Measles alert in Brisbane and Mount Isa

RESIDENTS of Brisbane and Mount Isa could have been exposed to measles when a traveller returned from abroad with the disease, Queensland health officials say. The traveller returned home from Asia on January 2 while still infectious with measles...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Boy, 13, drives father's Merc to Germany

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has run away from his adoptive parents in Italy, driving his father's Mercedes 1000 kilometres towards his native Poland before being stopped in Germany. The boy - a go-kart enthusiast - managed to pass motorway toll booths...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Single parents to protest over payments

WELFARE advocates are planning to protest around Australia next month over the government's cuts to single parent benefits. From January 1, single parents have not been eligible for the Parenting payment once their youngest child has turned...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Savile's victims set to seek damages

AROUND 50 victims of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile are set to seek damages from the late broadcaster's estate and from organisations including the BBC and Britain's health service, their lawyer said. A report by British police on Friday said...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Judi Dench 'sorry' over Bond's Oscar snub

VETERAN British actress Judi Dench has spoken of her disappointment that the latest James Bond film Skyfall did not feature more prominently in the latest round of Oscar nominations. The 23rd outing of 007 in a 50-year franchise opened in Britain...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Honda axes 800 British jobs on weak demand

HONDA has announced it intends to cut 800 jobs this year at its Swindon plant in Britain owing to weakening demand for its vehicles in Europe. "Honda Motor Europe has today announced changes to its UK car manufacturing operation to ensure the...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

France hunts Kurd killers amid feud claim

POLICE are hunting down the assassins of three Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris even as Turkey said an internal feud in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was most likely behind the slayings. Judicial sources say the three female...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Catherine 'delighted' with first portrait

THE first official portrait of Prince William's wife, Catherine, has been unveiled in London, with the Duchess giving the work a royal thumbs up. Catherine, 31, attended the National Portrait Gallery on Friday where artist Paul Emsley's work was...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Syria says Turkey involved in looting

SYRIA has accused neighbouring Turkey of involvement in looting factories in the industrial city of Aleppo, in letters sent to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council. "Some 1000 factories in the city of Aleppo have been plundered, and their...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

US jobless claims rise by 4,000

US jobless claims increased by 4,000 from last week, according to government data released on Thursday. Seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance in the week ending January 5 rose to 371,000 from the previous week's revised...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Pakistan says soldier killed in Kashmir

PAKISTAN has accused Indian troops of opening fire and killing a Pakistani soldier, in the third deadly cross-border incident reported in five days in the disputed Kashmir region. The Pakistan military said the incident happened in the Battal...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

UK says all options on table for Syria

WORLD powers will have to step up their response to the Syrian conflict if the violence worsens, British Foreign Secretary William Hague says, warning that all options are on the table. He has reiterated that Britain will seek to amend the EU...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Walkies morsels prove poisonous for pooch

SCAVENGING canines have been left bleary-eyed after inadvertently feasting on cannabis while on walkies in northwest England. Patch was one of several dogs "poisoned" after tucking in to a package left on a walking track in greater Manchester,...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Berlusconi blasts 'feminist, commo' judges

MILAN court officials have defended the impartiality of their judges after ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi blamed "feminist, communist" magistrates for a 200,000 euros ($A251,193) a day divorce settlement. Berlusconi made the accusation in an interview...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Berlin museum spotlights Scorsese

A BERLIN museum is to open what it calls the first exhibition worldwide dedicated to the work of veteran US filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who has opened his vast archive for the show. Featuring relics such as Robert De Niro's shirt drenched in...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Tymoshenko in 'disobedience campaign'

JAILED Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has launched a "campaign of civil disobedience" and spent the night in a shower of her hospital, a prison official says. On Tuesday, Tymoshenko who has been sentenced to seven years in jail...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

New TV headphones bypass your ears

TV watchers who don't want to disturb sleeping family members may be interested in new headphones which don't need cables.. or even your ears. The wireless headphones from Panasonic connect to a TV via Bluetooth and attach to your head like...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Vietnam schoolgirl banned for Ho parody

A VIETNAMESE teenager has been suspended from school for a year for posting a parody of a famous speech by independence hero Ho Chi Minh on her Facebook page, local media says. The Declaration of Students of Ly Tu Trong Secondary School satirises...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Lenin mobile phone ads spark Polish anger

VLADIMIR Lenin is not considered funny in Poland. A Polish mobile phone operator that used a cartoon image of the Russian communist revolutionary found itself barraged by angry feedback and responded this week by stopping its advertising campaign....

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Poachers slaughter Kenyan elephant family

KENYAN wildlife rangers are tracking a team of poachers who massacred a family of 11 elephants in what they said was the worst single such killings in the country in the past three decades. "We have not lost as many elephants in a single incident...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Sri Lanka court stops judge's impeachment

SRI Lanka's Court of Appeal has ordered parliament to drop its impeachment of the country's top judge, amid international concern for judicial independence on the island. The court issued an order quashing a report by ruling party MPs who found...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Islamists strengthened in Egypt reshuffle

THE Muslim Brotherhood has strengthened its position in the Egyptian government following the latest government reshuffle, which saw members secure three more portfolios, media reports say. The ministries of transport, domestic development and...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Sunshine Coast bank robbed

A SUNSHINE Coast bank has been robbed by a man claiming to be armed. Police are investigating the robbery of the Buddina bank, which occurred about 3pm (AEST) on Monday. A man entered the Nicklin Way bank before approaching a teller and producing...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

UK far-right leader jailed over passport

THE leader of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) has been jailed for 10 months by a British court for using a friend's passport to travel to the United States. Stephen Lennon, 30, whose group opposes what it calls the "Islamisation"...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Shots fired in Sydney's southwest

AN investigation is under way after shots were fired in Sydney's southwest on Sunday. Police were called to Clunes Lane, Canterbury, about 2.15pm (AEDT) on Sunday after a resident reported hearing gun shots. At the scene, officers were told...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Suspected body in bag washes up in WA

POLICE in Western Australia are investigating the discovery of what appears to be human remains stuffed into a plastic bag that washed up on a beach on Rottnest Island. The grim discovery was made on late on Sunday afternoon at Porpoise Bay,...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Philippine army kill 13 suspects in clash

PHILIPPINE army special forces and police have killed 13 suspected criminals in a fierce gunbattle on the main northern island of Luzon in the latest violence to erupt in the country in the last week. A police officer was wounded in the shootout...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More

Depardieu in Mordovia to see new home

FRENCH actor Gerard Depardieu, who's received a Russian passport in a move to avoid higher taxes for the rich back home, has travelled to Mordovia in central Russia, where he's been offered to set up a residence. Local television showed the actor,...

21.29 | 0 komentar | Read More