1Cabinet has signed off on a deal that will see Maori Television as the lead broadcaster for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

2A High Court jury in Auckland has been told that an 11 week-old girl, was subjected to systematic neglect and violence from her parents before her death. 31-year-old Azzes Mahomed is accused of murdering his daughter Tahani Mahomed who died in Auckland's Starship Hospital on New Year's Day 2008.

3Schoolboys from Auckland Grammar are in hot water, over photographs of their hijinks with Nazi regalia at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. They were taken in the first term of this year and have since been pulled from Facebook.

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5Hundreds of demonstrators have held rallies around the country protesting against tighter rules for who can get ACC funded counselling. Many protestors are the survivors of sexual abuse who are saying many will now not have access to life saving treatment.

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7The Government says annual increases in health spending will fall in the future from 8-percent to about 5-percent. The Minister of Health Tony Ryall also told a conference today in Wellington that over 200-positions at the Ministry would be scrapped to free-up $20-million in funds.

8Three days after the world watched a giant balloon fly through the air, while its owners tearfully told media their 6-year-old son could be inside, police have announced what millions already suspected.

9The Prime Minister, John Key and the ACC Minister, Nick Smith, are to meet with the ACT Party leader this evening to try to nail down support to progress ACC legislation. Changes were due to be made last week however National only then realised it didn't have the numbers in the house to pass them in to law.

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11Iran is accusing agents in Pakistan of instigating a suicide attack which killed 42-people, including six commanders of its elite Revolutionary Guards, in a remote area near the Pakistan border.

12The case between scientist Jim Salinger and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has begun at the Employment Relations Authority in Auckland.

13A larger than life statue of former Premier John Ballance has been unveiled outside the Wanganui District Council, rousing memories of the city's 1995 land protests.

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15Victims of sexual abuse have held rallies around the country today to protest against changes to ACC funded counselling. The Accident Compensation Corporation says that it's legally required to focus only on those with a diagnosed mental injury.

16Environmental groups are at odds over the importation of the tropical hardwood, Kwila. Greenpeace is supporting the importation of certified Kwila, though other groups do not.

17In Pakistan, the Taliban is warning of more terrorist attacks as government troops continue their offensive in South Waziristan. The military have confirmed they have killed 60-militants since the siege began on Saturday.

18The Australian government's confirmed that a convicted people smuggler was onboard the boat bound for Australia carrying 250-Sri Lankan asylum seekers. The boat remains docked in Java and Indonesian authorities have taken one man in to custody.

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20Several bushfires are raging across the Australian state of Queensland, covering thousands of hectares. While many have been contained, some are still burning.

21Only one out of seven people treated with anti-depressants gets better while three will improve from being given a placebo.

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23News from the United Kingdom, including: mother convicted of deliberately crippling son; coming strikes by workers of Royal Mail;

24In the United States, the Obama administration is showing increasing impatience with Afghanistan's politicians with yet another delay in handing down the official review into election fraud.

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26Pacific Island Climate Change experts are meeting in the Marshall Islands to prepare for December's United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen.

27In the lead up to the international climate talks in Copenhagen, about one-thousand demonstrators have tried to shut down a coal-fired power station in Britain.

28Police officers were pelted with bottles when they tried to break up an out of control party of about 200-teenagers in Hamilton on Saturday night.