1The French Opposition has called on the French Government to suspend independence plans for New Caledonia following increased violence in the territory.

2The peace movement Aotearoa today set out to prove that two communications dishes at the Tangimoana Communications Base were being used to link up with allied bases overseas, despite Prime Minister David Lange's denials that this is the case.

3Wellington detectives have arrested two people in connection with a smash and grab raid on a jewellry shop last week.

4The Clerical Workers' Union intends to take a tougher line against employers who sexually harass employees.

5Bottled and canned beer production has been cut to a trickle by a strike by maintenance engineers at three of New Zealand's main breweries.

6Italian Police are hunting for the killers of a young LIbyan diplomat who was shot dead in Rome.

7Thirty-eight people have been killed in a bus crash in South Korea.

8Six people have been killed and seventeen seriously injured in a gas explosion in a Warsaw apartment block.

9Piccadilly Circus in London was evacuated today after a major gas leak.

10It has been claimed today that Britain's first baby born to a commercial surrogate mother has been smuggled out of the United Kingdom to an unknown destination.

11Prime Minister David Lange has condemned the incursion of Vietnamese forces into Thailand and has called on them to withdraw from Kampuchea.

12A specialist in palliative care says New Zealanders are dying in an unnecessary amount of pain because of a distruct of pain relief.

13Prison authorities have taken over the military cells at the Papakura Military Camp for the next three months to help relieve overcrowding at Mount Eden Prison.

14Australian actress Val Lehman, best known for her role in the television series Prisoner, today visited Arohata Women's Prison in Wellington.