ONE NEWS. 07/11/2007

News, sport and weather.

New Zealand Diplomats have been given permission to visit the two men in Fiji who were recently arrested, beaten and accused of conspiring to murder Fiji's military coup leader Frank Bainimarama. Barbara Dreaver (Pacific Correspondent); Agnes Bulatiko (Ballu Khan's Partner); Winston Peters (New Zealand First Leader); Helen Clark (Prime Minister).

One of Fiji's regular netball players did not fly into New Zealand for the Netball World Championship today, due to a ban by the New Zealand Government relating to the military coup in Fiji. Alisi Tabete (President, Fiji Netball); Vilimaina Davu (Player-Coach Fiji).

A Wellington Accountant has obtained a summons to force Cabinet Minister Trevor Mallard to appear in Court over his punching of National MP Tau Henare. Graham McCready (Informant).

New Zealand's longest detained remand prisoner - Amir Mohebbi - has been freed after over four years detention. Amir Mohebbi (Released Remand Prisoner); Maryam Mohebbi (Amir Mohebbi's Wife); Father Terry Dibble (Amir Mohebbi's Chaplain).

Almost 50 people - including children and Government MPs - have been killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

There are reports that Pakistan's emergency rule could be over in two to three weeks.