1The coming pay round could be affected tomorrow when the Higher Salaries Commission (HSC) brings down a huge pay rise for New Zealand's politicians and top public servants.

2The violence in South Africa continues. Today Black mourners clashed with police near Cape Town.

3A British jet had to be evacuated when it caught fire at Gatwick Airport today but the blaze was automatically extinguished and there were no casualties.

4It is believed yesterday's plane crash in Milwaukee, which killed all 31 people on board, was caused by engine failure.

5The military government in Chile has arrested 130 people belonging to leftist political parties and other groups.

6Police have found the car of missing Hamilton woman Satrah Sayers in a river in Whakatane.

7The weekend road toll currently stands at six.

8Australian authorities are unable to explain a bright unidentified flying object (UFO) sighted near an aircraft carrying Premier Neville Wran off the New South Wales coast.

9The wreck of the Whydah, another Spanish pirate ship, has been found near the Massachusetts coast, and the first of what is expected to be a massive haul of gold and jewelry s being brought to the surface.