1The Wellington High Court has stopped a planned strike by New Zealand's professional fire fighters by extending yesterday's interim injunction for another week.

2Prime Minister David Lange has confirmed that key figures in the Maori loans affair had worked for American spy agency the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). However, he says there is no evidence to suggest the affair was a CIA operation.

3A top Soviet official claims that Jewish dissident Iosif Begun, the subject of Jewish protests in Moscow last week, has been freed.

4American musician Paul Simon has performed a multi-racial concert in Zimbabwe. His latest album Graceland was condemned by the United Nations (UN) as Simon recorded it in South Africa, however he maintains it condemns, rather than supports, apartheid.

5Conservationists are appealing to the Irish Government to take emergency action regarding the sunken oil tanker Kowloon Bridge, which is continuing to pollute the environment.

6The Wellington High Court has stopped a planned strike by New Zealand's professional fire fighters by extending yesterday's interim injunction for another week. The pay dispute has brought into sharp focus, the feelings of fire fighters about how much they are paid to do an increasingly dangerous job. An interview with the secretary of the Northern Firemen's Union about the dispute.

7Top National Party MPs and officials today found themselves indirectly linked to a secret United States foreign policy programme which includes the controversial support of Nicaraguan Contra rebels. The New York Times has unveiled a multi-million programme designed to secretly pursue the Reagan Administration's hardline anti-communist foreign policy. Some of that money found its way to the South Pacific via the Pacific Democrat Union, an organisation in which several high profile National members are involved. Live interview with Opposition leader Jim Bolger.

8The Government will spend between $35 million and $40 million this year subsidising unprofitable Post Offices. This will allow 600 small outlets.targeted for closure, to remain open when the Post Office becomes a commercial business in April. However, a question mark still hangs over the future of around 250 small Post Office branches, which is concerning to many small communities.

9Worldwatch Queensland's New Zealand born Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen appears to be making a bid to become the Australian Prime Minister. A look at the build-up to Sir Joh's campaign, which has all the makings of an old fashioned Western shoot-out.

10Worldwatch In Lebanon, the Shi'ite Amal Militia has partially lifted a siege on a Palestinian refugee camp in West Beirut and another in the south of Lebanon. Meanwhile, the Druze Militia leader says he believes British hostage negotiator Terry Waite is being held by the pro-Iranian Hezbollah group.

11Worldwatch A top Soviet official claims that Jewish dissident Iosif Begun, the subject of Jewish protests in Moscow last week, has been freed.

12Worldwatch A row is developing between the Soviet Union and the United States over a controversial new seven-part ABC American television series, Amerika. It dramatises a future in which America has become occupied by the Soviets.

13Worldwatch American musician Paul Simon has performed a multi-racial concert in Zimbabwe. His latest album Graceland was condemned by the United Nations (UN) as Simon recorded it in South Africa, however he maintains it condemns, rather than supports, apartheid.

14Worldwatch Antarctica's status and future is supposedly safeguarded by nations who have signed the Antarctic Treaty. However, that guarantee may be in jeopardy as plans are put in place to exploit Antarctica's vast resources.