1Telecom is shelling out $10-million in compensation to customers hit by the latest failure in its XT mobile network as it tries to convince people to stay with the company.

2Auckland police have charged eight teenagers, including one fourteen year old with assaulting an off-duty policeman in what's been described as a callous and frenzied attack. Constable John Connolly was beaten unconscious when he tried to break up a fight near his house in Tuakau, south of Auckland.

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4Contact Energy has just announced a half year underlying profit of $81-million slightly up on the same period in 2008.

5The Minister of Housing and Fisheries Phil Heatley will keep his job, despite admitting inappropriate use of his ministerial credit card.

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7A power cut has affected ten thousand homes and businesses in the Far North. The fault is believed to be with Transpower's transmission line to Kaitaia.

8The Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully, wants to offload a small parcel off shares in a mining investment company that has the potential to create a conflict of interest for him in Cabinet. It's the second conflict between a cabinet minister and the ridiculous plans for further mining on conservation land.

9An Afghan-born Colorado airport bus driver has pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up New York's subway system.

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11The Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd says the nation's now under a permanent and increased threat of attack from home-grown terrorists.

12Electricity industry analysts are saying the smart money is on so-called Smart Grids. The new generation that would be able to repair itself electronically, track power usage, and tap in to renewable power created by consumers.

13Pilots from Europe's largest airline Lufthansa have called off their four day strike for the time being pending more talks with the company.

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15The President of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, says her government's claim to sovereignty of the Falkland Islands has won the backing of Latin American leaders at a regional summit.

16Commercial whaling would be reintroduced on a limited basis and Japan would be able to continue hunting in the Antarctic, under a new proposal released by International Whaling Commission.

17A case about Invercargill doctor Robert Henderson who exposed a resthome worker's drug problem has opened in the High Court in Wellington.

18An Afghan-born Colorado airport bus driver has pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up New York's subway system.

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20The New Zealand Cricket Players' Association is seeking reassurance from the Indian Premier League over safety in Delhi, after receiving an independent report assessing the security situation there. Al Qaeda has warned athletes not to attend the Hockey World Cup, the Commonwealth Games or the IPL Cricket World Cup.

21Rescue teams are using bulldozers to remove rubble and wreckage as they search for survivors from the weekend's devastating floods on the Portuguese island of Madeira which killed at least 42-people.

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23Telecom customers hit by the latest failure in the XT mobile network are to receive $10-million in compensation, as the company tries to convince people not to switch to one of its rivals.

24The government of Afghanistan has condemned a NATO air strike which killed 27-civilians and injured twelve late on Sunday.

25A revised plan for alerting the public to the risk of tsunami has been released by the Ministry of Civil Defence - but some fear it still doesn't go far enough.

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27A group representing rural women says cuts to home help in Otago and Southland may force people out of their homes and into residential care.

28The Vatican's decision to canonise the Australian nun Mary MacKillop has highlighted tension between Christian churches in Australia on the very question of sainthood.