Chopper crash kills 17 soldiers

A TURKISH military helicopter carrying soldiers on a mission against Kurdish rebels crashed because of bad weather, killing all 17 troops onboard, officials said. Thirteen soldiers and four military crewmembers were killed in the crash in a...

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Turkish helicopter crashes killing 17

A TURKISH military helicopter carrying soldiers on a mission against Kurdish rebels has crashed because of bad weather, killing all 17 troops aboard, officials say. Thirteen soldiers and four military crewmembers were killed in the crash on...

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China export growth accelerates

CHINA'S export growth sped up in October in fresh evidence of a broader rebound for the world's second-largest economy, as a top official all but declared the country's slowdown over. Exports rose 11.6 per cent in October from a year earlier,...

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Boy tells of US soldier's Afghan massacre

A BOY who was awoken by a neighbour during a massacre in Afghanistan in March testified at a hearing for the U.S. soldier accused in the attack about hiding in a storage room and being struck by a bullet. Sadiquallah, a slight boy whose head rose...

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China congress weighs asset disclosure

ASSET disclosure for Chinese officials is likely to be slowly phased in over time, a senior Communist Party leader says, as the government grapples with the fraught task of rooting out the corruption that has fed widespread public anger. The...

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Malaria vaccine not effective for infants

AN experimental malaria vaccine once thought promising is turning out to be a disappointment, with a new study showing it is only about 30 per cent effective at protecting infants from the killer disease. That is a significant drop from a study...

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South Africa jails Thai rhino horn trader

A THAI national who pleaded guilty to organising bogus trophy hunts to sell rhino horns on the international black market has been sentenced to 40 years in a South African jail, in what is being hailed as a landmark ruling. Chumlong Lemtongthai...

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Welby named new archbishop of Canterbury

BISHOP of Durham Justin Welby, a former oil executive with experience in conflict resolution, was named as the next archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans. The government said Bishop Welby, 56, a fast-rising...

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Schoolies advised to look after mates

That's the simple message from organisers of this year's schoolies event on the Gold Coast. Nearly 30,000 school leavers are expected to descend on Surfers Paradise from next week in the annual end-of-year celebrations. The death of Gold Coast 600...

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Air raids, clashes hit Damascus: watchdog

SYRIAN rebels and troops have clashed in several districts of Damascus while air raids hit the city's outskirts, a watchdog says, amid intensifying fighting in the capital. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in Syria is now so bad that the...

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Hong Kong shares end 2.41% lower

HONG Kong shares have tumbled 2.41 per cent on fears US legislators will fail to reach a deal before year-end to avoid a "fiscal cliff" that could tip the economy back into recession. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Thursday fell 532.94 points...

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Assad says he won't leave Syria

SYRIA'S embattled President Bashar al-Assad says he will not leave his country. In an interview with Russian television, Assad said he will "live and die" in Syria. His comments come two days after British Prime Minister David Cameron suggested...

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US states back marijuana, gay marriage

US states have voted to legalise marijuana, allow gay marriage and keep public funding for abortions, in a string of liberal poll decisions accompanying Barack Obama's re-election. The moves were decided among more than 170 ballot initiatives...

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Man caught speeding at 219km/h near Taree

A MAN has been charged after being caught speeding at 219km/h - more than double the speed limit - on the NSW Central Coast. Police say the 35-year-old Victoria man was clocked travelling at 219km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Highway near...

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Divers find sunken Russian gold ship

DIVERS have found a Russian ship carrying 700 tons of gold ore that sank off the Pacific coast last month. The freighter Amurskaya had been missing since Oct. 28 when it sent a distress call from the Sea of Okhotsk, an arm of the Pacific. A...

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Tough Mudder profitable and physical

THOUSANDS of Australians are among the growing number of global competitors paying for the privilege to take part in the physically gruelling Tough Mudder event, reaping millions of dollars for organisers. In 2012 the 20km races which send entrants...

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Polls open on US election day

US polling stations have opened, with Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked in a tight presidential contest after a burst of last-minute campaigning. Polls opened at 6am (2200 AEDT) on Tuesday, in battleground...

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Man, 72, dies in car crash at Quipolly

A MAN has died after his car veered of a road and rolled in central NSW. The 72-year-old Werris Creek man died at the scene of the crash near Werris Creek Road at Quipolly about 1.20pm (AEDT) on Tuesday, police say. No one else was travelling...

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Search on for missing boy in Mildura

A SEARCH is ongoing for a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who has gone missing from his home in Mildura, in northwest Victoria. The child was last seen playing with his dog at his Beacon Avenue house, near Twentieth Street, at about 8.30pm (AEST) on...

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Car bomb near Iraqi military base kills 27

A SUICIDE bomber driving a car packed with explosives detonated the vehicle near an Iraqi military base as soldiers changed shifts north of Baghdad, killing at least 27 people and wounding more than 40, according to authorities. The blast struck...

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Queen's wardrobe secrets revealed

AIDES to Queen Elizabeth II take care to avoid her dresses being blown up by an errant gust of wind by sewing weights into them, one of her aides revealed on Monday. "The queen undertakes a wide range of engagements, many of which take place...

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Britain's Cameron visits Gulf to sell jets

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum on Monday as he kicked of a three-day Gulf visit aimed at enhancing ties and selling jets, reports said. According to the official WAM news...

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Pakistani sheep cull 'disgusting': Ludwig

AGRICULTURE Minister Joe Ludwig says he was appalled by the recent brutal slaughter of 21,000 Australian sheep by Pakistani authorities but says he is satisfied that all due diligence has been done for an upcoming export of live cows. The minister...

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Dutch coalition sworn in

DUTCH Liberal Prime Minister Mark Rutte's coalition government was sworn in on Monday already under fire over pro-austerity measures seen as punishing his party's core middle-class voters. Rutte's VVD and Diederik Samsom's centre-left PvdA came...

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Ad blitz - big money, smaller audience

ONE million ads. More than $US1 billion. Ten battleground states. They are the eye-popping figures that tell the story of the 2012 US presidential campaign TV ad blitz. Never before has so much money been spent on so many commercials aimed at...

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BBC could face public inquiry: govt

BRITAIN'S culture secretary says the government could order a full public inquiry into the BBC's handling of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. Maria Miller has been quoted as telling The Sunday Telegraph newspaper a formal investigation into...

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Panda undergoes flight training

Fu Hu, born in a Vienna zoo, plays in the snow in his enclosure. Even when conceived abroad, pandas are the property of the Republic of China. Source: AFP LURED into a crate, then shaken about, Fu Hu - the young star of Vienna's Schoenbrunn...

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Keep Autodom ticking over - AMWU

THE car workers' union says the newly appointed administrator to collapsed car parts group Autodom should try to keep the business going. Last Thursday, Autodom, which has seven factories in Victoria and South Australia, shut its doors standing...

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