1Investigators are still trying to determine what caused yesterday's DC-8 air crash in Newfoundland which killed 248 American serviceman from the 101st Airborne Division, and eight civilians.

2The New Zealand dollar has slipped back markedly on foreign exchange markets today.

3French Foreign MInister Roland Dumas has described New Zealand's claims for compensation in the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior as "ridiculous".

4United States Secretary of State George Shultz says the United States will not scrap the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) if New Zealand passes its anti-nuclear legislation.

5Two Palestinians and an Englishman have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the September murder of three Israelis aboard a yacht in Cyprus.

6Repair work on the cracks in the clip on extension lanes of the Auckland Harbour Bridge began today.

7A look at this year's Christmas toy craze - Transformers.

8Christie's in London has just held a Teddy Bear auction.

9A German Shepherd dog named Cannon, stricken by a crippling disease and now paralysed in the back legs, has been given a new lease of life by the Wellington Rehabilitation League, thanks to a new piece of technology.