TV3 NEWS. 06/12/2006

News, sport and weather.

The fourth Fiji coup in 20 years is underway, with Fijian troops taking over the Parliament while deposed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has left Suva. The New Zealand Government has announced penalties, as has the US Government. Stephen Parker (Political Editor); Lavinia Padarath (Senator); Samisoni Kakaivalu (Fiji Times Editor); Helen Clark (Prime Minister); Winston Peters (Foreign Affairs Minister); Don McKinnon (Commonwealth Secretary-General); Andrew Hughes (Fijian Police Commissioner); Laisenia Qarase (Deposed Fijian Prime Minister); Leba Qarase (Wife of Deposed Prime Minister).

The honesty of America's incoming Secretary of Defence - Robert Gates - is surprising all sides of American politics, as he has admitted that America is losing the war in Iraq. George W. Bush (US President); Carl Levin (US Senator).

An Auckland gun shop owner who shot an armed robber in his store earlier in the year is vowing to fight the charges being brought against him. Greg Carvell (Defendant); Ray Carvell (Greg's Father); Garth McVicar (Sensible Sentencing Trust).

Census figures released today show a dramatic lift in the population, particularly in the Asian community. Voxpop; Pansy Wong (National MP.