Two dead in NSW waters

TWO men pulled from the water at NSW beaches have died despite efforts by paramedics to revive them. Just before 1pm (AEDT) on Monday, a snorkeller found a 29-year-old man unconscious under a rock shelf off Delwood Beach near Manly in Sydney's...

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Chris Brown misses 'African Grammys'

A MUSIC awards show dubbed the "African Grammys" was hit by an embarrassing series of hitches culminating in the absence of star Chris Brown and an apology by the organiser. The show had been delayed from Saturday to Sunday to enable rapper...

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Malaysia protesters rally against Lynas

A CONVOY of cars carrying protesters has driven across Malaysia in the latest demonstration against an Australian rare earths plant that activists claim will produce dangerous radioactive waste. It came as demonstrators launched a hunger strike...

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Abalone fisherman drowns off WA coast

A MAN diving for abalone has drowned off the coast off Western Australia, police have confirmed. The man in his 40s, believed to be of Chinese origin who was living in Perth, was fishing in the waters near Cape Leeuwin in the state's southwest...

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Indian gang-rape victim cremated

India has been engulfed by an outpouring of grief as the body of a gang-rape victim arrived home. Source: AAP THE victim of a gang-rape which triggered an outpouring of grief and anger across India has been cremated at a private ceremony in...

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19 Shi'ites killed in Pakistan bus blast

A CAR bomb attack on buses carrying Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims to Iran has killed 19 people and wounded 25 in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest, officials say. The remotely-triggered bomb hit a convoy of three buses in Mastung district on Sunday...

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National road toll rises to 29

The holiday road toll has risen to 29 after the death of a pedestrian hit by two cars in Tasmania. Source: AAP THE death of a pedestrian killed after being hit by two separate cars in Tasmania has taken the holiday road toll to 29. The...

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Man charged over Christmas Eve stabbing

A man has been charged over a Christmas Eve stabbing outside a Sydney restaurant. Source: AAP A MAN has been charged over a Christmas Eve stabbing outside a Sydney restaurant. Police say an argument between two men, aged 29 and 33, in...

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Central African Republic troops fight back

The Central African Republic troops are battling to re-capture a rebel-held city, officials say. Source: AAP GOVERNMENT soldiers in the Central African Republic are battling to re-capture a rebel-held city, a military official says, despite...

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Paper ordered to hand over Buswell notes

WEST Australian newspaper The Sunday Times has been ordered to hand over documents relating to an article it published containing allegations about the behaviour of state Treasurer Troy Buswell. Mr Buswell, who is also WA's transport and emergency...

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Indian teen pressed to drop case

A 17-YEAR-OLD Indian girl who was gang-raped has taken her own life after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative say. Amid the ongoing uproar over the gang-rape of a student on a bus in New...

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Japan whaling fleet leaves for Antarctica

JAPANESE whaling vessels have left port bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt of the marine mammals, a media report and Greenpeace say. Citing the Fisheries Agency, Kyodo News reported on Friday three vessels had departed from the...

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China's boom damages coral reefs: study

CHINA'S economic boom has seen its coral reefs shrink by at least 80 per cent over the past 30 years, a joint Australian study has found. Scientists from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and the South...

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Elderly man drowns off Melbourne beach

A MAN has drowned at a Melbourne beach while swimming with his family. Police say the 74-year-old from Footscray suffered "some sort of medical condition" while in the water near the pier at Williamstown beach. Family members and others attempted...

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Cars hit by bullets in Sydney's west

POLICE are asking the public for help after several gunshots hit cars outside a home in Sydney's west early Thursday morning. Residents of a home in Greenfield Park found cars parked outside their house damaged by projectiles, police said in...

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Xmas Day storms blamed for 3 deaths in US

TORNADOES across the US south and brutal winds, have knocked down countless trees, blown the roofs off homes and left many Christmas celebrations in the dark. Holiday travellers in the nation's much colder midsection battled treacherous driving...

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Manila fires spark riots

ANGRY residents beat a man to death and threw rocks at firefighters after a shantytown fire left thousands of people homeless and another Christmas Day blaze in the Philippine capital left seven people dead. A resident was beaten to death by...

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Man held over elderly Vic couple's death

VICTORIAN police have made a breakthrough during the investigation of the deaths of an elderly couple found dead in their burning house at Yarraville last Saturday. They have arrested a man in relation to the deaths and are now interviewing...

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Man critical after boat capsizes off Vic

A MAN has been airlifted to the Alfred Hospital after nearly drowning in a boating accident at Venus Bay in Victoria's southeast. The 22-year-old man was with three mates in an aluminium craft off Venus Bay when it tipped over, throwing them...

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Myanmar plane crash kills child, rider

A FLIGHT packed with Christmas tourists has crash-landed on a road in central Myanmar (Burma), killing two people and injuring 11. Four foreigners were among the injured, state television reported on Tuesday. The airline said the injured were...

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Rotten egg attack mars Indonesia Christmas

MORE than 200 Indonesian Muslims have thrown rotten eggs at Christians wanting to hold a Christmas mass near empty land outside Jakarta where they plan to build a church. Some 100 Christian worshippers intended to hold the mass on the site about...

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Mongolia graft probe clears Aussie lawyer

AN Australian lawyer who had been barred from leaving Mongolia has been cleared of involvement in a corruption case and will soon be able to leave the country, her employer says. SouthGobi Resources, a subsidiary of resources giant Rio Tinto,...

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Child saved from Gold Coast resort pool

A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl has been saved from drowning at Seaworld Resort on the Gold Coast. The girl was pulled from a pool at the resort and given oxygen by paramedics before being taken to Gold Coast Hospital, according to the Nine Network. ...

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Christmas road toll rises to seven

The national holiday road toll has risen to six, with the death of an elderly woman south of Sydney. Source: AAP A YOUNG Western Australian man and a woman in South Australia have died in car crashes on Christmas Eve, pushing the national...

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Emperor Akihito in good health on birthday

Japanese Emperor Akihito has addressed thousands of supporters on his 79th birthday. Source: AAP JAPANESE Emperor Akihito has reassured thousands of well-wishers on his 79th birthday that he has regained his health since heart by-pass surgery....

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Driver dies in Tasmanian crash

Tasmania has recorded its first road fatality of the holiday road toll period. Source: AAP A MAN has died north of Hobart in Tasmania's first road fatality of the holiday season. The driver was alone in a car when it crashed on East Bagdad...

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Three die in Vic as road campaign begins

A man has died after his car smashed into a tree and flipped on its side in Melbourne's southeast. Source: AAP THREE people have died on Victoria's roads in a horror start to the state's annual holiday road safety campaign. Police say...

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Supermarket looting spreads in Argentina

LOOTERS have ransacked supermarkets in several Argentine cities, causing two deaths and evoking memories of widespread theft and riots that killed dozens during the country's worst economic crisis a decade ago. Santa Fe Province security minister...

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Man critical after ladder fall in Sydney

A MAN is in critical condition after falling four metres from a ladder in Sydney's inner west. The 55-year-old fell from the ladder at Enmore around 3.30pm (AEDT) on Saturday and suffered a fractured skull. A CareFlight spokesman said a doctor...

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Obama and family fly to Hawaii for Xmas

President Barack Obama and his family are spending the Christmas holidays in Hawaii, officials say. Source: AAP PRESIDENT Barack Obama and his family are spending the Christmas holidays in Hawaii, where he was born and raised. The first...

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Boom state WA forecasts budget deficit

THE West Australian government has flagged the boom state's first deficit in 13 years, sparking calls for a complete review of capital expenditure programs. In its Mid Year Economic Review, released on Friday, the state's books were tipped to...

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Police warn of High Court case scam

POLICE are appealing for victims of a widespread fraud which they say has seen Australians hand over more than $2 million. NSW Police said on Friday that they had launched an investigation into the allegedly fraudulent scheme, which asks people...

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Canberra police get Taser cameras

ACT police will be armed with new Tasers equipped with video recording capabilities from Friday. Source: AAP ACT police will be armed with new Tasers with video cameras on them from Friday. The new X2 Tasers also have audio recording...

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Europe launches British military satellite

A EUROPEAN rocket has launched a major satellite designed to expand telecommunications for the British military from the Kourou space base in French Guiana, flight operators say. Skynet 5D - the fourth in Britain's new generation of Skynet military...

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Sudan bus collision kills 33 people

THIRTY-THREE people have been killed and 24 injured when two inter-city buses collided in Sudan, in one of the country's worst road accidents in years. The crash between a full-sized passenger bus and a minibus occurred late on Wednesday near...

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Qld public servants reject pay offer

Queensland's public servants have rejected the state government's 2.35 per cent pay offer. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND'S public servants have rejected the state government's controversial wage offer. The government sent the core wage agreement...

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Teens survive collision with train in Qld

FOUR teenagers were lucky to escape serious injury when their car was hit by a freight train in central Queensland. Two 19-year-old males and two females, 18 and 19, suffered only cuts and bruises after their vehicle left the Gladstone road...

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Gang rape in India sparks protests

MPS, rights groups and citizens across India have expressed outrage over the gang rape of a woman on a bus in New Delhi and are urging the government to crack down on crimes against women. Opposition lawmakers protested outside parliament on...

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Share hope this Christmas: Uniting Church

AS you get together with family and friends this Christmas, do not forget those facing hardship, the Uniting Church says. In the annual Christmas message, President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Reverend Professor Andrew Dutney, said the...

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Aust bonds lower after RBA minutes

AUSTRALIAN bond futures prices were lower after the release of the minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia's latest board meeting reduced traders' expectations of future interest rate cuts. RBC Capital Markets fixed income strategist Su-Lin...

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Man faces 10 years jail over flight abuse

AN international flight was diverted after a drunken Perth man allegedly tried to smoke a cigarette on the plane before punching and spitting on crew members. The 34-year-old man was taken off the flight, enroute from Sydney to Japan on Monday...

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Price cut for some SA power users

The SA government has negotiated price cut for around 20 per cent of the state's electricity users. Source: AAP ABOUT 200,000 South Australian households will get an electricity price cut from January, with the state government indicating...

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Murder accused's wife faces Qld court

THE wife of a man accused of murdering Ayr woman Sarahjane Dower has appeared in a Queensland court charged with being an accessory after the fact. Jody Viero, 29, was given bail in Townsville Magistrates Court on Monday after her case was adjourned...

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WA police find marron, marijuana at house

A 59-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with drug-related offences following a search of his home south of Perth, which also uncovered 37 live marron in the bathtub. Police searched the man's Mandurah home on Saturday afternoon and found about 290...

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Land tax revenue would have to triple: Vic

Land tax revenue would have to triple if Victoria abolished stamp duty, the state government says. Source: AAP LAND tax revenue would have to triple if Victoria abolished stamp duty, the state government says. Federal Treasurer Wayne...

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Union warned about WA dock's standards

A KARRATHA man's arm was crushed as he worked at the dock supplying Chevron's massive Gorgon LNG project in Western Australia on Saturday, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) says. The man was airlifted to a Perth hospital after his arm became...

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ANC conference starts with Zuma under fire

SOUTH Africa's ruling ANC kicked off what promises to be a contentious five-yearly party conference on Sunday, with embattled President Jacob Zuma facing a leadership challenge from his number two. Thousands of singing and dancing ANC members...

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Treasurers meet to discuss tax reform

TAX reform will top the agenda when Treasurer Wayne Swan meets his state and territory counterparts on Monday but his government is holding firm against any major changes to the GST. The Standing Council on Federal Financial Relations is expected...

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Two dead after shooting at US hotel

US police say a man and woman are dead after a shooting at a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas Police Lieutenant Ray Steiber said the shooting happened at about 8.30pm on Friday at the Excalibur hotel-casino. Steiber said a man shot a...

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Philippine cops kill Malaysian 'terrorist'

PHILIPPINE police have killed a suspected Malaysian terrorist who was allegedly planning a bomb attack in one of the largest cities in the country's south, police say. The suspected terrorist, identified as Mohd Noor Fikrie Bin Abud Kahar, was...

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Yemen airstrikes kill 6 al-Qaeda suspects

Yemeni officials say six al-Qaeda suspects have been killed in army attacks on militant positions. Source: AAP YEMENI security officials say six al-Qaeda suspects have been killed and 12 others wounded in army attacks on militant positions...

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ICAC hears of coal deal 'games'

THE son of Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid accused people of "playing games" on a multimillion-dollar coal deal in a secretly taped phone call to a mate of former NSW energy minister Ian Macdonald, a corruption inquiry has heard. The Independent...

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Australia to do defence deal with Denmark

AUSTRALIA will team up with Denmark on producing and procuring defence equipment, Defence Minister Stephen Smith says. Mr Smith hosted his Danish counterpart Nick Haekkerup in Perth on Friday. The minister said Australia and Denmark will sign...

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Sonic Youth singer's guitar stolen

SONIC Youth guitarist and singer Thurston Moore says his iconic guitar was stolen after a show in Philadelphia. Moore reported on the band's Facebook page on Thursday that his circa-1966 Fender Jazzmaster guitar was pilfered late on Wednesday...

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SA man charged over cigarette scam

A MAN has been arrested for stealing cigarettes from two Adelaide supermarkets after allegedly posing as a tobacco company employee collecting discontinued stock. Adelaide police said the 33-year-old from suburban Mile End had been charged with...

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NAB chief sprukes IR and tax overhaul

THE head of National Australia Bank (NAB) has called for an overhaul of Australia's industrial relations and taxation systems as the resources investment boom nears its peak. NAB Chairman Michael Chaney said investment would reach a high in the...

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EU seals deal on watchdog for banks

THE European Union has agreed to create a bank supervisor to oversee lenders across the eurozone, following marathon talks which ended hours before the year's final EU summit. The summit later on Thursday will aim to end the third gruelling year...

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Hewson to join board of PNG miner Larus

Former opposition leader John Hewson will join the board of oil and gas explorer Larus Energy. Source: AAP FORMER opposition leader John Hewson will join the board of oil and gas explorer Larus Energy as a non-executive director. Dr Hewson...

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Russia 'deeply regrets' N. Korea rocket

RUSSIA says it deeply regrets North Korea's long-range rocket launch, and warns it would do nothing to help regional stability. "Russia deeply regrets the new rocket launch undertaken by North Korea in defiance of international opinion, including...

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Pet shop stops selling Christmas puppies

A pet store in Adelaide says it will not sell puppies as Christmas presents to stop impulse buying. Source: AAP A PET store in Adelaide has stopped selling puppies in the lead-up to Christmas to discourage impulse buying. The Pet Spot at...

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