1The Health Department says that people with AIDS antibodies are much more likely to develop the full-blown disease than previously thought.

2The Government has been under attack today over its management of the economy, both for ignoring the human costs of its policies, and for failing to act quickly enough to reduce living expenses.

3Prime Minister David Lange has taken Cabinet Ministers Richard Prebble and Ann Hercus to task for their midnight mock raid on their plane in the Chatham Islands last week.

4The official death toll in the Zeebrugge ferry disaster has risen sharply today, with divers recovering more bodies from the MS Herald of Free Enterprise.

5A murdered Irish Republican Army (IRA) guerrilla has finally been buried in Belfast, following two aborted attempts which had to be called off due to violence.

6Over the past week, all four trading banks have raised interest charges on key types of lending. The increases are occuring at a time when many economies are forecasting that rates on the wholesale market are set to come down. However, it will take time for this to have an effect on the interest rates being charged to consumers. Interview with Professor of Banking Rae West.

7The North Shore electorate of Glenfield is one of New Zealand's most marginal seats. Labour currently holds the seat by only 809 votes. A profile of the Glenfield electorate looking at what the voters and the politicians believe to be the main issues affecting the electorate..

8Prime Minister David Lange has strongly denied today that there has been a secret deal between the New Zealand and United States Governments over the operations underway at the Operation Deep Freeze Antarctic Base in Christchurch. A look at the base, and how it operates, followed by an interview with a scientist who harbours suspicions about American activities at the base.

9Worldwatch American researchers are encouraged by test results from a controversial treatment for cancer. The drug, Interleukin-2 (IL-2) uses the body's own immune system to combat the disease, and so far has a success rate of around 20%. However, it is no miracle cure and the drug does have serious drawbacks.

10Worldwatch New revelations in the sex for secrets scandal at the American embassy in Moscow have cast a shadow over talks between United States Secretary of State George Shultz' talks with Soviet leaders next week. Another American marine has been arrested for spying for the Soviets, this time in Leningrad. However, the use of spies is by no means limited to the Soviets. Both the KGB and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have used similar tactics for years to elicit classified information from the other side.

11Worldwatch Soviet leader MIkhail Gorbachev is about to visit Czechoslovakia, a few days later than scheduled. Czechoslovakia is still one of the most hardline Communist countries in the world, more so than the Soviet Union, and it is suspected that the delay to Gorbachev's visit was due to Czechoslovakian disapproval for his reforms in the Soviet Union.

12Worldwatch The British Government today announced plans to sell Rolls Royce to the public, the latest step in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's privatisation programme.

13Worldwatch In Mozambique, a ten-year long civil war is continuing between the Marxist Government and rebel fighters, primarily from the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (RENAMO). However, the war involves many countries, with different nations siding with either the Government or the rebels. INterview with some of the rebel fighters.

14Worldwatch An apparent political assassination has upset Uganda's rapidly improving international image. Dr Andrew Kayiira was gunned down while visiting friends Henry and Vicky Gombya at their home.