AOL/Time Warner Merger - Air Fares - Jetski Accident - UN and Aids - UK First Lady Nabbed - French Birth Control -
Hairs For History - Cricket Score - Black Caps - 283 for 5 in 47th Over
AOL TIME WARNER MERGER: First Mega-Merger of the new millennium. AOL and Time Warner plan to revolutionise the way
people communicate.
AIR FARES: Travel agents are advising customers to shop around in the wake of price rises from Air New Zealand. Ansett
hasn't yet decided to change its prices. Price changes blamed on falling dollar and higher oil prices.
JETSKI ACCIDENT: One of the country's richest men Allan Gibbs has been in a jetski accident while holidaying with Doug
Meyers. A mother and daughter air lifted to hospital for back and leg injuries. Marine Radio Operator says the injured
family say they are lucky to be alive and that Gibbs had apologised to them. If charged Gibbs faces up to a year in jail
or a $10,000 fine.
UN AND AIDS: The UN Security Council has identified the AIDs virus a high priority for the next decade. Kofi Annan says
AIDs is a very serious threat to economic and social security in Africa where the population of workers is dying faster
than it can be replaced. 30 million more orphans are expected in next few years. Some cities have 1 in two adults
infected.
UK FIRST LADY NABBED: UK First Lady Cherie Blair has been forced to pay a 10 pound fine for riding a train without a
ticket.
FRENCH BIRTH CONTROL: French high school nurses are now supplying morning after pills - but teenage pregnancy continues
on the rise.
HAIRS FOR HISTORY: Otago Museum is looking forward to the next millennium by plucking 50,000 hairs and putting them into
a time capsule due to be opened at the next millennium. Museum wants to also get famous peoples hair for its capsule.