1A judicial Inquiry has begun in South Africa into the Civil Co-operation Bureau, a secret military unit which is being linked to assassinations of anti apartheid activists
2South Africa is rushing troops to the Ciskei tribal homeland after a military coup and a day of looting and burning.
3Former political prisoners, radicals and dissidents are among the new politicians of the Soviet Union following elections in Belarus and Ukraine, which have seen reformists carry the vote in urban areas.
4A huge statue of Lenin in Bucharest has proved resistant to demolishment.
5The Garth Fagan Bucket Company, one of the world's best known contemporary dance companies, is preparing for a three-week New Zealand tour.