Barnett celebrates resounding WA poll win

TRIUMPHANT West Australian premier Colin Barnett says the Liberals' landlside state election victory was an endorsement of an ethical and principled government - and proved the Labor party was "on the nose" in Australia. Mr Barnett's Liberal party...

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Soccer verdict sparks unrest in Cairo

VIOLENCE has erupted in Egypt after a court confirmed 21 death sentences for a deadly soccer riot but exonerated 28 people. A protester was killed on Saturday in fresh clashes with police in central Cairo. Huge flames rose above the main building...

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World's best restaurant poisons diners

NOMA, the world's top-ranked restaurant, has offered to reimburse dozens of diners who suffered food poisoning. Denmark's two-Michelin-star Noma restaurant said on Saturday that tests had shown the poisoning was caused by the stomach bug norovirus,...

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Labor federal support at 32%: poll

THE day after Labor's woes continued with a landslide loss in the West Australian election, a new poll shows the party's primary vote federally has dropped to 32 per cent. The Galaxy Poll conducted for The Sunday Telegraph newspaper showed the...

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WA election loss adds to Labor woes

FEDERAL Labor's woes played a significant role in tainting the party's West Australian election bid, helping to deliver a crushing defeat to state opposition leader Mark McGowan. The polls had pointed to a landslide win on Saturday for the WA...

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US jobless rate falls to 2008 level

THE US has announced better-than-expected jobs data, with the unemployment rate falling and solid jobs growth in February. The jobless rate fell to 7.7 per cent, from 7.9 per cent in January, and a net 236,000 jobs were gained, the government...

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US stocks open higher

US stocks have opened higher as a surprisingly strong jobs report suggests the economic recovery is on track. The monthly jobs report said the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 per cent from 7.9 per cent, while the net number of jobs gained came...

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Bieber recovers after halting London show

CANADIAN pop star Justin Bieber says he is feeling better after halting a London show for 20 minutes for being "light of breath". The 19-year-old - who angered British fans with a very late start on Monday in the first of four shows at the O2...

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Hamas brands Obama visit a 'trap'

THE Hamas prime minister says an upcoming regional visit by US President Barack Obama is a "trap" aimed at undermining Palestinian reconciliation. "We are convinced that Obama's visit will not produce the necessary breakthrough for our people,"...

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News of the World editors face UK courts

FORMER News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, a one-time top aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron, have appeared in court on bribery charges. Coulson, 45, is accused of requesting and authorising payments to public...

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Berlusconi sentenced to jail over wiretaps

AN Italian court has sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to a year in prison over the publication of leaked transcripts from a police wiretap in a newspaper he owns. Berlusconi, who faces two more verdicts this month for tax fraud...

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UN orders new North Korea sanctions

THE UN Security Council has imposed new sanctions against North Korea amid escalating tensions as the North threatens a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States. The council unanimously passed a resolution, agreed by the United States...

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Malaysia incursion toll rises to 60

MALAYSIA says clashes between intruding Filipino militants and its security forces have left 60 people dead, as it rejected a ceasefire offer from the fighters' leader. Police chief Ismail Omar said 32 followers of a self-proclaimed Philippine...

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British PM vows to continue austerity

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron says his government will stick to the path of austerity despite a turbulent few weeks in which the country's credit rating has been downgraded. Cameron said in a speech in a factory in West Yorkshire on Thursday...

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French mum on trial for son's 9/11 T-shirt

A MOTHER on trial in southern France has defended herself for dressing her three-year-old son in a T-shirt reading "I am a bomb" and "Born on September 11". Bouchra Bagour, 35, is on trial in Avignon on charges of defending terrorism after sending...

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Crisis blamed as Italian man kills 2, self

AN Italian clothes maker whose business was turned down for credit has shot dead two civil servants and himself in the city of Perugia in an attack the local mayor blamed on the financial crisis. "This is an immense tragedy - the product of...

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News Corp shows education tablet

NEWS Corp has taken the wraps off its new tablet computer for the school market, saying the device will use "digital innovation to transform teaching and learning". Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate showed the Amplify device at the South by...

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Dow extends record run in early trade

THE Dow Jones Industrial Average has extended its record-breaking run as US markets rallied for modest gains in opening trade. After setting an all-time closing high on Tuesday of 14,253.77, the Dow added another 42.01 points (0.29 per cent)...

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Cyprus haircut 'catastrophic': minister

THE finance minister of cash-strapped Cyprus says a haircut on deposits in local banks will be catastrophic, not only for Cyprus but the entire eurozone. Such a possibility has been raised and, on Monday, Eurogroup finance ministers failed to...

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Greek police probe neo-Nazi hate speech

POLICE in Greece say they have opened an investigation after a report on Britain's Channel 4 television showed a Greek neo-Nazi threatening to turn immigrants into soap. The statements were made by Alexandros Plomaritis, a 44-year-old who ran...

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Resources exports to drive GDP growth

A RISE in iron ore and coal exports is expected to have been the major driver of economic growth in an otherwise weak final three months of 2012. AAP's survey of 14 economists revealed a median forecast for the Australian economy to have grown...

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Indian navy helicopter crashes in sea

TWO crew members are missing after an Indian naval helicopter crashed into the sea off the country's southeastern coast, sparking an air-sea rescue search, a navy spokesman says. The military helicopter took off from the city of Visakhapatnam...

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Venezuela on edge as Chavez health slides

VENEZUELA has plunged deeper into an uncertain future after cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez took a turn for the worse, hit by a severe infection and breathing problems. The once omnipresent face of the Latin American left, now breathing...

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Briton jailed for heist after 20 years

A BRITISH man dubbed "Fast Eddie" who spent nearly 20 years on the run in the United States has been jailed for driving off with a security van containing STG1.2 million ($A1.79 million). Eddie Maher, 57, had been a fugitive ever since the van...

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Iraq attacks kill 13

A STRING of bombings and shootings in Iraq has killed 13 people and wounded at least 35 others. Two car bombs targeted police in the restive northern city of Kirkuk, killing five and wounding at least 18, while gunmen killed a town council member...

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Dutch police arrest woman over art heist

DUTCH police have arrested a young Romanian woman in Rotterdam on suspicion of helping get a haul of masterpieces stolen from the city's Kunsthal museum out of the country, police say. "Detectives investigating the art heist at the Kunsthal...

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Fake bishop tries to sneak into Vatican

AN Italian man dressed up in fake ecclesiastical robes has been escorted out of a meeting of Catholic cardinals by Swiss Guards after trying to sneak into the closed-door Vatican meeting. The man told reporters his name was "Basilius" and he...

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US stocks slip after launch of budget cuts

US stocks have opened modestly lower as traders remained cautious after Washington moved into austerity mode with the launch of the steep sequester spending cuts. Ten minutes into trade on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 40.63...

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Frostbitten explorer Fiennes back home

BRITISH explorer Ranulph Fiennes showed off a heavily bandaged hand as he returned home following his evacuation from Antarctica with severe frostbite, and vowed to help the team he left out there. The 68-year-old said it was "extremely frustrating"...

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Slim, Gates, Ortega are world's richest

MEXICAN tycoon Carlos Slim, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Zara fashion house boss Amancio Ortega of Spain have topped the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest billionaires. Gina Rinehart is the highest-ranked Australian, coming in at number 36 with...

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SpaceX capsule arrives at space station

A PRIVATELY owned Dragon capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering a tonne of supplies with high-flying finesse after a shaky start to the mission. The Dragon's arrival was one day late but especially sweet - and not because...

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Hundreds die in Syria police academy fight

HUNDREDS of Syrian troops and rebels have been killed in a week-long battle for a police academy in the northern province of Aleppo, with insurgents seizing control of most of the complex, a monitoring group says. "Rebels have seized most of a...

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Large anti-corruption protests in Bulgaria

TENS of thousands of Bulgarians have rallied across the country, in the latest sign that the government's resignation last month has failed to calm public anger about poverty and corruption. In the capital Sofia metal fences and a heavy police...

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Gillard ramps up western Sydney stay

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard continues her five-day swing through western Sydney after a rousing reception by the Labor party faithful in Parramatta. Ms Gillard is expected to make a number of announcements that may benefit the region in her...

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Britain blasts 'delusional' Assad

BRITISH Foreign Secretary William Hague says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "delusional" for failing to see the bloodshed in his country is at his own hands. Hague says he will announce this week more assistance to the Syrian opposition in...

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