ONE NEWS. 06/11/2004

Report on preparations by US and Iraqi troops to launch an assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah. Sergeant Bryan Reed (US Advisor to Iraqi Forces).

The UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has warned any assault on Fallujah could further divide and anger the Iraqi people. However, Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has told a meeting of EU leaders in Belgium that time is running out for insurgents holed up in the city. Tony Blair (British PM); Iyad Allawi (Iraqi Interim Prime Minister); Jacques Chirac (President of France).

A Northland tribe is considering joining forces with hundreds of surfers in a bid to buy Tauroa Peninsula, reportedly the landing place of one of the first waka to reach NZ. Buddy Nathan (Te Rarawa); Mike Weatherall (Tauroa Peninsula Charitable Trust); Shayne Kelly (Te Rarawa); Chris Jenkins (Northland Conservator, Dept. of Conservation).

Update on the condition of the ailing Yasser Arafat. voxpop (Palestinians); Yosef Lapid (Israeli Justice Minister).

Report on the Pacific Island nation of Nauru, whose dire financial and economic situation is getting worse. voxpop (citizens of Nauru); Dr Kieran Keke (Minister of Health).

Several hundred Nelson residents are joining a local man, Ian Street, in his campaign against the use of the pesticide methyl bromide at the Nelson port. Ian Street (campaigner); Peter Thompson (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries).

The US movie industry is launching hundreds of law suits in a bid to curb the illegal downloading of movies from the Internet. Dan Glickman (Motion Picture Association).