Russian opposition leaders detained

RUSSIAN opposition leaders have been detained while protesting what they say is the torture of a fellow activist. Investigators earlier this week said that Leonid Razvozzhayev had turned himself in and confessed to plotting riots. But days later...

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Iraq Eid attacks kill 16

ATTACKS mostly targeting Shi'ite Muslims during the Eid al-Adha holiday, including bombings of a marketplace and a minibus carrying pilgrims, killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday. The shootings and explosions, which also left more than...

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Rebels raid poultry farm

COMMUNIST guerrilla rebels raided a poultry farm in the southern Philippines and torched two buildings after the owner ignored their extortion demands, the military said on Saturday. Thousands of chickens were killed after rebels from the New...

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Police fire rubber bullets at miners

SOUTH African police have fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas to disperse striking miners trying to prevent a rally by the country's main labour grouping. Bullet casings littered the ground and a helicopter circled above, with police...

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Vatican cannot revoke Savile's honour

THE Vatican says it cannot rescind the papal knighthood awarded to television star Jimmy Savile, who emerged as an alleged child sex predator after his death. The Catholic Church of England said it has contacted the Holy See to ask it to posthumously...

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Leading Euro stock markets close up

LEADING European stock markets advanced on Friday, with London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closing up a marginal 0.03 per cent to 5,806.71 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 gained 0.44 per cent to 7,231.85 points, while in Paris the CAC 40...

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Syria bomb kills three, wounds eight

THREE Syrian soldiers were killed and eight were wounded, most of them critically, in a car bomb attack in the southern city of Daraa on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "At least three soldiers were killed and eight others...

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Apple falls under $600 on Xmas warning

INVESTORS are sending Apple's stock below $US600 ($583) for the first time in three months, after the consumer electronics behemoth reported earnings for its latest quarter that missed expectations and warned that profits in the holiday quarter...

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SAfrica miners return to work

THOUSANDS of gold miners have returned to their shafts after a pay deal to end the wave of strikes that halted production of the precious metal in South Africa, operators say. AngloGold Ashanti and Harmony Gold reported large worker turnout...

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Man arrested for 'cheating Facebook'

A BUSINESSMAN who claimed in a lawsuit that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had promised him half ownership in the then-fledgling company when he was still at Harvard was arrested on fraud charges. Paul Ceglia, 39, was arrested at his Wellsville,...

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Syrian army to halt operations for holiday

THE Syrian military has agreed to halt military operations from Friday Morning for the Muslim holiday weekend but reserves the right to respond to rebel attacks, the army announced. "Military operations will cease on Syrian territory as of Friday...

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Microsoft kicks off Windows 8 campaign

MICROSOFT is kicking off a campaign for its newest operating system, Windows 8, at a five-hour event at New York's Pier 57. Designed to run on both PCs and tablet computers, Windows 8 heralds the biggest change to the industry's dominant operating...

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Syria army, rebels say to ceasefire

SYRIA'S army and main rebel force said they will cease fire, in line with an internationally backed truce during a Muslim holiday, but both reserved the right to respond to any aggression. A peace initiative by UN and Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar...

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Borneo orangutan shot over 100 times

AN ENDANGERED orangutan on Borneo island has survived after being shot more than 100 times with an air rifle, Indonesian officials say. The female ape, whom conservationists have named Aan, has gone blind in one eye and sustained serious wounds...

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NY cop plotted to kidnap, eat women

A New York police officer has been arrested on charges of plotting to kidnap and eat women, federal authorities said. According to a criminal complaint, Gilberto Valle, a New York Police Department officer, conspired with an unnamed partner "about...

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Car bomb kills six in Damascus: state TV

A CAR bomb explosion in southern Damascus has killed six people and wounded 20 others, state television says, while a watchdog gave a death toll of eight. "The terrorist car bomb blast in Daf al-Shuk killed six people, wounded 20 others and...

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Libyan militia takes former Gaddafi town

LIBYA'S government has taken control of one of the last strongholds of deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists, the government claimed, after fierce battles that left dozens dead and thousands displaced. The capture of Bani Walid was a triumph...

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Israel expels 15 Gaza boat activists

ISRAEL has expelled 15 international activists who had tried and failed to reach Gaza by boat at the weekend in a bid to breach the maritime blockade on the territories, a spokeswoman for Israel's immigration service said. "Fifteen foreign activists...

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Islamist group rejects Syria truce

ISLAMIST group Al-Nusra Front on Wednesday rejected a truce in Syria proposed by peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi for this week's Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, SITE Intelligence Group reported. "There is no truce between us and this transgressing...

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Bombing suspect complains of mistreatment

THE main suspect in the USS Cole bombing has appeared before a military judge complaining of having to wear chains and endure attacks from guards at the US prison in Guantanamo, Cuba. Saudi national Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind...

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Something fishy about naval robots

AN EEL undulating through coastal waters, powered by batteries and checking for mines. A jellyfish is actually a surveillance robot, powered by the atoms around it. Fins pick up intelligence while propelling a robot bluegill sunfish. The US Office...

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Police admit botched gunman investigation

FRENCH police have unveiled a damning report that shows up several loopholes in the investigation of al-Qaida inspired gunman Mohamed Merah before his shooting spree in Toulouse. The 17-page report by the police disciplinary unit IGPN said "several...

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Friend your boss at your peril

THOUSANDS of young Aussies might have to update their Facebook status from 'hired' to 'fired' sooner than they'd like. Almost one-third of workers aged between 18 and 25 are friends with their boss on social media, a new survey has found. But...

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'Dead' Brazilian is guest at own wake

THERE was screaming. There was fainting. It doesn't happen every day: a car washer in Brazil walked into his own wake, where his distraught family was already weeping over their loss. "People were so startled. Women were fainting, people started...

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S.African miner fires 8500 staff

SOUTH African miner Gold Fields has fired 8500 workers who refused to halt an illegal stoppage at its KDC East mine, a spokesman says. "All 8500 people who were on strike did not come back. They did not return to work, so we have issued dismissal...

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Greek deficit, debt worse than thought

GREECE'S national statistics agency has revised upwards the country's 2011 deficit and public debt figures, which will likely further complicate efforts to meet fiscal targets set by international creditors for bailout aid. According to the...

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Oldest Auschwitz survivor dies at 108

THE oldest known survivor of the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Antoni Dobrowolski, has died at the age of 108, one of the site's official historians has announced. Adam Cyra, who works at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum,...

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Pregnant women going further to give birth

OVERWORKED maternity hospitals in Melbourne are being forced to turn down bookings from pregnant women, forcing them to hospitals further away or into expensive private care. Fairfax says staff at the recently expanded Werribee Mercy Hospital...

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Caterpillar cuts outlook in weak economy

CATERPILLAR says the world's economy is weaker than it thought, and it doesn't expect growth to pick up until the second half of next year. The company on Monday cut its 2012 revenue and profit guidance, and said next year won't be much better....

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11-year-old in US court on manslaughter

AN 11-year-old US girl charged with juvenile manslaughter in the death of a three-month-old baby has entered a "no answer" plea. The girl bit her nails and looked down during the hearing in Maine on Monday. Her other plea choices were "admission"...

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No limits on Jerusalem building: Israel

ISRAEL'S prime minister has vowed to continue building in east Jerusalem, despite objections from Palestinians who claim the territory as the capital of their hoped-for state. Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Sunday after the European Union's foreign...

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Three Catholic priests kidnapped in Congo

CONGOLESE civic leaders say three Roman Catholic priests have been kidnapped in eastern Congo. The three priests were taken captive from their monastery by about 10 gunmen on Saturday night. Omar Kavota, the vice-president of the North Kivu...

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eBay saves $80m in UK 'tax dodge'

ONLINE auction and shopping giant eBay has reportedly avoided paying nearly STG50 million ($A78 million) in corporation tax in Britain through legal accounting schemes. The group paid just over STG1 million in UK corporation tax despite making...

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Brahimi urges truce as bomb rocks Damascus

PEACE envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has appealed to both sides in Syria's conflict to cease fire for a Muslim holiday this week after meeting President Bashar al-Assad, even as a deadly blast rocked Damascus. Thousands of people, meanwhile, took part...

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Activists accuse Israeli navy of tasering

PRO-PALESTINIAN activists from a Gaza-bound boat intercepted by the Israeli navy have accused troops of tasering them when they took over the vessel. The Israeli army has denied the claim. "They used electric shocker devices to the extent of...

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