1Three sailors have been killed in a fire aboard a Soviet nuclear powered submarine armed with ballistic missiles. The submarine is about 300 miles north of Bermuda.
2A New Zealand man, named by the United States police in connection with multi million dollar drugs charges, has admitted an involvement with marijuana in the United States four years ago, but says he has served his sentence and is innocent of the current allegations.
3An appeal may be launch to send a Wellington man overseas for a heart transplant, after Health Minister Dr Michael Bassett prevented the operation being performed in Wellington.
4An Argentine pilot, killed during the Falklands War, has been buried with full British military honours. His father and sister were in attendance, being the first Argentinians allowed on the Falkland Islands since the 1982 conflict.
5The grand finale of the Royal Australian Navy's 75th anniversary celebrations took place on Sydney Harbour today.
6A stranded fishing boat off rocky Motunau Beach remains unsalvaged tonight because of a hole in its hull.