1Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) The American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has strictures preventing it operating within Commonwealth countries. However, claims have been made that the agency has ways of getting around that restriction. Novels and television programmes tend to portray the CIA as a shadowy, sinister, clumsy (in comparison to the British MI6), pervasive, extreme right-wing arm of the American Government, in effect, the United States President's "personal gang". Critics say its job is to overthrow Governments perceived as unfriendly to the United States. But are the CIA any worse than any other intelligence agency? Don't they have a duty and a right to protect their country and government from hostile elements? Discussion and viewer feedback about how the CIA operates with former CIA operative Ralph McGehee who has written a book about his experiences called 'Deadly Deceits'.

2Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has announced that the Soviet Union is extending its moratorium on testing nuclear weapons until January 1st 1987. However, the United States has announced that they will not join the moratorium.

3The Australian Budget will be presented tonight, but already there have been widespread leaks of its contents.

4Anti apartheid group Halt All Racist Tours (HART) says the New Zealand Government's sanctions, banning imports from South Africa, is "morally inadequate". A special session of South Africa's Parliament was provided with a list of 8,501 people currently being detained, mostly without charge.

5Barry McGibbon, the man investigating the rebel Cavaliers tour of South Africa on behalf of the INternational Rugby Board (IRB), has criticised the reinstatement of ten of the players back into the All Blacks.

6John Fleming, one of the men suspected of the Great Train Robbery in 1963, has been arrested in Costa Rica.

7Political protests have swept through southern Pakistan, leaving at least eight people dead in the past 24 hours.

8A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

9The Jeu de Paume, a Paris art gallery with an impressive collection of Impressionist paintings, has closed its doors for the last time. It will undergo extensive renovations before opening again in 1988 as a venue for temporary exhibitions..

10Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) The American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has strictures preventing it operating within Commonwealth countries. However, claims have been made that the agency has ways of getting around that restriction. Novels and television programmes tend to portray the CIA as a shadowy, sinister, clumsy (in comparison to the British MI6), pervasive, extreme right-wing arm of the American Government, in effect, the United States President's "personal gang". Critics say its job is to overthrow Governments perceived as unfriendly to the United States. But are the CIA any worse than any other intelligence agency? Don't they have a duty and a right to protect their country and government from hostile elements? Discussion and viewer feedback about how the CIA operates with former CIA operative Ralph McGehee who has written a book about his experiences called 'Deadly Deceits'.

11A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

12Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) The American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has strictures preventing it operating within Commonwealth countries. However, claims have been made that the agency has ways of getting around that restriction. Novels and television programmes tend to portray the CIA as a shadowy, sinister, clumsy (in comparison to the British MI6), pervasive, extreme right-wing arm of the American Government, in effect, the United States President's "personal gang". Critics say its job is to overthrow Governments perceived as unfriendly to the United States. But are the CIA any worse than any other intelligence agency? Don't they have a duty and a right to protect their country and government from hostile elements? Discussion and viewer feedback about how the CIA operates with former CIA operative Ralph McGehee who has written a book about his experiences called 'Deadly Deceits'.

13A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

14The first formal diplomatic talks in nineteen years have been held between the Soviet Union and Israel. They lasted only ninety minutes, rather then two days scheduled for the talks.

15According to United States authorities, anti-Jewish and Anti-Black propaganda is being spread throughout American prisons as part of a recruitment drive by neo-Nazi groups. Next, the White supremacists plan to begin recruiting school children into their fold.

16British Airways is offering exclusive use of a concorde jet for one day as a top prize in a $15 million contest aimed at attracting more British passengers.

17A Kansas farmer is attracting a great deal of attention for his incredible ploughing, which from the air, is a work of art.