1Sub-zero conditions in Armenia are threatening the survival of many earthquake survivors. International teams have virtually ended the search for survivors in the rubble and the focus is turning to international relief and humanitarian aid.

2Wellington helicopter pilot Brian Taylor was back in the air fighting the Lower Hutt scrub fire today. Two days ago he survived a crash with only a small cut to his finger.

3Twelve people have died on New Zealand roads so far this weekend - almost double that of a usual weekend.

4South Auckland roads were clogged with traffic today as tens of thousands of people headed to Manukau Shopping Centre, which obtained special permission for Sunday trading.

5Vanuatu's President Ati George Sokomanu has dissolved Parliament and sworn in a five-man interim Government which he claims is now ruling the country. But Prime Minister Walter Linin says the President has no power to sack him.

6Road blocks appeared in some Suva streets today, placed there by Methodists angered at Fiji's controversial lifting of a ban on Sunday working. Former Fijian Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamesese Mara has been admitted to hospital with chest pains.

7Air Nauru usually links Nuie to the rest of the world with a weekly service to Auckland. However New Zealand aviation inspectors grounded the airline last week, saying they did not have enough senior pilots to fly safely. Niueans say this has left them stranded.

8Stars Leeza Gibbons and Christopher Quinton have married in the United States. This is how Entertainment This Week (ETW) covered its host's big day.