1The jury is out in the trial involving Louise Nicholas' rape claims against three former policemen.

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3The British PM has left NZ after holding bilateral talks with PM Helen Clark.

4Police officers do not want the minimum drinking age raised back up to 20 in bars. However, they do not want those under 20 to be able to purchase alcohol from bottle stores.

5Families may be barred from overriding the wishes of a dead relative in respect to organ donation if a new Bill being debated in Parliament goes through.

6A world expert on obesity is calling for taxes on fruit and vegetables to be removed and put onto high fat junk foods instead.

7A plan for tourists to get up close and personal with tuataras has triggered an unusual resource hearing with the son of an objector who died just week's ago reading his father's emotional submission.

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9Israelis have voted for more of the same in their general election. Majority party Kadima wants to continue dismantling Jewish settlement s and re-drawing Israel's boundaries with the Palestinians.

10The plunging popularity of the US President has cost his Chief of Staff his job.

11Vioent clashes have again erupted on the streets of Paris during demonstrations against new employment laws.

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