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Checkpoint for Wednesday 3 February 2010
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Avatar and The Hurt Locker head Oscar nominations
6:58 PM.The Oscar nominations have been announced in Los Angeles with the science fiction epic 'Avatar' and the Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker' leading the way with nine nominations each. Audio
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Obama angers China over Dalai Lama meeting
6:55 PM.The White House says President Obama intends to meet the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama despite China's objections. Audio
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Airforce wants to know how and why its staff drink
6:52 PM.The Royal New Zealand Airforce says it wants to know how much its staff are drinking - and why. Audio
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US moves closer to allowing gays in military
6:49 PM.The United States is moving a step closer to ditching its ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military. Audio
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Waatea news
6:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Special education funding allocation to be reviewed
6:42 PM.The Government is asking the public what it thinks should happen to special education. Audio
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Queensland Police linked to organised crime
6:38 PM.The Queensland Police Force is in damage control over allegations made in The Courier Mail newspaper that link it to organised crime. Audio
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Former UK cabinet minister attacks former PM
6:36 PM.The former British prime minister Tony Blair has been accused of running a dishonest, dysfunctional government that played to the Americans at a time of war. Audio
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Sports news for 3 February 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Cadbury votes in favour of US takeover
6:28 PM.Shareholders of the British chocolate maker, Cadbury, have voted to accept an eighteen-billion-dollar (US) takeover bid by the American food giant, Kraft. Audio
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New mums: stop blaming it on the baby
6:25 PM.Research has proven 'baby brain' is all in the mind of new mothers. Audio
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MMR link to autism formally retracted
6:22 PM.A British medical journal has retracted a controversial paper that claimed the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, MMR, could be linked to autism. Audio
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Evening Business News for 3 February 2010
6:20 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Agreement to try and better co-ordinate healthcare
6:15 PM.Senior hospital doctors and GPs have made what they say is an historic agreement to work closely together to improve patient care. Audio
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UN worried about volatile security situation in Haiti
6:13 PM.The United Nations has warned of a potentially volatile security situation in Haiti after an armed group of men attacked a food convoy. Audio
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Jail for grandmother who drove drunk and killed a cyclist
6:07 PM.A 71 year old grandmother has been jailed for two years and two months for killing a cyclist while she was driving drunk on State Highway One near Otaki. Audio
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Producer of Jaws and The Sting dies aged ninety-three
5:57 PM.The producer behind the films Jaws and The Sting, has died aged ninety-three. Audio
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Sunny weather predicted for the Sevens
5:56 PM.The Metservice is forcasting the hottest days of the summer so far - over the next few days. Audio
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Device wheeled into mall in a shopping trolley
5:53 PM.A man's in custody after detonating a petrol bomb in a Darwin supermarket, leaving at least 13 people in hospital. Audio
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Police charge man after fatal 8 car pile up
5:51 PM.The police say a mentally ill man charged over fatal 8 car pile up in Auckland yesterday deliberately rammed a police car because he was angry the officers had overtaken him. Audio
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Waatea news
5:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Michael Jackson's doctor to be charged over death
5:45 PM.It's being reported in the United States that prosecutors plan to charge Michael Jackson's doctor with manslaughter. Audio
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Mary Anne Thompson pleads guilty
5:42 PM.The former chief executive of the Immigration Service Mary Anne Thompson has pleaded guilty to using a document with intent to defraud. Audio
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Iwi says scheme to encourage building on Maori land not enough
5:39 PM.Ricky Houghton is an iwi housing advisor with the Kaitaia-based He Korowai Trust which helps people apply for loans and grants. Audio
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Government guaranteed loans for housing on Maori land
5:35 PM.Maori who have struggled to get a mortgage to build houses on ancestral land have been thrown a lifeline by the Government and KiwiBank. Audio
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Sports news for 3 February 2010
5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Runner tackles 86 floors in 13 minutes 13 seconds
5:26 PM.Mountain runner Melissa Moon has just conquered a new peak - winning the annual race to the top of New York's Empire State building. Audio
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Fonterra intensive dairy farming criticised
5:22 PM.The SPCA is accusing Fonterra of sullying New Zealand's international clean, green reputation by expanding its use of intensive indoor dairy farming in China. Audio
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Fears Telecom may outsource hundreds of jobs
5:16 PM.The Labour party says Telecom may outsource up to 1,500 high tech jobs to companies overseas. Audio
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Seven men on trial for liquor store killing
5:13 PM.A High Court jury has been told that the man who shot a south Auckland liquor store owner lined up his victim and pulled the trigger in a calm and deliberate way. Audio
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Drink drive grandmother jailed for killing cyclist
5:07 PM.A 71 year old grandmother has been jailed for two years and two months for killing a cyclist while she was driving drunk on State Highway One near Otaki. Audio