1There are fears of a new wave of terrorism in Italy following yesterday's bombing of a passenger that left at least 16 people dead and over 100 injured.

2Air New Zealand has cleared most of the backlog of travellers caused by last week's strike by cabin crew.

3Following last night's gang brawl at Paremoremo Prison, six inmates have been segregared from others and prison officers are making a thorough search of the prison.

4A Turakina family have spent Christmas Day mourning their pet dogs, who were shot by Police after an incident on the beach.

5At least ten people have been killed and over 150 injured as voting gets under way in the Indian general elections.

6Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko failed to attend the State funeral of his Defence Minister Dmitry Ustiniv today.

7Actor Peter Lawford has died in Los Angeles, aged 61.

8Christmas celebrations have begun in Bethlehem, where pageantry and politics were key features of the celebrations.

9Convenience and changing times are putting a new spin on the traditional Christmas dinner for many New Zealand families this year.

10Reary the goose had his beak bitten off by a farm dog a couple of years ago. However, he has become a bionic bird with the help of a fibreglass beak.

11One man has drowned and another is missing after two separate incidents at Bay of Plenty beaches today.

12More and more Aucklanders are swapping the traditional Christmas turkey for a relaxed al fresco meal on the beach, in order to take advantage of the hot, fine weather.