1The army museum at Waiouru is defending its security arrangements in the wake of the theft of nine Victoria's Cross medals.

2Hundreds of people have attended a funeral service for deaf woman Emma Agnew in Christchurch this afternoon.

3The Labour MP Trevor Mallard pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault laid after a fracas with National MP Tau Henare.

4Russian President Vladimir Putin's party is heading for a decisive victory in parliamentary elections.

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6A bid by police to prosecute students for rioting in Dunedin has failed.

7The army museum at Waiouru is defending its security arrangements in the wake of the theft of nine Victoria's Cross medals. The area commander for Ruapehu Inspector Steve Mastrovich, is with us now.

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9Negotiations have begun in Beijing as officials from China and New Zealand try to clear the remaining obstacles to a Free Trade Agreement. Plus the National Party has been forced to withdraw a DVD about Leader John Key after it was found that music used on the DVD was too similar to a song by Cold Play.

10The National Party has been forced to withdraw a DVD about Leader John Key after it was found that music used on the DVD was too similar to a song by Cold Play.

11An attempt to lower the age of criminal responsibility is set to fail in Parliament.

12Australia's twenty-sixth Prime Minister - Kevin Rudd - has been sworn-in in the nation's capital Canberra.

13In Venezuela, a referendum on constitutional changes has been labelled a power grab.

14Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including the Maori Party ruling out the potential a coalition after the next Election.

15There were angry scenes outside Auckland District Court today as protesters demonstrating against police raids spat at police.

16Contractors for the building of another link to Auckland's Waitemata Harbour have whittled down a list of more than 160 options to just three.

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18The Police say they have no firm leads yet, as they investigate the theft of nine Victoria's Cross medals from the Waiouru Army Museum.

19There are calls for Statistics New Zealand to do more to collect data about the country's homeless population.

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21Representatives from nearly two hundred countries are meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali today to discuss a new framework agreement on Climate Change.

22New Zealand's rarest fish - the Long Jaw Galaxid - is going to be scooped up and moved to another home in an effort to save it from extinction.

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24In Russia, Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has dominated at the ballot box.

25In the United Kingdom, problems are mounting for the Labour Party over political donations, as well as poll results.

26Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News including the Minister of Treaty Negotiations Michael Cullen wanting to talk to Tainui and Ngai Tahu over the way future settlements are done.

27Ten years ago today, the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines was launched.

28Security maybe improving in Iraq international concerns are rising over Afghanistan's ability to deal with its insurgency.

29Reports are suggesting that President Thabo Mbeki could call early elections if he loses the leadership of the governing ANC.