07 Apr 09 | A night ceremony for the arrival of a US airman killed in Afghanistan has been witnessed by the media, marking the end of an 18-year ban on news coverage of returning American war dead.
After rece...
07 Apr 09 | The New Zealand Government is failing to act as an Antarctic ice shelf threatens to collapse, Greenpeace says.
A British Antarctic survey showed the Wilkins Ice Shelf, the ice bridge of which sh...
07 Apr 09 | A former Indonesian pilot has been sentenced to two years' jail over a plane crash that killed 21 people, including five Australians.
After a lengthy trial, an Indonesian court on Monday found Mar...
06 Apr 09 | At least 17 people were killed and 30 were missing in an earthquake that struck central Italy as most people lay sleeping early on Monday, and the death toll was expected to rise as many homes collapsed in the Abruzzo region.
06 Apr 09 | The pilot of a plane that crashed in Yogyakarta two years ago, killing five Australians, has been sentenced to two years in prison.
06 Apr 09 | Security Council in limbo after talks on North Korea's long-range rocket launch.
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06 Apr 09 | Ailing US car giant says it is "prepared" for bankruptcy proceedings.
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06 Apr 09 | Australia urges the United Nations Security Council to take action against North Korea.
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06 Apr 09 | PITTSBURGH: Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded when they responded to a domestic dispute between a mother and her son.
06 Apr 09 | PAKISTAN'S top judge has ordered a court hearing into the public flogging of a veiled young woman, filmed on an amateur video, that has raised alarm about the tightening grip of Islamist hardliners.
06 Apr 09 | LAYLA KHALIL survived the worst of the war in Iraq, dodging death when bombs exploded near her bus in Baghdad, rebuilding when her home was caught in an insurgent attack and worrying when one of her sons was wounded while working for US forces in the green zone.
06 Apr 09 | INDONESIA'S President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, yesterday backed away from longstanding and highly controversial plans to build a nuclear reactor in one of the world's most seismically active countries, saying it would instead develop existing energy sources and explore renewable alternatives before pursuing the nuclear option.
06 Apr 09 | WASHINGTON: Lawrence Summers, the top economic adviser to the US President, Barack Obama, earned millions over the past year as managing director of the hedge fund D. E. Shaw Group and through speaking fees, some from financial institutions now at the centre of the Government's rescue program.
06 Apr 09 | NORTH KOREA launched a long-range rocket yesterday, defying mounting international pressure and triggering an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
06 Apr 09 | The United Nations Security Council was to meet in an emergency session today at the request of Japan and the United States to discuss North Korea's ''provocative'' long-range rocket launch.
The US m...
06 Apr 09 | So far on her trip to Europe, Michelle Obama has hugged the Queen, double cheek-kissed the glamorous first lady of France and electrified the tabloids with her cutting-edge couture.
When she talke...
06 Apr 09 | Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to pay more than $US210million ($A294million) in bonuses through next year to give workers the incentive to stay in their jobs at the government...
06 Apr 09 | Reforms to how executive salaries are structured will be best achieved by improving disclosure to shareholders rather than government regulation, a business advisory services group says.
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06 Apr 09 | Germany's Parliament has cleared the way for the Government to take full control of battered lender Hypo Real Estate Holding, giving final approval to a law that allows it to expropriate shareholders....
06 Apr 09 | The US unemployment rate has risen to a 26-year high of 8.5 per cent as employers make deep payroll cuts, bringing the number of jobs lost since the economic slump began to five million.
Officia...