Checkpoint. 2003-05-13

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At least three people have been killed and scores injured in an attack on foreigners living in the the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Three explosions ripped through compounds housing foreigners, and there are reports that 40 Americans have been hospitalised. While no group has taken responsiblity for the attacks, US and Saudi officials say they suspect Al Qaeda.
PACKAGE State Department correspondent Andrea Koppel
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CUT US ambassador to Saudi Arabia Robert Jordan
PRE REC NZ AMBASSADOR IN SAUDI ARABIA Jim Howell
Air New Zealand is prepared to clip the wings of its cut price subsidiary Freedom Air to gain approval for its alliance with Qantas. In revised undertakings released by Australia's competition wachdog, Air NZ says it will withdraw Freedom from operating services at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
LIVER RALPH NORRIS MD AIR NZ
Orthopaedic surgeons are pushing for more money to be spent on getting patients the surgery they need when they need it, saying leaving people on waiting lists costs the health system more. The Orthopaedic Association is pointing to its own survey of 140 GPs as evidence of the hidden costs of waiting lists, with 63 percent saying they have between 11 and 30 patients waiting to have surgery on bones or joints. 85 percent of the GPs say they're spending up to an extra six hours a month looking after the problems caused by having to provide extra care.
CUT HEAD OF CLINICAL SERVICES FOR HEALTH MIN DR COLIN FEEK
LIVER President of NZ Orthopaedic Association Professor Geoffrey Horne
BUSINESS with JOHN DRAPER
Whangarei police have launched an investigation to determine whether a police pursuit could have been to blame for a fatal crash. Two people died when a motorcyclist crashed head-on into a car on State Highway One near Portland Road, just south of the city, around 9 o'clock last night. LIVER Inspector Paul Dimery
Washington's efforts to speed up the reconstruction of Iraq are being renforced by the arrival in Baghdad of the new administrator Paul Bremer, who's also known as Jerry. His appointment is part of a shake up of the US team running Iraq. Two leading officials are leaving early after heavy criticism for failing to restore essential services and to reestablish law and order. PACKAGE BBC's correspondent in Baghdad Claire Marshall
5.30 NEWS HEADLINES
SPORT STEPHEN HEWSON
Some District Health Boards are struggling to cope with increasing demands for dialysis treatment. The case of a Tuvaluan man, who was granted a permit to stay in the country and receive expensive life-saving renal care, has sparked concern about the resources available for New Zealanders.
PACKAGE Sarah Howison
The Tourism Minister has announced 15-million-dollars to launch a campaign to attract American tourists to New Zealand. Mark Burton says the United States has huge potential as a tourism market, with some 34-million Americans holidaying overseas each year. Just over 200-thousand come here, and Mr Burton says they fit the ideal tourism profile, as big spenders keen to seek out cultural experiences.
PRE REC MARK BURTON.
The National Party Leader Bill English has told parliament the new Families Commission is an exercise in political correctness that is doomed to failure. Parliament has debated for the first time this afternoon legislation setting up the controversial twenty eight million dollar Families Comission.
PACKAGE Mark Torley.
New Zealand based gas exploration companies are drilling nowhere near enough to come close to meeting the country's future energy needs. That's the pessimistic view a consultant geologist delivered to a gas industry conference in Auckland today. Steven O'Connor's remarks come as official figures show New Zealand gas demand exceeding gas supply by 2010, and meeting only one fifth of needs by 2020. PRE REC STEVEN O'CONNOR
The group responsible for Wellington's waterfront developments is hoping council approval of the plan for the Chaffers Park area means construction could begin before Christmas. Wellington Waterfront Limited selected the plan from one hundred and 30 designs, after years of debate over how the harbour edge should be developed. The plan has finally been given the go-ahead by the city council's waterfront sub-committee. PACKAGE Antony Byers.
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