1The Royal yacht Britannia has carried out a second rescue mission in South Yemen, picking up over 200 refugees from beaches north of Aden today and taking them to Djibouti..Rebel leader Abdul Fattah Ismail has now taken control in South Yemen.

2The United States is billing the 29 members of the Footsteps of Scott Antarctic Expedition $30,000 for the cost of its evacuation from Antarctica.

3The latest Consumer Price Index shows that half of the rise for the December quarter came from increases in housing costs. Prime Minister David Lange has agreed meanwhile, that there may be some temporary increase in domestic and mortgage interest rates.

4New Zealand Party leader John Galvin wants State-funded National Superannuation scrapped and people given tax rebates to invest for their retirement instead.

5The Philippines general election campaign is heating up, with both main parties accusing each other of using dirty tricks.

6An American livestock expert, who watched the unloading of 17,000 live New Zealand sheep exported to Mexico last year says many of the animals suffered unnecessarily.

7New Zealand's famous huskies at Scott Base are to be phased out because they have little use now and are expensive to keep.

8An Auckland dog owner has saved his bull terrier pup Syd from certain death as a fighting dog by advertising for him and then aying a reward.