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![Newsreader orders 'revenge killing' of TV channel boss, court told](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Newsreader orders 'revenge killing' of TV channel boss, court told
A newsreader in Cyprus has been accused of hiring a hitman to murder a TV station boss after he sacked her.
![Abducted girl, 8, found slain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Abducted girl, 8, found slain
Queensland police launched an intense search yesterday for the killer of an 8-year-old girl abducted from her home in Bundaberg.
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Govt wants action after attacks on police
The Government is considering how to better support officers following a series of "barbaric" assaults.
![Experts: Tougher sentences won't stop attacks on police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Experts: Tougher sentences won't stop attacks on police
Cracking down on insults commonly hurled at police is the first step to ending assaults on police officers, the union's president said today.
![Three charged over Oamaru police beating](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Three charged over Oamaru police beating
Police have charged three men after an assault on an officer at an Oamaru drink-driving checkpoint last night.
![Harsher penalties possible for attacks on police - Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Harsher penalties possible for attacks on police - Key
Three police officers have been attacked in three days, the latest in Oamaru where five passengers kicked and injured an officer at a drink-drive stop
![Collins: Need to rebuild fear for law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Collins: Need to rebuild fear for law
Three police officers have been attacked in three days, the latest in Oamaru where five passengers kicked and injured an officer at a drink-drive stop.
![Rugby star's name kept secret](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Rugby star's name kept secret
A Super 14 rugby player is before the courts over a carpark assault that left a man needing medical treatment.
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Attempt to delay Lundy programme fails
A television programme about the life of convicted double-murderer Mark Lundy is set to go ahead.
![Teen girl tried to stop cop attack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Teen girl tried to stop cop attack
A fifteen-year-old schoolgirl tried to fend off the group of teenagers who viciously bashed a South Auckland police officer.