises that we have not otherwise ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Family access threat over Fiji coup
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:32 am | Scoop Link
New Zealand threatened Fiji's military chief Voreqe Bainimarama and his wife with the loss of access to their grandchildren if he staged a coup, WikiLeaks cables reveal. Bainimarama and his wife Meli came to New Zealand in November 2006 to attend a grand-daughter's ... More >>
Wikileaks: NZ asked to take US terror prisoners
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:27 am | Scoop Link
The United States wanted to send a group of Guantanamo Bay inmates to New Zealand, according to a leaked 2005 cable from the US Embassy in Wellington. The classified cable, which is part of the vast collection of secret WikiLeaks cables, sent on August ... More >>
Goff dismisses claims troops sent to Iraq over Fonterra
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:24 am | Scoop Link
Claims in US diplomatic cables that former Prime Minister Helen Clark sent troops to Iraq to stop Fonterra losing lucrative Oil for Food contracts are "completely false", Labour leader Phil Goff says. The cable, released by online whistle blower ... More >>
NZ wary of China's emergence - WikiLeaks
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:21 am | Scoop Link
Links by China's armed forces to Pacific countries were a growing concern for New Zealand on top of concerns about Beijing's chequebook diplomacy, leaked diplomatic cables from the United States Embassy in Wellington show. A cable in February 2006 ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Key exposed over Dalai Lama
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:17 am | Scoop Link
Prime Minister John Key is facing tough questions as details from leaked US Embassy cables appear to contradict statements made in Parliament. The embarrassing details are contained in a cable which has revealed secret details of his meeting with Chinese ... More >>
Wikileak: Fonterra-troops claim 'preposterous' - Helen Clark
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:12 am | Scoop Link
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has angrily denied a claim in a United States diplomatic cable that the previous Labour-led Government sent New Zealand non-combat engineers to Iraq so that dairy company Fonterra could secure a United Nations contract. More >>
Full List of Wikileaks Published on Scoop – 22-12-10
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:02 am | The Scoop Team
PM Clark strongly supports the timeline and processes recently discussed by Australian, New Zealand, and US officials to encourage Fiji's return to democracy. The GNZ believes that the upcoming Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Eminent ... More >>
WikiLeaks: Attorney-General wanted anti-nuke policy axed
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 4:06 pm | Scoop Link
Current Attorney-General Chris Finlayson wanted to overturn New Zealand's anti-nuclear legislation without a public vote, a WikiLeaks cable reveals. The cable from February 2006 describes a move to change National Party policy to unreservedly support anti-nuclear ... More >>
WikiLeaks: WGTN pushed hard for Japan to help in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 4:03 pm | Scoop Link
Labour and National governments have unsuccessfully tried to get Japan to join in the New Zealand-led provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan's Bamyan province, confidential cables from the United States Embassy in Wellington show. They suggest ... More >>
Scoop Link: Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits southern Iran
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 1:27 pm | Scoop Link
Dec 20 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit southern Iran on Monday, 133 miles (214 km) southwest of the town of Zahedan, the U.S. Geological Survey said. More >>
'Where is my husband?' asks wife of Belarus candidate
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 1:14 pm | Scoop Link
Hundreds of people have been arrested in Belarus in demonstrations against the results of Sunday's presidential elections. At least seven of the nine opposition candidates are believed to be among those detained; several of them were also beaten. The US ... More >>
Scoop Link: Belarus rounds up Opposition supporters
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 1:08 pm | Scoop Link
Security forces in Belarus have detained over 600 people, including seven opposition candidates, after smashing a mass rally protesting fraud in the landslide re-election of president Alexander Lukashenko. More >>
Full List of Wikileaks Published on Scoop – 21-12-10
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 11:32 am | The Scoop Team
November 30, 2006. GNZ officials remain positive about yesterday's talks in Wellington between Fiji PM Qarase and Commodore Frank Bainimarama, and say the PM now has a chance to win hearts and minds to his cause. But they say they believe a coup is ... More >>
Wikileaks/ SMH: Indonesian Kopassus threatens Obama
Friday, 17 December 2010, 1:04 pm | Scoop Link
INDONESIA threatened to derail a visit to Jakarta by President Barack Obama this year unless he overturned the US ban on training the controversial Kopassus army special forces. Leaked US State Department cables reveal that the Indonesian President, ... More >>
Scoop Build Red Bull Grand Prix Trolley
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 3:37 pm | The Scoop Team
The Scoop Team has built their own little Grand Prix Trolley today. The most creative little construction judged by Red Bull wins a red bull fridge for a year and a year’s supply of red bull! However the major trolley event isn’t till April when the Red ... More >>
Rapanui: UBCIC Condemns Chilean Government's Attack
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 12:21 pm | Scoop Link
The Chilean government, and most recently the Canadian government, adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within the bounds of their legal and constitutional frameworks. The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ... More >>
