Dateline discusses the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Also a look at political change by peaceful means in Nicaragua and the US. And Peter Smark analyses the latest crackdown by the South African government.
Dateline discusses the re-election of Ronald Reagan, India's relationship with Pakistan, challenges to Papua New Guinea's leadership, developments in Poland, and New Caledonia's upcoming election.
Dateline discusses Libya's renege on its agreement to withdraw troops from Chad, civil unrest in Chile, the health of Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, and Prince Norodom Ranariddh's visit to Australia.
Soviet leaders agree to re-open talks on the control of nuclear weapons, North and South Korea make their first moves towards reunification, trouble in Jakarta, and Mungo MacCallum sums up the last week of the Australian election race.
This week socialist governments in three countries face the challenge of marrying ideology and reality. While Asia's biggest and smallest democracies prepare for election.
Civil war: the tragic consequence when the people of one country turn on each other in the name of freedom, justice or in the preservation of the status quo. Dateline looks at four such situations, what's behind them and what lies ahead.