1Two hundred dairy workers have been suspended as industrial action hit dairy factories around the country this afternoon.

2A last minute agreement has averted a nationwide port closure in support of Wellington workers who had not received their redundancy cheques five months after losing their jobs.

3Both sides of the abortion debate have clashed outside a Wellington clinic.

4Police will apparently decide this week whether or not to charge Jimmy Rapata's killer Mark Williams under the Arms Act.

5A strong earthquake has rocked Algeria, bringing down hundreds of buildings and killing at least 19 people.

6South African police stood back and watched today as tens of thousands of people participated in an anti apartheid rally organised by the African national Congress (ANC).

7The streets of Prague are returning to normal following a huge anti Government rally yesterday.

8An East German public relations (PR) exercise to ease tensions has actually backfired on Communist Party officials.

9British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - facing the biggest crisis of her decade in power - has staunchly defended her policies and leadership style in a lively television interview.

10New Zealand's legal team has assembled in New York to present New Zealand's case against France over the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.

11Robert Jones Investments has posted a record half-yearly profit of $20 million.

12The top dressing industry, badly hit in recent years by the rural downturn, appears to be taking off again. However the regrowth in the industry has brought new problems.

13Florida fishermen are replenishing their stocks by creating man-made reefs below the sea using space junk.