1A high profile doctor is backing calls for another look at NZ's euthanasia laws after revelations that it is already happening in secret within the community.

2The Defence Force has been severely rebuked by the Government's financial watchdog after officers unlawfully claimed accommodation allowances while working for the United Nations in New York.

3There are still several areas of conservation land planned for mining, even though the most precious conservation areas have been ruled out.

4Any new use of water from the South Island's Hurunui River has been banned for the next 14 months. Analysis.

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6The embattled Chief Executive of BP, Tony Hayward is allegedly planning to resign.

7An Afghan soldier has shot dead two American civilians and a fellow recruit at an army base in Afghanistan. Helping to train Afghan soldiers is the number one priority for NZ soldiers in Afghanistan.

8The woman in charge of British intelligence when the Iraq War started claims it led to a surge in home-grown terrorism.

9At his first face to face meeting with the US President, British PM David Cameron has tried to diffuse US anger at the release of the Lockerbie bomber and the BP oil spill.

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11The Chinese Government is pledging $250,000 to try to make the learning of Mandarin more appealing to NZ schoolchildren.

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