1The Serious Fraud Office has taken possession of all documents from the Spencer Trust relating to donations to NZ First.

2Police say those arrested face a wide range of drug related charges including the manufacture and supply of Class A drugs.

3Bangkok Under State of Emergency Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej made the order following clashes between his supporters and those who want him out of office.

4A 31-year-old appeared in the Manukau District Court this afternoon charged with murdering John Maeva.

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6More than half a million people have been evacuated from the disaster zone in the northern state of Bihar.

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8Canterbury is suffering from its worst ever shortage of nurses with the District Health Board trying to fill 200 vacancies.

9Hurricane Gustav Fails to Pack Punch The hurricane was a Category 2 storm when it hit, but has now been downgraded to a tropical storm.

10The Nats says the Government is being reckless by putting up more than 700 amendments to its Emissions Trading legislation.

11Waatea News. Treaty claims have reached the tipping point, 2000 historical claims were received just before the midnight deadline. Helen Clark has agreed there is a new move amongst Maori to get treaty issues settled. Release of book on Tuhoe raids coincidentally falls during the court case.

12Japan is on the lookout for a new prime minister after its 3rd leader in as many years quit last night.

13The Manukau City Council says it's just a matter of time before a slip on a cliffside falls away.

14Bolivian President in Iran It's the latest sign of strengthening ties between the Islamic Republic and the left-wing South American government.

15John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin announced her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is expecting a child.

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17Donations Not Declared Because of Admin Error - NZ First The donation - and other donations by the Vela family - are now the subject of an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.

18The police in Auckland have launched a homicide inquiry after the discovery of a body in the central city.

19Thai Army Enforcing a State of Emergency It follows clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters, who want to oust Samak Sundaravej from office.

20Hurricane Gustav has weakened to a tropical storm and is expected to lose energy over the next day.

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22US Forces Hand Over Security in Anbar The province is Iraq's largest, and the first Sunni Arab area to be transferred to Iraqi government control.

23Australian soldiers are being accused of breaching the Geneva Convention in their treatment of prisoners of war in Afghanistan.

24Tribesmen in the southwestern province of Balochistan have buried five women alive.

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26The European Union has warned Russia that relations between the two sides are at a crossroads because of the Georgian conflict.

27A 23-year student is on death row in Afghanistan seven months after being found guilty of blasphemy.

28Friends and families of the thousands of NZers living overseas are being asked to help get ex pats to vote in this election.

29Waatea News. Hone Harawira has attacked Labour over Winston Peters and the ETS. Shane Jones has rejected the claims.

30Government ministers from more than one hundred countries are due to discuss how to make aid more effective.

31Auckland-based scientists have invented a gel that in three years time they hope could help some paralysed people walk again.

32Google have launched a new Internet browser to compete with Microsoft.