Hamas cabinet's headquarters hit

ISRAELI air strikes have hit the cabinet headquarters of Gaza's Hamas government, with eyewitnesses reporting extensive damage to the building. "The cabinet headquarters was targeted with four strikes and the government stresses that it remains...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Merkel raises rights questions with Putin

THE German and Russian leaders have sparred over human rights questions during a summit in Moscow, as companies from the two powers signed major business deals. German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Russia's jailing of three female members...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Four killed, 17 hurt in US train crash

AT least four people have died and 17 were injured when a freight train crashed into a parade float carrying wounded US war veterans in the West Texas city of Midland. The crash happened at a rail crossing as a truck carrying the float was on...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Trial for mother's murder delayed to 2013

BRISBANE AAP Nov 15 - A Gold Coast man who allegedly murdered his mother and hid her body more than two years ago is unlikely to stand trial before the middle of next year. Stephen Pike, 36, of Burleigh Waters, was committed last year to stand...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Fears grow Israel will invade Gaza

At least 19 Palestinians were killed during air strikes on Gaza on Thursday, UN officials say. Source: AAP ISRAELI aircraft have targeted rocket launching operations of Gaza militants as troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers massed near...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Pilot killed in Cape York crash

A LIGHT plane crash on the tip of Cape York Peninsula has claimed the life of a South Australian pilot. The 62-year-old man took off from Bamaga airport on Thursday on a flight to Weipa, but didn't arrive. Searchers found the wreckage of the...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Seven years on, Rahma mystery continues

SEVEN years after she disappeared from her Sydney home, the fate of missing toddler Rahma El-Dennaoui remains a mystery, with a coroner declining to rule out the possibility her family staged her abduction. Deputy State Coroner Sharon Freund on...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Algae fuel gets its first road test

BIG oil has taken a small but significant hit as San Francisco Bay Area motorists begin filling up their tanks with algae, becoming the first private citizens in the world to use a domestically grown product that could revolutionise the fuel industry....

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Clinton enjoys some rare down time in SA

SHE'S going somewhere, but we don't know where and she's seeing someone, but we don't know who. One of the most powerful women in the world, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is enjoying some down time in Adelaide. And who would blame...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Qld fishers to consider buybacks

QUEENSLAND fishers will be asked whether they want their licenses bought back. Fisheries Minister John McVeigh says invitations would be made this week to east coast commercial net fishers. "These licences are targeted to meet the government's...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Healthy Tassie devils to get island refuge

A COLONY of healthy Tasmanian devils is about to get a new island refuge as part of an attempt to beat the deadly facial tumour depleting the species. Fourteen devils will this week be the first to move to Maria Island, off the east coast of...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Body found floating face down near tinny

THE body of an 82-year-old man has been found floating face-down near a tinny on the NSW south coast in what police are describing as "a boating tragedy". The man's body was found at about 6.15am (AEDT) on Wednesday near an eight-foot tinny...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Rio boss attacks role of unions

RIO Tinto has called for unions to get out of the workplace, blaming them for falling productivity, as some of its coal workers planned to go on strike. The global mining giant's Australian head said the nation had to address urgently the soaring...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Gillard, Clinton to have 'one on one' time

Julia Gillard and Hillary Clinton (L) are to meet for some "one on one" chat time in Perth. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says she is looking forward to having "one on one" chat time with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Murder accused tried to get a gun: court

A WOMAN accused of murdering her lesbian lover's partner told a friend, "He will kill me or I will kill him," a Sydney jury has heard. Tanya Louise Lane also asked another friend if he could get her a gun, the Supreme Court in Sydney was told...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Man arrested ahead of NZ royal walkabout

A 76-YEAR-OLD anti-royalist has been arrested before Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, were to greet thousands of people in central Auckland. Serial pest Sam Bracanov was arrested on Monday after he was allegedly captured...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Afghan kids tell how US soldier shot them

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Washington, Nov 12 AP - The soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians watched as child after child described the bloodbath that left their parents and other loved ones dead. Whatever reaction Staff Sgt Robert Bales might...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Abbott's approval rating sinks: poll

FEDERAL Labor is continuing to chip away at the coalition's election winning lead, as Tony Abbott's personal approval rating declines to its lowest level since he became opposition leader. The latest Essential Research online poll released on...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Greens back national church sex inquiry

THE Australian Greens have joined a growing chorus demanding a royal commission be set up to investigate claims of child abuse in the Catholic Church. Greens leader Christine Milne on Sunday said she would be urging the federal government to...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Spain bank halts evictions after suicide

A SPANISH savings bank has halted all home-owner evictions after a ruined client threw herself out a window to her death, unleashing anti-bank street protests. The weekend decision by Kutxabank, a lender in the northern Basque Country, was unprecedented...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More

Victims testify about Afghan massacre

STORIES of the massacre came one by one over a live video link from Afghanistan into a military courtroom outside Seattle: torched bodies, a son finding his wounded father, boys cowering behind a curtain while others screamed "We are children! We...

13.23 | 0 komentar | Read More