1Police have made an arrest in connection to the murder of English tourist Monica Cantwell on Mount Maunganui.

2Czechoslovakia's leaders have agreed to release all political prisoners and have held an historic meeting between the Czech Government, Communist Party officials and a delegation from the the opposition movement, Civic Forum.

3Hungarians went to the polls today for their first free vote in more than four decades. They will decide when presidential elections should be held and whether politics should be kept out of the workplace. The country is trying to shake off its Communist past, but it is proving surprisingly difficult.

4Bulgaria's new leaders last night decided to disband a feared secret police unit formerly used to spy on dissidents.

5India's most violent general elections have ended, and look likely to have produced a hung Parliament.

6A mountain rescue team is currently bringing out an injured climber from Mount Rolleston.

7World Vision is pleading with New Zealand and other Governments not to let the barbaric Khmer Rouge regain power in Cambodia, and has slammed United Nations (UN) support for a Cambodian Coalition - including Pol Pot's notorious henchmen - as "shameful".

8A new initiative is providing hope for some of Dunedin's long-term unemployed.

9Hungry Polar Bears are congregating around a small town in Manitoba, Canada. However, some are running foul of the law and are being put into polar bear jail.