Three in hospital after Brisbane bus crash

THREE people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a bus crashed into three cars and an Indian restaurant in South Brisbane. The Brisbane City Council bus mounted the curb on Melbourne Street and crashed into the front of the...

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Flood rescue prompts police warning

A 68-YEAR-OLD man's narrow escape from his rapidly submerging ute in NSW's Northern Rivers region has prompted police to repeat warnings to motorists not to drive into floodwaters. Police said that at about 6am (AEDT) on Saturday the man ignored...

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16 sites for new nuclear plants in Iran

IRAN has selected 16 locations for the contruction of nuclear power plants as part of a plan to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity at multiple sites over the next 15 years. State TV says that experts at the Atomic Energy Organisation of...

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Pistorius spends time with family

Oscar Pistorius (R) has been freed on bail pending a high-profile trial for killing his girlfriend. Source: AAP SOUTH Africa's Olympic "Blade Runner" and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius was on Saturday with his family spending his first day...

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Opposition slams world inaction on Syria

Syria's opposition coalition says it will form a government to run "liberated areas" of the country. Source: AAP THE umbrella opposition National Coalition condemned world powers for failing to act to stop the slaughter in Syria, as missiles...

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Verbal spray ends in Vic man's death

A SHOUTING match has turned violent in Victoria's east, leaving one man dead. Two men had been arguing in the east Gippsland town of Orbost when the disagreement escalated and became physical. Police say one of the men suffered serious injuries...

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Hunt for suspects over sisters' murders

POLICE say investigators are searching villages in western India for suspects in the rape and killing of three young sisters. The killing of the girls aged 7, 9 and 11 last week has horrified Indians still angry over the gang rape and killing...

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Tunisia Islamist party chooses new leader

TUNISIA'S ruling Islamist party has chosen its hardline interior minister to form the North African nation's new government, a top official said. Ali Larayedh, who has been widely criticised by the opposition for failing to ensure stability...

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China holds general's son for gang rape

CHINA has detained the 17-year-old son of a general on suspicion of involvement in a gang rape, reports said, the latest allegation against the privileged children of officials to spark public outrage. Li Tianyi, the son of general Li Shuangjiang...

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Toddler missing in Queensland southeast

POLICE are looking for a two-year-old boy missing on a property in Queensland's southeast. The toddler was last seen on the property at South Maclean about 6pm (AEST) on Friday, police said in a statement. They began a search of the area a...

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Guards 'didn't notice' Prisoner X hanging

A NEW media report claims Israeli guards supposedly keeping a round-the-clock watch on prisoner and suspected Israeli spy Ben Zygier failed to notice his suicide for a full hour. Although his cell was fitted with four CCTV cameras, the guards...

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Confusion over fate of French family

THE fate of a French family kidnapped in Cameroon remains uncertain after a Cameroonian minister denied they were free and a French minister backtracked on his claim they had been found alive. Hopes for the seven members of the family - a couple,...

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'Separatists' kill 8 soldiers in Indonesia

INDONESIAN authorities suspect separatists were behind the slaying of eight soldiers in Indonesian Papua, in the biggest attack on security forces in the restive region's recent history. Gunmen shot dead the eight and wounded another in two separate...

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Lego sales soar 25%

DANISH toy maker Lego says sales soared 25 per cent last year thanks partly to the new Lego Friends series of building blocks designed for girls. The privately owned company says on revenue of 23.4 billion kroner ($A4.12 billion) it made net...

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Prince Harry shows off new girl on slopes

PRINCE Harry has shown he's serious about girlfriend Cressida Bonas by hugging her on a Swiss ski slope in front of the world's paparazzi. Top-selling British tabloid The Sun told readers: "Harry is like a dog with a Bonas". Photographs of...

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NATO and Afghan forces kill 25 insurgents

AFGHAN and coalition forces say they have killed at least 25 insurgents and at least three of their commanders in separate operations around the country in the past two days. The Interior Ministry said on Wednesday 15 insurgents were killed...

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Mortar kills soccer player

SYRIA'S state-run news agency says two mortars have exploded inside a soccer stadium in central Damascus, killing one player and injuring several. The SANA agency said the mortars landed on Wednesday in the Tishrin Stadium in the central Baramkeh...

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Greens-Labor deal not a blunder: Howes

AWU boss Paul Howes has denied it was a strategic blunder for the Gillard government to strike up an alliance with the Australian Greens in order to remain in power. Greens leader Christine Milne has slammed Labor for "walking away" from a deal...

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Canadian tourist's body found in tank

POLICE say the body of a woman found wedged in a water tank on the roof of a Los Angeles hotel is that of a missing Canadian guest. Investigators used body markings to identify 21-year-old Elisa Lam, police spokeswoman Officer Diana Figueroa...

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AngloGold reports profit slump

ANGLOGOLD Ashanti, the third-biggest gold producer in the world, has reported a 47 per cent plunge in net profit in 2012 to $US849 million ($A824.11 million). Net profit on a comparable asset basis fell by 29.0 per cent to $US924 million, the...

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WA premier defends Buswell in debate

WEST Australian Premier Colin Barnett has defended the performance of his scandal-prone Treasurer Troy Buswell, saying he hasn't compromised his role as a minister but is "accident-prone". When asked during a leaders' debate on ABC television...

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Dreamliner second battery also affected

A SECOND battery on a Boeing Dreamliner that made an emergency landing due to smoke linked to its main power unit had also expanded, a Japanese safety board official said. Detailed examination of the auxiliary power unit (APU) battery of the...

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Pippa Middleton has new man in her life

MEN around the world will be disheartened by the news that royal in-law Pippa Middleton is "happy" with her new boyfriend, a self-made millionaire stockbroker. Since the couple were pictured last week holidaying with the 29-year-old brunette's...

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Burke defends Labor's environment record

ENVIRONMENT Minister Tony Burke has dismissed a Greens attack on the Gillard government's environmental credentials as a political manoeuvre from a party focused on "knocking over jobs". On Tuesday, Australian Greens leader Christine Milne accused...

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Poor economy slows graduate recruitment

FEWER employers are taking on new university graduates as the uncertain economic climate continues, a new survey reveals. One in eight organisations surveyed by Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) didn't take on any graduates in 2012. Since 2008...

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Trial over UK woman's beheading begins

A BULGARIAN man with a history of mental health problems is on trial, accused over the decapitation a British woman at a shop on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife. Deyan Valentinov Deyanov, 29, attended the opening of the trial at the provincial...

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Victorian towns brace for wind change

THE townships of Wollert and Woodstock in Melbourne's north have been warned they could be in the way of a grassfire if a wind change occurs between midnight and 4am (AEST) Tuesday. The Country Fire Authority says the slow large, slow-moving grassfire...

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JSF delays 'allow time to fix problems'

THE federal government says its decision to defer Australia's acquisition of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft for two years will limit its exposure to the rising costs of the program. Responding to an ABC TV program on the aircraft's deficiencies,...

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Twenty evacuated as Canberra flat burns

TWENTY people have been evacuated after a fire broke out in a north Canberra flat. ACT fire crews rescued two people from the burning flat at Howie Court in College Street, Belconnen and are checking no one else is inside. Paramedics are assessing...

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EU approves military mission to Mali

EUROPEAN Union foreign ministers formally approved the launch of a 500-strong EU military mission to train the Malian army, which has already begun work on the ground. A first group of 70 EU military arrived in the west African nation 10 days...

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Labor and Gillard losing support: poll

THE federal government's standing with voters has dropped again, while Julia Gillard has lost her lead as preferred prime minister, a new poll shows. Labor's primary vote stands at just 30 per cent, according to a Herald/Nielsen poll published...

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Floods and landslides kill 13 in Indonesia

AT least 13 people have been killed in Indonesia after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, officials say. Flooding and landslides hit North Sulawesi province's capital city Manado early Sunday, killing 10 people and causing the evacuation...

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Islamists kidnap seven workers in Nigeria

GUNMEN have attacked a camp for a construction company in northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers from Britain, Greece, Italy and Lebanon, authorities say. It's the biggest kidnapping yet in a region under attack...

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Pakistani city mourns after bomb kills 81

PROTESTS have erupted across Pakistan to demand protection for Shi'ite Muslims after 81 people died in a bomb blast, in the latest of a series of bloody sectarian attacks. The bomb containing nearly a tonne of explosives, was hidden in a water...

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Drug lab, guns found in Sydney home

POLICE have charged an alleged bikie gang associate after several firearms and a clandestine laboratory were found in a house in Sydney's west. Police say a replica revolver, replica rifle, sawn-off shotgun, loaded sawn-off rifle and stolen...

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