NEAL LAVON: Republicans closed in on control of the US Senate in elections today, seeking to capture Congress and deal President Bill Clinton a stunning setback halfway through his first term.
RHA: Bureacracy gone beserk - has been the catchprase today to describe one of the lynch-pins of the Government's health reforms. Mary Wilson
MALCOLM LIVER: We're joined now by Professor Laurence Malcolm of Wellington Medical School who has been surveying CHE's and general practicioners about their relationship with the RHA's.
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JEAN MICHEL: And the French hostage Jean Michael Braquet was buried last night in Paris.
LEIGH GIBBS: The New Zealand netballers have finished their tour of Jamaica this afternoon with a clean sweep...three wins from three tests...today's score a comfortable 71 44.
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RACE: The Race Relations Conciliator has been shedding more light on problems in the office, which saw staff quitting after he took over the job. Anna Hughes
INEQUALITY: A report in the latest Economist magazine says that the gulf between income of the richest and poorest has increased markedly in the past decade and we're now have one of the widest income distributions in the [illegible] world. Debra Harrington
GCS: another state asset has been sold. Peter Fowler
WINEBOX DAY 3: The Head of the Commission of inquiry into Cook Island Tax matters says he wants more time before ruling on whether all Inland Revenue Department evidence should be made public. Martin Gibson
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NEAL AGAIN: Republicans riding a wild tide of dissent appear likely to sweep both houses of Congress in a rumbling rightward shift of the US political landscape. Neal Lavon
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