4 survivors found at Russia chopper crash

RUSSIAN rescue teams have found four survivors including a teenage boy after finally reaching the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in the nearly impassable taiga of eastern Siberia the day before. Three people have already been evacuated...

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Egypt security slaps travel ban on Morsi

EGYPTIAN security forces have imposed a travel ban on President Mohamed Morsi and several top Islamist allies over their involvement in a prison escape in 2011, security officials say. Airport officials confirmed to AFP that they had received orders...

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S.Africa's De Klerk out of hospital

SOUTH Africa's last apartheid president FW de Klerk has been discharged from hospital following an operation to have a pacemaker fitted, paying tribute to his ailing successor Nelson Mandela's legacy of reconciliation. De Klerk, 77, who spent...

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N. Korea restores hotline with South

NORTH Korea has restored its hotline with South Korea and announced it would let the South's businessmen visit a shuttered joint industrial zone, Seoul officials say. The move came hours after dozens of South Korean firms threatened to withdraw...

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NSW Labor placed under administration

THE NSW Labor Party has been placed under the administration of the ALP national executive in a bid to end corruption and limit union influence. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and NSW Labor boss Sam Dastyari secured the agreement, aimed at improving...

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Past decade hottest on record, says UN

THE 21st century's first decade was the hottest on record, with temperatures rising at an unprecedented pace and weather extremes claiming over 370,000 lives, the United Nations says. In a new report on 2001-2010, the World Meteorological Organization...

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Portugal govt on the brink, markets fall

PORTUGAL'S government is tottering close to collapse after two ministers quit over its bailout reforms, sparking cries of concern from European authorities as financial markets take fright. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue. (It's...

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US police to charge brothers after kidnap

US police have interrogated three brothers Wednesday as grim details began to emerge about how three young Ohio women were kidnapped and held captive for 10 years in an unremarkable city home. Cleveland police chief Michael McGrath said he expected...

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Bangladesh shuts 18 garment factories

BANGLADESH has shut down 18 garment plants in an attempt to prevent a repeat of last month's factory collapse outside Dhaka, where the death toll has passed 800, with rescuers pulling dozens more bodies from the rubble. The announcement of the...

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Bangladesh shuts 18 garment factories

BANGLADESH has shut down 18 garment plants in an attempt to prevent a repeat of last month's factory collapse outside Dhaka, where the death toll has passed 800, with rescuers pulling dozens more bodies from the rubble. The announcement of the...

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Dutch probe baby milk sales to China

THE Dutch government has ordered an investigation into persistent shortages of certain brands of baby formula, blamed on networks of traffickers who ship milk powder to China where it is sold at premium prices. Deputy Economic Affairs Minister...

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Dutch probe baby milk sales to China

THE Dutch government has ordered an investigation into persistent shortages of certain brands of baby formula, blamed on networks of traffickers who ship milk powder to China where it is sold at premium prices. Deputy Economic Affairs Minister...

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Syria internet 'restored' after blackout

SYRIA'S internet appears to have been restored after a two-day blackout, residents and state media say. The blackout was blamed by state media on a technical fault, but activists and a watchdog accused the regime of deliberating cutting the...

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Nine feared dead in Italy cargo ship crash

NINE people are feared dead after a container ship crashed in Italy's busiest port of Genoa, bringing down a 50-metre control tower in an accident that revived memories of last year's Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster. The Jolly Nero ploughed...

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UK man loses Longley murder appeal

A YOUNG British man found guilty of murdering his aspiring New Zealand model girlfriend has lost his appeal against conviction. Wealthy jeweller's son Elliot Turner, now 21, from Bournemouth was present in the dock at the Court of Appeal in London...

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Shooting zone needed in NSW parks: union

THE Australian Workers Union (AWU) is urging the NSW government to enforce a 10-kilometre shooting exclusion zone around the homes of employees who live and work in the state's national parks. Recreational hunters will be allowed to hunt in...

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US stocks open mixed

US stocks are mixed in opening trade after Tuesday's one per cent-plus gains, with trade tempered by Apple's fall in profits and a poor read on durable goods orders in March. Five minutes into trade on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

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Two days of Iraq violence claims 118 lives

TWO days of violence in Iraq have killed 118 people, 99 of them in clashes and attacks involving security forces, protesters and their supporters, officials say. The violence also wounded 245 people, 194 of them in protest-related unrest, they...

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S Africa's Tutu in hospital for infection

PEACE icon Desmond Tutu has checked into a South African hospital for non-surgical treatment and tests related to an ongoing infection. "Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has checked into a Cape Town hospital for the treatment of a persistent...

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Flash floods kill 11 in north Afghanistan

ELEVEN people are confirmed dead and three are missing after flash floods swept through part of northern Afghanistan, damaging almost a thousand homes. The floods on Tuesday hit the Kishindih, Sholgara and Nahri Shai districts of Balkh province,...

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Russia nabs gunman suspected of killing 6

A GUNMAN suspected of shooting six people dead in the western Russian city of Belgorod has been captured after a massive manhunt last more than 24 hours, police say. Convicted criminal Sergei Pomazun, 31, was shown on television pinned down by...

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Russia's growth slows drastically

RUSSIA has reported a sharp slowdown in growth over the first three months of the year to 1.1 per cent from 4.9 per cent in the same period of 2012, amid growing alarm over the state of its economy amid a slew of poor data and falling oil prices....

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Vibrating fork to combat obesity on sale

AN electronic fork that vibrates when you eat too fast has gone on sale in the US, with its French inventors claiming it can help combat obesity and digestive issues. Those who contribute at least $US89 ($A86) on the crowd funding website Kickstarter...

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French executives in breast implant trial

FRANCE has launched one of its biggest-ever trials as five managers from company PIP faced charges of selling faulty breast implants that sparked a global health scare. More than 5000 women registered as plaintiffs in the case, which sees the...

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Undisclosed glitch disrupts Google Mail

GOOGLE has suffered disruptions on several of its cloud-based services including Google Mail for about two hours for reasons that were not disclosed. The apps status dashboard of the world's most popular search engine indicated "service disruptions"...

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Obama letter had suspicious substance

A LETTER addressed to President Barack Obama containing a "suspicious" substance has been intercepted at a mail screening facility outside the White House, the US Secret Service says. The letter was discovered at the remote facility which is...

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EU mulls easing Syria oil embargo

THE European Union is considering a case-by-case easing of its oil embargo against Syria in order to help the opposition, diplomatic sources say. A decision, which would be formally agreed by EU foreign ministers at talks next Monday in Luxembourg,...

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France unveils plan to reach 2014 deficit

FRANCE has presented a plan to get its public deficit back under the EU limit by 2014, having decided to let debt grow further as it tries to jumpstart a sputtering economy. The plan to bring the deficit below 3.0 per cent of gross domestic product...

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France acquits mum over son's Jihad shirt

A COURT in southern France has acquitted a mother on trial for dressing her three-year-old son in a T-shirt reading "I am a bomb" and "Jihad, Born on September 11." Bouchra Bagour, 35, was on trial in Avignon on charges of defending terrorism...

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UK PM leads parliament tribute to Thatcher

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has led parliament in a special session of tributes to Margaret Thatcher, describing the divisive former leader as an "extraordinary" woman who had revived the country's fortunes. The Iron Lady's harshest critics...

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US growth to pick up 3.2% in 2014: Obama

PRESIDENT Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget sees US economic growth picking up to 3.2 per cent next year from 2.3 per cent this year. The $US3.77 trillion ($A3.61 trillion) proposed budget, released on Wednesday, also assumes unemployment will...

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Dane cleared of crimes due to 'sexsomnia'

A DANISH man has been acquitted of molesting two 17-year-old girls after he was found to suffer from a rare sleep disorder known as "sexsomnia". The Glostrup court said Wednesday that the man fondled the teenagers while sleeping in his suburban...

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European stocks close sharply higher

EUROPE'S main stock markets closed sharply higher on Wednesday, with London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies gaining 1.17 per cent to 6,387.37 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 jumped 2.27 per cent to 7,810.63 points, in Paris the CAC 40 rose...

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Google expands superfast internet in US

WHILE Australians debate the merits of faster broadband, Google is extending its "super-fast" service to Texas. Google Fiber debuted in Kansas City and in November began providing users there with internet service that moves data at a blazing...

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New horsemeat scandal in the Netherlands

THE Netherlands' food watchdog had asked hundreds of companies across Europe, supplied by a Dutch wholesaler suspected of mixing beef and horsemeat, to check 50,000 tonnes of suspect meat. The organisation sent a letter to 130 Dutch companies...

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Defence company to shed 450 Aust jobs

ONE of Australia's largest defence companies, BAE Systems, will make more than 400 workers redundant as it reels from the loss of defence contracts. The Australian arm of the global defence company has revealed the loss of a maintenance contract...

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Spain princess suspect in corruption case

A SPANISH judge has named King Juan Carlos's daughter Princess Cristina as a suspect in a corruption case, dealing a spectacular blow to the prestige of the royal family. It is first time a member of the Spanish royal family has been called to...

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French government hit by tax fraud scandal

FRANCE'S Socialist government is reeling from an explosive tax fraud scandal as critics question how much President Francois Hollande knew about a former budget minister's secret foreign bank account. Jerome Cahuzac - the minister responsible...

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Taliban kill 44 in attack on Afghan court

TALIBAN militants have stormed an Afghan court, killing at least 44 people in a bid to free insurgents standing trial in the deadliest attack for more than a year. It was not immediately clear whether the accused men had escaped the court complex...

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Another death in China from new bird flu

A MAN in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, state media says, bringing the total deaths attributed to the virus to three since the first human cases. He was one of two H7N9 avian influenza infections reported...

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Flooding in Argentina kills 25

AT least 25 people have died in flooding in the Argentine city of La Plata as torrential rain hit the region. The deaths raised the number of people killed this week to 33 following record heavy rain in Argentina. A powerful storm that earlier...

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European stocks drop on downbeat US data

EUROPE'S main stock markets has slumped, with London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies giving up 1.08 per cent to 6,420.28 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 fell by 0.87 per cent to 7,874.75 points on Wednesday, while in Paris the CAC 40 lost...

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US top court tackles law on gay marriage

THE US Supreme Court is tackling same-sex unions for a second day, hearing arguments for and against the 1996 US law defining marriage as between one man and one woman. After the nine justices mulled arguments on a California law outlawing gay...

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Flat year for US music industry: survey

US music industry sales held nearly steady in 2012 as gains from digital subscription services offset further declines in physical disc sales, an industry survey showed on Wednesday. Overall recorded music sales revenues for 2012 were $US7.1...

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Jeep Cherokee takes a radical new turn

THE Jeep Cherokee is back, with a surprising design that could win some new buyers but lose some old fans. The 2014 Cherokee midsize SUV makes its debut on Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show. The remake is so radical that observers...

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BMW unveils new diesel 3-Series sedan

BMW is giving fans of its 3-Series more room and better petrol mileage in two important variations of the small luxury sports sedan that it's rolling out at the New York International Auto Show this week. On Wednesday, the German carmaker will...

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Vic firefighters to assess damage

FIREFIGHTERS will get their first look on Thursday at the destruction caused by a fire that ravaged the community of Dereel in Victoria's west. The fire broke out just after 11.30am on Wednesday and spread rapidly to cover 1300 hectares, causing...

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Russia raids HRW office amid EU concern

RUSSIAN authorities have searched the Moscow offices of New-York based Human Rights Watch as they step up raids against pro-democracy groups despite growing concern from top European states. Germany said the inspections risked affecting the...

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Bersani scambles to form Italy govt

CENTRE-LEFT leader Pier Luigi Bersani says only a mentally ill person would want Italy's top job as he scrambles against the clock to secure enough support to form a government in the recession-hit country. His comments came during last-minute...

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Miners trapped after cave-in

Nineteen people have been pulled to safety after a mine collapsed after a quake in Poland. Above, rescuers search for miners in China, which is frequently hit by deadly mine accidents. Picture: AFP Source: AFP NINETEEN copper miners in Poland...

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3000 Afghan troops, police killed in year

ALMOST 3,000 Afghan police and soldiers have been killed in the past 12 months, nearly the same as the number of NATO deaths in Afghanistan in the past 11 years of war, Kabul says. In statistics marking the end of the lunar year in Afghanistan,...

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Cyprus fails to win Russia's help

CYPRIOT Finance Minister Michalis Sarris has failed to win assistance from tough-bargaining Russia after his island's rejection of an EU bailout that would have slapped a painful levy on bank accounts. Sarris met his Russian counterpart Anton...

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19 miners rescued after cave-in in Poland

NINETEEN copper miners in Poland have been rescued after being trapped underground for more than seven hours by a cave-in caused by an earthquake. The workers crawled their way to the surface of the Rudna copper mine, the deepest in Europe, after...

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Pope promises 'respect' for all religions

POPE Francis has promised "friendship and respect" for all faiths at a meeting with representatives of major world religions in the Vatican in which he said he felt "close" to non-believers. The Roman Catholic Church would "promote friendship...

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