1The Colombian Government has appealed to its people to unite against the drug barons after a huge truck bomb killed at least 40 people and injured more than 1000.

2A crazed anti-feminist went on a shooting rampage through Montreal University this afternoon, killing 14 people, mostly women.

3The rebel mutiny against the Philippines Government has ended, in Manila at least, after the rebels surrendered unconditionally.

4A newborn baby abducted from an Auckland hospital yesterday afternoon has been found alive and well.

5Tempers flared in Parliament tonight as MPs debated proposed changes to New Zealand's abortion laws.

6Waikato deer farmers are warning poachers that they will be shot if caught trespassing on their properties. This follows the theft of $500,000 worth of deer velvet from a Hamilton cool store and deer farmers say theft is increasing as the value of the velvet increases.

7East Germany's Communist Party will hold another crisis meeting tomorrow following the resignation of President Egon Krenz, just seven weeks after he took office. His departure could be the mortal blow that finishes off forty years of Communist rule in East Germany.

8The question of German reunification is expected to dominate at this weekend's European Community (EEC) talks.

9Both miners and conservationists have criticised the new Resource Management laws put before Parliament today.