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Checkpoint for Monday 18 February 2008

  • UK Bank Nationalised

    6:59 PM.The British government has announced its intention to nationalise the troubled British bank, Northern Rock. Audio

  • New York Mafia

    6:56 PM.The New York Mafia is alive and all too well. Audio

  • Danish Cartoons Republished

    6:52 PM.Copenhagen Danish Muslims are horrified their press could print the cartoons. Audio

  • Waatea News

    6:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

  • Kosovo Independence (Part 2)

    6:45 PM.Kosovo's declaration of independence has split the United Nations Security Council. Audio

  • Pakistan Polls

    6:42 PM.Security forces have been placed on their highest state of alert as the people of Pakistan head to the polls. Audio

  • Fiji Ban

    6:39 PM.The International Bar Association says it's been banned from visiting Fiji. Audio

  • US Beef Recall

    6:36 PM.It's the biggest food recall in United States history. Audio

  • Sports News

    6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

  • Pasifika Festival

    6:28 PM.Wellington's inaugural Absolutely Positvely Pasifika Festival was held over the weekend. Audio

  • Timor Bodies

    6:20 PM.Australian forensic scientists are heading to East Timor to investigate a massacre. Audio

  • Plane Crash (Part 2)

    6:13 PM.Three people died in the crash with a helicopter including 17 year old Bevan Andrew Hookway who was flying the Cessna. Audio

  • Voluntary Liquidation (Part 2)

    6:07 PM.The rebel real estate firm the Joneses has gone into voluntary liquidation. Audio

  • Bike Transport

    5:56 PM.Few are used as regular transport. Audio

  • Cluster Bombs

    5:52 PM.A major conference on cluster muntions has heard an appeal from victims of the weapons for a total ban on them. Audio

  • Record Births

    5:49 PM.New figures released today show that the number of births has reached a 44 year high. Audio

  • Waatea News

    5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

  • Medals Return

    5:45 PM.Auckland lawyer Chris Comeskey negotiated the return of the 96 medals on behalf of his clients. Audio

  • Kosovo Independence

    5:38 PM.Kosovans took to the streets to celebrate the announcement. Audio

  • Drug Use

    5:35 PM.An expert on New Zealand drug use says methamphetamine use is levelling out and may be decreasing in the country. Audio

  • Sports News

    5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

  • Tax Cuts

    5:27 PM.The Green Party says the Government should reconsider tax cuts as it now has less money in its coffers than predicted. Audio

  • Yatch Rescue

    5:23 PM.A group of French sailors have been rescued from their yacht after it capsized off the coast Dunedin. Audio

  • Plane Crash

    5:16 PM.The clean up operation to remove debris of a plane and helicopter crash over Paraparaumu is due to be completed. Audio

  • Voluntary Liquidation

    5:08 PM.The rebel real estate firm the Joneses has gone into voluntary liquidation. Audio