1East Timor's President has taken to the streets of Timor today calling for the police forces to return to work and defend the streets.

2An Indonesian man connected to an organised crime gang has been sent to jail for helping to smuggle seven men into New Zealand.

3Two early childcare teachers have been suspended for walking seven young children through a motorway tunnel in Wellington.

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5The Airline Pilots Association says the under-reporting of incidents in the aviation industry is reaching epidemic proportions.

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7The official news agency of Iran has dismissed an apparent policy switch by the United States as a "propaganda move".

8The long running debate over ferry speeds in the Marlborough Sounds is set to reignite today despite a ruling by the Environment Court.

9A 13-year-old Hutt Valley High student is gutted after misspelling one of her favourite words in the US National Spelling Bee.

10More than five companies say they paid for television advertising in the US but claim they were never aired.

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12A project helping young Christchurch sex workers has got twelve under-age prostitutes off the streets in the last year.

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14More on the fallout after two teachers took children through the busy Terrace Tunnel in Wellington.

15Carbon dioxide levels over New Zealand have reached an all time high.

16An Indonesian man connected to an organised crime gang has been sent to jail for helping to smuggle seven men into New Zealand.

17A Police officer accused of assault using his Police dog as a weapon has given evidence in the Wellington District Court today.

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19The Government has put its hand in its pocket to help restore a Waikato mountain to its former glory.

20The Atlantic hurricane season officially started this afternoon, will it be as destructive as last year?

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22In East Timor, Major Alfredo Reinado denies that he's a rebel leader and claims he's working with President Xanana Gusmao.

23Despite East Timor's continuing unrest, some residents in the capital, Dili, are determined to get on with normal lives.

24International Doctors are beginning to treat victims of the devastating earthquake in the city of Yogyakarta.

25A Gay Film Festival prize of a free trip to Fiji is being criticised because the country outlaws homosexuality.

26To prepare for service in Iraq, US Troops now have to train in a series of villages and small towns that the Army has built in the middle of the Californian desert.

27Waatea News: The Latest in Maori News.

28What would Shakespeare have made of an Indian production of one of his most popular plays, A Midsummer's Night Dream?