1All three men in the Louise Nicholas rape trial have been found not guilty by a jury in the Auckland High Court.
2Former hostage Harmeet Sooden faced all of the media today for the first time since his release from captivity in Iraq.
3American Journalist Jill Carroll has been released after three months in captivity in Iarq.
4Sky Digital Television was off-air for 13 hours from 7 o'clock last night after a routine satellite repositioning was complicated by a solar eclipse.
5Cyclone Glenda has smashed into Western Australia.
6Other news.