Woman Charged - Sentencing Delayed - Child Abuse Register - Fiji Shooting - Blumsky & Local Govt - Helen Clark & Local Govt - Airport Fog - Logging In Court - Car Explodes - White House Protests - Texas Death Penalty - Unemployed
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WOMAN CHARGED: A 28-year-old Carterton woman has appeared in the Masterton district court charged with assaulting a
Carterton toddler who died last week, but police say the charge doesn’t relate to the investigations into the toddler’s
death.
- SENTENCING DELAYED: A High Court judge has adjourned the sentencing of two women for manslaughter and cruelty to a
six-year-old child because of media interest in the case.
- CHILD ABUSE REGISTER: The New Zealand Medical Association says it has serious problems with mandatory reporting or the
establishment of a register for child abuse.
- FIJI SHOOTING: Security at military checkpoints has been tightened on the main island of Fiji after a soldier and a
policeman were shot dead by armed locals last night.
- BLUMSKY & LOCAL GOVT: Wellington mayor Mark Blumsky says he has written to all local mayors to ask them to resign from Local
Government New Zealand and consider setting up their own body.
- HELEN CLARK & LOCAL GOVT.: The Prime Minister Helen Clark says she had only one small tiff with Local Government New Zealand and she
cannot believe it was related to CEO Carol Stigley’s resignation.
- AIRPORT FOG: Northern airports are working overtime to clear a backlog of flights after a second day of fog which has
disrupted many travelers’ plans.
- LOGGING IN COURT: The High Court has been told it would be brought into a most serious conflict with Parliament if it
opposed the passing of a Government Bill stopping native Rimu logging on the West Coast.
- CAR EXPLODES: Three seperate members of a Basque separatist group ETA are dead after an car carrying them exploded in
Spain.
- WHITE HOUSE PROTESTS: Police have moved in a heavy patrolled area around the White House to remove protestors
demonstrating against United States economic sanctions against Iraq.
- TEXAS DEATH PENALTY: Texas, which leads the United States in the death penalty punishment, is set to execute two men,
one of whom may be mentally retarded.
- UNEMPLOYED FIGURES: The Act MP Muriel Newman has made public figures which shows that a great number of beneficiaries
return to the unemployment benefit after they are put in job placements.
- PETROL PRICES: The Automobile Association says it supports the development of a bench mark assessment for petrol
prices to ensure the public they were paying a fair amount.