1The police in Wellington have hit out at rugby officials for failing to report an assault on a visiting French player Mathieu Bastareaud. Today they launched an investigation into the attack which was videoed by his assailants.

2Thank goodness for the Australians - new figures show that for the first time more than a million have visited in a year, despite the global recession that's hitting tourism hard. Arrivals have gone up 4% compared to the same time last year.

3The Prime Minister John Key says it would be unacceptable for Families Commissioner Christine Rankin to become involved in a campaign to overturn the child discipline law. Ms. Rankin has previously opposed the law and the no vote lobby group did say this morning that she would attend the campaign launch.

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5France's star centre Mathieu Bastareaud was set upon near the team hotel in the early hours of yesterday morning, suffering a suspected fractured eye socket and requiring stitches to his cheek.

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7Seven people have been injured in severe turbulence on a flight from Hong Kong to Perth, in the latest incident involving an A330-300 Airbus. A Qantas spokesman has said the flight had been in the air four hours before it hit an air pocket over Borneo.

8Growing numbers of Wellingtonians are heading to the soup kitchen, and the Night Shelter is struggling to cope with its highest number of guests in 40 years.

9Furniture company Repaths Furniture has been fined for deliberately breaching the Fair Trading Act by misrepresenting the sale price of goods.

10There are reports that an email at the centre of a political scandal in Australia has been found, and is a fake. The email was reported to show the Prime Minister's office making suggestions to the treasury on behalf of car dealer John Grant - a friend and donor to Kevin Rudd.

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12The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission opens today with year long negotiations over a possible compromise between anti-whaling countries and Japan at a critical stage.

13New Zealand is moving closer to becoming a cashless society according to a new report from the Retirement Commission. The study says the number of people using cash over the past three years has dropped from 84% to 77%.

14The days of grotty student accommodation in Dunedin could be numbered, thanks to a new ratings system being considered by the City Council and Otago University and Polytechnic.

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16Both Britain and the United States are denying Iran's accusations that foreign powers have been meddling in the mass protests against last weeks election results. Iran's accused Britian of flying in agents to interfere with the vote.

17Iranian state radio is reporting the arrests of at least 457 people, and the deaths of at least 10 people as the violent clashes continue in Terhan.

18More New Zealanders are coming home from overseas or not going away in the first place. The latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand suggest that net migration is bouncing back at levels similar to those of the up-swings of 2003.

19A long running battle between AFFCO and the Accident Compensation Corporation has been settled - but its sparked debate over the implications for other companies.

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22In South America, Brazilian authorities are investigating illegal cattle farms linked to massive deforestation and UK supermarkets.

23The British Foreign Office in London says the remains of two men handed to British diplomats in Iraq on Friday are those of two bodyguards who were among five British hostages held since 2007.

24In Britain MPs are preparing to vote for the new Speaker of the House of Commons after former speaker Michael Martin stood down in wake of the MP expenses scandal.

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26Health authorities in Canterbury say influenza is widespread in the region. Public health teams are no longer looking to distinguish between Influenza A H1N1 'swine flu' and seasonal flu as the number of cases of Influenza rise around the country.

27Zimbabwe's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai is in London today where he'll ask the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for financial help for his country.

28Fiji's military Government has slashed pension payments to the country's National Provident Fund. The move came after a board announced a raft of major cuts.