1Former Kinetics Investments director Michael Eaton has been extradited to New Zealand following a huge police operation on both sides of the Tasman.

2Economists are thrilled with New Zealand's trade figures for last year.

3Helen Clark has emerged as the bug winner in Prime Minister David Lange's long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle today.

4Rebel Labour MP Jim Anderton re-entered the Labour Caucus room today, ending eight weeks in political exile. However, a new row appears to be brewing.

5The Government has taken further action to protect creditors and investors affected by the collapse of Equiticorp.

6Karpal Singh, the Malaysian lawyer for convicted drug offenders Lorraine and Aaron Cohen, has been freed from prison after fifteen months in detention.

7There has been another accident at the only plant in the United States making fuel for nuclear weapons. The future of the power plant is now in jeopardy.

8The United Nations (UN) is making contingency plans to prevent mass starvation in Afghanistan. Rebel blockades are preventing food entering Kabul.

9Customs officers have raided West German companies suspected of involvement in an alleged chemical weapons plant in Libya.

10A Wanaka aviation enthusiast has taken ownership of one of the world's best examples of a World War Two Spitfire.