A US Marine is under investigation for a possible war crime after an 'embedded' journalist captured on camera the soldier's 'execution' of a wounded and unarmed insurgent in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.voxpop (US Marines).
The Government has revealed the final draft of its contentious Seabed and Foreshore Bill - shortly to be passed into law by Parliament. Steven Parker (3 News - live from Parliament); Dr Michael Cullen (Deputy Prime-Minister); Winston Peters (NZ First Leader); John Tamihere (Labour MP); Paul Morgan (spokesman for a Marlborough iwi).
The National Party has announced it will boycott the Government's proposed select committee review of NZ's constitutional arrangements, labelling it a 'sham'. NZ First has also said it will not be involved in the review. Nick Smith (National MP); Judith Collins (National MP); Dr Don Brash (National Party Leader); Winston Peters (NZ First Leader); Helen Clark (Prime Minister).
Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, has resigned from the Bush Administration. Current National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice is tipped to succeed him. Colin Powell (US Secretary of State); Scott McClellan (Whitehouse spokesman); George W. Bush (US President).
A price war has broken out between the major banks over fixed-term home mortgage rates. Andrew Whitechurch (BNZ Business Development General Manager); Paul Gregory (Westpac).