1The Alliance is searching for a clear identity separate from the Labour Party. Analysis.

2Are Appeal Court judges guilty of political interference?

3The Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh has been executed. Eyewitness accounts of his death.

4US President George W Bush is flying into Europe to face the heat on his disinterest about global warming and rejection of the Kyoto Treaty. Also criticism of the US missile defence system.

5Are consumers likely to face rapidly rising price hikes for power?

6Human Rights activist Maire Leadbeater has returned home after being detained in Indonesia. Criticism of the Government's inaction.

7Abortion rates are rising, especially among teenagers.

8Other news.

9A Mongrel Mob member paid $90,000 taxpayer money after a prison beating is now back before the courts charged with kidnapping and aggravated robbery.

10A coroner's inquest into the police shooting of Steven Wallace has come to a halt.

11Will the farmers vote for or against the controversial dairy industry mega-merger?

12Other news.