1Lebanese Prime Minister Rashid Karami has been killed in a bomb explosion aboard a helicopter north of Beirut. Lebanon's Interior Minister also received critical injuries.
2Fijian Governor General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau has asked the New Zealand Navy ship Monowai to leave Fijian waters. Earlier today Ganilau had an hour-long meeting with ousted Prime Minister Dr Timoci Bavadra.
3Soviet leader MIkhail Gorbachev is facing a political dilemma over how to deal with the teenage West German pilot, who embarrassed the Kremlin by landing his light aircraft in front of the Kremlin in Red Square.
4Four children have died in a house fire in Onerahi, near Whangarei. Two other children escaped the fire that is believed to have been started when the children were playing with candles inside a tent. There do not appear to have been any adults at home, and an eleven year old babysitter was in charge.
5A Christchurch study indicates that one in six New Zealand men will have a serious alcohol problem at some time during their life.
61987 Rugby World Cup The All Blacks have amassed an incredible 190 points in three Rugby World Cup matches, after dismissing Argentina from the competition 46:15 today.