1Fisheries officers raided Chinese restaurants in Auckland and Wellington today as part of an investigation into black market paua.

2The macabre discovery of a corpse buried beneath the floorboards of an occupied house has ended a six month search for missing Hamilton pensioner James Beaumont.

3Gisborne police are pleased with the public's response as they search for a man who raped a Swiss tourist today.

4The Government is urgently rushing legislation through Parliament to speed up the sale of Telecom. At the same time, Cabinet Ministers have launched an offensive to try to sway the public towards supporting the sale.

5Namibia has officially become the newest country in the world, today celebrating the end of 75 years of South African rule.

6Developers plan to fight a High Court judgement against their billion dollar scheme for Auckland's waterfront.

7Auckland Star workers have accepted an improved redundancy deal and Independent Newspapers Limited (INL) have said they are committed to continue publishing the paper.

8Pressure is increasing for a formal investigation into the high number of Wellington babies born with cataracts in Wellington last year.

9A new opinion poll has shown a sudden turnaround in support for Liberal leader Andrew Peacock, just two days out from the Australian election. Is he playing into racial tensions to gain a populist following?

10A state of emergency has been declared in central Romania after violent ethnic clashes left at least six people dead and around 300 injured.

11A BBC News team secretly followed two British Muslims into Albania to find out what effect, if any, the changes in Eastern Europe were having on a strict Communist State which has been virtually isolated for the past forty years.

12Former Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos went on trial today in New York. She is facing fraud and conspiracy charges.