1The Labour MP Chris Carter has been sent home in disgrace and forced to publicly apologise by Labour leader Phil Goff over his spending as a former Minister. This follows a brush with the media today which resulted in Mr Carter refusing to answer questions while being pursued through parliament by cameras. Mr Carter is one of three MPs demoted in a caucus reshuffle over their misuse of ministerial credit cards.

2Parliamentary chief reporter Jane Patterson discusses Chris Carter's outburst.

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4The Attorney-General, Chris Finlayson, has confirmed that once the existing law is repealed, Maori will have no greater rights to the foreshore and seabed than they already do. But he says getting rid of the 2004 Act will remove what Prime Minister John Key has called a 'weeping sore' by restoring the right of iwi and hapu to go to court.

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6In Sydney, witnesses have spoken of their shock and horror as a small plane crashed and exploded outside a house and a primary school in the south west suburb of Canley Vale.

7The United States President Barack Obama has begun to refer to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as the environmental equivalent of September 11. Meanwhile, a`congressional investigation has found that BP may have taken risky shortcuts in drilling the oil well.

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9The number of houses sold last month is down 17 percent on the same time last year, and economists predict the market is likely to stay subdued for several months.

10The leaders of some of the largest primary industries are sceptical about Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry predictions of a long boom in commodity exports.

11New Zealand cricket is considering lifting its ban on tours to Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's sports minister has met with the chief executive of New Zealand Cricket to try to persuade him the country is now safe to travel to.

12Jade Osborne, the mother of the Kerikeri toddler who the Crown says was murdered in December 2008 by his stepfather, Kyle Skerten, has broken down in court as she described the events leading up to her son Riley's death.

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14The Labour MP Chris Carter has been sent home in disgrace and forced to publicly apologise by his leader over his spending as a former Minister.

15Manukau City councillors have been meeting this evening to discuss claims that credit card spending by the mayor, Len Brown, has broken council rules.

16Uzbekistan has threatened to shut its borders to stop refugees from southern Kyrgyzstan flooding into the country.

17Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner, a death row innmate in Utah in the United States, will be executed by firing squad on Friday after losing his last appeal for clemency.

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19The leaders of some of the largest primary industries are sceptical about Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry predictions of a long boom in commodity exports.

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21The mining industry says allowing Maori to claim customary title of the foreshore and seabed could jeopardise future exploration. However some Maori leaders say it is only fair that iwi get the chance to reap some of the benefits of extracting minerals.

22The outcome of the Bloody Sunday inquiry, the longest and most expensive public inquiry in United Kindgom legal history, is about to be published. Thirteen people died in 1972 when British soldiers opened fire on civil rights marchers in Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

23Amir Abdillah, the man who served as driver and confidante to deceased Indonesian terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top, says there is no guarantee he will not reoffend. A Jakarta judge has sentenced Abdillah to 8 years in jail for his role in the attacks on the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels last year in which eleven people including a New Zealander were killed.

24The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has released its files on the late Senator Edward Kennedy, most of which relate to death threats made against him.

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26Australian researchers based in Sydney are developing a new type of artificial skin they say will help burns victims to recover from their injuries.

27May Wang, the woman fronting a billion-dollar bid by Chinese investors to buy up to 16 of the farms put into receivership by the Crafar family, is in late negotiations to stave off bankruptcy after an application was made to the High Court. Westpac bank claims that Wang owes around $20 million to creditors from her failed Dynasty group.

28There has been shock and surprise at news that Tonga is exploring the idea of nuclear power. The King of Tonga, George Tupou V, said last week that the government is following development work in the United States on 30-megawatt nuclear power plants which could help reduce the kingdom's reliance on diesel. Nuclear power is not currently included in Tonga's 10 year energy plan which is due to be signed off later this month.