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2A high level inquiry is to be launched into the conditions under which foreign fishermen are forced to work while in NZ waters.
3Rail workers have been picketing as the first of hundreds of Chinese built wagons arrive in NZ.
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5The latest in the News of the World hacking scandal.
6The US military withdrawal from Afghanistan has begun amid escalating security concerns.
7Five protestors have been shot and killed in Syria, however some soldiers are defying orders to fire on civilians.
8Egyptians are preparing for a large demonstration tomorrow to express their fear that the pro-democracy revolution which saw President Hosni Mubarak overthrown has stalled.
9South Sudan has become the 193rd member of the United Nations, sealing its independence from the North.
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11Some parents are concerned that the abolition of school dental clinics will leave their children vulnerable.
12The US President has met Republican and Democrat leaders for the firth day in a row to try to find a way to avoid defaulting on America's debt payments before the August 2nd deadline.
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