Gunmen attack Greece prison

AT least 11 inmates escaped from a Greek prison after gunmen brazenly attacked the site with grenades and automatic weapons, kicking off a nightlong standoff between police and prisoners. Two guards were injured, one of them seriously. A senior...

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Sydney icon glows green for Earth Hour

Australia has turned the lights out for Earth Hour, as part of similar climate change awareness. Source: AAP THE Sydney Opera House has glowed green while much of Australia plunged into darkness as the country united for the Earth Hour campaign...

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Bangladesh storm kills 20

The death toll from a tornado that hit villages in Bangladesh has risen to 20. Source: AAP THE death toll from a tornado that ripped through 20 villages in eastern Bangladesh has climbed to 20 people, with another 200 hurt, a government official...

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Teen foils own getaway with car crash

A TEENAGE thief's getaway was foiled in Ipswich on Friday morning when he managed to crash the stolen vehicle into another car and then roll it. The 17-year-old unlicensed driver, who was allegedly intoxicated at the time, had used the stolen...

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Teen hit by car in critical condition

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a car in Home Hill, 98kms south of Townsville. According to initial information, the boy was at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 14th Street around 3.45pm when he was...

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Consumers warned about funeral contracts

CONSUMERS are being warned to beware of "push advertising" for pre-paid funeral arrangements on daytime television. In a statement, NSW Fair Trading commissioner Rod Stowe said daytime TV was experiencing a "renaissance" in marketing around...

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24 dead as tornado, hailstorms lash China

AT least 24 people died and scores were injured after a tornado carrying huge hailstones lashed southern China, causing widespread devastation and a ferry to capsize, domestic media reported. The ferry overturned in a river in the south-eastern...

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Mali soldier killed in suicide car bomb

French troops will begin pulling out of troubled Mali at the end of April, France's PM announced. Source: AAP A MALIAN soldier was killed and two others wounded when a suicide bomber set off an explosives vest inside a car near the Timbuktu...

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Obama receives frosty welcome in Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, March 21 AFP - US President Barack Obama arrived in the West Bank to a more prickly welcome from Palestinian leaders than the warm embrace he won in Israel the day before. Obama flew by helicopter over the barbed...

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Obama departs Washington for Israel visit

US President Barack Obama is en route to Israel for a four-day trip to the Middle East. Source: AAP BARACK Obama has landed in Israel for the first time as US president, on a mission to ease past tensions with his hosts but facing scepticism...

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Joyce denies he wants to challenge Truss

Senator Barnaby Joyce has confirmed his interest in standing for the NSW seat of New England. Source: AAP NATIONALS senator Barnaby Joyce says asking if he'll be the next deputy prime minister is like wanting to know if he will become the Pope....

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Cyprus scrambles to find cash

Furious Cypriot MPs rejected the terms of a bailout aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy. Source: AAP DEBT-HIT Cyprus was scrambling to secure funding vital to an international bailout after MPs rejected the terms of an EU deal, tapping...

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Dead pigs in China river exceed 13,000

The number of dead pigs found in a river running through Shanghai has reached more than 13,000. Source: AAP THE number of dead pigs found in a river running through China's commercial hub Shanghai has reached more than 13,000, as mystery deepened...

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Half a million new homes for Sydney

NSW Planning Minister Brad Hazzard has unveiled a 20-year blueprint for Sydney's growth. Source: AAP A 20-YEAR blueprint for Sydney's growth has identified a need for more than half a million new homes by 2031 but lobby groups want clarity...

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Cost for water on the rise in southeast

RATEPAYERS in five southeast Queensland Council areas, including Brisbane, will pay an extra 3.9 per cent for water and sewerage this coming financial year. Confirming the news this afternoon, Queensland Urban Utilities, which services the Brisbane,...

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Gillard open to media law amendments

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she's open to "sensible suggestions" on media law changes. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says the government is willing to consider sensible changes to its proposed media laws, but won't be "cross-trading...

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Three dead in suicide attack in Pakistan

AT least three people have been killed by a suicide bomber and militant gunmen at a court complex in northwest Pakistan. Several gunmen and two bombers stormed the crowded complex in the city of Peshawar on Monday, less than two months before...

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Leighton wins $A656m HK rail contract

LEIGHTON Contractors has secured a $A656 million contract from Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corporation for part of a new rail link in the Chinese province. Work for the new contract includes modification of an existing MTR station, platforms,...

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Five confess to gang-raping Swiss tourist

FIVE villagers have confessed to gang-raping a Swiss tourist in central India, police say, in an incident that has renewed focus on the rampant violence against women in the country. The woman was on a cycling holiday with her husband in impoverished...

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Car bomb kills 10 in south Iraq

A CAR bomb has exploded at a bus station in the south Iraq city of Basra killing 10 people and wounding 16, a security official says. Sunday's bombing at the bus station in Basra came soon after another that exploded in the centre of the city...

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Two men attacked with iron bars and brick

TWO men have been attacked with iron bars and a house brick during a robbery in Sydney's northwest. The men, aged 30 and 26, were a service station in Kellyville at 2am (AEDT) when a group of up to 10 men assaulted them with iron bars and a...

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