Blizzard brings US northeast to a halt

PLANES, cars and trains came to a standstill across the densely populated US Northeast on Friday in the face of a blizzard raging from New York to Boston. The storm was forecast to bring the heaviest snow so far this winter along the New England...

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Mexico's vigilantes turn over 11 captors

Farmers in the mountains of Mexico are holding gang violence suspects in improvised jails. Source: AAP FARMERS who have taken up arms against drug-gang violence in the mountains of southern Mexico have turned over 11 of 53 people they've been...

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Assange urges leak of US drone rules

Julian Assange has condemned Obama's green light to kill American citizens conspiring with al-Qaeda. Source: AAP WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has urged US officials to leak secret documents on drone strikes, saying that the broad discretion...

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Aust share market finish higher

THE Australian share market finished stronger near a 22-month high, as investors reacted positively to economic data from China indicating a rebound in activity. At the close on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 35.6 points, or 0.72...

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Foreign troops at Mali's rebel-held mount

Islamists fighters have reportedly taken seven French hostages in Mali's remote northeast. Source: AAP FRENCH and Chadian troops have pushed to the far northeast of Mali, up to the mountain range where Islamists fighters are thought to be holed...

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US mayor scraps city police drones plan

SAYING police need to stay focused on "community building," Seattle's mayor has pulled the plug on the department's controversial drone program even before it got off the ground. In a brief statement on Thursday, Mayor Mike McGinn said he and...

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Vic health to get $900m extra: PM

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has rejected an "irresponsible campaign" from the Victorian government over the reason for cuts to hospitals and health care. She says the commonwealth has actually increased funding to hospitals in that state. ...

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Tokyo's Nikkei ends 0.93% lower

TOKYO'S Nikkei stock index has closed 0.93 per cent lower on profit-taking, a day after it soared to its highest close since September 2008. The index shed 106.68 points to 11,357.07 on Thursday, while the Topix index of all first-section shares...

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Whitehaven shares plunge after mine delay

The government has delayed its decision over Whitehaven Coal's plan to develop a controversial mine. Source: AAP WHITEHAVEN Coal's bad year has got worse after the federal government delayed a decision on plans for one of the world's largest...

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Flat retailing trend confirmed by data

RETAIL spending flattened out over the second half of 2012. It's hardly a controversial observation, but figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday confirm the plateau extended through to the end of the year. The figures...

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China radar-lock on Japan ship 'dangerous'

THE radar lock that a Chinese frigate put on a Japanese warship is "dangerous", Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says, as tensions in a territorial row heighten. "It was a dangerous act that could have led to an unpredictable situation," Abe...

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8.0 quake hits Solomons, generates tsunami

A MAJOR 8.0 magnitude earthquake has hit the Solomon Islands, reportedly flattening three villages, as small tsunami waves lapped Pacific coastlines and emergency sirens blared evacuation warnings. A quake-generated wave of just under one metre...

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Fire ban for ravaged southern Tasmania

A TOTAL fire ban has been declared for southern Tasmania, including areas that were ravaged by bushfires just last month. With temperatures expected to reach into the 30s and predicted high winds, a ban will be in place from midnight on Tuesday....

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Retailers expect slow start in spending

RETAILERS are disappointed by the central bank's decision to leave the cash rate unchanged, saying they're expecting a slow start to the trading year. At its first board meeting of 2013 on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the...

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Ulcer study could clear WA man of murder

A TRIO of West Australian Supreme Court judges have been urged not to delay a decision that could clear a man of a 30-year-old murder conviction, following new evidence supplied by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Barry Marshall. Chris von Deutschburg...

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Man loses appeal over rape of 83-year-old

A MAN who sexually assaulted an 83-year-old woman in her home on the NSW south coast has lost his appeal against the severity of his sentence, with a court defending a judge's right to describe the crime as "just below worst-case category". Tony...

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The ICAC is a no-go area in Bylong Valley

THE Bylong Valley general store is neutral territory. The store in the beautiful valley, a couple of hours drive northwest of Sydney, was full at lunch time on Monday with drillers from coal companies, farmers and grey nomads passing through....

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Motorists set to pay more at the pump

MOTORISTS can expect further price rises at the petrol bowser over the next couple of weeks, reflecting rising world oil prices, Commonwealth Securities says. The Australian Institute of Petroleum in its latest report on Monday said the national...

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Missing woman's body found on Sydney beach

POLICE have identified the body of a woman found on a beach in Sydney's south on Saturday as a woman who's been missing from her home in Kogarah. Police were called to Green Hills Beach about 5.15pm on Saturday, after the body of a woman was...

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Sri Lanka rescues 138 on sinking boat

SRI Lanka's navy rescued more than 100 Bangladeshi and Myanmar nationals from a sinking fishing vessel off the island's eastern coast, a spokesman said. One passenger was found dead on Sunday while many of the 138 plucked from the boat were...

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US, Europe stock surge runs on

STOCK markets in the United States and Europe have been building up steam for six months and now seem oblivious to still fragile economic growth, but analysts say this does not yet amount to another financial bubble. Markets tend to anticipate...

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