1The world has remembered the Tiananmen Square massacre a year ago today. In Beijing itself, a heavy security presence resulted in muted protests, numerous arrests and the beating of several foreign journalists. However, there was nothing muted about the protests in Hong Kong.

2Devout Muslims in Iran are marking the first anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini.

3Former clients of jailed Tauranga lawyer Donald Turner are petitioning to have him kept behind bars.

4The Government has unveiled its latest employment policy. People who have been unemployed for more than six months stand to lose their unemployment benefit (dole) if they refuse personal interviews with the Employment Service.

5Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has arrived in California following his Superpower Summit meeting with United States President George Bush in Washington DC.