1Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) has given striking workers an ultimatum. If all journalists do not return to work tomorrow, the company will close the Auckland Star.

2A large region of Auckland is facing quarantine after three male Pacific Fruit Flies were found in a garden in Otahuhu. A desperate search is now underway by the Ministry of Agriculture (MAF) for more flies, especially any females. If any are found, a full-scale emergency will be declared.

3The Wellington City Council has tonight passed a noise control bylaw which will require Air New Zealand to replace its noisy jet aircraft.

4The New Zealand father of two children who survived an attack on their family in Perth has been denied custody by Western Australia officials.

5The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRFU) today decided to vote out chairman Russ Thomas and replace him with Eddie Tonks.

6East German leader Hans Modrow has warned against a headlong rush towards reunification with West Germany.

7Libya has accused West Germany of the fire at its controversial Rabta chemicals factory.

8Israel's Coalition Government has collapsed after a Parliamentary showdown between the Labour and Likud parties.

9The first baby conceived using a new test tube technique designed to overcome male infertility was born in Italy last night.

10Meteorologists have admitted they failed to recognise in advance the seriousness of the storm that hit Taranaki this week causing widespread flooding and damage. The Government has announced it will local Taranaki authorities $1.6 million to hire long-term unemployed people to help with the clean-up operation.

11A spectacular eruption has occurred at the Wairakei Thermal Park near Taupo

12Britain has responded angrily to the hanging of Farzad Bazoft, a British-based Iranian-born journalist, in Baghdad after being convicted on charges of having spied for Israel and Britain. A look back at the troubled relationship between the United Kingdom and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.