Two dead, three critical in road crashes

TWO people are dead and three are fighting for their lives following separate crashes in NSW. A woman in her 20s died during a single-car crash near Dorrigo in northern NSW just before 2pm (AEDT) on Saturday. The driver, a woman in her late...

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Pistorius was an avid gun collector

IN his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol dubbed by its manufacturer as "the most powerful production revolver...

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Aust troops 'kill two Afghan children'

AUSTRALIAN soldiers in southern Afghanistan shot dead two children tending cattle, local officials said on Saturday as the international coalition launched an inquiry into the incident. Civilian casualties caused by NATO-led troops have been one...

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Gonski appointed to SingTel board

FUTURE Fund chairman David Gonski has been appointed to the board of Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel). SingTel is the parent of Australian telco Optus. The announcement of the appointment of the prominent Sydney-based businessman and...

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Prof welcomes overturned murder conviction

A 30-YEAR-OLD murder conviction has been overturned by Western Australia's Court of Appeal on the back of Nobel Prize-winning ulcer research by Perth-based scientist Barry Marshall. Chris von Deutschburg was a teenager in 1983 when convicted of...

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US sailors jailed for Okinawa rape

TWO US sailors who raped a Japanese woman in Okinawa last October were jailed on Friday for a crime that reignited long-smouldering anger against the American military in Japan. The Naha District Court in Okinawa said Seaman Christopher Browning,...

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Spain's Bankia posts $A24.57bn loss

Bailed-out Spanish banking giant Bankia suffered a loss of $A24.57 billion in 2012. Source: AAP BAILED-OUT Spanish banking giant Bankia suffered a loss of 19 billion euros ($A24.57 billion) in 2012, it said in an earnings statement. Bankia,...

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Bangladesh Islamist sentenced to death

A SPECIAL Bangladeshi court sentenced a senior Islamist opposition official to death for crimes including murder, rape and religious persecution during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, the vice-president of the...

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Spain's recession deepens

SPAIN'S economy sank deeper into recession in the fourth quarter of last year as high unemployment and biting austerity measures prompted households to slash spending, official data showed Thursday. The eurozone's fourth largest economy shrank...

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Taliban suicide bomber targets Kabul army

Six people have been wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a Afghan military bus in Kabul. Source: AAP A TALIBAN suicide bomber has attacked a bus carrying Afghan army personnel in Kabul, wounding 10 people and highlighting a growing trend of...

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We were sidelined in compo leaflet: unions

UNIONS have been deliberately sidelined in new leaflets prepared by WorkCover NSW, the state's peak union body says. Unions NSW secretary Mark Lennon said it was concerning that a new fact sheet advising sick and injured workers on how to make...

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Pope talks of 'stormy waters' for church

POPE Benedict XVI has referred to "stormy waters and headwinds" during his pontificate on the eve of his historic resignation but said God would not let the Church "sink". "The Lord gave us days of sun and of light breeze, days in which the...

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Israel, US successfully test anti-missile

A JOINT exercise with US forces has successfully tested the Arrow anti-missile system for the first time, Israel's Defence Ministry says. The system is meant to defend Israel from the threat of an Iranian strike. The ministry said Monday's...

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Horse meat found in Ikea's meatballs

HORSE meat has been detected in meat balls labelled as beef and pork imported to Czech Republic by furniture giant Ikea. The Czech State Veterinary Administration says the one-kilogram packs of the frozen meat balls were made in Sweden to be...

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One dead, search for missing woman

A MAN has died after his car was swept from the road by floodwaters near Kilcoy. SWIFT water rescue teams search for woman reported missing on Sunshine Coast. TORRENTIAL rain is drenching southeast Queensland, with up to 200mm expected to fall in...

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Fire in Sydney store suspicious: police

POLICE say a fire in a home decorator store in Sydney's northwest was deliberately lit and are urging witnesses who may have seen suspicious activity to contact them. Emergency services were called to Victoria Avenue in Castle Hill at about...

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'Sex stimulant' found in Pistorius home

A SUBSTANCE found in star athlete Oscar Pistorius' home during a search by police investigating the killing of his girlfriend is a herbal sexual stimulant, a South African newspaper reported. The prosecution said during Pistorius' bail hearing...

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Darfur tribal fighting hampers aid: UN

THE UN expressed deep concern over the latest deadly tribal violence in Sudan's Darfur region, which has hampered assistance for tens of thousands of people forced to flee earlier fighting. Residents in El Sireaf town said an Arab militia firing...

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