TV3 NEWS. 19/02/2005

News, sport and weather.
At least 27 people have been killed in attacks on Shi'ites in Iraq. It has been the deadliest day in the country since the January 30 election.

British police are investigating the preachings of radical Muslim cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, who has suggested that missions of martyrdom and an airborne attack on 10 Downing Street would be reconcilable with the Muslim faith.

The United States is offering a reward of up to 25 million US dollars for information leading to the capture of Osama Bin Laden. The cash is expected to raise as high as 50 million. Francis Taylor (Diplomatic Security Official).

A Feilding lawyer is planning to defy a court order preventing the release of evidence relating to a fatal bridge crash in 1994. The Berrymans were blamed for the collapse which a report now blames on the Army.

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 Fire Service Chief); Lisette Whitmore (Mangatangi Resident).

US President George W. Bush has declared a state of disaster in American Samoa following Cyclone Olaf.

US President George W. Bush has refused to rule out the possibility of military action in Iran. George W. Bush (US President).