Church bid to strip Savile's papal honour

THE Catholic Church of England says it has contacted the Holy See to ask if the papal knighthood awarded to late television star Jimmy Savile could be removed following sexual abuse allegations. Police say some 300 potential victims have come...

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Terror arrests in US embassy plot

INDONESIAN police arrested 11 suspected terrorists allegedly planning attacks on the US embassy in the capital Jakarta and other diplomatic missions, a spokesman said. "The group's objectives were to attack the US embassy in Jakarta and consulate-general...

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Egypt's Copts to vote for new Pope

EGYPT'S Coptic Christians will vote for a new spiritual leader on Monday after Pope Shenuda III died in March, leaving behind a community anxious about its status under an Islamist-led government. The death of Shenuda, who headed the church for...

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Sri Lanka arrests deported asylum seekers

AUTHORITIES in Sri Lanka on Saturday arrested 14 asylum seekers accused of hijacking a fishing boat and throwing its crew into the sea to die, police said. The 12 men, a woman and a girl were deported by Australian authorities and were immediately...

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Nanny accused of stabbing kids in New York

A MOTHER has returned home to her luxury apartment building in New York City to find two of her small children stabbed to death in a bathtub and their nanny, with self-inflicted stab wounds, lying near them, police said. The nanny, Yoselyn Ortega,...

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US returns 4000 archaeological relics

MORE than 4000 archaeological artifacts looted from Mexico and seized in the US have been returned to Mexican authorities in what experts say is one of the largest such repatriations between the countries. The items returned mostly date from before...

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Germany approves GM-Peugeot tie-up

GERMAN competition authorities have approved a proposed alliance between French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen and its US rival General Motors, which owns Germany's Opel. "Although the strategic alliance results in a certain amount of market concentration,...

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European stocks falter

EUROPEAN stock markets have fallen on weak US earnings, while the euro slid against the dollar as Spain said its unemployment rate had reached 25 per cent for the first time, traders say. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies on Friday fell...

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Hong Kong exports grow 15.2% in September

HONG Kong's exports grew 15.2 per cent year-on-year in September, its government says, while warning of an economic outlook fraught with challenges. The value of total exports rose to HK$313.2 billion ($A39.21 billion), with total exports to...

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Call to ban practice of 'pig dogging'

THE practice of using dogs to hunt feral pigs in state forests is inhumane and should be banned, a community forum has been told. The forum, held on Thursday night in Sydney, came after the Game Council NSW, which regulates hunting in the state,...

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20 dead in fresh Burma unrest

AT least 20 people have been killed in a fresh wave of communal violence sweeping western Burma, a Rakhine state spokesman says, adding the final toll could be more than double. "At least 20 people - both Buddhist and Muslim - have been killed...

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Stones announce Paris warm-up gig

THE reuniting Rolling Stones have announced a surprise "warm-up gig" in Paris. Within an hour of word being put around, the Champs Elysees was swarming with fans hoping to get satisfaction with one of the 350 tickets for the Thursday night show....

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Baillieu losing support in Victoria

THE Baillieu government would be thrown out of office and consigned to history as a one-term government if an election were held in Victoria now, according to Newspoll. The poll, published in The Australian newspaper on Thursday, shows the Labor...

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China rare earths giant halts output

CHINA'S largest rare earths producer, Baotou Steel Rare-Earth, says it has suspended production for a month to try to stem falling prices for the elements. China produces more than 95 per cent of the world's rare earths, 17 elements crucial...

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Renegade bishop expelled from fraternity

RENEGADE British bishop Richard Williamson, who has been accused of Holocaust denial, has been expelled from the breakaway ultra-conservative Catholic fraternity, the Society of Saint Pius X. "Monseigneur Richard Williamson, having distanced himself...

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Third man charged after campus showdown

A THIRD person has been charged after a dramatic confrontation between police and alleged armed robbers at a Sydney university campus. Police chased and then rammed an Audi car at the University of NSW's campus at Kensington, in Sydney's east,...

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Spain's central bank says economy shrank

SPAIN'S central bank says the country's economy continued to shrink, contracting by 0.4 per cent during the third quarter compared with the previous three months, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to seek help from Europe. This...

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Dozens arrested in anti-mafia sweeps

MORE than 60 people have been arrested and over 230 million euros ($A293.24 million) in cash has been seized in Italy in three nationwide anti-mafia sweeps. In Palermo, police arrested 41 suspected members of the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian branch...

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South Kordofan capital shelled in Sudan

A BARRAGE of shells has struck the capital of Sudan's South Kordofan state, witnesses say, after unprecedented rebel firing on the town early this month sparked UN condemnation. "At 9am (1700 AEDT) on Tuesday shells started to come from outside...

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Indo police fire rubber bullets on rally

INDONESIAN police fired rubber bullets on students at a pro-independence rally in the restive region of Papua, in clashes that injured at least eight protesters, witnesses said. Hundreds of police were deployed as around 300 people gathered outside...

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LA Times endorses Obama for second term

A MAJOR US newspaper, The Los Angeles Times, has endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term in the White House, saying he has brought "steady leadership" to the office. "The nation has been well served by President Obama's steady leadership....

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Web shifts to accommodate tablets

SURFACE is Microsoft's answer to the iPad, and goes on sale this week. Announced with a fast-paced promo video (which you can see on YouTube at www.youtube/8mSckyoAMHg), the Surface (www.microsoft.com/surface) is supposed to offer people a real...

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Two Gaza militants killed in Israeli raids

ISRAELI air strikes have killed two Gaza militants as they clashed with troops from the Jewish state who crossed the border on the eve of a landmark visit to the Palestinian territory by the Qatari emir, medical sources say. The flareup on Monday...

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BBC editor steps aside over Savile probe

A TOP BBC editor has stepped aside while the broadcaster reviews its editorial decision to pull the plug on a segment about sexual abuse allegations against a prominent British children's television star, the late Jimmy Savile. The BBC said...

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Six dead in attack on Guinea-Bissau army

GUNMEN have raided a Guinea-Bissau army barracks housing an elite unit near the capital's airport, sparking a gun battle that left at least six dead. Sunday's pre-dawn attack is certain to add to tensions in the deeply troubled west African...

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Former US senator George McGovern dies

FORMER US senator and Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern, who lost to Republican Richard Nixon in 1972, has died aged 90. McGovern's family said in a statement the liberal standard-bearer died about 5.15am (local time) on Sunday at...

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France sees Syria's hand in Beirut blast

FRANCE'S foreign minister reportedly says it's likely Syrian President Bashar Assad's government had a hand in the assassination of Lebanon's intelligence chief in a Beirut bombing. Laurent Fabius told Europe-1 radio on Sunday that while it...

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Brits like empire over Assange: Ecuador

BRITAIN behaved like it was still an empire in its threat to raid Ecuador's embassy and arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the Ecuadorian ambassador to London says. Ana Alban told BBC radio on Sunday the threat, made in August just before...

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