1Telecom is refusing to say whether customers who wish to leave the XT network will be forced to pay penalities for ending their contracts. A major failure on Monday was the fourth since the network was launched last May.

2Telecom's cellular XT network has crashed for the fourth time since its launch last May. Rival company Vodafone says there's been massive interest from Telecom customers although it's not prepared to provide precise numbers.

3A massive fire raging at Mt. Allen northwest of Dunedin is showing no signs of dying down, more than 24-hours after it started.

4Parliament is sitting under urgency as the Government pushes through its controversial changes to the Accident Compensation Corporation. The Bill being debated cuts several entitlements and pushes out the date to fully fund all the Corporation's liabilities to 2019.

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6Television New Zealand's profits have plunged by more than half, with the broadcaster saying it's likely to end the financial year with a loss.

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8New Zealand's largest electricity generator Meredian Energy has posted a massive rise in earnings.

9Councillors from the Canterbury Regional Council have met with two Government ministers in the wake of a report highlighting major problems with the Council's management of water allocation.

10In the United States car maker Toyota is suffering another public relations nightmare over widespread safety problems. A tearful driver has told a congressional hearing in the United States that she thought she was going to die as her Toyota Lexus sped out of control on a freeway.

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12The Australian Government's announced plans to repeal legislation which could force the Northern Territory to accept a national nuclear waste dump, though it's likely to be located there any way.

13Iran says it's captured a top Sunni militant, whose group Jundallah is blamed for a string of deadly attacks.

14A group of 40-Brazilians who thought they had won US $30-million on the lottery have had their euphoria turn to heartbreak after they discovered their ticket was not properly registered.

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16A massive fire raging at Mt. Allen northwest of Dunedin is showing no signs of dying down, more than 24-hours after it started.

17Councillors from the Canterbury Regional Council have met with two Government ministers in the wake of a report highlighting major problems with the Council's management of water allocation.

18In the United States car maker Toyota is suffering another public relations nightmare over widespread safety problems. A tearful driver has told a congressional hearing in the United States that she thought she was going to die as her Toyota Lexus sped out of control on a freeway.

19Researchers in China have found more than one in 10-children who fell ill after drinking tainted milk were still suffering from kidney problems six months later.

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22The Tongan Prime Minister has admitted at the inquiry into the sinking of the Princess Ashika that no reports on the condition of the rusting ferry were tabled to cabinet before it was bought last year.

23Nearly three decades ago Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands deep in the South Atlantic ocean.

24A report on maternal health in the Pacific says five women a day are dying due to problems during pregnancy or childbirth.

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26A large automobile assembly plant, a joint venture in California between Japanese Toyota and American General Motors, is set to close.