1There are to be significant changes to the way unions are organized the manner in which industrial disagreements are solved, as a result of the Government's Programme for Industrial Reform, which was announced today.

2A settlement has just been reached to end the lockout at New Zealand Steel's expansion site in Glenbrook. The site will reopen on Wednesday, after being shut for over a month.

3The Countrywide Building Society plans to seek listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZSE) and apply for a banking license.

4The introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 1 October appears set to arrive with a whisper rather than a roar. New Zealanders seem to be taking the imminent arrival of GST in their stride.

5A flotilla of anti nuclear craft has turned out on Sydney Harbour to protest against the arrival of British and American warships they believe to be nuclear capable.

6More than a million New Zealand lambs will be slaughtered over the next few years during the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Some of the meat may be used to help food Africa's poor.

7Northern Irish police have foiled a terrorist bombing plot, centered on County Down.

8Hundreds of Syrian troops have moved into Beirut's Christian east, to help Lebanese troops maintain order following bloody clashes between rival Christian groups, which left at least thirty people dead.

9For the first time ever, the Soviet Union has opened up its top secret nuclear test site to Western journalists. The Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS or Semipalatinsk-21), also known as "The Polygon", is the primary testing venue for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons.

10In France, a clash between technical advancement and environmentalism is brewing over the expansion of the Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV) a high-speed train, across a new line which threatens France's finest frog pond and one if its most iconic cuisines.