1The Prime Minister John Key has confirmed the driving age is likely to be raised to 16. The government has been considering a range of options to make the roads safer and is expected to announce its decision tomorrow.

2In Chile, supplies are finally arriving to the country's worst effected areas after Saturday's massive earthquake just as looting appears to be becoming more widespread and organised. Chilean media are now reporting that a small plane bringing aid to the city of Concepcion has crashed, killing all six people on board.

3The Far North town of Kaitaia could run out of drinking water in two weeks unless people immediately cut their water consumption by 20-percent.

4The Auditor-General has released the terms of reference for her inquiry into ministerial credit cards. It'll mainly look at the former minister Phil Heatley, who resigned last week following news of the misuse of his card but other ministers may also come under scrutiny.

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6In Queenstown there is a plan to charge patients arriving for treatment at the Hospital's emergency department, if their condition is not serious and urgent.

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8Train passengers travelling between Wellington and Paraparaumu can expect delays as a firefighters battle a blaze between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki.

9Extending the controversial 90-day probationary period for workers is one of the options being considered under a potential shake-up of the personal grievance system.

10Nigerian-based scammers have been trying to pass themselves off as members of New Zealand's organised crime agency.

11The Minister of Finance says the country cannot afford not to invest in infrastructure even though its debt is forecast to blow out to $250-billion by 2014.

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13President of the United States Barack Obama is planning to dramatically reduce his country's nuclear arsenal with details of the new strategy expected soon.

14The European Union's Monetary Affairs Commissioner Ollie Rehn is in Athens trying to encourage the Greek government - faced by a major economic crisis - to opt for even more painful budget cuts.

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16The government has announced it will likely raise the age a person can start learning to drive from 15 to 16 this year. Increasing the driving age is one of more than 60-initiatives the Government is reviewing as part of its road safety strategy.

17An Auckland police officer saw the teenager mistakenly shot by police in a high speed pursuit last year and says he looked petrified.

18Hundreds of people are being evacuated in Queensland's south-west as heavy rain and flooding continue across the region.

19Protesters outside the latest Parliamentary Select Committee on the creation of the Auckland Council 'super city' say their democratic rights are being trampled on.

20Extending the controversial 90-day probationary period for workers is one of the options being considered under a potential shake-up of the personal grievance system.

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22The recession is being credited for a dramatic fall in the number of shark attacks in the United States last year. A new report by the University of Florida shows attacks in the United States dropped from 41 in 2008 to just 28 in 2009.

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24Summer finally kicked in for most parts of the country last month - but the hot, dry weather is bad news for some.

25People in one of the Chilean cities worst hit by the earthquake are continuing to defy a curfew with the mayor of Concepcion saying looting is becoming more widespread and organised.

26The accused Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic has begun defending himself at his trial at the Hague. He's still refusing to recognise the authority of the Court but has presented documents and video-clips to support his argument that Serbia was defending itself from Islamic fundamentalists who he claims were trying to take over Bosnia.

27American researchers say men who regularly take the over the counter painkillers aspirin, paracetamol or Ibuprofin are twice as likely to suffer hearing problems as those who don't.

28An apparently unremarkable painting which had been hanging for decades in a church in the west of England has turned out to be a long lost Flemish masterpiece by Quentin Matsys.

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30After a world-wide recall of eight million vehicles Toyota is desperately trying to restore consumer confidence with a message that its cars are safe.

31A Washington think tank says the United States has increased the number of missile strikes from uncrewed drones in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.

32Top officials from Britain and other European countries have urged the United Nations to keep its pledge and create a new super-agency for women.