1The embattled Communist Party leadership of East Germany has bowed to further pressure overnight and agreed to call a special Congress next month to discuss the party's future. The mayors of East and West Berlin have met to open one of ten new crossing points through the Berlin Wall. However, the influx of East Germans into West Berlin is challenging the West German Government with a new economic situation that was not anticipated.

2Attorney General David Lange is not expected to stand at next year's general election following revelations about his private life.

3The Meatworkers' Union is calling for further talks with meat companies over the threat of further job cuts in the South Island.

4Leftist guerillas in El Salvador have launched a major offensive against military and civilian targets in San Salvador. Thirteen people are believed to have been killed.

5An American sailor was killed and four others injured when a United States naval destroyer collided with a merchant ship north of Singapore. This is the sixth incident involving the United States Navy in the last fortnight.

6A special contingent of troops has been sent by the Kremlin to the Moldavian capital, after clashes between police and Nationalists.

7An American research aircraft has arrived in Christchurch with an experiment expected to provide more accurate weather forecasting worldwide.

8There are signs that the next Eastern Bloc country to undergo change is Bulgaria, as the country's Head of State, Todor Zhivkov steps down after 35 years in office.

9Trade Minister Mike Moore heads to Japan today for trade talks and private meetings with Japanese businessmen affected by the collapse of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC).

10New Zealand exporters are being told to take advantage of the upcoming removal of the last obstacles to free trade with Australia.

11Nine months after the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan, the Marxist Government there is still struggling to keep the country's main supply routes open, especially the Salang Highway from the Soviet border to Kabul.

12Spain is now one of the main entry ports for South American drugs into Europe and despite anti-smuggling patrols increasing, Spanish law enforcement are finding it impossible to police the coastline. A look at Vigo, one of the most trafficked harbours.