1Czechoslovakia has become the latest hardline Communist country to lift the barriers on free travel for its citizens.
2Two new crossing points have been opened in the Berlin Wall in an effort to cope with the sheer volume of East German's entering the West. However, authorities say the Wall will not be completely demolished as they want to keep out crime, drugs and AIDS.
3Lech Walesa, the leader of Solidarity in Poland, says he began fighting for political reforms eleven years ago is optimistic about the future, but says economic reform needs to precede political reform.
4British police have successfully defused a bomb found under a car in central London. It is believed to be the work of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
5Final results on the outcome of Namibia's independence elections are expected later today, but unofficially it seems the Nationalist Party South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) has won.
6Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir arrived in the United States today for a meeting with United States President George Bush. President Bush is said to be impatient with the Israeli Government's delaying plans for Palestinian elections and limited self-rule.
7The contractors award talks have broken down, threatening to cause transportation delays around the country.
8University students say Education Minister Phil Goff is overcharging them for their education next year to the tune of $13 million.
9A Vatican-sponsored conference on AIDS and its spread has generated conflict between scientists and the Church on sexual morality.
10EquityCorp's statutory manager is suing Allan Hawkins and nine EquityCorp directors for $564 million.
11Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital will begin a recruitment drive for staff next week in the United Kingdom.
12An international scientific meeting beginning in Rotorua today will ponder global climate change and more specifically, what is not known about the changes the world can expect as it warms through the greenhouse effect. Meanwhile, intense research and development is leading to new chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) free aerosol spray cans.