1Three Americans and an Indian national have been kidnapped by gunmen at University College in Beirut where all four were teaching. Twenty-five Westerners are now being held captive in Lebanon.

2Ten thousand civil rights campaigners have marched through the all-White community of Forsyth County in the American state of Georgia.

3Supporters of sacked print workers have attacked police outside newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch's News International plant in Wapping, London.

4Philippines President Corazon Aquino has again vowed that her Government will punish those responsible for the shooting of protesters during a farmers' march in Manila last week.

5Sydney police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of four young women at a family home in West Pymble on Friday night.

6National MP Winston Peters has met with West German financier Max Raepple, who was at the centre of the Maori loans affair. Meanwhile, former Cabinet MInister Matiu Rata says he has also held suspicions of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) involvement in the loans affair and has joined with Opposition leader Jim Bolger to call for a public inquiry into the matter.

7South Auckland's skies were lit up with veteran war planes attacking each other in mock combat above Ardmore Aerodrome today in an airshow organised by the New Zealand Warbirds Association.

8New Zealand's sporting success, especially that on the water, is helping to boost sales figures and build an international reputation. This is especially so for boat builders.

9Horse and carriage drivers have put their teams through a tough cross-country event in the South Island this weekend.

10Sheep dog trials were held near Wellington this weekend. The event is proving increasingly popular as a spectator sport.