Real estate bosses nabbed in Vic drug bust

TWO real estate franchise owners have been charged after police uncovered thousands of cannabis plants at dozens of residential properties across Melbourne's north and west. Chris Lio and Con Constantinou, owners of Barry Plant Real Estate's...

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Pakistan PM prays at India shrine

PAKISTAN premier Raja Pervez Ashraf has prayed at a 13th-century Muslim shrine in northern India during a one-day visit in which politics was kept off the agenda. Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid earlier hosted a lunch for Ashraf at a luxury...

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Federal Labor weighed on McGowan

FEDERAL Labor's sinking popularity and ailing image has dragged down the party's West Australian leader Mark McGowan, who was heading for a massive defeat in one of the state's most swiftly called elections. Moments after counting began, ABC commentators...

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WA's strong economy seals it for Barnett

PERTH'S tradies, contractors and the self-employed are pretty well off compared to workers on the east coast of Australia. And therein lies the problem for West Australian Labor and the federal Labor party in an election year. Labor branches...

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UN agency to feed 2.5 million Syrians

THE World Food Program says it aims to feed 2.5 million Syrians next month, up from 1.7 million now, because of rising needs as more Syrians are displaced by the civil war. The UN estimates that nearly 4 million of Syria's 22 million people...

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Cardinals to decide conclave date

CARDINALS will vote on the date to begin a conclave to elect a new pope later on Friday, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said. "We can expect the congregation in the afternoon session today to vote on the date for the start of the conclave,"...

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Sydney man drink driving with kids in car

A MAN who had four children aged between two and eight in his car has been charged for drink driving at more than five times the limit in Sydney's southwest. Police say the 29-year-old man initially tried to avoid a random breath test at Ruse...

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Man charged over Vic double hit and run

A 21-YEAR-OLD driver has been charged over an alleged double hit and run that injured two men, one of whom was dragged 40 metres in Melbourne's north. Jordan Kostopoulas, of Preston, was charged with conduct endangering life, dangerous driving...

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Calls to fast-track bowel cancer screening

THE two major political parties are being urged to back the fast-tracking of a national bowel cancer screening program so people are tested every two years instead of five. Just under $50 million was devoted to expanding the bowel cancer program...

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Councils want constitutional recognition

COUNCILS are a step closer to securing federal funding after a parliamentary committee recommended holding a referendum on whether local government be recognised in the constitution. The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) says the...

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Bank of England leaves rate steady

THE Bank of England has voted at a regular policy meeting to hold its reference interest rate at a record-low 0.5 per cent, where it has stood for four years, and opted against increasing its cash stimulus program to boost a British economy on the...

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ECB keeps rates on hold amid crisis fears

THE European Central Bank has held its main refinancing rate at a historic low of 0.75 per cent, despite concerns that political gridlock in Italy could trigger a resurgence in the debt crisis. ECB watchers had not expected the central bank...

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World media sees bleak Chavez legacy

HUGO Chavez has left Venezuela divided with an economy overly reliant on oil wealth and riddled with corruption, world newspapers have warned, foreseeing great instability after his death. Chavez's death from cancer at 58 leaves a complex legacy...

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Police face Philippines murder charges

PHILIPPINE investigators will file a murder case against 35 police officers and soldiers for allegedly executing 13 people at a checkpoint, the justice secretary says. An investigation ordered by President Benigno Aquino III into the killings...

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Thomas Cook axes 2,500 jobs in Britain

TRAVEL firm Thomas Cook says it will axe 2,500 jobs in Britain, mostly in administration functions and its retail network, as part of a major restructuring. The cuts comprise 16 per cent of the group's total workforce of 15,500 people in Britain...

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Indonesian journalist attacked, loses baby

INDONESIAN police have arrested two village officials on Borneo island for allegedly beating a pregnant journalist until she suffered severe bleeding and had a miscarriage. Nurmila Sari Wahyuni, a 23-year-old reporter for Paser TV, a station...

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Govts overspending by $60b: think tank

GOVERNMENTS across Australia are overspending by more than $60 billion a year, posing a risk of higher taxation, more debt and lower living standards for future generations, a think tank warns. The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) says government...

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US rocker acquitted over Czech fan death

A PRAGUE court has acquitted the frontman of US heavy metal group Lamb of God, Randy Blythe, of charges of involuntary manslaughter over the death of a Czech fan in 2010. Blythe, 42, went on trial on February 4 after pushing a 19-year-old fan...

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Saudi postpones executions of 7 men

SAUDI Arabia has postponed the scheduled executions of seven Saudis, a local official says, as rights groups said the men were condemned for crimes committed when they were minors. The official did not say when the executions, in the southern...

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Ikea pulls cakes after bacteria found

SWEDISH furniture giant Ikea has pulled a batch of almond cakes from its restaurants in 23 countries after Chinese authorities said they contained coliform bacteria, normally present in faecal matter. The Swedish-made cakes had failed tests...

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Aust fears over India surrogacy changes

AUSTRALIAN babies may be left stateless due to a change in India's surrogacy laws. India has recently banned foreign gay couples, de facto heterosexual couples and singles from using surrogate mothers to become parents. The changes require...

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Abbott preferred in western Sydney: poll

VOTERS in Sydney's west would rather have Kevin Rudd as prime minister than Julia Gillard, but Tony Abbott remains their top choice, a poll shows. The Seven News/ReachTEL poll found Mr Rudd has a clear lead over Ms Gillard as the preferred prime...

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Kenyans vote after police gunned down

LONG lines of Kenyans have queued from way before dawn to vote in the first election since the violence-wracked polls five years ago, with a deadly police ambush hours before polling started marring the ballot. The tense elections are seen as...

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Dutch police arrest woman over art heist

DUTCH police have arrested a young Romanian woman in Rotterdam on suspicion of helping get a haul of masterpieces stolen from the city's Kunsthal museum out of the country, police say. "Detectives investigating the art heist at the Kunsthal...

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Chan stars at China political meeting

FILM star Jackie Chan has joined other celebrities at a meeting of China's highest-profile advisory body, a move seen by analysts as an attempt by the ruling Communist Party to cultivate "soft power". Nobel literature prizewinner Mo Yan and basketball...

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Russian officials disrupt Pussy Riot play

RUSSIAN migration officials have disrupted a Moscow play by a Swiss director about the trial against punk band Pussy Riot, as religious activists caused a commotion outside. The political play The Moscow Trials by director Milo Rau tells the...

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Crews begin demolition of sinkhole home

CREWS with heavy equipment have begun the demolition of a Florida home over a huge sinkhole where a man is presumed dead after being swallowed by the earth. The search for Jeff Bush, 37, was called off on the weekend, and a heavy machine with...

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Korean police shoot US soldier after chase

A US soldier has been shot and injured by South Korean police after a dramatic early morning car chase through the capital Seoul. The 23-year-old private first class, who was not named, was shot in the shoulder shortly after midnight, Yonhap...

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