1Unions and Opposition MPs are calling on the Government to intervene to prevent closure of the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter.
2PM John Key will return to NZ this evening after his flying visit to Hollywood to drum up more business for NZ's movie-making industry. He is not ruling out further concessions for Hollywood movie-makers.
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4US President Barack Obama has had some relief in the release of new unemployment figures, which show the number of people out of work has reduced slightly.
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6Notorious Muslim cleric Abu Hamza is on his way to the USA tonight, after losing an eight year battle to remain in the UK.
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8The London High Court has ruled three veterans of the bloody Kenyan Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s can sue the British Government for damages for torture.
9A legal battle is brewing in Ireland over a collection of videotapes containing some of the IRA's deepest secrets.
10Other news.