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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.
Govt wants action after attacks on police
The Government is considering how to better support officers following a series of "barbaric" assaults.
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.
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
Police have charged three men after an assault on an officer at an Oamaru drink-driving checkpoint last night.
Court rejects appeal of man who hit child with cricket bat
A man who disciplined his six-year-old daughter with a cricket bat when she would not stop coughing fails to get his jail term reduced.
'Road rage killing' shocks Sydney
A road rage incident may have been the precursor of a vicious murder in Sydney's inner suburbs last night.
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
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
A Super 14 rugby player is before the courts over a carpark assault that left a man needing medical treatment.
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
A fifteen-year-old schoolgirl tried to fend off the group of teenagers who viciously bashed a South Auckland police officer.