1She's known as one of Parliament's most effective back bench MPs but the Green Party's Sue Bradford has announced she's quitting because she can't get over being rejected as the Party's co-leader. She'll leave at the end of October after 10-years as an MP.

2After meeting and greeting world leaders in New York, the Prime Minister John Key has squeezed in a guest appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. The show, on the CBS network, is watched by three to four million Americans. NOTE: The episode is available on VA 14750.

3The heavens opened, a sign for Maori that the gods were looking down favourably, as the casket of Sir Howard Morrison was carried into the meeting house at the start of his tangi this morning. The 74-year-old died at his home in Rotorua yesterday.

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5In the United States protestors have thrown rocks at police and smashed shop windows, as the G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh. The last time the leaders of 20 developed and developing nations met there was great violence and one person was killed.

6Two separate police operations have seen more than fifty people arrested on drugs charges. In Hawke's Bay, 26 people were arrested earlier today, which adds to the more than thirty already arrested in Northland this week. They face a variety of drugs charges.

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8Bikies in South Australia have had a big win against their state government. They have successfully challenged anti-bikie laws in the Supreme Court which ruled part of the newly passed law was invalid.

9A Families Commission report on gay and lesbian parenting is recommending birth certificates allow for more than two parents to be listed. Many of the families interviewed in the study are concerned about the lack of security if things go wrong.

10Workers at the centre of an acrimonious dispute with Open Country Cheese Company have had a victory today, with a judge ruling their lock out illegal. 38 workers had been locked out from the factory since last night.

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12Indian man Hemant Kumar who swindled an elderly Wellington woman out of at least $130-thousand has been sentenced to 8 months home detention.

13The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to stem the spread of nuclear weapons - and according to a professor of international law at Waikato University it's a step in the right direction.

14Its every treasure hunter's dream - a huge discovery with the potential to make the finder rich and change our understanding of the past. That's what happened when an amateur discovered the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever discovered in Britain.

15The remnants of the dust storm which saw a red haze descend over New South Wales on Wednesday have settled in New Zealand.

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17She's known as one of Parliament's most effective back bench MPs but the Green Party's Sue Bradford has announced she's quitting because she can't get over being rejected as the Party's co-leader. She'll leave at the end of October after 10-years as an MP.

18The political career of French Polynesia's Gaston Flosse looks set to be suspended and may even be finished within weeks. The court of appeal has upheld a one year jail sentence for the misuse of public funds.

19Iran is firmly in the spotlight after the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to stem the spread of nuclear weapons. It's the first time the council has been chaired by a United States president.

20Airport driver from Colorado Najibullah Zazi has been charged with conspiring to set off bombs, and court papers released today say they are similar to the devices used in the 2005 London attacks.

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22Bikies in South Australia have had a big win against their state government. They have successfully challenged anti-bikie laws in the Supreme Court which ruled part of the newly passed law was invalid.

23A medical trial's revealed what could be the most important development yet in the search for an effective HIV vaccine. Researchers in Thailand say the results of a trial over the last six years have proved to be some of the most promising, even preventing the infection in some cases.

24Rescue workers in India have recovered 36-bodies after an accident at a power plant yesterday but officials are warning that the death toll could rise.

25It's called the LINKA or the LEFT Party and it seems to feel it's found the right way to shake up Germany's political landscape. It claims to be the party of the German working and aims at taking votes from the social democrats.

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27Focus on Politics: Economic growth figures out this week showed the economy grew a marginal 0.1-percent in the three months to the end of June. It was enough to mark the official end of the recession after 15-months of the economy going backwards.

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