1Finance Minister Michael Cullen won't be drawn on the detail of proposed tax cuts in 2008, saying the shape and size of what people can expect is still to be decided.

2National is calling the controversial Election Finance Bill an attack on democracy, while Labour says it will prevent unnamed interests from "buying" Elections. MPs are due to vote on the controversial Bill right about now.

3Cabinet Minister Trevor Mallard has pled guilty to charges of assault against National MP Tau Henare in Parliament, and also apologised for comments made regarding former Ministry of Enviroment staffer Erin Leigh.

4The Electoral Finance Bill has been passed in Parliament.

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6A new bid has been launched today by Capital and Coast District Health Board and Canterbury District Health Boards to save Child Cancer Treatment in Wellington.

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8Victims of crime look likely to be better protected by the justice system and have easier access to compensation.

9Opposition parties say Finance Minister Michael Cullen could have cut personal taxes much earlier on the back of substantial surpluses.

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11Tuariki Delamere is seeking costs from the Serious Fraud Office after being acquitted of fraudulently helping Chinese business people settle in New Zealand.

12Hyung Jun Cho's crashed car was discovered over a week ago. He has not been heard from since.

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14The Sensible Sentencing Trust is calling the just-passed Electoral Finance Bill a blatant infringement of civil liberties and freedom of speech.

15The lawyer of a Hungarian tourist says he fears his client was drugged and raped by the 69 year old man he's accused of murdering.

16The Retirement Commission wants research done into the idea of raising the age threshhold for New Zealand Superannuation.

17Cuban's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has started hinting he may retire.

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19A new bid has been launched today by Capital and Coast District Health Board and Canterbury District Health Boards to save Child Cancer Treatment in Wellington.

20NZ Farming Systems Uruguay owns 30,000hectares of land in South America which it's gradually turning into dairy farms, and today it listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange.

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22Australia's federal court is due to hand down a decision on whether the Government should force a ban on whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

23Department of Conservation staff believe the seals have been shot and are trying to find out who done it.

24One hundred and thirty technicians are on an indefinite strike, after contract negotiations collapsed.

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26They're the latest victims of violence between drug gangs battling for territory and drug routes.

27Archaeological Treasures looted and sold to American museums have been returned to Italy and will go on display at the presidential palace in Rome later today.

28It's been described as a revolution in the treatment of HIV - a single pill that only needs to be taken once a day.