1Liam Reid has begun his term of life imprisonment after being found guilty of rape, murder and attempted murder.

2John Key says National's scheme to help workers who lose their jobs in the recession has identified where the need will be.

3Major aid agencies have suspended their work in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to escalating violence.

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5Apprentices are being laid off as many industries struggle to cope with the economic downturn.

6Forget the gloomy financial and economic forecasts, the weather forecast for summer is looking positively radiant.

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8Labour and National have both taken aim at the other's package to assist those who lose their jobs as a result of the recession.

9The Trial of Liam Reid It's a case that's been devastating for both the family of Emma Agnew and the deaf community throughout this trial.

10The Commerce Commission has announced a crackdown on prices charged by New Zealand's two leading gas pipeline companies.

11Waatea News. Tuhoe activist Tame Iti to be charged with being involved in a criminal group. Maori Party wants the charges checked for legality.

12As if studying for exams wasn't stressful enough, a stomach bug is at Massey University's Palmerston North campus.

13The United States economy has gone into reverse on the back of the sharpest drop in consumer spending in nearly three decades.

14Spy Dies Julia Pirie infiltrated the British Communist party during the Cold War and gained information about the IRA.

15Forget Halloween the Christmas season has already arrived in many shops around the country.

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17Brent Edwards on the major parties' recession rescue plans Radio New Zealand's political editor also discusses the Winston Peters/Owen Glenn saga, and Labour's bungled attempt to link John Key with a 20-year-old fraud case. National had attacked the Greens saying that a Labour/Green government woul ruin the economy.

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20More serious charges are being planned for some of those arrested after last year's nationwide police raids.

21The ABC's Washington correspondent, Kim Landers looks at how financial turmoil is affecting the race for the White House.

22The Bali bombers are days away from facing the firing squad. The Indonesian parliament has passed a harsh anti-pornography law.

23Waatea News. Tame Iti has had charges laid against him for his involvement in the Tuhoe group that were arrested as suspects in a criminal ring.

24School bus operators angry at losing their contracts say the Ministry of Education is driving them to bankruptcy.

25Waiheke Island commuters say the drop in fuel prices should be reflected in ferry fares.

26Two stories from around the world to round off Checkpoint.