1The airforce and the navy are being told by the PM to forget about fighting foreign wars and focus instead on fisheries and customs surveillance.
2The Fijian interim Government resigned last night but then agreed to stay on when requested by the President.
3There has been a sudden spate of copycat shootings at schools in the US after the school shooting in California two days ago.
4Eight vets from New Zealand are on their way to Britain to assist in the foot and mouth outbreak.
5New Israeli PM Ariel Sharon has been sworn in to office.
6This weekend Act Party President Roger Douglas will bow out of politics.
7Election year is turning into a nightmare for Australian PM John Howard.