Two die in two crashes in Victoria

TWO people have been killed in two separate collisions in just 30 minutes on Victorian roads. The first crash happened at 5.30pm (AEDT) on Saturday when two vehicles travelling in opposite directions crashed head-on on a slight bend in a 100km/h...

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Bolshoi ballet chief 'stable' after attack

THE Bolshoi ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin is recovering in Moscow following a horrific acid attack but doctors say they'll need at least a week to know how much vision he will retain. A masked man cornered Filin near his house late on...

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Suicide bombers die in botched attack

A SUICIDE bomber and his accomplice were killed when their device went off in a botched attack on a district government headquarters in western Afghanistan, officials say. The two attackers were riding a motorbike when they were blown up, but...

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Two to be airlifted to Melb after crash

TWO people will be airlifted to Melbourne hospitals after being seriously injured in a collision between a bus and a car on Phillip Island, which also resulted in minor injuries for 17 others. An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said two helicopters...

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Toddler injured in Vic rollover

A TODDLER is in hospital with serious head injuries following a collision in Melbourne's southeast. Police believe a Ford Fiesta was forced into oncoming traffic after it was clipped by another car on Heatherton Road at Noble Park at 7.45pm...

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Snow grounds flights in Britain

SNOW has swept across Britain, forcing airports to cancel dozens of flights and more than 2000 schools to close. London's Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest in the world, cancelled around 60 flights while the airports in the Welsh capital...

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Tamworth music festival fires up

THOUSANDS of country music lovers, kitted with paper fans, have braved the stifling heat to see Adam Brand and Melinda Schneider open this year's Tamworth Country Music Festival. Festival organisers are expecting more than 50,000 visitors to pack...

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Frenchman 'hid for 40 hours' during attack

A FRENCH national says he hid under his bed for 40 hours during the hostage-taking in Algeria before being rescued by soldiers during an assault that involved heavy exchanges of gunfire. Alexandre Berceaux, an employee of CIS Catering at the...

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Motorcyclist dead after multi-car crash

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after he struck a barrier and was hit by two cars in western Sydney, sparking a multi-vehicle crash. The man in his thirties crashed into a concrete barrier on the M4 at Homebush at 12.35pm (AEDT) on Friday and was thrown...

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15 foreigners, 30 Algerians escape: report

FIFTEEN foreigners and 30 Algerians being held hostage by Islamist extremists at a gas field in Algeria have managed to escape from their kidnappers, local media reported, citing officials. "Fifteen foreigners, including a French couple, have...

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At least 4 die as floods paralyse Jakarta

INDONESIA'S army has deployed rubber boats in the capital's business district to rescue people trapped in floods that inundated much of the city of 14 million people. The president was pictured standing in water up to his shins - his trousers...

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Delhi gang-rape suspect 'beaten in jail'

ONE of the men accused of taking part in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a New Delhi bus in a crime that outraged India has been badly beaten up in jail by other prisoners, his lawyer says. A.P. Singh told reporters that his client Vinay...

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Pakistan cleric signals end to sit-in

A PAKISTANI cleric has announced that a mass sit-in of tens of thousands of people outside parliament in Islamabad would end on Thursday, the latest twist in a drama that has gripped the nuclear-armed state. Tahir-ul Qadri made the announcement...

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Journalist and two British policemen held

LONDON'S Metropolitan Police has arrested two of its own officers and a journalist from Rupert Murdoch's The Sun newspaper as part of its probe into corrupt payments to public officials by the media. Scotland Yard said the three men were arrested...

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Pippa criticised for joining Belgium hunt

ROYAL in-law Pippa Middleton has again found herself in hot water with news that she joined a shooting party which killed 15 wild animals in Belgium. The younger sister of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, was invited to a Gerpinnes property...

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Elton, David welcome 2nd son

ELTON John and David Furnish say they have become parents for a second time. The couple say they are "overwhelmed with happiness" at the birth of Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John. John's spokeswoman Fran Curtis confirmed an announcement on...

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Cyclist discovered injured on Sydney road

A CYCLIST is in hospital with serious head injures after he was discovered lying on the road in northwest Sydney. The 47-year-old man was discovered at North Ryde about 8.30pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, police said. He was taken to Royal North Shore...

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Ute driver sought after Little River fire

POLICE want to speak to the driver of dark green utility seen close to where the Little River grassfire started that burned out 1400 hectares and threatened hundreds of homes. The CFA was called to an area of scrub land near Bulban Road around 3.30pm...

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Egypt building collapse kills 14

AN eight-storey apartment building has collapsed in Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing 14 people. Assistant Interior Minister Abdel-Aziz Tawfeeq said rescue teams were continuing to search for survivors under the rubble....

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French court approves teacher sex charge

JEREMY Forrest, the British schoolteacher who eloped to France with a 15-year-old pupil, can be charged in Britain with having sex with a minor, a French court has ruled. Lawyers for Forrest lodged an appeal which blocks the immediate application...

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Pakistan govt not informed of arrest order

THE Pakistan government says it has not yet been notified in writing of any arrest order against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf issued by the Supreme Court in connection with corruption allegations. A cabinet minister said it would wait for...

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Saudi court jails Egyptian for trafficking

AN Egyptian rights lawyer whose arrest on drug trafficking charges in April sparked a diplomatic row with Cairo, has been sentenced to five years in prison and 300 lashes in a Saudi court. Ahmed al-Gizawi, arrested in April, was accused of trying...

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No business as usual with Pakistan: India

INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned there "cannot be business as usual" with neighbouring Pakistan after last week's deadly flare-up along the border in disputed Kashmir. "It cannot be business as usual" with Pakistan, he told reporters...

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Suicide bomber kills Sunni Iraqi MP

A SUICIDE bomber has killed a Sunni Iraqi MP and five others west of Baghdad, wrapping his arms around the lawmaker before blowing himself up, officials said. Ayfan Saadun al-Essawi, a member of the secular Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc that is...

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Climate laws advancing in many countries

MAJOR economies are now implementing important legislation on climate change, according to a survey. Out of 33 countries, 32 have introduced or are pushing ahead with "significant" laws on climate, the survey published on Monday found. Most...

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Germany mulls medical, logistic Mali aid

GERMANY is considering ways to help France in its mission in Mali such as providing logistical, medical or humanitarian aid. "For the federal government and for Foreign Minister (Guido) Westerwelle it is clear that Germany will not leave France...

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Japan boosts defence of disputed islands

JAPAN will deploy two more patrol ships to boost its defence of islands at the centre of a territorial row with China and has conducted its first drill simulating the recapture of an isle seized by enemy forces. The vessels will be stationed...

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Another Syria strike kills children

AN air strike on a rebel town near Damascus has killed 13 women and children, fuelling growing international calls for a war crimes probe into the 22-month Syrian conflict. Reports of the civilian deaths came as Human Rights Watch accused President...

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NATO backs France in Mali, but says no aid

NATO says it supports French efforts to turn back the terrorist threat in Mali but that the alliance had received no request for assistance and had not discussed the conflict. "We welcome the efforts of the international community in support...

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Veteran stage actor Bille Brown dies

VETERAN Australian stage actor Bille Brown has died after a short battle with bowel cancer. Brown, 61, a lifelong friend of Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush, was one of the first actors to join the Queensland Theatre Company (QTC). He died...

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Faulty boiler blamed for collapse at plaza

A FAULTY boiler has been blamed for the collapse of two people at a Canberra shopping centre. A small area on Bradley Street, Woden, outside the McDonalds entrance to Woden Plaza, was cordoned off after the scare around 1pm (AEST) on Sunday....

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Greece 'past danger' but risks remain: PM

GREECE has overcome the danger of an ignominious euro exit but it must stay the course of tough reforms to avoid a "relapse", Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says. "I believe the great danger has passed," Samaras said in an interview with the...

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Opel losses to last until at least 2014

THE head of General Motors in Europe says losses at its struggling German arm Opel will continue for at least two more years and possibly longer depending on market trends. "We will be in the red in 2013 and 2014," Steve Girsky told Focus magazine...

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Horses, baby saved from car fire

TWO horses and a nine month-old baby boy have been rescued after a car pulling a horse float caught alight in Melbourne's southeast. The 29-year-old female driver and her 48-year-old male passenger noticed smoke coming from the engine and pulled...

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