Fire bans, warnings as WA set to scorch

A MID-40C scorcher will see a total fire ban for around 2600 residents on the northern WA coast, while 6000 people in the state's Pilbara region are bracing for severe fire danger. The Shire of Exmouth, in the coastal region of Gascoyne about...

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Syria's chemical weapons safe, Russia says

RUSSIA'S foreign minister says the Syrian government has consolidated its chemical weapons in one or two locations amid a rebel onslaught. Sergey Lavrov says Russia, which has military advisers training Syria's military, has kept close watch...

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Two charged over $580,000 cigarette haul

CIGARETTES worth more than half a million dollars have been seized and two men charged following a routine police truck stop in Victoria's north, police say. Officers pulled over a light truck north-bound on the Hume Freeway at Seymour, about...

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Suicide bombers attack Nigeria telcos

TWO suspected suicide car bombers have attacked the offices of two major telecoms companies in the volatile northern Nigerian city of Kano, police and the army say. One of the attackers blew himself up when he rammed his car into the office gate...

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Pope pardons butler who stole from him

POPE Benedict XVI has granted a Christmas pardon to his former butler, who stole the pope's private papers and leaked them to a journalist in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times. The Vatican said Benedict visited Paolo...

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List unveils top English tongue-twisters

"PHENOMENON", "remuneration" and "statistics" have topped a list of the most commonly mispronounced English words. Speakers also have a problem getting their tongue around "ethnicity", "hereditary" and "particularly", according to the UK body...

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Obama vows action after online petition

US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action to stop gun violence in response to online petitions signed by more than 400,000 people after last week's primary school massacre. "In the days since the heartbreaking tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut,...

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Pope makes new anti-gay marriage stance

THE Pope has taken his opposition to gay marriage to new heights with a strong denunciation of how people are manipulating their sex and gender to alter their God-given nature. Benedict made the comments on Friday in his annual Christmas speech...

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Dutch impound Steve Jobs superyacht

STEVE Jobs' Dutch-built superyacht has been impounded in Amsterdam because of a dispute between the late Apple founder's estate and designer Philippe Starck over an unpaid bill. "The yacht has been impounded," Rotterdam-based lawyer Roelant Klaassen,...

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Cameron in Oman as BAE unveils $4bn deal

British defence giant BAE Systems has announced a $A3.93 billion deal to supply aircraft to Oman. Source: AAP BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has visited Oman as Britain's defence giant BAE Systems announced a STG2.5 billion ($A3.91 billion)...

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Thailand extradites of Italian mafia boss

A THAI court has ordered the extradition of a former banker and Italian mafia boss accused of laundering money for two Sicilian godfathers. Vito Roberto Palazzolo, who was arrested in Thailand in March after investigators tracked him down through...

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'Super Mario' arrested for groping

POLICE say a man dressed as a Super Mario Brother has been arrested for groping a woman in New York City's Times Square. An NYPD spokesman says 34-year-old Damon Torres of North Bergen, New Jersey, was charged with forcible touching. Police...

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Russia recognises need for change in Syria

VLADIMIR Putin says Russia realises changes in Syria are needed, but is concerned that the push to unseat President Bashar Assad's regime could plunge the country even deeper into violence. The Russian president says that Moscow stands for a...

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'Erin Brockovich' toxin at Japan plant

THE toxic chemical made infamous by campaigning single mother Erin Brockovich has been found at up to 15,800 times safety limits in groundwater at a Japan iron plant, the factory's operator said Thursday. Excessive amounts of hexavalent chromium...

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Retrial for cops jailed in Egypt death

A COURT in Egypt has ordered a retrial of two policemen jailed for beating a young man to death in a shocking case that helped spark the country's revolution in early 2011. The Court of Cassation on Thursday overturned seven-year prison sentences...

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Biden to head US panel on violence: report

US President Barack Obama will appoint Vice President Joe Biden to head a government panel to formulate a response to gun violence after last week's school massacre, media reports say. The New York Times and the Washington Post cited White House...

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Power lost to 6000 homes in Sydney's west

SIX thousand homes were left without power in Sydney's west following a fault at a substation. The homes lost power just after 9pm (AEDT) on Wednesday after a safety system switched off power to homes in Rooty Hill and Eastern Creek, an Endeavour...

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No regrets, says Aust boat race protester

AFTER serving seven weeks in a British prison for his public protest against elitism and inequality, Australian Trenton Oldfield says without hesitation that he would do it all again. The former Sydneysider was jailed for six months in October...

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UK PM says 3800 troops to quit Afghanistan

AROUND 3800 British troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan during 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron says. Cameron told parliament that the strength of the UK force will be reduced from 9000 to 5200 by the end of next year.The partial...

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Chaos, not cover-up, at BBC: UK report

The BBC will release a report into its handling of the child-sex abuse claims against Jimmy Savile. Source: AAP AN internal report into the BBC's handling of a pedophilia scandal surrounding one of its best-known children's presenters is...

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Five polio workers shot dead in Pakistan

GUNMEN on motorbikes have shot dead five female Pakistani polio vaccination workers, police say, highlighting resistance to the country's immunisation campaign. Four were killed in three different incidents in the sprawling port city and the fifth...

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Greece raises 1.3bn euros in debt sale

GREECE has raised 1.3 billion euros ($A1.64 billion) in a three-month treasury bill auction with demand to spare, returning to short-term debt sales after completing an EU-funded debt buy-back last week. "During the auction of 1.0 billion euros...

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NBC newsman freed in Syria after five days

US television journalist Richard Engel has been freed after being kidnapped in Syria and held for five days, his employer, NBC News, says. "After being kidnapped and held for five days inside Syria by an unknown group, NBC News chief foreign correspondent...

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Woman dies in Qld two vehicle crash

A WOMAN has died after a car and truck collided west of Brisbane. Queensland police said preliminary investigations indicate the car and a truck crashed on the Warrego Highway, Plainland, just after 5pm (AEST) on Tuesday. A 41-year-old local...

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European stocks climb on hopes of US deal

EUROPE'S main stock markets have climbed as investors welcomed signs of progress in talks on a new deficit-cutting budget to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff in the United States, dealers say. In late morning deals on Tuesday, London's benchmark...

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Russians lost in wild 'ate companion'

TWO Russians who were rescued in November after four months lost in the taiga wilderness of the Far East ate the corpse of a companion in order to survive, reports say. A group of four men had disappeared in August on a river-fishing expedition...

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US school gunman had arsenal: police

POLICE say the shooter who gunned down 20 children and six adults at a US primary school, Adam Lanza, 20, was carrying an arsenal of ammunition big enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time. He shot himself in...

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Taliban bomb hits US firm, mine kills 10

A TALIBAN car bomb targeting a US company in Kabul has killed one person and wounded at least 15, soon after a landmine killed 10 young girls in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. It was the most brazen assault targeting Westerners in the fortified...

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Winner unlikely in Syrian war: al-Sharaa

Syrian VP Faruq al-Sharaa called for an end to all forms of violence among warring parties in Syria. Source: AAP SYRIAN Vice President Faruq al-Sharaa says a clear winner is unlikely to emerge from the 21-month conflict. Sharaa's comments,...

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Boat arrivals may reach 30,000 in 2013

IMMIGRATION Minister Chris Bowen insists Australia's tough asylum seeker policies are discouraging Sri Lankans from getting on boats despite a warning that boat arrivals could total 30,000 in 2013. The minister's comments came as refugee advocate...

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China to focus on domestic demand in 2013

EXPANDING domestic consumption will drive China's economic development next year, according to a statement issued at a key annual leadership meeting. With export growth falling in November to 2.9 per cent year-on-year, down from 11.6 per cent...

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Springsteen, Gaga join Stones in Newark

BRUCE Springsteen, Lady Gaga and more have come out to help the Rolling Stones celebrate their 50th anniversary on the final stop of their mini US tour. Saturday's concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, was the last of five...

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Conservatives win Japan poll: broadcasters

Voters have begun casting ballots in Japan for a general election. Source: AAP JAPAN'S conservative opposition has swept to victory in polls on Sunday, broadcasters say, in an apparent shift to the right as tensions rise with China and the...

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Three bodies, boat found adrift off Japan

THREE bodies and a partially capsized wooden boat have been found drifting off central Japan, the coastguard says, with a report suggesting the boat originates from Korea. The almost-submerged boat was spotted off the city of Wajima early on...

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Siachen avalanche kills six Indian troops

AN avalanche on the high-altitude Siachen glacier has killed at least six Indian soldiers when their outpost was swept away before dawn on Sunday. Thousands of soldiers from India and Pakistan endure bitter conditions on the glacier, which is...

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