1Religious Sensitivity Two New Zealand missionaries were recently arrested in Malaysia and charged with religious insensitivity. Their crime was trying to convert people of Islamic faith to Christianity. Why were they in a predominantly Muslim country, trying to sell their minority beliefs? Is there a difference between promoting your religion and abusing somebody else's? Were they asking for trouble? Or, did they have a genuine belief that having found the one true religion, you have an obligation to tell others, regardless of the consequences? Discussion and viewer talkback with Grant Nesdale, one of the missionaries arrested and convicted of religious sensitivity in Malaysia. Nesdale is still protesting his innocence and is determined to appeal his conviction.

2Tension continues to mount in Northern Ireland between Catholic and Protestant communities, American supporters of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) today joined a Republican march in Belfast, protesting a law which allowed internment for four years without trial in the 1970s. In London, the British Government has announced it will boost the implementation of 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement which has been hotly contested by Protestant extremists.

3Former Chief of Staff of the Indian Army Arunkumar Vaidya has been assassinated. It is believed he was killed in retaliation for his role in the Army attack on the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar two years ago..

4Two New Zealanders were questioned by British Police for tree hours after they were discovered wandering around the grounds of Windsor Castle a week ago. Meanwhile Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly in good health following heart tests, and is currently aboard the Britannia off the Scottish coast.

5An extensive flooding problem is developing in inland North Canterbury.

6A party of forty skiers is still trapped on the Mount Olympus field in North Canterbury by heaving snow and the risk of avalanches. They are holed up in a hut and are reported to be safe and well.

7A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

8With the discovery of huge oil deposits in Mexico, it was picked to become one of the world's richest countries. However that has all changed dramatically with the drop in oil prices. Mexico is now one of the poorest countries in Latin America.

9Religious Sensitivity Two New Zealand missionaries were recently arrested in Malaysia and charged with religious insensitivity. Their crime was trying to convert people of Islamic faith to Christianity. Why were they in a predominantly Muslim country, trying to sell their minority beliefs? Is there a difference between promoting your religion and abusing somebody else's? Were they asking for trouble? Or, did they have a genuine belief that having found the one true religion, you have an obligation to tell others, regardless of the consequences? Discussion and viewer talkback with Grant Nesdale, one of the missionaries arrested and convicted of religious sensitivity in Malaysia. Nesdale is still protesting his innocence and is determined to appeal his conviction.

10A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

11Religious Sensitivity Two New Zealand missionaries were recently arrested in Malaysia and charged with religious insensitivity. Their crime was trying to convert people of Islamic faith to Christianity. Why were they in a predominantly Muslim country, trying to sell their minority beliefs? Is there a difference between promoting your religion and abusing somebody else's? Were they asking for trouble? Or, did they have a genuine belief that having found the one true religion, you have an obligation to tell others, regardless of the consequences? Discussion and viewer talkback with Grant Nesdale, one of the missionaries arrested and convicted of religious sensitivity in Malaysia. Nesdale is still protesting his innocence and is determined to appeal his conviction.

12A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

13In the Soviet Union, the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster continue to make the news. New footage has been issued of the desperate emergency work underway just days after the disaster.

14The latest round of arms control talks between the United States and the Soviet Union has opened in Moscow.