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Soldiers are continuing to terrorise civilians in the capital of Guinea after massacring more than 150 opposition protesters earlier this week. Audio

A powerful typhoon has killed at least 31 people and forced 170,000 to flee their homes in central Vietnam. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

Rescuers in the Philippines are still recovering bodies from floodwaters as funerals begin for nearly 250 people known to have been killed by Typhoon Ketsana Audio

David Reid brings an update on the second confusing warning. Audio

A Northland seismologist says the information put out by authorities about today's tsunami was confusing and potentially dangerous. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

The New Zealand Defence Force already has an aircraft on its way to assist Samoa with a sea-search for survivors. Audio

The biggest waves to hit our shores were 75 centimetres high - in the Chatham Islands. Audio

Officials in Samoa say the death toll from this morning's earthquake and tsunami is expected to rise to as high as one hundred. Audio

Telecommunications industry groups say plans to install a second trans-Tasman fibre-optic cable will benefit businesses and home internet users in New Zealand. Audio

More than 230 entries in a competition to design the $100,000,000 redevelopment of Auckland's Queens Wharf have been whittled down to five. Audio