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Rena captain, navigator jailed

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:03:39 +1000

THE captain and navigation officer of container ship Rena which ran aground off the coast of New Zealand last year have each been jailed for seven months.

Man admits to 33-year-old murder

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:54:16 +1000

NEW York police have a person in custody for a 33-year-old crime that helped launch a missing children's movement across the United States.

Casey Anthony sued for defamation

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:28:09 +1000

CASEY Anthony, the US mother convicted of lying to police as they investigated the death of her 2-year-old daughter, will be served with a defamation lawsuit.

Gillard signs Afghan aid agreement

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:14:56 +1000

THE Prime Minister Julia Gillard vowed "not to abandon" Afghanistan after formally signing an aid agreement with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai.

Blind dissident arrives in US

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:37:00 +1000

HIGH-profile Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has arrived in the United States after being flown out of Beijing with his immediate family.

Unique wedding proposal at war zone

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:35:57 +1000

A TYPICAL engagement ring-in-a-Champagne glass proposal holds no appeal to Flight Lieutenant Cinda Lyons. Where's the element of danger?

Kennedy's wife 'committed suicide'

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:40:57 +1000

THE Kennedy family is grieving again after the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr hanged herself at her home.

Obama campaign calls Romney 'vampire'

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:03:18 +1000

THE Obama campaign attacked Mitt Romney as a "vampire" who amassed his vast personal fortune as a venture capitalist by exploiting ordinary workers.

Afghan President annouces transitions

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:30:23 +1000

AUSTRALIAN soldiers stationed in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province will start heading home as early as the middle of this year, says the Afghanistan President.

49 bodies dumped on Mexican hwy

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:00:18 +1000

FORTY-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies have been found dumped on a highway in what could be the latest outburst in an escalating war among drug gangs.

NZ PM comes out for gay marriage

Sun, 13 May 2012 07:14:13 +1000

NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key has joined US President Barack Obama in declaring that he is ''not personally opposed'' to same-sex marriage.

Obama supports same-sex marriage

Thu, 10 May 2012 06:39:42 +1000

BARACK Obama has become the first US president to say publicly he was in favour of same-sex marriage, in a pre-election debate roiling American politics.

CIA stops al-Qaeda bomb plot

Tue, 08 May 2012 08:59:52 +1000

THE CIA have thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a US-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design.

Hollande is new French president

Mon, 07 May 2012 08:54:52 +1000

IN WHAT may prove a game-changer for the Eurozone crisis, France has elected Francois Hollande as its first socialist president in 17 years.

Bin Laden's last words leaked online

Fri, 04 May 2012 07:44:11 +1000

OSAMA bin Laden wanted to change his business strategy, but he was worried that his instructions were being deliberately ignored by bungling subordinates.

Rupert Murdoch 'turned a blind eye'

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:45:07 +1000

RUPERT Murdoch is not a fit person to run a major international company, a committee of British MPs inquiring into phone hacking has concluded.

Ferry sinking death toll over 100

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:00:00 +1000

ABOUT 105 people are confirmed dead and almost as many are missing after a river ferry with 350 people aboard broke apart and sank in northeast India.

Red Cross worker killed in Pakistan

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:07:01 +1000

THE body of a British Red Cross worker held captive in Pakistan has been found, his throat slit and a note attached to his body saying no ransom was paid.

Rupert Murdoch concedes 'cover up'

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:38:42 +1000

RUPERT Murdoch called his News of the World tabloid an "aberration", accusing journalists of hiding phone-hacking from himself, his son and his protegee.

Vet crushed to death by elephant

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:00:00 +1000

A VETERINARIAN has been crushed to death by an elephant at Franklin Zoo in Auckland, New Zealand.