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![NZ to spend $3.5m on Pacific tsunami system](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
NZ to spend $3.5m on Pacific tsunami system
The Govt will spend $3.5m to upgrade tsunami warning systems across the Pacific, Murray McCully announced today.
![Keys to spend weekend with Queen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Keys to spend weekend with Queen
Prime Minister John Key and his wife, Bronagh, will be spending a weekend with the Queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
![Pacific aid boost targets fisheries watch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Pacific aid boost targets fisheries watch
New Zealand will boost the monitoring of Pacific fisheries to help an industry that loses more than $400 million a year because of poor enforcement.
![NZ-US bond set to step up with talks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
NZ-US bond set to step up with talks
For the first time in decades, a trilateral meeting between the US, Australia and NZ will be held.
![Pacific asylum centre would not be in NZ - Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Pacific asylum centre would not be in NZ - Key
A regional processing centre in the Pacific for asylum seekers would not be in NZ or be propped up with NZ funds, John Key says.
![Backing for Fiji unlikely to affect forum, says McCully](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Backing for Fiji unlikely to affect forum, says McCully
The endorsement of Fiji's military regime by some Pacific countries is unlikely to affect the Pacific Islands Forum's suspension of Fiji, says Murray McCully.
![Palmer to head UN flotilla inquiry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Palmer to head UN flotilla inquiry
Sir Geoffrey Palmer says heading an inquiry into a fatal Israeli raid on an aid flotilla will probably be the hardest job he has done.
![Goff: Diplomatic cable leak damaging](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Goff: Diplomatic cable leak damaging
The leak to Australian media of a high-level NZ diplomatic cable has jeopardised future discussions between the two countries, Phil Goff says.
![Bamiyan will be ready for 2014 handover - McCully](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Bamiyan will be ready for 2014 handover - McCully
Murray McCully says Afghanistan's Bamiyan Province, where NZ troops have been since 2003, will be ready to stand on its own before Hamid Karzai's 2014 deadline.
![Release of Lockerbie bomber review urged](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Release of Lockerbie bomber review urged
The Obama administration wants a review of the decision to release the Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie airliner bombing.
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BP stealing Cameron's thunder on US visit
On the way to Washington, British Prime Minister David Cameron says he wants to talk about Afghanistan, Middle East peace prospects and the global economy. Everyone else wants to talk about BP.
![Pete Bethune to be sentenced tomorrow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Pete Bethune to be sentenced tomorrow
Reports say Pete Bethune's prosecution in Tokyo has demanded a two-year prison term.
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Transiting uranium for 'peaceful purposes' - Smith
Nick Smith says uranium transiting through NZ ports will only be used for "peaceful purposes", despite one of its recipients being involved in making nuclear weapons.