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Checkpoint for Friday 18 June 2010
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Sweden's Crown Princess marries her personal trainer tomorrow
6:57 PM.Sweden's capital city, Stockholm, is putting on its finery for tomorrow's royal wedding. Audio
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Can the US embrace cleaner sources of energy?
6:56 PM.The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has drawn attention to President Obama's energy policy, and America's continuing reliance on oil. Audio
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Waatea News for 18 June 2010
6:54 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 18 June 2010
6:38 PM.The National-led Government has reached a deal with the Maori Party to repeal the contentious 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act and replace it with a new law. Audio
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Sports News for 18 June 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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New relationship to be built between French and British leaders
6:27 PM.The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, is visiting London later today to mark an important moment during World War Two. Audio
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Prospect of only one NZ team in Trans Tasman netball playoffs
6:23 PM.The prospect of only one New Zealand side reaching the semi-finals of the trans-Tasman netball competition looms large, going into the final round robin phase this weekend. Audio
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Evening Business for 18 June 2010
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Ryan Nelsen's old primary school embraces FWC
6:17 PM.Football fever is building as the All Whites gear up to take on Italy in the World Cup on Monday night. Audio
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BP's chief exec grilled in Washington
6:15 PM.BP's embattled chief executive ,Tony Hayward, has been grilled by angry politicians in Washington who have been questioning him about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Audio
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Call for peacekeepers in Kyrgyzstan
6:10 PM.There's a call for international peacekeepers to be sent into Kyrgyzstan before thousands of people lose their lives in ethnic cleansing. Audio
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PM says incident between MP and Chinese security disappointing
6:07 PM.The Prime Minister has described a physical altercation between a Green MP and security guards accompanying the Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping as very disappointing. Audio
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Somali pirates sentenced in Dutch court
5:58 PM.A Dutch court has handed out prison sentences to five Somalis, in the first such case to come to trial in Europe. Audio
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Ambush marketing to be targeted at RWC
5:55 PM.Rugby World Cup organisers say they will prosecute companies which engage in malicious ambush marketing during next year's tournament. Audio
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Nearly one in five students fail half their courses
5:53 PM.New figures show nearly one in five students at universities, wananga and polytechnics fails more than half their courses each year. Audio
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Death toll in Kyrgyzstan could be higher than official numbers
5:50 PM.There are fears the number of dead after days of ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan may be much higher than the official toll of more than 190. Audio
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Waatea News for 18 June 2010
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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BP's chief executive faces up to Congressional Committee
5:44 PM.BP's embattled chief executive ,Tony Hayward, has been grilled by angry politicians in Washington who have been questioning him about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Audio
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Locke calls for review of SIS
5:39 PM.The Prime Minister John Key ordered a review last year, after Mr Locke found that he had been monitored by the SIS up until 2006. Audio
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Sports News for 18 June 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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John Key reacts to altercation on steps of parliament
5:33 PM.The Prime Minister John Key says it's too early to apportion any blame over the altercation between the Green Party co-leader and Chinese security guards on Parliament grounds today. Audio
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Telecom refunds consumers in misleading broadband case
5:28 PM.Telecom has agreed to refund 13-hundred customers over a promotion which promised broadband at dial-up prices, when in fact that was not what they got. Audio
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Only 15 percent of sexual abuse claims being accepted by ACC
5:24 PM.The Accident Compensation Corporation has admitted it may have moved too quickly in changing the way sexual abuse claims are dealt with. Audio
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Evening Business for 18 June 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Shooting prompts random auditing of firearms licences
5:18 PM.The police are about start random checks on firearms licences after a report questioning whether a gunman killed in a police shoot out should ever have been allowed weapons. Audio
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Spying on MPs no longer happening but special conditions apply
5:13 PM.The Security Intelligence Service has stopped spying on members of Parliament but says it will do so again if it has to. Audio
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Russel Norman accuses Chinese security guards of assault
5:08 PM.The co-leader of the Green Party has gone to the police to lay charges against Chinese security officials after an altercation on the steps of Parliament. Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for Friday 18 June 2010
5:00 PM.The best of Checkpoint. Audio