1The Government Caucus has been warned to rethink its dismissal yesterday of trade union demands if it wants worker support in the general election later this year.

2The European Community (EEC) is considering a proposal to sell part of its one million tonne butter mountain to New Zealand. However, it will not be used for food, instead may be used as a fuel additive for diesel engines.

3Two young New Zealand skiers have been killed in an avalanche near the Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

4The New Zealand AIDS Foundation says funds will dry up next month after what has been a highly successful campaign to curb the spread of the deadly virus.

5Two leading critics of the Tongan Government have won seats in the Tongan Parliamentary elections.

6Irish Opposition leader Charles Haughey has won the Irish general election, but remains one seat short of an overall majority.

7Fierce street fighting between rival Muslim groups continues in West Beirut. However, there has been some relief for the Palestinian refugees, who have been blockaded in their camps for several days.

8The United States Department of Defense has admitted that the submarine, netted by a trawler in the Irish Sea yesterday, was one of theirs.

9An official Soviet magazine has reported that Soviet leader MIkhail Gorbachev is claiming he would be forced to resign if his programme of reforms were blocked.

10The Royal Marines are using acupuncture wristbands to help ease seasickness.

11Queen Elizabeth II has been meeting with doctors who are studying the disease acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

12A family of Cambodian refugees has just settled in Wellington after living through years of terror in Asia. A film portrayal of the genocide in their country is currently being shown in New ZEaland theatres, and it bears an uncanny resemblance to their actual experiences.

13An international authority on deer hunting says stalking game in New Zealand forests could become a thing of the past, because deer stocks have been devastated and not replenished.