1The Ministry of Education says jobs will go as it carves $25-million off its budget but won't confirm how many or from where. It's been instructed to find savings in its $441-million annual funding, and have them in place by 2013.

2Christchurch teenager Shannon Boyes-Warrenwill spend at least 15.5-years behind bars after admitting he murdered Christchurch taxi driver Abdulrahman Ikhtiari.

3The country's purchasing power with the rest of the world has jumped by the largest amount in 35-years; but there's a warning we've still got a long way to go.

4The Maori Party says it was not consulted over Government changes to tertiary education, which it fears could hurt Maori students the most.

5The sister of an intellectually disabled woman killed at the hands of her caregivers says she blames herself for her death.

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7The President of Indonesia has confirmed that a top fugitive wanted over the 2002 Bali bombings has been killed in a police raid near Jakarta.

8Two police officers have been injured when a car crashed into the front doors and foyer of the Hamilton Central Police Station this afternoon.

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10Iran's president is about to meet with his Afghan counterpart, during his first trip to Afghanistan since he and Hamid Karzai were re-elected last year.

11A man who attacked the Waihopai spy station near Blenheim in 2008 has told a Jury he and his fellow activists invoked the name of Jesus as they slashed one of the station's satellite domes. Otaki schoolteacher Adrian Leason, Auckland Catholic priest Peter Murnane and Hokianga farmer Sam Land are before the Wellington District Court charged with intentional damage and entering a property with intent to commit a crime.

12What's gone wrong with this year's batch of Girl Guide Biscuits? Some people are complaining they aren't up to scratch.

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14A new survey has found that most KiwiSaver members are living with a false sense of security about their investments.

15In a world first, scientists have extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds - including moa.

16A stocktake of property at the the National Army Museum in Waiouru has finished in the red, revealing two sets of medals are missing.

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18The Ministry of Education says jobs will go as it carves $25-million off its budget but won't confirm how many or from where. It's been instructed to find savings in its $441-million annual funding, and have them in place by 2013.

19The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have sealed an agreement to crackdown on people smuggling and prevent boatloads of asylum seekers from heading to Australia.

20A new survey has found that most KiwiSaver members are living with a false sense of security about their investments.

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22In parts of northern Pakistan there are now signs of growing local resistance to the Taliban and the ideology they represent.

23For the first time in 39-years Northern Ireland will take over responsibility for policing and justice from London.

24Iwi representatives in Auckland are asking the Government to force tobacco companies to ask them for permission before selling cigarettes and tobacco in their district.

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26News from Japan, including: secret Cold War deal with the United States; lastest Toyota vehicle recalls; Sony releases 3D television sets;

27The American vice-president Joe Biden has accused Israel of undermining Middle East peace talks after it announced plans for another sixteen hundred houses in East Jerusalem.

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29The streets of earthquake devastated Haiti are becoming more dangerous as the pullout of United States troops approaches.