1Bill English helped raise over half a million dollars in a charity boxing match last night.

2Other news.

3The disgraced former boss of the Maori Television service has had his jail sentence for fraud reduced from eight months to six.

4The Education Minister Trevor Mallard is meeting with the PPTA tonight, amid little hope the teachers will accept their pay offer.

5Dozens of people took to the streets in the Bay of Plenty town of Taneatua to protest the gang violence that marks the area.

6Other news.

7Palestinian Security Forces have arrested a member of the Islamic Jihad group over the bombing of a bus in Northern Israel. Meanwhile, Israeli tanks opened fire on Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah.

8The US President is creating a new security service, called the Department of Homeland Security, to combat terrorism.

9Other news.

10Muhammad Atta sought a loan from the US Department of Agriculture in order to buy a crop dusting plane to use for purposes of terrorism.