1Over 70 people have been killed by a terrorist car bombing in Baghdad.
2Labour was today forced to release Treasury Costings of it's student loan policy by the Ombudsmen. Treasury's initial costings appear to be higher than those that Labour released to the public. Is this an embarrassment for Labour ahead of Saturday's Election.
3National's Tauranga Candidate Bob Clarkson has decided not to sue anyone over the revelation of sexual harassment claims against him by a former employee, the story released by Tauranga's New Zealand First MP Winston Peters. Plus Don Brash has said he will not defend everything that Clarkson says, warning him to stop making reference to his 'testicles'.
4The Met Service is reporting there will be fine weather on election day which may lead to a high voter turnout.
5Petrol prices have dropped for the second time in a week.
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7A man has been jailed for six months for sending threatening letters along with pieces of ham to Wellington Muslims.
8Two weeks after the slow response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Louisiana, US President George W. Bush has accepted some of the responsibility. The death toll continues to rise as New Orleans begins to return to life.
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10One of the men responsible for the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta last year has been sentenced to death by an Indonesian Court.
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12Is this the end for ACT? Leader Rodney Hide is attempting to win the Epsom seat from National's Richard Worth, with the ACT Party well below the 5% threshold and Hide trailing far behind Worth.
13The Maori Party's Hone Harawira today made a speech on race relations at the Orewa Rotary Club, where Don Brash made a speech on Race Relations that sparked National's resurgence in the polls.
14Other news.