1A proposal from Minister of Energy Pete Hodgson for power companies to provide a new fixed low-fare rate has been criticised by some industry experts.

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3A British bootleg record dealer described as the world's worst music pirate has been jailed.

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5Tourism NZ has launched a new marketing campaign in Australia.

6The Dept. of Conservation's Kakapo recovery program has suffered a setback with the death of a young female recently transferred to a predator-free island in Fiordland.

7NZ has been ranked worst in the OECD in terms of the funding it makes available in the global fight against HIV/Aids.

8The effectiveness of the US's air defence systems were again called into question today after the military almost shot down a plane carrying the Governor of Kentucky.

9The US Dept. of Homeland Security has warned it has credible information about another large-scale Al-Qaeda terrorist attack in the US.

10A missing US Marine thought to have been abducted and beheaded by Iraqi militants is apparently safe and well in Lebanon, and now under investigation by the US military.

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12A new marina in Auckland, the Orakei Marina, has passed a legal hurdle in the Environment Court after groups opposing the marina withdrew their legal action.

13The Week in Parliament: the National Party's Annual Conference, the election of Tariana Turia as a Maori Party MP.

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