1Seven cavers have been rescued from an underground cavern near Te Kuiti, where they had been forced to spend the night.
2The Governor of Penang has rejected a final plea for a stay of execution for Australian drug traffickers Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers. They are scheduled to hang tomorrow morning and their families have been advised to visit them for one last time to say their goodbyes.
3Pope John Paul II has used unusually sharp language to criticise the Nicaraguan Government for expelling Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega, a leading critic of the left-wing Sandinista regime.
4A hot air balloon became entangled in the turret of a thirteenth century French cathedral today. The two hot air balloonists escaped without injury.