1Firefighters smashed down doors to free frightened residents form a block of Wellington flats this afternoon as thick smoke engulfed the building.

2More information has emerged linked the French Secret Service with the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. The peace flotilla is almost ready to leave Auckland to set sail for Mururoa Atoll.

3Fifty people are feared dead after a huge car bomb exploded outside a supermarket near Beirut.

4South African police say two Black men have been shot dead in fresh violence in Black townships. Meanwhile, South African authorities have detained 152 people in the largest one-day sweep since the state of emergency was imposed.

5Talks between the Sri Lankan Government and Tamil separatists collapsed today after the separatists alleged atrocities had been committed by the Sri Lankan Army.

6The West German Daimler-Benz company has developed a driving simulator that they hope will save lives on the roads.

7Assistant Fire Commander Owen Woods says he has been cured of chemical poisoning by a homeopath. Woods was the officer in charge at last December's Mount Wellington Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) fire.

8Residents on the West Coast between Haast and Karamea are being warned to prepare for heavy rain tonight.