1SAS troops are now in Afghanistan on what the Prime Minister is describing as a dangerous assignment which could result in death or injury. John Key has said that the troops left last week and is refusing to say where in the country they'll be based.

2The Prime Minister has ordered an investigation into the adventure tourism sector after the death of an English tourist in Queenstown last April. Emily Jordan died while on a trip with Mad Dog River Boarding last year.

3The number of prison inmates has hit its highest level ever, with 8509-people being held in prisons or police stations as of today. The Minister of Corrections Judith Collins says this underlines the urgent need to ensure there are enough beds to cope with an ever-increasing prison population.

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5New Zealanders failed to strike the right note at the 61st Emmy awards - with the Flight of the Conchords missing out on all six awards they were nominated for.

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7The Police insist they went above and beyond to protect Christchurch's so called 'house of horror' from an arson attack. The home where the bodies of Tisha Lowry and the murderer's wife were found was raised to the ground on Saturday night.

8Progressive Enterprises is dumping its Foodtown and Woolworths brands in favour of a single chain of Countdown supermarkets.

9Three police officers have appeared in the Auckland District Court again jointly charged with assaulting two university students.

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11The former French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, goes on trial today over an alleged plot to prevent Nicolas Sarkozy from winning the country's top job in 2007.

12A High Court ruling, awarding tens of thousands of dollars to an elderly Blue Chip investor, could bring a flood of similar claims accusing financial advisers of negligence.

13Taranaki is to host the biggest surfing event the country has ever seen with the best 17-women surfers in the world taking part.

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15The Prime Minister, John Key, has ordered an investigation into the adventure tourism sector, sparked by a letter of the father of British tourist Emily Jordan who drowned while river boarding last year.

16The number of prison inmates has hit its highest level ever, with 8509-people being held in prisons or police stations as of today. The Minister of Corrections Judith Collins says this underlines the urgent need to ensure there are enough beds to cope with an ever-increasing prison population.

17The Police say students who were confronted by armed police officers while they were filming a fake robbery inside a dairy are lucky no-one was killed.

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19One of the greatest rivalries in the history of chess will be renewed tonight as Gary Kasparov takes on Anatoli Karpov in the Spanish city of Valencia.

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21News from the United Kingdom, including: draft guidelines on how to commit suicide and avoid being prosecuted; Gordon Brown to meet Col Gaddafi amid Lybia row;

22A former mayor of Masterton says he is amazed that Christchurch City Council did not provide protection for a house burned down after a double homicide.

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24Quadriplegic man Christian Rossiter from Perth who won the right to starve himself to death has died.

25The Vice-Chancellor of Lincoln University Roger Field has apologised for any offence caused by students who dressed as Nazis and Jewish prisoners during a weekend party.

26Cuba has hosted its largest open-air rock concert since the revolution 50 years ago.