1Fears are growing for the safety of a 59 year old man and a 7 year old girl who are missing in thick bush near Wellington.

2A man has died in a freak accident in a Petone factory yard.

3A skin diver hit by a power boat while diving north of Auckland is recovering in Auckland Hospital.

4The cost of super petrol may rise in a bid to encourage drivers to use more unleaded fuel.

5Israeli troops have shot dead another Palestinian demonstrator and wounded at least five others in continuing unrest in the Gaza Strip.

6A huge car bomb has exploded in the centre of Belfast causing extensive damage, but no casualties. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has claimed responsibility.

7Scotland Yard has confirmed that last week London police questioned a man sought in connection with the Kings Cross underground station fire.

8A man was killed and two people injured in a ski lift accident at a French alpine resort.

9The United States has expressed anger toward Colombia over the release of a notorious drugs boss, though to be responsible for most of the trafficking into America, by announcing tough new laws controlling all Colombian imports along with stringent checks of arriving Colombian passengers at airports.

10Violence in schools is increasing in the Western world and authorities are struggling to find answers. In Britain this weekend, a school boy shot and wounded his deputy head teacher and in the United States, growing numbers of children are bringing guns to school.

11Crocodiles have invaded popular city beaches in Darwin.

12The woman believed to be New Zealand's oldest resident celebrated her 107th birthday in Auckland today.