1.   DOCTORS have determined that Woody Allen did not sexually abuse one of the children he adopted with his estranged partner Mia Farrow, representatives for both sides said yesterday.

2.   WGBH and Microsoft executives signed an agreement not to disclose the dispute, and the estranged partners are now reconciling.

3.   The European Commission on Friday proposed steps to simplify and shorten child custody battles between estranged partners living in different European Union member nations.

4.   It cited the hostility of mothers towards their estranged partners as the principal reason for lack of paternal contact.