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The World at Noon with Andrew Patterson is RadioLIVE's lunchtime news programme - rounding up the morning's events, both at home and overseas.

The 60 minute fast-paced show features probing interviews with newsmakers as well a in-depth analysis.

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Gran gives burglars the bird

A Chinese grandmother has beaten the burglars who were making her life a misery - by turning her flat into a giant birdcage.

Ling Wan, 80 - who's been burgled eight times in six months - sealed up her stairs and built an iron cage around her apartment in Changsha, southern China. Now the only way in and out is up and down a ladder locked on Wan's balcony.

"All she needs is a giant bell and she's all set," laughed one neighbour.

Wan says: "People said I should move somewhere safer. They can mock but it is very effective. I haven't had one burglary since I built it."

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Child support initiatives

Andrew Patterson speaks to Colin Marshall, RadioLIVE Political Reporter and the new Families Commisioner Carl Davidson about Peter Dunne's new child support initiatives.

Drug busts pushes price up according to report

Andrew Patterson talks to Lead researcher Dr Chris Wilkins, of Massey University about his Illicit Drug Monitoring System report. The study shows that due to the large number of drug busts by police, supply of P has been more limited and has seen the price of illegal drugs soar.

5 years on from Hurricane Katrina

Andrew Patterson talks to Wayne J. Landry, Councilman in St Bernards Parish, New Orleans about the aftermath and re-build of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. He tells Andrew that the oil spill during Katrina was bigger than the BP Oil spill this year!

South Canterbury Finance - should the Government bail them out?

Andrew Patterson talks to business commentator and Managing Director of Interest.co.nz Bernard Hickey about South Canterbury Finance - where does the public sit with the idea of government bail out of South Canterbury Finance?

Iraq - the reality of the US troop withdrawal

Andrew Patterson talks to John Drake, a senior risk consultant with AKE about the impact of the US troop withdrawal

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