1This morning's race is being dubbed one of the greatest races in the history of the America's Cup.

2Taupo police moved in on two long-running land occupation protests today after lengthy negotiations came to nothing.

3According to ACC figures the number of workplace deaths is more than double the number the Department of Labour reports.

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5A judge has labeled a Maori activist who sold bogus work permits as a scam artist who preyed on the vulnerable.

6The National Party is unrelenting in its grilling of the Education Minister over the Government's free childcare policy.

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8A NZ man who escaped being kidnapped in Pakistan has fled to another city with an injured guard shot trying to protect him.

9The final election rally of the ruling Fretilin Party I East Timor is running late as supporters wait for their leaders to arrive.

10The plastics company Click Clack will close its doors in Christchurch, with the loss of about 70 local jobs.

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12Some progress has been made in a long-running legal battle over the Berryman bridge collapse on their central North Island farm.

13An Auckland-based lines company is trialling mini wind turbines designed to sit on roofs and generate renewable energy.

14A Palmerston North soldier is facing expulsion from the army after being arrested for throwing a molotov cocktail.

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16The CIA has hauled the skeletons out of its closet, revealing it's engaged in domestic spying; tried to recruit a mobster to assassinate CIA Leader Fidel Castro; and tested LSD on unknowing patients.

17A study looking at turnover in hospital general wards around the country shows 40 percent of nurses quit each year.

18A man is critically ill in Palmerston North Hospital after being trapped for hours under a massive pile of logs.

19A war of words has erupted between business groups and the Green Party over emissions trading systems.

20Prince Charles, the eco-friendly heir to the British throne - has achieved a carbon-neutral household.

21Business News.

22Today Iranians were given just a couple of hours notice that petrol is to be rationed.

23New Australian ads have women ridiculing boy racers and indicating they have small penises.

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25In Australia, Aboriginal families have fled their homes amid fears their children could be removed.

26An international project looks at the most effective ways to help teenagers who've abandoned school for a life of crime.

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28Questions have emerged about US Vice President Dick Cheney after he refused to hand over classified documents to the National Archives.

29A non-proliferation conference in Washington DC says it's easier than ever to buy sensitive nuclear technology.

30A ground-breaking ceremony has taken place in Poland for the first major Jewish museum in the country.