1. CLYDE - settlement recommendation has been reached..FOWLKES LIVE.
2. TRADE - NZ has recorded its best-ever trade figures..CHAN/VERSCHAFFELT..00:04:48.
3. STAGES - report says Syrian intelligence offiers are certain they've found the location of the 15 western hostages being held captive in Beirut. CHALKLEY..00:01:32.
4. HEADS & WEATHER
5. HARDER - In Fiji, six men, including a NZ based lawyer are still under detention after being arrested yesterday..CAMERON/WESTON..00:03:15.
6. RABUKA - Fiji's illegible internal security decree gives the Brigidier unlimited powers of detention, arrest search and seizure..RAMBUKA/BURESE..00:01:51.
7. BANK OFFICERS - Union asks for urgent talks with the Bankers Assn to discuss fears that banks are planning to embark on major restructuring that will lead to job losses..SHARLAND/WALTERS..00:02:40.
8. STUDENTS - Uni leaders are planning a massive campaign to fight further restrictions on tertiary education..KILLICK/BROWNLEE/LITTLE..00:02:46.
9. ELDERLY - claim that elderly people are skimping on essentials such as food and heat because they are too scared to spend.. ANDREWS..00:01:33
10. NEWS & SPORT
11. IMMIGRATION - Employers want the immigration system freed up so its easier to recruit overseas skilled labour..SHARLAND/TAYLOR..00:02:37.
12. FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Ministry is moving towards a more open door policy as the public becomes increasingly interested in foreign policy issues. JUDD/PERIERA..00:02:37.
13. HEADS & PAPERS
14. CER - concern about the CER agreements have started to surface on both sides of the Tasman..NEWSAM/HARTLEY..00:02:31.
15. AUDIT - Auckland Regional Authority will hold emergency meeting to discuss Audit Office criticism of its decision to offer a 78-thousand dollar inducement payments to its new General Manager..CLARK..00:02:30.
16. TOURISM - John Banks has turned his wrath on what he calls "conservation zealots" in this country..BANKS/KILLICK..00:01:24.
17. ELECTORAL - hearing - Reg Boorman admits his official return of campaign expenses for last year's General Election contained inaccuracies..NOWLAND..00:02:02.
18. JESUS - govt newspaper in Kenya has reported that thousands of worshippers at a prayer meeting in a Nairobi slum believe Jesus Christ appeared among them..WOOLDRIDGE..00:01:20. P S DOES ANYONE OUT THERE READ THIS RUNDOWNS OR ARE THEY ARE A WASTE OF MY TIME TYPING THEM?? PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! JOCELYNE, HO NEWS. (THEY TAKE ME SOOOOOOO LONG TO DO 'CAUSE I'M NOT A JOURNALIST AND SOMETIMES I CAN'T SHORTEN THEM SUCCESSFULLY)