1A 16 year-old sexually abused Sri Lankan girl has been deported from NZ. The Sri Lankan Consul to NZ makes assurances that she will be cared for in Sri Lanka.

2Auckland High Court hears Donna Awatere-Huata's challenge to prevent ACT's attempts to expel her from Parliament. The judge has reserved its decision.

3Trial of a man in Invercargill for an Arrowtown murder 16 years ago continues.

4A US Federal Grand Jury has indicted four people for distributing illegal anabolic steroids to elite athletes.

5Australian businessman arrested at Christchurch Airport for joking about a bomb on a flight to Brisbane.

6Business News.

7Wellington Regional Public Health has successfully prosecuted a Lower Hutt pub for promoting binge drinking, the first time an entity other than the Police has won such a prosecution.

8Iraqi resistance fighters attack the convoy of the US commander in the Middle East. Negotiations continue about the possibility of upcoming elections.

9The CIA has posted a public appeal on its website for information on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

10Whangarei community groups want the council to prohibit the introduction of more pokie machines

11Memorial service to be held tomorrow for Janet Frame.

12Buy NZ Made unhappy about The Warehouse advertising roses imported from India as being from NZ.