1Rescuers have given up hope of finding any more bodies from the Channel Island ferry which sank off the port of Zeebrugge. The final death toll is 135. Three separate inquiries have begun into the cause of the accident.

2Huntly miners are calling for the Government to delay the sacking of around half the workforce by six months. They have walked away from the job for the next 24 hours to show their disapproval fo the Government's new corporate policy.

3Prime Minister David Lange today publicly apologised for saying two former top Government officials were at an American anti-Communist conference, when they were actually at home in New Zealand.

4The United States Congress will this week debate whether or not to provide the final $40 million in aid to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Meanwhile, there have been more revelations about the Iran Arms deal, thanks to Former United States National Security Advisor John Poindexter.

5Are judges too lenient with some violent criminals? The Roper Report into Violence concentrated on the need for tougher sentencing, tougher parole provisions and the suggestion that short, sharp, shock sentences be used as a deterrent. Judges have recently come under growing criticism for being too lenient, and inconsistent when dealing with violent criminals. Interview with Justice Hillyer, an Auckland High Court judge.

6The Roper Report on Violence suggests that dealing with long-term criminal gang members should be an ongoing process using family, education and employment as the means to get people away from violent gangs. it calls for concerted community involvement by both Maori and Pakeha to tackle the issue.

7The Roper Report into Violence recommended a crack down on alcohol abuse and liquor law reform. However, only a few months ago the Laking Report recommended increased liberalisation. The current World Health Organisation (WHO) conference being held in Auckland on alcohol and drug abuse agrees with the Roper Report.

8Under a section headed The Unpalatable Truth, the Roper Report into Violence noted that pornographty was now being accepted as the norm in New Zealand. Legislation aimed at limiting and controlling the availability of pornographic and violent videos is currently being debated in Parliament. However, some groups, such as Women Against Pornography, say those laws do not go far enough.

9Worldwatch Extensive coverage of the sinking of the British car ferry Herald of Free Enterprise in the English Channel. Four reports: 1. First pictures from inside the sunken ship 2. How to salvage the ship and the battle between rival companies as to who wins the contract 3. The investigation into why the accident happened 4. Mourning for those lost, particularly in Dover

10Worldwatch An estimated four million people in Mozambique are starving, and the famine there could prove to be worse that that in Ethiopia and Sudan. International aid has been slow to arrive, thanks to a severe drought and an ongoing civil war.

11Worldwatch Private disinvestment in South Africa is becoming more effective than sanctions in fighting apartheid because it is causing White South African to be concerned for the future of their jobs. However, because so many South Africans are disenchanted with the situation in the country, they are fleeing the country in record numbers. For some of those White emigrants, Australia is seen as their new land of opportunity.

12Worldwatch Amid the rubble and burned out ruins of West Beirut, a touching effort is being made to remind Lebanese citizens what life might be like without war.

13Worldwatch Tension is building between Syria and Turkey over the Ataturk Dam on the Euphrates. Syria fears its existence in Turkey will limit Syria's access to water from the Euphrates.