1Both sides of the abortion debate have clashed outside a Wellington clinic. A new wave of campaigns have begun at the same time as Health Minister Helen Clark introduces an amendment to the existing Bill on Abortion and also coincides with a resurgence of anti-abortion feeling in the United States.

2Lion Nathan has been cleared to buy half of Alan Bond's Australian brewing interests.

3Treasury has confirmed that the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) crash has made it more difficult for the Government to raise money overseas.

4The Government has dropped its controversial plans to tax charities and sporting bodies.

5Dairy workers are split over a pay offer from their employers.

6Police will apparently decide this week whether or not to charge Jimmy Rapata's killer Mark Williams under the Arms Act.

7An East German public relations (PR) exercise to ease tensions has actually backfired on Communist Party officials.

8British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - facing the biggest crisis of her decade in power - has staunchly defended her policies and leadership style in a lively television interview. A closer look at the political maneuverings going on behind the scenes.

9South African police stood back and watched today as tens of thousands of people participated in an anti apartheid rally organised by the African national Congress (ANC).

10Former United States President and First Lady Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan are currently visiting Japan, cashing in on their celebrity status to the tune of $2 million. A look at the commercial prospects of former American Presidents.