1The biggest cyclone to hit Fiji for decades has already claimed one life and caused damage in the northern islands but it's full force is yet to strike. Cyclone Tomas is currently a category four storm and is battering the country's northern island with winds of up to 175-kilometres an hour.

2New Zealand Cricket has just confirmed the Black Caps tour to Zimbabwe in June will not got ahead. The tour was postponed last year due to political instability.

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4Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva has rejected an ultimatum by tens of thousands of protesters to dissolve parliament or face further demonstrations.

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6The biggest cyclone to hit Fiji for decades has already claimed one life and caused damage in the northern islands but it's full force is yet to hit.

7People living at Mapua near Nelson have been assured they are unlikely to suffer long term health effects as a result of the clean-up of the most contaminated chemical site in New Zealand.

8Plans have been unveiled for a $350-thousand Rugby World Cup sculpture in Wellington.

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10The President of the United States Barak Obama says he is outraged by the weekend killing of two US citizens who became the latest victims of the Mexican government's war on drugs.

11Forest and Bird has been accused of scaremongering for releasing details of what it says are the Government's plans to open up more conservation land for mining.

12The Sensible Sentencing Trust has gone to court asking for permission take private prosecutions against the Police and the Corrections Department over the Graeme Burton case.

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14New Zealand Cricket has just confirmed the Black Caps tour to Zimbabwe in June will not got ahead. The tour was postponed last year due to political instability.

15A bitter diplomatic row between Israel and the United States is showing no signs of cooling off. This comes after Israel's announcement last week that it plans to build 1600-homes for Jews in East Jerusalem, internationally regarded as illegal occupation of Palestinian territory.

16New Zealand Cricket has just confirmed the Black Caps tour to Zimbabwe in June will not got ahead. The tour was postponed last year due to political instability.

17The massive fire fighting operation on Mount Allan near Dunedin could become the country's most expensive, with a projected cost of more than a million dollars.

18Family doctors say league tables showing how well primary health care services are doing need to be more reliable before they are made widely available.

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20The Institution of Professional Engineers is pouring cold water on suggestions that New Zealand could have 90-percent of its electricity renewable by 2025.

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22The world's largest non-lethal whale research expedition has returned from six weeks in Antarctic waters.

23News from South America, including: families of American diplomats living near the border between Mexico and the United States are being told they should leave after the latest outbreak of violence by drug gangs; $30-billion to rebuild Chile after earthquake;

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25In Australia, doctors are being urged to stop using high radiation CT scans without clinical justification after a review found the scans were being overused.

26Two months after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, aid workers are scrambling to provide shelter ahead of the rainy season.

27In Australia, the Federal Opposition is calling on the government to make sure there is a safety inspection of each of the more than one million homes insulated under the bungled Commonwealth scheme.