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Checkpoint for Thursday 23 July 2009
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Access to universal AIDS treatment 'a long way to go'
6:58 PM.More than a third more AIDS patients in developing countries , some four million people, are now receiving life saving anti-retroviral drugs. Audio
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Picture of Hitler ordered for Israel's embassies
6:56 PM.Israel's angry reaction to US calls for a halt to building in Arab parts of Jeruslaem has taken an unusual turn. Audio
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Convicted Chinese 'P' importers appeal
6:55 PM.Five Chinese men, jailed for importing P, are appealing their convictions and sentences. Audio
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Waatea news
6:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Industry training a welcome boost for young Maori
6:50 PM.More than eighteen hundred Maori are expected to gain skills and qualifications under a new government industry training initiative. Audio
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The hunt is on for a giant earthworm
6:45 PM.In Idaho, conservationists are on the hunt for an elusive giant native worm they want declared a protected species. Audio
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Drop in support for Obama's health policies
6:40 PM.President Obama has used a prime time media conference to try to engender more support for his health care reforms. Audio
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Scientist believe evidence of life on Saturns moons
6:38 PM.Scientists in the US believe there is growing evidence that there could be life elsewhere in the universe. Audio
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Sports news
6:35 PM.The latest from the Sports team. Audio
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China keeps details of its aid programme a state secret
6:28 PM.An Australian foreign policy think tank says China's aid programme in the pacific is secretive, short- term, takes no account of debt burdening and so erratic that it makes long term planning for the… Read more Audio
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US and Iraq move to re-define their relationship
6:23 PM.President Obama and his Iraqi counterpart have been taking steps to redefine their relationship during talks at the Whitehouse. Audio
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Evening business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Tourism industry welcomes work permit change
6:15 PM.A new way of dealing with temporary work permits will help New Zealand's tourism and hospitality industry with seasonal staffing problems. Audio
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South Korean politicians in mass brawl
6:14 PM.Chaotic scenes have erupted in South Korea's parliament, resulting in at least one person being sent to hospital. Audio
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Ombudsman warns too early to draw conclusions against ING
6:10 PM.The Banking Ombusdman says her office has upheld more than 80 percent of the complaints it has received against the investment company, ING, but warns it's too early to draw conclusions. Audio
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More on law change to provocation defence
6:08 PM.The Justice Minister has announced his plan to dump the defence of provocation for people charged with murder. Audio
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Police raid clinic of Michael Jackson's doctor
5:58 PM.The doctor who was with Michael Jackson when he died has had his Houston clinic searched by US drug enforcement agents and the Los Angeles police looking for evidence of manslaughter. Audio
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Heavy rain hammers Greymouth
5:55 PM.While the MetService has issued severe gale warnings for parts of the North Island, and with further wild weather predicted in the South, heavy rain has already flooded four Greymouth homes and… Read more Audio
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English makes foreign investment easier
5:50 PM.More now on the Goverment's move to scrap rules protecting the sale of strategic assets to foreign investors. Audio
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Waatea news
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Fiji Methodist leaders charged
5:44 PM.Fiji police have charged their highest ranking female Chief Ro Teimumu Kepa and two top Methodist Church ministers with defying the Public Emergency Regulation. Audio
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Uighur-related protest sees 3 films pulled at Melbourne
5:36 PM.Chinese directors have pulled their films from Australia's biggest film festival in protest over a documentary being screened about the exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Len Brown beats John Banks in Super City poll
5:28 PM.He's not even in the super city race, but Manukau's mayor, Len Brown, is already upsetting the favourite. Audio
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Trade unions mount campaign against PPPs
5:25 PM.The Government says it will work with the private sector to sharpen up the public service. Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Political leaders row about unemployed man
5:18 PM.The Prime Minister is questioning the Labour leader Phil Goff's judgement for not revealing that the Auckland man, who Mr Goff said needed a welfare benefit, owned two rental properties. Audio
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Crown abandons sex trial against Auckland father
5:15 PM.The Crown has abandoned its case against a man who stood accused of selling his then 12 year old daughter for sex. Audio
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The Government moves to scrap rules on strategic asset sales
5:12 PM.The Government is going to scap rules that prevent the sale of strategic assets to foreigners. Audio
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Justice Minister ready to get rid of provocation defence
5:08 PM.The Justice Minister has announced his plan to dump the defence of provocation for people charged with murder. Audio