TV3 NEWS. 07/11/2007

News, sport and weather.

Main stories:

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. Plus, 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.
Scott Campbell (3 News); Agnes Bulatiko (Balu Khan's Partner); Alice Tabete (Fiji Netball President); Helen Clark (Prime Minister); Kereyn Smith (International Netball Federation); Duncan Garner (Political Editor).

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 (Wellington Accountant); Scott Optican (Law Professor).

Australian Prime Minister John Howard is bracing for the fallout after the Australian Central Bank lifted interest rates.
Steve Christensen (Australian Correspondent); John Howard (Australian Prime Minister); Kevin Rudd (Labor Leader); Alexander Downer (Australian Foreign Minister).

New Zealand's longest detained remand prisoner - Amir Mohebbi - has been freed after over four years detention.
Amir Mohebbi (Freed Prisoner).

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has made her first appearance in Pakistan's capital after a crackdown by President Pervez Musharaff.
Benazir Bhutto (Opposition Leader).

A new strategy launched by the Tourism Industry today sees environmental sustainability as the way of the future.
Helen Clark (Prime Minister); Mark Gilbert (Hassle-Free Tours).