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A community living along one of the country's deadliest stretches of road have defied Transit New Zealand to put up their own warning signs. Don Shanks (Mangatangi Volunteer Fire Brigade); Peter Edwards (Mangatangi Resident).
New Zealand is sending a team of technical experts to the Cook Islands to help rebuild infrastructure following Cyclone Olaf. Phil Goff (Foreign Affairs Minister).
A large earthquake caused panic in Indonesia and even a tsunami, reviving fresh memories of the Boxing Day Tsunami though there are no reported deaths.
The father of an American boy at the centre of a custody battle has appealed to the mother who is in hiding with the boy in New Zealand. Roby Gilbert (Sky's Father); Detective Lori Blankenship (Kitsap County Police).
A spate of suicide attacks in Iraq has killed at least 35 people. The attacks targeted Shi'ites who were marginalised for years under Saddam Hussein but were the clear winners in the January 30 Election. Peter Alexander (NBC Correspondent, Baghdad).
The President of French Polynesia has been ousted after the Union for Democracy Party and two Alliance members joined forces to gain an absolute majority and dismissed the pro-French Government.
Lebanon's opposition is calling for a peaceful independence uprising and says the Pro-Syrian Government should step down. The call follows the assassination of the former Prime Minister which many have blamed on Syria.
Men arrested by Irish police are believed connected with a massive bank robbery late last year. There have also been suggestions they are members of the IRA. Noel Conroy (Garda Police Commissioner); Bertie Ahern (Irish Prime Minister); Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein MP).
Iraqi authorities are using slick, American style t.v ads to convince Iraqi citizens things are better in Iraq following the election. The ads are also intended to combat the insurgents. Kristin Whiting (Iraqi Media Network Advisor).
Destiny New Zealand today rallied in Rotorua today, rehearsing for a march in Auckland. Richard Lewis (Destiny New Zealand Party Leader).
A gay street party is being promoted as a way of breaking stereotypes in the wake of publicity against homosexuality and the civil union bill.