1Alarming details about the Pike River Mine disaster have been heard in Parliament.

2Household staples, including food, have risen dramatically in price over the past 12 months. NZ Lamb is especially expensive to buy, however, farmers are enjoying the best stock prices in years, due to a shortage of sheep.

3Italy is the latest European country to teeter on the brink of financial ruin.

4Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has revealed he has also been the victim of phone hacking by tabloid newspapers. Meanwhile it has been revealed that there may be up to 4000 victims of the News of the World phone hacking.

5Trouble has erupted in Northern Ireland as the annual Protestant marching season reaches its peak.

6Thousands of African migrant workers have fled to Europe in the wake of the Arab uprising, but what awaits them is not pleasant.

7The US has condemned the killing of a powerful political figure in Southern Afghanistan. The episode has raised new concerns about the stability of Afghanistan.

8Other news.

9The Labour Party's own polling on its planned capital gains tax shows the party has a hard-sell ahead.

10Other news.