NASA to text space station alerts

GALACTIC tourism may still be a daydream for most of us, but for anyone interested in a glimpse of the International Space Station sooner, NASA is ready to help. The US space agency, celebrating the 12th anniversary of astronauts living and...

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Romney, Obama fight for an edge

REACHING for the finish line, Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama embarked on the final 72-hour haul of their long, grinding quest for victory, swatting at one another over what should motivate Americans to vote and making closing arguments that...

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Three police shot dead in Egypt's Sinai

GUNMEN have killed three Egyptian policemen and seriously wounded a fourth in El-Arish, in the Sinai Peninsula, state television says. "Armed men who might belong to a jihadist group attacked a police vehicle and fired on its passengers before...

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Syrian tanks enter Golan, Israel says

ISRAEL'S military says three Syrian tanks have entered the demilitarised zone in the Golan Heights. A military spokeswoman says Israel complained to the UN peacekeeping force in the area after the tanks entered the area on Saturday. The spokeswoman,...

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Euro debt crisis will take 5 years: Merkel

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe's sovereign debt crisis will last at least five more years. Merkel says the continent is on the right path to overcome the crisis but "whoever thinks this can be fixed in one or two years is wrong"....

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Greens open conference to media, public

IT might be better described as a door-ajar than an open-door policy, but journalists and members of the public will be welcomed to select sessions of the Australian Greens national conference in Sydney this weekend. Greens have previously voted...

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Kokoda veterans to mark 70th anniversary

WORLD War II veterans and dignitaries will be attending a ceremony in western Sydney on Saturday morning to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Kokoda. More than 1800 lost their lives and over 4000 were wounded or struck down with illnesses...

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Final 16km trek for shuttle Atlantis

ACCOMPANIED by astronauts and shuttle workers, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's nest. Atlantis emerged just before dawn from the massive Vehicle Assembly...

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Irish tycoon jailed for contempt

BANKRUPT tycoon Sean Quinn, once Ireland's richest man and a celebrated self-made billionaire, was sent to jail for nine weeks after a judge found him guilty of stripping foreign assets from his crumbling business empire in violation of court orders....

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Titanic safety fears documents for sale

A BRITISH safety official who inspected Titanic before its maiden voyage thought it should have more lifeboats, according to his private notes, which are being offered for sale this month. However, Capt. Maurice Clarke, a Board of Trade safety...

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Mulally to stay on as Ford chief

FORD says Alan Mulally will remain as president and chief executive through at least 2014, as Americas chief Mark Fields was promoted to chief operating officer, putting him in line to succeed Mullaly. Mulally, 67, will continue to lead the automaker's...

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Burma approves business-friendly laws

BURMA'S parliament has approved a revised, more business-friendly foreign investment bill aimed at boosting the struggling economy as it emerges from decades of junta rule, lawmakers say. The bill is expected to be signed into law within days...

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India's carmakers post improved sales

AUTOMAKERS in India have reported better-than-expected sales in the month of October, with a slew of new vehicle models also set to be launched in the upcoming festive season. India's largest passenger carmaker Maruti Suzuki, recovering from riots...

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US storm damage could hit $50bn

DAMAGE from the deadly mega-storm that blasted the US east coast could hit $US50 billion ($A48 billion), disaster estimator Eqecat says. The company put total economic damage from Hurricane Sandy in the range of $US30-50 billion, and insured...

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Armed men protest Libya cabinet

ABOUT 200 mostly armed protesters have occupied an area near Libya's parliament building, blocking nearby roads and beating up journalists in protest of the country's new cabinet. Thursday's action, in which an AP reporter was also beaten, is...

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Tens of thousands flee as storm hits India

MORE than 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes on Wednesday as a tropical storm slammed into southern India from the Bay of Bengal. Rain lashed the region and strong winds uprooted trees in some places. Weather officials said the storm...

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JFK, Newark airports reopen but limited

TWO of the biggest airports serving New York - John F Kennedy and Newark Liberty International - have reopened. The first passenger flight to JFK arrived from Long Beach, California, at 7.04am local time on Wednesday. The JetBlue flight carried...

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Indonesia's Yudhoyono welcomed by British

INDONESIA'S President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been welcomed to London by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the start of a state visit aimed at impressing the emerging Asian power with pomp and pageantry. The Queen received Yudhoyono and his...

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Airports and NYSE reopen post-Sandy

TWO major airports have reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange has come back to life, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rush to rescue flood victims and fires still rage two days after superstorm Sandy. ? ...

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Greece's tough steps spark strike call

GREECE has unveiled a tough new austerity budget, sparking a call for a 48-hour strike as the EU said there was more work to be done before the recession-hit country can access loan funds needed to stave off bankruptcy. Finance Minister Yannis...

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Syria warplanes hit inside Damascus

A SYRIAN fighter jet has hit targets inside Damascus for the first time on Tuesday, a watchdog says, as air strikes pounded rebel bastions around the country and an air force general was shot dead. The warplane dropped four bombs on the eastern...

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French official: Arafat to be exhumed

CRIMINAL investigators from France will exhume Yasser Arafat's remains next month to try to find out how the Palestinian leader died, a French official says. The official said the team from France will arrive sometime between November 24 and...

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New York devasted by storm horror

NEW York has awoken in shock to a city devastated by deadly superstorm Sandy, which killed at least 10 people and threatened to leave days of chaos in its wake. A record tidal surge thrown up by the hurricane set off an explosion at a power station,...

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Vivienne Westwood to sell Assange T-shirts

BRITISH fashion designer Vivienne Westwood will from Saturday sell T-shirts in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in Ecuador's London embassy for four months. The unisex T-shirt, featuring Westwood's face and...

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New Dutch government ditches 'weed pass'

THE incoming Dutch government has ditched plans for a national "weed pass" that would have been available only to residents and that would have effectively banned tourists from Amsterdam's marijuana cafes. However, under a provisional governing...

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Spanish leader says no need for bailout

SPAIN'S Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says his debt-laden economy has no need of a European bailout, after holding a summit with Italy. The leaders of Italy and Spain, the eurozone's third- and fourth-largest economies, met at time of uncertainty...

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Ukraine's Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike

UKRAINE'S jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko says she is launching a hunger strike to protest against violations in the weekend parliamentary election in which the ruling party has taken a decisive lead. "I am announcing a hunger strike...

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Hulk Hogan settles sex tape lawsuit

FORMER pro wrestler Hulk Hogan has settled a lawsuit with a disc jockey over a sex tape involving Hogan and the DJ's wife. A statement by Hogan's publicist says the terms of the settlement are confidential. Hogan said in a lawsuit earlier this...

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Boy killed in India grenade blast

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy has been killed and five more people injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade into a crowded market in India's tense northeast, police say. "Militants riding a motorcycle threw a grenade as they drove through a busy...

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Greek bank shares down on recapitalisation

SHARES in Greek banks have plunged, dragging down the entire Greek stock market on new tensions over recapitalisation of Greek banks and delays to quarterly results. The Greek banking sub index plummeted 15.97 per cent on Monday over unresolved...

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Lottery hacker blasts 'devil's work'

THE French site for the EuroMillions lottery has been hacked with warnings denouncing gambling as impure and the work of the devil. The messages appeared in Arabic and French and blocked the homepage of the lottery in France on Sunday. The hackers...

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NYC orders 375,000 evacuated

NEW York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered the evacuation of 375,000 people in low-lying areas threatened by Hurricane Sandy. "This is a serious and dangerous storm," Mr Bloomberg told a news conference as he ordered the mandatory evacuation ahead...

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New York orders 375,000 storm evacuations

NEW York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered the evacuation of 375,000 people in low-lying areas threatened by Hurricane Sandy. "This is a serious and dangerous storm," Bloomberg told a news conference on Sunday as he ordered the mandatory evacuation...

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Storm has Obama campaign worried

HURRICANE Sandy has raised concerns in President Barack Obama's campaign that it could impact his re-election to the extent that voters are kept from going to the polls, a top strategist says. "Obviously we want unfettered access to the polls...

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Hurricane Sandy death toll rises to 65

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct 28 AP - As Americans braced for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering. Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days...

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