1The Supreme Court has let off flag-burning peace activist Valerie Morse, setting a precedent that could make it harder for police to prosecute protesters.

2A coroner has found that police officer Jamie Anderson whose patrol car hit and killed Northland boy Rawiri Wilson, had been sending and receiving text messages before the crash and he'd received a text just 23 seconds before the collision.

3The police have released a statement contradicting the Labour Party's claim that the Prime Minister is responsible for a blow-out in the budget for diplomatic protection.

4Petrol prices could start coming down over the weekend or at the latest by Monday after big drops in the price of oil overseas.

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7President of the United States Barak Obama has met with police, firefighters and relatives of those killed in the 9/11 attacks in New York.

8The police are backing officers heavily criticised in two separate Independant Police Conduct Authority reports into pursuits.

9Genesis offered power at more than $19-thousand a megawatt hour in late March, during a planned power shutdown in the upper North Island, prompting complaints that was four times higher than during power interruptions in the past.

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11A major telecommunications company has cut the cost of mobile calls by a third, but is predicting other companies may dig their toes in after the Commerce Commission ordered mobile termination rates be lowered from today.

12The reaction to news that Australia is looking to Papua New Guinea to help process asylum seekers has been fast and scathing.

13The Pakistani military has admitted shortcomings for failing to locate Osama bin Laden who was killed in a United States special forces raid on Monday.

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15The Supreme Court has let off flag-burning peace activist Valerie Morse, setting a precedent that could make it harder for police to prosecute protesters.

16In Syria, forces loyal to the president Bashar al-Assad are taking up positions across the country in an attempt to intimidate citizens planning more mass demonstrations.

17An Australian apple grower says orchardists here should not be dancing in the street yet over draft rules that could finally open the way for exports across the Tasman.

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19Members of the International Contact group on Libya meeting in Rome have agreed to financially support Libya's rebels.

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21Focus on Politics: For the second week running, politics has been dominated not by the major parties, but by the activities of two minor-party politicians at opposite ends of the political spectrum. The new leader of the ACT Party, Don Brash and the man to lead the Mana Party in to parliament Hone Harawira have dominated the headlines carving out distinctive niches in the political market.

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