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Checkpoint for Monday 10 May 2010
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Hummus record
6:59 PM.Lebanon and Israel have not always seen eye to eye but now they're fighting over who can make the largest serving of hummus. Audio
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International Wire Story
6:59 PM.An 83-year-old Indian holy man, who says he has spent seven decades without food or water, has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period. Audio
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Crusaders offer $5 tickets to unemployed
6:57 PM.The Crusaders rugby team is offering #5 tickets to this week's game to anyone without a job. Audio
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Russians celebrate in Red Square
6:54 PM.Russia's celebrated the 65th anniversary of the end of what it calls the Great Patriotic War. Audio
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Still no new government for UK
6:52 PM.Britain's Conservative Party says coalition talks with the Liberal Deomcrats are going well. Audio
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Pakistani Taliban involved in failed New York bombing
6:48 PM.Having previously said there was no link, the United States now says it has evidence that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attempted bomb attack in Times Square in New York on May the first. Audio
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Waatea news for 10 May 2010
6:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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New science funding promised
6:41 PM.Tomorrow could be a good day to be a scientist, with the government expected to reveal the details of new funding for science and innovation. Audio
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Evening sports news for 10 May 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Lena Horne dies
6:28 PM.The American singer Lena Horne has died at the age of 92. Audio
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Scientists analyse historic whaling data
6:24 PM.Centuries-old log books from American whaling ships which hunted in the southwestern Pacific and Tasman Sea are now being used by to help protect the threatened mammals. Audio
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Evening Business News for 10 May 2010
6:20 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Market commentator talks about the bailout package for Greece
6:15 PM.European Union finance ministers have agreed, after marathon talks, on an emergency package worth 500-billion euros to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading. Audio
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UN Special Rapporteur to visit
6:12 PM.The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights is to visit New Zealand in July. Audio
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Prime Minister say Japan slow to pass on information
6:11 PM.The Prime Minister John Key says there seems to be a lack of information from Japan about the collision in the Southern Ocean that led to the sinking of the anti-whaling boat, the Ady Gil. Audio
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13 year old interviewed after stabbing at school
6:09 PM.Police are interviewing a 13-year-old boy this evening after a teacher at Te Puke High School was stabbed in the neck and shoulder area. Audio
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Australians unhappy with Rudd's performance
6:06 PM.The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is coming under pressure from within his own party to explain his series of policy backflips as his popularity dives. Audio
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Miners and rescuers trapped underground
5:57 PM.More than eighty people are trapped underground following two explosions in a mine in Russia at the weekend. Audio
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Barbara Kendall retires
5:54 PM.The Olympic champion Barbara Kendall is calling it quits on a boardsailing career that's spanned 24 years. Audio
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Iceland volcanic ash disrupts more flights
5:53 PM.The plans of thousands of air travellers are once again being ruined by Iceland's errupting volcano. Audio
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Rudd's approval rating drops ahead of budget
5:50 PM.To Australia now where for the first time since being elected Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd's disapproval rating is higher than his approval. Audio
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Waatea news for 10 May 2010
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Vodafone partnership to bid for broadband share
5:43 PM.Vodafone is joining up with the Canadian company Axia Net Media, to bid for a share of the national ultra-fast broadband network. Audio
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Polls open in the Philippines
5:40 PM.Polls have now opened in the Philippines election after five people were killed as tensions flared over the weekend. Audio
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Prison to be privately managed
5:36 PM.The Auckland Central Remand Prison is to be put under private management. Audio
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South America Correspondent
5:36 PM.Political tension in South America over last year's coup in Honduras has come to the fore again with the Honduran President told to stay away from a key meeting of leaders in Spain. Audio
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Evening sports news for 10 May 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Not many surprises in the All Whites World Cup squad
5:27 PM.The New Zealand football squad to travel to next month's World Cup in South Africa was named this afternoon, with few surprises. Audio
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Package announced to save Euro
5:24 PM.As we just heard in business, the European Union finance ministers have agreed on an emergency package worth 500-billion euros to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading. Audio
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Evening Business News for 10 May 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Waitangi Tribunal begins Ngapuhi hearings
5:18 PM.The judge presiding over the Waitangi Tribunal's Ngapuhi hearings, says the claims may be the biggest challenge ever faced by the Tribunal. Audio
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Govt rules out Tuhoe's ownership application for the Ureweras
5:14 PM.The Government has moved to rule out a key Tuhoe demand over the ownership of the Urewera National Park, as part of the iwi's Treaty settlement. Audio
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Uncle of dead teenager has message for parents
5:10 PM.The grief stricken uncle of a 16 year old boy who died after drinking a bottle of vodka is begging other parents and teenagers to sit up and learn from the tragedy. Audio
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Teacher attacked in classroom
5:07 PM.The 53-year-old teacher was taken to Tauranga Hospital but he has now been discharged. Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for Monday 10 May 2010
5:00 PM.Police interview a 13 year old over the stabbing of a Bay of Plenty teacher. We hear from the uncle of a high school student who died after drinking a bottle of vodka and the Prime Minister rejects… Read more Audio