1An independent report says an extra $350 million will need to be poured into the building of the Clyde Dam before it can be made safe, and that it will be another three years before it is generating any electricity.

2New Zealand peace campaigners are worried about reports that work carried out by The University of Otago is partly funded by the American military.

3Centrepoint commune leader Bert Potter has been convicted on three out of five drugs charges.

4The captain of the Exxon Valdez has been cleared of most of the charges he faced over the huge oil spill which polluted the Alaskan coastline.

5The mysterious poisoning of almost 500 ethnic Albanian schoolchildren has sparked violent clashes in Yugoslavia.

6Vigorous campaigning by Conservatives in the Mid Staffordshire by-election could not prevent the Tories from a crushing defeat.

7United States President George Bush has made his final statement about his dislike of broccoli.

8Fifteen of Waiheke Island's new Telecom card phones have been vandalised.

9TV3 Apology Last December, the TV3 programme A Current Affair screened an item examining Health Minister Helen Clark's proposed health plan and tax increases on alcohol. During the item, there was a suggestion of a conflict of interest with the Health Minister's husband Peter Davis. This is not the case and TV3 apologises for the inaccuracy.

10Opinion polls suggest the Australian Federal election tomorrow will be a closely fought race.

11Defence Minister Peter Tapsell has signaled today that troop numbers are once again under review.