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Checkpoint for Friday 6 June 2008
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Homicidal Driver?
5:08 PM.Police are investigating accusations the man suspected of killing a young auckland woman in a deliberate car crash was drunk. Audio
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Dr Bill Sutch (Part 1)
5:11 PM.The family of Bill Sutch says the release of top secret files shows there is no proof of spying. Audio
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Dr Bill Sutch (Part 2)
5:14 PM.The Prime Minister says she always believed he was innocent. Audio
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Obama Meets Clinton
5:18 PM.In the past few hours, the U.S. Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, has met privately with Hillary Clinton. Audio
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Evening Business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Storm Warning
5:25 PM.Lower South Island residents are being warned to batten down the hatches as a major storm system moves onto the country. Audio
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Pet Pitbull Attack
5:28 PM.Animal control staff say the attack on the child is by one of the most vicious dogs they've seen. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Campaign Against Tasers
5:40 PM.The group is calling for the police to urgently make public information on their trials into the weapons use. Audio
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Bluechip Group Investors
5:42 PM.Victims of the collapsed Bluechip investment companies have met in Hamilton to share their hurt and anguish. Audio
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The Criminal Procedures Bill
5:44 PM.Legislation allowing retrial for the same crime and stopping lengthy pre-trial hearings can now pass after National's support. Audio
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Waatea News
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Missing Polish Tramper
5:49 PM.Seven search teams will spend the night in the Rimutaka Forest Park as they continue to search for Jacek Grybowski. Audio
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Exide Guilty Again
5:52 PM.Lower Hutt company Exide Technologies Limited fined $30K after again illegally releasing lead into the air. Audio
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Nuclear Arsenal Safety Lapses
5:58 PM.A Pentagon investigation has revealed shocking lapses in the safeguarding of America's nuclear arsenal. Audio
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Australian Regional Body Plan
6:08 PM.Australian PM Kevin Rudd says his plan for Asia-Pacific can work, despite former PM Paul Keating saying it is unachievable. Audio
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Zimbabwe's Hungry
6:14 PM.A government directive that aid agencies should stop operating in the country is dire news. Audio
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Quake Seer
6:16 PM.Scientists at NASA say they could be on the verge of a breakthrough in their efforts to forecast earthquakes. Audio
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Conductor Misconduct
6:18 PM.Nelson Symphony Orchestra conductor David Lindup begins a four year jail term tonight. Audio
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Evening Business
6:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Al Qaeda Intimidating In Custody
6:23 PM.The most high profile al Qaeda terrorist suspect in US custody accused of intimidating fellow detainees. Audio
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UK Knife Attacks
6:24 PM.In Britain, thirty young people have died in violent attacks already this year. Many of these deaths have been caused by knives. Audio
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Brazillian Human Rights
6:25 PM.Brazilian military police have arrested an army sergeant who revealed that he was gay. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 06 June 2008.
6:35 PM.United Future says its election campaign essentially starts this weekend, with the party's annual conference in Auckland. Audio
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Waatea News
6:51 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Medvedev in Putin's Russia
6:54 PM.Dimitri Medvedev may be the new President, but he still has to share the limelight with his predecessor, Vladimir Putin. Audio
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Obama the American Dream?
6:58 PM.Maybe, but a long and bruising campaign against Senator Clinton has left his new opponent with plenty of ammunition. Audio