1There were erroneous reports of a tsunami heading New Zealand's way overnight, but Civil Defence appears to have failed completely to deal with the situation.

2Sharemarket experts believe there will be a formal inquiry into whether insider trading took place ahead of yesterday's announcement on Telecom and broadband local loop unbundling. Telecom has lost 1.1 billion dollars off of its share value. Plus the Government has launched an inquiry into who leaked the proposed legislation, which was meant to be the centrepiece of the Budget. ISPs competing with Telecom have reacted to the announcement with glee.

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4Zacarias Moussaoui - the only person to be charged with the 9/11 terrorist attacks - has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. It had been widely expected that Moussaoui would receive the death penalty.

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6Today Manasseh Sogavare became the Solomon Island's new Prime Minister, with predecessor Snyder Rini following riots over his election.

7India's sacked High Commissioner to New Zealand is still trying to stay in the country despite he and his wife's visa expiring soon.

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9A prankster has been calling people in Gisborne pretending to be a recording warning from Civil Defence, warning of a new tsunami. Plus a Dunedin man has patented the idea of an early warning mobile phone system in case of Tsunami.

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