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Tuesday, 13 April 2010
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Welfare review could lead to overhaul of the benefit system.
13 Apr 2010Reducing long term welfare dependency is the main aim of a Welfare Review Group set up by the Government which could lead to an overhaul of the benefit system. Audio
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Nuclear summit opens with a warning
13 Apr 2010The Washington summit on nuclear security has opened with dire warnings about the consequences if nuclear weapons fall into the hands of terrorists. Audio
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Charges filed against Lombard Finance directors
13 Apr 2010The former cabinet ministers Sir Douglas Graham and Bill Jefferies have been charged with misleading investors, following the collapse of Lombard Finance. Audio
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Monday, 12 April 2010
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Refugee children perform in circus
12 Apr 2010Iraqi, Palestinian and Syrian refugee children have performed in a circus show after a six month training program by the United Nations and the Danish Cultural Institute in Damascus. Audio
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Organ donations of hundreds of thousands wrongly recorded
12 Apr 2010An investigation's begun in Britain after it emerged that as many as eight hundred thousand people may have had their wishes to donate organs wrongly recorded because of a data handling error. Audio
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Sudan's election process plagued with problems
12 Apr 2010Voting in Sudan's first multi-party election in two decades is not going smoothly. Audio
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Gordon Brown to release Labour manifesto tonight
12 Apr 2010The British prime minister Gordon Brown will launch the Labour party manifesto tonight. Audio
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Investigation begins into swine flu response
12 Apr 2010The World Health Organisation is beginning a review of its handling of swine flu. Audio
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America declares strong support for Afghan President
12 Apr 2010Senior members of the American government have declared their strong support for the Afghan president Hamid Karzai following a rocky period between the two allies. Audio
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Unemployment drops for a second month
12 Apr 2010Unemployment has dropped for the second month in a row with four thousand people coming off the benefit. Audio
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Checkpoint is RNZ's drive-time news and current affairs programme, tackling the national and international stories of the day.
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