Stricken US cruise passengers formed bonds

The passengers of cruise ship Triumph have finally disembarked after five numbing days stuck at sea. Source: AAP PASSENGERS aboard the Carnival Triumph could have been selfish and looked out only for themselves and their loved ones after their...

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Telecom NZ cancels email users' passwords

TELECOM has started cancelling the passwords of about 60,000 Yahoo! Xtra email accounts it believes have been compromised following a cyber attack. The users will need to enter new password information when they log in to their email account....

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Anti-North Korea leaflets launched

NORTH Korean defectors in the South have launched 200,000 anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the tense inter-Korean border. The defectors used gas-filled balloons to float the leaflets along with $US1 notes across the western border town of Imjingak...

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Airbus decides against lithium batteries

AIRBUS will not use lithium batteries in the A350 long-range liner under development, a company source says. "The first planes will be delivered with cadmium, not lithium batteries," the source told AFP on Friday, adding that the airliner's...

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Indian troops kill Pakistani soldier

INDIAN troops have shot dead a Pakistani soldier who strayed onto their side of the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region, officials from both countries say. A Pakistani official said on Friday that contact was being made with the Indian...

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Land Corp boss reappointment questioned

THE Indigenous Land Corporation was accused during a senate hearing of breaking a law that governs them in the appointment of an acting chief. A Senate Estimates hearing on Friday was told Bruce Gemmell acted as chief executive of the corporation...

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Three Victorian fires join near Buangor

THREE fires burning in plantation forest and grassland are joining into one and racing towards a small town in central Victoria. The CFA has issued an emergency warning for the Buangor area, located between Ararat and Ballarat, west of Melbourne....

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Tokyo stocks close mixed

TOKYO stocks have closed mixed as the Bank of Japan holds off fresh monetary policy action and investors await the start of Group of 20 talks in Moscow. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended 0.5 per cent, or 55.87 points, higher at 11,307.28. The...

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Oscar Pistorius shoots girlfriend dead

Olympian Oscar Pistorius has reportedly shot his girlfriend dead after mistaking her for a burglar. Source: AAP OLYMPIAN Oscar Pistorius has allegedly shot his girlfriend dead after mistaking her for a burglar. Captain Sarah Mcira of...

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Hilton bombing victims remembered

Dozens of people gathered in Sydney's CBD to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Hilton Bombing. Source: AAP COUNCIL workers and police officers have laid wreaths and flowers outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney as they remembered three...

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WA Labor does not trust Buswell or Barnett

LABOR will not submit its Metronet rail project to the West Australian Treasury for costing because it doesn't trust Premier Colin Barnett and the treasurer to stay out of the process. Opposition Leader Mark McGowan made the comment after Labor...

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Nannup homes threatened by bushfire

AN unpredictable bushfire in Western Australia's Blackwood Valley is threatening lives and homes. Residents south of Spring Valley Road, west of Maranup Ford Road, north of Southampton Road and east of the area between Glenarden Road and Cassia...

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Barclays to axe at least 3700 jobs

SCANDAL-HIT banking giant Barclays is to axe at least 3700 jobs under a strategic overhaul. Chief executive Antony Jenkins is shutting the bank's controversial Structured Capital Markets tax advisory division and said 1800 jobs would go in corporate...

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11 killed in clashes in India's northeast

AT least 11 people have been killed in clashes between police and tribal groups opposed to ongoing local elections in India's northeastern state of Assam. "The situation is very critical and so far we have reports that 11 people are dead and...

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Indonesian boat boys to sue Australia

A GROUP of 23 Indonesian youths will sue the Australian government for jailing them in adult prisons on people-smuggling charges when they were minors. The youths preparing to file the civil suit were held in adult prisons in Australia between...

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Cruelty to Australian sheep being assessed

The DAFF is investigating claims of cruelty towards Australian sheep at a market in Kuwait. Source: AAP THE federal government says it is assessing claims Australian sheep are being mistreated and brutally slaughtered at a livestock market...

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Katter renews bid to halt CSG drilling

Crossbench MP Bob Katter has renewed calls for a two-year pause on drilling for coal seam gas. Source: AAP BOB Katter wants federal parliament to put a two-year pause on drilling for coal seam gas and impose $200,000 fines for those who break...

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Three nominations, three Grammys for Gotye

Gotye has won the Grammys for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Source: AAP IT was hard to tell what Wally De Backer was more excited about, his three-Grammy haul or the fact his childhood idol, Prince, presented...

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Two Qld councils to vote on reform

RESIDENTS of two former council areas in far north Queensland will vote to secede from their current councils next month. The Queensland Electoral Commission announced on Sunday that residents of the former Douglas and Mareeba council areas...

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Four wounded in New Orleans shooting

FOUR people have been shot on a crowded street in New Orleans as revellers partied amid the countdown to Mardi Gras, sending people running. Two males and two females were wounded on Bourbon Street just before 9.30pm local time, New Orleans police...

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Aussie kids online about two hours a day

HOW long do your children spend in front of a computer every day? According to research from Telstra, Aussie kids aged between 10 and 17 are online for an average two hours a day - among the highest internet usage rates in the world. Telstra's...

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