1A car bomb in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo has killed up to 150 people, and exploded only around 500 metres from where the touring New Zealand Cricket team is staying. This is the worst attack since the beginning of the Sri Lankan civil war between the largely Hindu Tamils and the native Sinhalese, who are mostly Buddhist.

2A hand grenade, thrown from a truck into a police training centre in South Africa, has killed one Black police trainee and injured more than sixty.

3Fiji's Governor General will broadcast on nationwide radio this evening, in an appeal for calm. Tension is rising in Fiji in the wake of the recent election, which saw the indigenous Fijians lose the majority in the new Coalition Government led by Dr Timoci Bavadra.

4Four Napier men are safe and well on board an Australian container ship after spending last night afloat in stormy seas off East Cape.

5The Auckland City Council has ruled that the Traffic Department will lose the discretion to drop some traffic offence charges.

6Moves are already underway in the Lyttelton electorate to find a replacement for Cabinet MInister Ann hercus, who announced her intention to retire from politics yesterday.

7The Government is seeking an urgent report on whether or not New Zealand wheat growers need protection from imports.

8The National Party today pledged to sell off TV2 to private enterprise if it wins the next election. A closer look at the party's broadcasting policy.

9British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe is en route to Australia, on the second leg of an Asia-Pacific tour, that includes New Zealand. Before leaving Thailand today, Howe urged the Vietnamese Government to withdraw its troops from Kampuchea (Cambodia).

10Opposition Foreign Affairs spokesman, Sir Robert Muldoon has called on Prime Minister David Lange to tell the public what he knows about New Zealanders attending a revolutionary gathering in Libya.

11A million dollar campaign has been launched to teach New Zealanders basic survival skills in case of a civil emergency.

12A dead baby has been at the centre of a cultural dispute in the Bay of Plenty. The baby's family say they are saddened at the treatment they received at the hands of Ngati Awa kaumatua.

13New Zealand's $500 million a year leather industry says changes in pest control methods in recent years have contributed to a degradation of hide quality.