IT tech convicted in 'Vatileaks'

A VATICAN court has convicted a Holy See computer technician of helping the former papal butler in the theft of confidential papal documents and given him a two-month suspended sentence. Claudio Sciarpelletti, an Italian who is a computer program...

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Prince Charles thanks 'kind' Aussies

Prince Charles thanked Australians for being "wonderfully kind", as he and wife Camilla wrapped up a six-day tour which has taken them from the Outback to Bondi Beach. Hundreds of people came to see the royal couple at their final destination...

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China plans manned space launch

CHINA is aiming to launch its next manned space mission as early as June 2013, state media reported, as the country steps up its ambitious exploration program. The Shenzhou-10, with three crew members, is aiming for a primary launch window in...

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Orthodox patriarch visits Bethlehem

RUSSIAN Orthodox Patriarch Kirill visited the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem and met with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, on the second day of his Holy Land trip. After his visit to the Bethlehem church, built over the site where Christians...

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Afghan soldiers attack NATO troops

TWO Afghan soldiers attacked US-led NATO forces (ISAF) in western Afghanistan, in the latest "insider" attack in the country, injuring one foreign soldier, ISAF said. An ISAF spokesman in Kabul said that the attack by two Afghan National Army...

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Monet painting sells for $41.5m

A WORK from Claude Monet's Water Lilies series has been sold for more than $US43 million ($41.50 million) at a New York City auction. The 1905 work is considered among the best of a feverish series of Monet paintings depicting his garden's lily...

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Abuse royal commission not needed: Pell

AUSTRALIA'S most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, is reportedly deeply ashamed at child sex abuse perpetrated by members of the church but doesn't believe a royal commission is warranted. The Archbishop of Sydney accepts that children...

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French PM makes 'friendly' Obama mistake

FRENCH President Francois Hollande's attempt to sign a note congratulating US President Barack Obama for getting re-elected wound up lost in translation - and all over Twitter. In the great Gallic tradition of murdering the English language,...

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JetBlue pilot who disrupted flight to be freed

A FEDERAL judge in Texas says a JetBlue Airways pilot who disrupted a flight by running through the plane and yelling about terrorists can go free. The ruling in Amarillo comes months after Clayton Osbon was found not guilty by reason of insanity...

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11,000 Syrians flee in past 24 hours: UN

AT least 11,000 Syrian refugees have fled their country in a single day, pouring into Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon with children and dozens of wounds, UN officials say. Most of the surge in refugees was due to the 9000 fleeing into Turkey, including...

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Ambos on amber alert over staff numbers

PARAMEDICS across NSW will don yellow vests on Friday to draw attention to what they call dangerous and chronic under-staffing. The Health Services Union (HSU) claims the state's Ambulance Service is running with 770 fewer full-time positions...

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Royals kick off Sydney visit

AFTER mingling at the Melbourne Cup, enjoying an outback Queensland barbie and sampling South Australian wine, Charles and Camilla will begin the Sydney leg of their whirlwind Australian tour on Friday. After arriving at Kingsford Smith Airport...

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Sandy cuts United October revenue by $87m

UNITED Airlines, the world's largest airline, says superstorm Sandy cut its October revenue by about $US90 million ($A87 million) as it was forced to cancel almost 5300 flights. That's nearly an entire day's worth of United's schedule lost....

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US weekly jobless claims improve

US weekly jobless claims fell modestly last week for the third straight week, showing no immediate impact from Hurricane Sandy, the Labor Department says. New claims for unemployment insurance, a signal of the pace of layoffs, fell to 355,000...

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WikiLeaks suspect offers guilty plea

US Army Private Bradley Manning has offered to plead guilty to some of the charges of passing government information to WikiLeaks. Source: Getty Images A US soldier accused of leaking a trove of secret files to WikiLeaks has offered to plead...

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World leaders hail Obama victory

WORLD leaders have hailed President Barack Obama's sweeping re-election. Congratulations poured in from across the world, including fellow UN Security Council members Britain, China, France and Russia as well as its Middle East ally Israel and...

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23 people saved, 50 missing off Bangladesh

FISHING boats have helped rescue 23 people after a boat crowded with illegal migrants capsized off Bangladesh's coast, but about 50 people are missing. About 70 illegal migrants, mostly Rohingya Muslims, were reportedly travelling on the boat...

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Obama wins despite lower turnout

A DROP in US voter turnout failed to keep President Barack Obama from winning a second term. Preliminary figures suggest fewer people voted this year than four years ago, when voters shattered turnout records as they elected Obama as the country's...

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Unemployment expected to rise

OFFICIAL data to be released on Thursday is expected to show a rise in unemployment as the mining boom wanes and the manufacturing and retail sectors struggle. An AAP survey of 16 economists shows that the median unemployment rate is expected...

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Granny Obama celebrates in Kenya

WAVING her walking cane and smiling broadly, the step-grandmother of Barack Obama has celebrated along with her fellow villagers. Kogelo, a tiny town where children play soccer in bare feet, was the home of Obama's father, and claims several relatives...

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Sleepless night for Obama's ancestral home

PEOPLE in Barack Obama's ancestral home are preparing for a sleepless night as they watch the US elections. Reporters have descended on the small village in western Kenya, nestled in the hills about 60 kilometres from the blue waters of Lake Victoria....

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Mammoth skeleton found near Paris

A NEAR-COMPLETE skeleton of a mammoth which lived between 200,000 and 500,000 years ago has been found near Paris, the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research said on Tuesday. The remains were discovered at Changis-sur-Marne,...

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Instagram expands to the web

INSTAGRAM, the photo-sharing app that was created for mobile phones, is expanding to the web. The service will launch Instagram profiles on the web over the next few days. Previously, users' profiles existed only on Instagram's mobile applications...

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Gaza police catch crocodile after 2 years

IT took an internet search, shark nets and two weeks of floating in a sewage pond, but Gaza policemen have finally captured a crocodile that was terrifying residents. The 1.75-metre crocodile fled his zoo enclosure two years ago and crawled about...

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Thousands mourn N Ireland prison guard

THOUSANDS of mourners have lined the main street of a central Northern Ireland town to bid farewell to a prison officer slain by Irish Republican Army militants, the first killing of a guard in nearly two decades. David Black, 52, was shot several...

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Apple sells 3 million iPads in new launch

APPLE says it has sold three million tablet computers in the three days since the launch of the iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad. The iPad mini and the new fourth-generation iPad were launched on Friday in 34 countries. The tech giant said...

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Director apologises to Downton Abbey star

BRITISH theatre director Peter Hall has apologised for disrupting a star of Downton Abbey during the opening night of a West End stage show. Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith Crawley in the hit costume drama, was performing the final speech...

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Gout medicine may halve heart attack risk

A MEDICATION commonly used to treat gout has been found by a Perth-based study to reduce the chance of a heart attack in some patients by up to 50 per cent. Doctors from Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will present their findings to the...

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Cholesterol infusion prevents heart attack

FOR heart attack victims fortunate enough to survive the initial emergency, there is a high risk they will succumb to a second fatal episode in the following weeks or months. However, new Australian research shows an intravenous infusion of...

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China files WTO green energy complaint

CHINA has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation against the European Union over renewable energy subsidies, a source close to the world trade body says. "I can confirm we have received a complaint from China against ... the EU,...

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Rio elects its Carnival's queen and king

RIO de Janeiro has new royalty. Evelyn Bastos, a 19-year-old student and member of the famed Mangueira Samba school, has been crowned queen of the 2013 Rio Carnival while Milton Junior was re-elected as iconic King Momo. An emotional Bastos,...

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Four killed when Kyrgyz toilet floor caves

FOUR people have been killed when the floor of a public toilet in southern Kyrgyzstan caved in, the ministry for emergency situations says. Authorities had earlier reported that 15 people were injured in the accident on Saturday at a public...

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South Sudan expels UN rights official

SOUTH Sudan says it has expelled a UN official who was carrying out an investigation on the human rights situation in the fledgling state, accusing her of producing "unjustified" reports. "It's the first person on human rights to be (declared)...

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France church in new gay marriage swipe

THE Catholic Church in France has taken a fresh swing at the Socialist government's plan to authorise gay marriage and adoption, which is to be presented as a draft law this week. Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, who has led opposition to the...

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Tens of thousands lose housing in US storm

TENS of thousands of New Yorkers need housing after superstorm Sandy, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg estimated that 30,000 to 40,000 people in the city alone would need housing after Monday's storm,...

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