1Labour claims it has sources inside the GCSB spy agency who are adamant that PM John Key gave an address to staff in February in which he spoke of Kim Dotcom. This directly contradicts everything the PM has said about having no knowledge of Dotcom until September 17th. Why doesn't GCSB watchdog Paul Neazor know anything about three cases of alleged illegal spying by the GCSB?

2A disgraced Canadian naval officer has admitted selling military secrets to the Russians, including information about NZ.

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4Breaking News: The latest contingent of soldiers to return from Afghanistan are currently entering NZ, but their welcome home is tinged with sadness due to the deaths of five of their comrades.

5The Government has released its White Paper on protecting NZ's most vulnerable children. Thousands of children will be labelled as 'vulnerable' before they are even born.

6A 14 year old Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban yesterday has had surgery and remains in intensive care.

7One member of the punk band Pussy Riot has been released from a Russian prison, but her two band mates have been sent back to jail.

8Turkish military jets have forced a Syrian passenger plane to land on suspicion it was carrying weapons or military equipment.

9The US Presidential campaign has become bizarrely preoccupied with Big Bird and Sesame Street.

10Canterbury Maori education schools earmarked for closure or merger are suspicious about why applications for a new Maori Immersion School, chaired by the education Minister's second cousin, is being considered by the Ministry of Education.

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12The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether race can be used as a factor in University enrolments.

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