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Checkpoint for Monday 19 January 2009
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Explosion at Fonterra
5:10 PM.An explosion at the Fonterra Milk Plant in Southland this morning has sent a toxic cloud of chlorine gas through the factory. Audio
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Ceasefire in Gaza
5:14 PM.Palestinians have been venturing out of their homes to retrieve bodies as a fragile ceasefire takes hold in the Gaza Strip. Audio
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Air New Zealand Airbus crash
5:19 PM.French investigators are concerned about media speculation on the crash. Audio
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Escaped prisoners
5:22 PM.Police are searching for three remand prisoners who escaped from the back of a police escort van. Audio
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Christchurch homicide
5:27 PM.A Court has heard that a cat protection worker was probably killed in a homicidal attack. Audio
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Pre-inauguration celebrations
5:29 PM.The United States president-elect has tempered pre-inauguration celebrations in Washington with a stark warning. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Home insulation
5:35 PM.The Government says it's looking at increasing the 15 million fund for insulating state houses which it had previously cut back. Audio
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Rain for farmers
5:41 PM.But they still need more to get through the rest of the summer. Audio
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NATO on Afghanistan
5:45 PM.Instability in Afghanistan is due in part to a corrupt and inefficient government in Kabul according to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Audio
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Surgery checklist
5:49 PM.The use of checklists in hospital operations has been shown to reduce death rates as well as surgical complications. Audio
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Shark attack
5:53 PM.An Australian has spoken for the first time about his narrow escape from what was believed to be a great white shark. Audio
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Australian open
5:55 PM.The first round of the Australian Open got underway today. Audio