1The Opposition forced a snap debate in Parliament this afternoon to find out if the Government has received an assurance from the United States that nuclear weapons would not be brought into New Zealand as part of the Triad '84 exercise.

2Delegates at the Pacific Trade Union Forum in Fiji have condemned the United States for its attitude to New Zealand's decision to ban nuclear ships from its ports.

3Despite a ban imposed on the Northern Storepersons' and Packers' Union, food supplies for the Triad '84 exercise are arriving at Whenuapai Airbase as normal.

4The opposition Labour Party in the United Kingdom has said they will scrap nuclear weapons if they become Government.

5The United States and the Soviet Union have continued their development of nuclear weaponry, the latest example being a nuclear submarine.

6The Government has confirmed that Sir Edmund Hillary is to be New Zealand's next High Commissioner to India.

7Quads were born at Wanganui Base Hospital this morning. The three boys and a girl are doing well, as is their mother.

8The $1.5 billion Marsden Pint Refinery expansion is expected to be completed on time, despite recent industrial strife at the site.

9Two bomb scares at the New Zealand Steel mill at Glenbrook have prompted the company to offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those involved.

10Through a series of nationwide hui, Maori are debating what submissions they should make for their own Economic Summit Conference scheduled for later this month.

11Another creditors meeting was held in Wellington today for the people owed money from bankrupt former MP John Kirk.

12Escaped convict Walter Maresch has threatened to blow up Sydney's Channel Ten studios this evening if they proceed with the screening of a film said to be based on his life. 'Hostage' (1983) is a horrific true tale set in late 1970s Australia and later West Germany about an abused wife who learns in horror that her sadistic German-born husband is actually a fanatical neo-Nazi.

13Veteran Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Richard Miller has been arrested in Los Angeles and stands accused of being a spy for the Soviet Union.

14Almost a decade of civil war in Mozambique could soon be over with the signing of a ceasefire between the Marxist government and the right-wing rebel movement. South Africa is thought to have been instrumental in securing the agreement.

15A chartered launch has sunk on Hamburg's harbour in West Germany, killing nineteen people celebrating a birthday party with a cruise.

16Three Soviet cosmonauts who returned to earth yesterday are now being examined by doctors to see what effects a prolonged stay in space has on the mind and body.

17Traditional fish and chip shops have been struggling in the face of the spread of new fast-food options, however they are now fighting back in an effort to regain their popularity.