1Police Investigate NZ First The pressure is mounting on the New Zealand First Party and its leader Winston Peters.

2The country's biggest meat company is to sell half it's stake to rural services firm, PGG Wrightson.

3Hurricane Ike has hit the north coast of Cuba, where hundreds of thousands of people have already been evacuated.

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5A Bay of Plenty man has been charged with the murder of two men who disappeared last year.

6U.S Tennis Open Serena Williams has defeated Jelena Jankovic in a hard-fought womens final.

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8Markets have reacted positively to news that the US government will bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

9A $1,000,000 a year government campaign to entice New Zealanders home from Australia has been axed after it fell on deaf ears.

10A 32 year old Hamilton man was found barely alive in a cabin yesterday morning.

11Waatea News. Sir Douglas Graham says current date for settling treaty claims may not be realistic.

12New Zealand's Scott Dixon has further imprinted himself into American motor racing history, by winning the 2008 Indycar series .

13A Japanese professor says Kim Jong Il has been dead for years and has been replaced by a number of doubles.

14What's the difference between a bullock and a bollock?

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16Hurricane Ike has slammed into Cuba, the second major storm to hit the island in a little over a week.

17The country's biggest meat company is to join forces with rural services firm, PGG Wrightson.

18Hong Kong Politics The opposition pro-democracy parties have scored a surprise success in elections.

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20Fancy putting your money where your mouth is when it comes to predicting the next Prime Minister?

21The Employment Relations Authority has granted a former McDonald's employee $15,000 in compensation.

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23U.K. News Any hope of a late-summer has been washed out with another round of bad flooding.

24Health researchers say fighting obesity is a crucial challege for those in the Asian community.

25Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have a hand in half of all mortgages in the United States.

26Waatea News. Book launched celebrating 100 years of Maori Rugby League. Sir Douglas Graham says current date for settling treaty claims may not be realistic.

27The United Nations says food aid distribution in Sudan may have to be put on hold.

28U.S. Politics The Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden is battling for headlines.

29America's space programme may sufffer as relations have been strained over events in Georgia.