1A recommendation to gradually lift the retirement age in NZ to 67 has been turned down flat by the Government. Interview with the Retirement Commissioner.

2The manager of Solid Energy has angrily denied suggestions that he criticised the Pike River Mine in order to reduce its value.

3Other news.

4PM John Key has taken a tough line against the Sri Lankan asylum seekers detained in Indonesia, but it remains unclear whether they were heading to NZ in the first place.

5Former Federated Farmers president Don Nicholson wants to stand as an Act MP.

6Other news.

7Some motorcyclists are warning they will run from Police rather than register their bikes, in protest at the non-reduction of high ACC levies for motorcyclists.

8There is evidence that the now defunct News of the World targeted the Queen and other members of the Royal family as part of the phone hacking scandal.

9The British public have donated $9 million in the past week to fund agencies trying to assist in the East African humanitarian crisis. Report from the Dadabb refugee camp in Kenya.

10Supporters of the Syrian President have attacked the US and French embassies in Damascus.

11It has been six months since the Tunisian President was forced to step down, triggering a wave of popular uprising across the Middle East. But now the pace of reform has slowed right down in Tunisia.

12Over 40,00 people have gathered in Bosnia to mark the 16th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.

13There is mounting controversy surrounding the family business of the Republican front-runner in the US Presidential race. Michelle Bachmann and her husband own a Christian counselling firm where homosexuals are being urged to pray for heterosexuality.

14Other news.

15War veterans will receive a helping hand from the Government to travel and stay in overseas locations for commemorations.

16Other news.