400 asylum seekers reach Italian island

TWO boats carrying more than 400 African migrants have arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, the latest in a wave of thousands of undocumented migrants arriving from North African shores. The boats were intercepted on Saturday by...

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Syrian troops attack rebels: report

SYRIAN opposition activists say government troops have launched a major attack on rebel-held areas south of the capital Damascus. "The Syrian troops are trying, under a barrage of heavy shelling, to storm Daraya from various directions," Haytham...

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China to open longest high-speed railway

THE world's longest high-speed rail route, running from the Chinese capital Beijing to Guangzhou in the south, will open for business on December 26, Chinese state media says. Travelling at an average speed of 300 kilometres per hour, the line...

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Mandela continues hospital stay

NELSON Mandela remains in hospital, a week after he was admitted for treatment for a lung infection, a government official says. "Mr Mandela is still in hospital, still comfortable and receiving treatment," said presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj....

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'Samsung chip plant caused cancer'

A SOUTH Korean government agency says that working at a Samsung Electronics factory caused the breast cancer of a worker who died earlier this year, only the second time it has recognised a link between cancer and Samsung's chip plants. The Korea...

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Egypt opposition hold last-ditch rallies

EGYPT'S mainly secular opposition has gathered for last-ditch protests against a new constitution it slams as divisive, but on the eve of a referendum it held back from urging a boycott. The opposition National Salvation Front expressed "deep...

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22 children hurt in China school attack

A KNIFE-WIELDING man has injured 22 children and an adult outside a primary school in central China as students were arriving for morning classes, police say. It's the latest in a series of periodic rampage attacks at schools and kindergartens....

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IAEA confident of nuclear deal with Iran

THE UN nuclear agency has expressed confidence that it will clinch a deal with Iran next month under which Tehran will at last answer "credible" evidence that it has conducted atomic weapons research. Herman Nackaerts, International Atomic Energy...

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China defies US pressure over North Korea

World leaders condemned North Korea's rocket launch, with the US demanding there be consequences. Source: AAP CHINA has resisted US-led pressure to bring its ally North Korea to heel for launching a long-range rocket, arguing that any response...

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Hong Kong stocks end 0.26% lower

HONG Kong shares have fallen 0.26 per cent on profit-taking and corporate fundraising injecting new shares into the market, breaking a three-day rally that saw the market hit a 16-month high. The benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) on Thursday eased...

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Four face charges in SA street fight death

A FOURTH person has been arrested in relation to the death of a man in an Adelaide street fight. Police have charged three men, aged 18, 19 and 26 with murder, after a 49-year-old man was killed in suburban Elizabeth Park on Wednesday night....

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Russia says Syrian regime may lose

A blast in the Syrian capital Damascus has targeted the Interior Ministry building. Source: AAP A CAR bomb has killed 16 people outside the Syrian capital hours after a bombing wounded the interior minister as Damascus ally Moscow acknowledged...

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N. Korea defends its space program

NORTH Korea has vowed to continue its space program despite international outrage after it launched a long-range rocket, saying it is not a matter of debate for the United Nations Security Council. "No matter what others say, we will continue...

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Nurse autopsy findings held back

THE results of a post-mortem examination on London nurse Jacintha Saldanha will be kept under wraps until a coroner opens an inquest into the death which came three days after an Australian radio prank. An examination of the 46-year-old mother...

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Pope blesses internet flock over Twitter

POPE Benedict XVI has blessed his new internet flock with his first Twitter message to more than a million followers already signed up to receive the holy tweets. "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you...

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Asia marks 12/12/12 with mass weddings

THOUSANDS of couples in Hong Kong, mainland China and Singapore have flocked to tie the knot on 12/12/12, seeking good fortune for marriages begun on the century's last repeating date. Authorities in Hong Kong and Singapore respectively said 696...

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Abbott defends abortion drug criticism

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has defended his position on the controversial abortion drug RU486. Source: AAP OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has defended his position on the controversial abortion drug RU486 while he was a health minister in...

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Nelson Mandela has lung infection

SOUTH Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is suffering from a recurring lung infection and is responding to treatments, the nation's presidency says. The ailing Mandela, 94, has been in 1 Military Hospital near South Africa's capital, Pretoria,...

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Carr to visit Sri Lanka this week

Foreign Minister Bob Carr will travel to Sri Lanka this week for talks on people smuggling. Source: AAP FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr will travel to Sri Lanka on Friday to discuss trade ties, tourism and efforts to disrupt people smuggling. ...

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More than half-million Syrian refugees: UN

THE number of Syrian refugees registered in neighbouring countries and North Africa has passed half a million, the UN's refugee body says. Many more have not come forward to seek help. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday it had...

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Jakarta, Canberra to ratify rescue pact

AUSTRALIA and Indonesia will sign an agreement on Tuesday that will boost cooperation in search and rescue operations involving asylum seekers. The agreement, mooted earlier in the year in the wake of a series of incidents in which hundreds...

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IPART recommends more NSW taxi licences

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommends an increase in Sydney taxi licences. Source: AAP PEOPLE won't have to wait as long to get a cab or pay as much for the ride under moves by NSW's pricing regulator to increase the number...

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Nigeria seeks to free minister's mother

The mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (pic) has been kidnapped officials say. Source: AAP NIGERIAN police on Monday sought to free the elderly mother of the country's finance minister, an ex-World Bank managing director...

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Italy's political drama rattles markets

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti announced he will resign once next year's budget is approved. Source: AAP ITALIAN stocks have plunged over three per cent and debt markets are rattled after a weekend of political drama which kicked off a...

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South African president visits Mandela

Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a hospital for tests, officials say. Source: AAP SOUTH Africans is praying for the health of former President Nelson Mandela and anxiously awaited further word about the anti-apartheid leader after he was...

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Pilot killed in NSW helicopter crash

A 48-YEAR-OLD pilot has died in a helicopter crash in central-west NSW. The man was thought to be spraying weeds in a remote area 25km south of Mudgee when the aircraft crashed at about 11am (AEDT) on Sunday. The wreckage of the Robin44 helicopter...

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Fighter jets fly low over Cairo

EGYPTIAN F-16 fighter jets made low passes over the centre of Cairo on Sunday in a rare manoeuvre by the air force over the capital amid high political tension. The military was not immediately available for comment. At the end of October,...

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UK cops contact NSW police over hoax

BRITISH police say they have contacted NSW authorities about a possible investigation into an Australian radio station's hoax call to a UK hospital. The callers impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles and received confidential details...

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