TV3 NEWS. 18/03/2007

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:.

Two brand new drugs are now available for New Zealand's HIV sufferers. Dr Richard Meech (Infectious Diseases Physician); Rachael Le Mesurier (NZ Aids Foundation); Dr Nigel Dickson (Otago University AIDS Epidemiology Group).

Two people are dead and more than 350 sick in Iraq after three separate chlorine bomb attacks.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard's plane in Iraq was forced down today due to a mechanical fault. John Howard (Australian Prime Minister.