1Thousands of US Marines have stormed into an Afghan river valley by helicopter and land, launching the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama's presidency.

2Police say the potential for disaster doesn't bear thinking about, following the discovery of a substantial number of guns and ammunition on the outskirts of Tauranga. Officers have been questioning men over the seizure of thirteen automatic rifles and two handguns.

3Thousands of US Marines have stormed into an Afghan river valley by helicopter and land, launching the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama's presidency. CNN's Tom Coghlan is live from Kabul.

4It started off as a family sailing adventure, but the Bradfield family got much more than they bargained for when they hit bad weather and had to be rescued by a French warship.

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6It may have stopped raining on the East Coast but life is still far from normal for people in Tokomaru Bay. A large slip means that residents can not get to the nearest main centre Gisborne, or even Tolaga Bay.

7A geo-technical engineer from the New Zealand Transport Agency has been looking at the instability of the slip on State High 35 today.

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9A woman's been arrested following a house fire in Tokoroa overnight, in which the police say a family of three could have been killed - if their dog hadn't raised the alarm.

10New figures out today confirm what many have been thinking. June was much colder than usual for a lot of the country.

11The award winning American actor, Karl Malden, who appeared in dozens of films and the long running TV series "The streets of San Francisco", has died at the age of ninety-seven.

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13The Government says it's close to making an announcement about acquiring a swine flu vaccine, as the number of cases continues to rise around the country.

14The chances of finding a job now are still looking pretty ugly but workers a lot more confident of their chances in 12 months time.

15The Department of Conservation is trying to find a rare Southern Right Whale and its calf which have been spotted in Auckland's Waitamata Harbour.

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17The biggest military offensive of Barack Obama's presidency has been launched, with thousands of US Marines storming into an Afghan river valley.

18An Auckland family of eight are thanking their lucky stars - and the French Navy - after their sailing holiday to Tonga ended with a dramatic rescue at sea.

19The okay has been given for Waihi residents to return home. The Civil Defence emergency will be lifted at 7pm tonight and state highway 41 will reopen.

20The teenage girl who was the sole survivor of the plane crash of the Comoros Islands is flying home to France to join her father. The plane went down near the Comoros archipelago off east Africa. The Airbus was on its way to Moroni.

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22Port Taranaki residents say they're relieved plans for a local gas import terminal have been shelved because they feared it could explode and put lives at risk. Contact and Genesis joined forces on the project that would have cost over $400-million.

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