TV3 NEWS. 02/11/2006

News, sport and weather.

Two protestors who handed out leaflets containing information about the Louise Nicholas historic rape trial have been found guilty of breaching suppression orders.

Talk of another coup in Fiji is gathering momentum, with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark warned to keep her nose out of Fiji's affairs. Laisenia Qarase (Fijian Prime Minister); Frank Bainimarama (Fiji Military Commander); Andrew Hughes (Fijian Police Commissioner); Helen Clark (Prime Minister).

The residents from New Plymouth who lived near the Dow Chemical Plant are hoping the public will help them fund testing to see if they have been poisoned by dioxins. Frances George (Scientist); Andrew Gibbs (Paritutu Resident).

The Government has given tobacco companies and retailers just over a year to put grisly warning images onto packets of cigarettes. Damien O'Conner (Minister of Health); Susan Jones (British American Tobacco).

Police have been shocked to find some gangs are now using stun guns.

The ringleader of the so-called Celebrity Drug Ring was jailed today. Justice Asher (Auckland High Court); Detective Sergeant James Baber (Inquiry Head).

Former Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry has been condemned for what he claims was a botched joke about Iraq, and now Kerry is seeking to distance himself from other Democrats so as not to threaten their chances in upcoming elections. John Kerry (Democratic Senator); George W. Bush (US President); Hilary Clinton (Democratic Senator).

Israeli troops have seized a Northern Gaza town in a strike against Palestinian militants.