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The ACT Party has been trying to play down an alleged altercation between MP Deborah Coddington and Roger Kerr, Executive Director of the Business Roundtable. After an incident in June, Coddington reportedly consulted police and sent a letter to Kerr. Stephen Parker (3 News - live); Deborah Coddington (ACT Party MP); Rodney Hide (ACT Party Leader).
Australian police have conducted a major operation intended to smash a child pornography ring. Mike Phelan (High Tech Crime Team, Australian Federal Police).
Update on the Ken Bigley hostage crisis. Craig Bigley (Ken Bigley's son); Tony Blair (British Prime Minister).
The two suspected Israeli spies jailed for passport fraud and recently released from prison have arrived home in Israel. Meanwhile, Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat has called on world leaders to intervene after an Israeli crackdown in the West Bank. Alon Ben-David (Channel Ten, Jerusalem); Yasser Arafat (Palestinian President).
A South Island scientist has waded into the debate over some farmers' alleged failure to take appropriate steps to provide adequate protection to lambs who died during a recent snowstorm. Jo Pollard (farm scientist); Don Nicolson (Southland Federated Farmers).
Update on the trial of seven Pitcairn Island men accused of sexual abuse.
Two freighters carrying weapons-grade plutonium from the US to France are the target of protest by environmentalists. Stephen Tindale (Greenpeace UK Director); Robert Bonner (US Customs Commissioner).
In Yemen, two Al-Qaeda operatives have been sentenced to death for their role in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000.
Update on the Coroner's Inquest into the crash last year of a plane carrying 7 senior staff of Crop and Field Research. Jonathan Eaton (counsel for victims' families); Jan Williams (pilot's partner).
A survey of bank workers at the National Bank and Westpac by the FINSEC union has found almost one in two feel they've been bullied at work in the past year. Matthew Fitzsimons (FINSEC National Organiser); Paul Gregory (Westpac).
Report on the upcoming US Presidential Debate. George W. Bush (US President); John Kerry (Democratic Presidential Candidate); Ronald Reagan (former President); John F. Kennedy (former President).