1Christchurch has experienced another series of large aftershocks this afternoon, causing significant damage, and injuring several people.
2Today's inquest into the February 22 earthquake fatalities was interrupted by the large aftershocks Christchurch experienced this afternoon.
3More details have emerged about the sudden death of King's College student David Gaynor on Saturday night.
4Other news.
5Syrian forces are continuing to use heavy military force to crush opposition to the President. Thousands of refugees are desperately trying to escape across the border into Turkey.
639 people have been killed in co-ordinated suicide bomb blasts in Pakistan.
7The US Administration is trying to help those struggling against the regimes in Yemen, Syria and Libya to gain access to the internet.
8US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been released from hospital, five months are being shot in the head during a political rally.
9Other news.