Defeated Kenyan PM challenges poll result

OUTGOING Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has lodged a petition with the country's top court to challenge the outcome of the presidential election that saw him defeated by his rival Uhuru Kenyatta. The move will be seen as a test of democracy...

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Hundreds protest in Kabul over US forces

HUNDREDS of Afghan demonstrators have marched to the parliament complex in the capital Kabul demanding US special forces withdraw from Wardak province after allegations of abuse. President Hamid Karzai ordered elite US units to pull out of the...

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Football codes urged to tackle concussion

AUSTRALIA'S football bosses have been urged to review their concussion management guidelines to protect players from long-term damage. Alzheimer's Australia NSW released a series of recommendations in a discussion paper on Sunday, asking the...

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Cyprus shellshocked over eurozone bailout

RESIDENTS of Cyprus have reacted with shock after the government agreed to a 10 billion euros ($A12.62 billion) bailout that includes an unprecedented levy on all bank deposits. The debt rescue package, agreed with the eurozone and International...

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Anglican leader to skip pope inauguration

THE new leader of the world's Anglicans, Justin Welby, will miss the inauguration of Pope Francis next week as he will be on a "pilgrimage of prayer", his residence has announced. Welby, who became Archbishop of Canterbury last month, will be...

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Tense Zimbabwe votes on new constitution

ZIMBABWEANS have voted on a new constitution that would pave the way for crucial elections in a country plagued by political violence. Voters are expected to roundly back the text, which would introduce presidential term limits, beef up parliament's...

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Auction house claims it has Titanic violin

A BRITISH auction house says it has unearthed the violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as the ocean liner sank. Survivors of the Titanic have said they remember the band, led by Wallace Hartley, playing on deck even as passengers boarded...

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New Israeli government formed

KEY parties have signed coalition agreements with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, clearing the way for him to inform President Shimon Peres that a new government has been formed, a statement from his office says. "The prime minister welcomes...

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Berlusconi's lawyers seek to move trials

SILVIO Berlusconi's lawyers have filed motions to change the jurisdiction of two trials nearing verdicts in Milan. Berlusconi's lawyers claim the Milan courts are biased against the former premier and sought on Friday to move the trials to Brescia,...

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Bruni takes revenge on 'penguin' president

FORMER first lady Carla Bruni has reportedly taken a swipe at French President Francois Hollande, depicting him as a bumbling buffoon with no manners in a song that features on her new album. The lyrics of The Penguin were released on Friday...

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Turkish Airlines to buy up to 117 Airbuses

TURKEY'S national carrier Turkish Airlines says it will buy up to 117 planes from the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, with deliveries scheduled between 2015 and 2020. "The airline's board of directors announced 117 air planes will be...

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Another 800 dead pigs in Shanghai river

SHANGHAI has fished another 809 dead pigs out of its main waterway, bringing the total carcasses found this week to 8300 in a scandal highlighting China's troubles with food safety. The swine effluent discovered flowing down the Huangpu river...

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RBA plays down surge in jobs growth.

A RESERVE Bank of Australia official says the large surge in employment growth in February will not, by itself, have an impact on the interest rate outlook. Total employment surged by 71,500 in February - the largest monthly increase since July...

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Honda recalls vehicles for braking issue

Honda is recalling vehicles for brakes that can suddenly kick in when the driver isn't braking. Source: AAP HONDA is recalling nearly 250,000 vehicles, including 1000 in Australia, for brakes that can suddenly kick in when the driver isn't...

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Wild cyclonic weather to hit Lord Howe

A tropical cyclone is expected to cause extreme winds and surf on Lord Howe Island. Source: AAP A TROPICAL cyclone is expected to pass close by Lord Howe Island on Friday morning, lashing the island with damaging winds and surf, the weather...

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Man's body found near Broken Hill

THE body of an elderly man has been found near Broken Hill in outback NSW. Police said two elderly men, aged 81 and 78, went missing on Wednesday near Broken Hill after leaving the isolated mining town in a four-wheel drive. Police told AAP...

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UK, France prepared to arm Syrian rebels

FRANCE and Britain are ready to arm rebels in Syria, even without full support from the European Union, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says. UK government sources said on Thursday that no decision had been taken to seek the lifting of...

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Govt lets down defence victims: taskforce

THE head of a taskforce investigating alleged abuses in the defence force says he's disillusioned with the federal government's failure to act on claims - and thinks victims may be too. DLA Piper taskforce leader Gary Rumble told a Senate Foreign...

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Tunisian MPs approve new government

TUNISIA'S MPs have approved a new government formed to pull the country out of a deep political and economic crisis, as an impoverished vendor died after setting himself alight. Premier-designate Ali Larayedh's broadly based coalition of his own...

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Greenland to get first woman PM

GREENLAND is set to have its first woman prime minister after the social democratic Siumut party won general elections on a vow to tax foreign mining companies, final results show. Aleqa Hammond's party garnered 42.8 per cent of the vote compared...

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US retail sales surge 1.1pct in February

US retail sales have picked up sharply in February despite a payroll tax hike, driven largely by a surge in petrol prices, government data shows. Retail and food services sales rose 1.1 per cent from January, the Commerce Department reported,...

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US stocks slip despite strong retail sales

US stocks have slipped in early trade despite a strong report on retail sales in February. Fifteen minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 24.91 points (0.17 per cent) to 14,425.15. The broad-based S&P 500 slipped...

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Alcohol problems up due to policies: FARE

ALCOHOL-RELATED violence and hospitalisations have risen significantly because successive NSW governments have failed to implement evidence-based policies, researchers claim. The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) has on Thursday...

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Church sex diploma shocks Swedish parents

A "SHAGGING diploma" given to youths at a Swedish Lutheran Church confirmation camp has proved too much for parents who have complained that their 14-year-olds are too young for sex. After attending a course entitled Love and Sexuality, the teenagers...

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Syria rebels, army locked in Homs combat

SYRIAN rebels and troops have fought fierce battles over a keenly contested neighbourhood of Homs, as fresh clashes broke out on the road linking Damascus to its international airport, a watchdog says. The fighting in Homs was focused on the Khaldiyeh...

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US stocks open with dip after bull run

US stocks have opened lower as investors take a pause after a series of gains took the Dow to a record close for five days in a row. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 6.60 points (0.05 per cent) at 14,440.69....

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Tunisian man immolates amid govt crisis

A CIGARETTE vendor has suffered severe burns after immolating himself in an act of desperation on a Tunis street hours before MPs were to vote on a new government to pull Tunisia out of political crisis. Officials named the man as 27-year-old...

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Crisis not over, Bundesbank warns

THE eurozone debt crisis is not yet over, even if calm appears to have returned to the financial markets, the Bundesbank warned on Tuesday as it set aside billions of euros in new risk provisions. "Even if reform policies are kept to, the necessary...

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Chevron reaffirms 2017 target on oil, gas

CHEVRON Corp has reaffirmed it will meet its target for a large increase in oil and natural gas output in 2017. The US oil giant, outlining its medium-term investment strategy to analysts, said it would hit 3.3 million barrels a day of oil-equivalent...

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N.Korea nuke strike only if threatened: US

NORTH Korea would likely only use nuclear weapons if it perceived a threat to its survival, but the United States remains uncertain how Pyongyang would define such a threat, the US intelligence chief says. "Although we assess with low confidence...

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Frenchman to proclaim new pope to world

THE honour of announcing the next leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will fall to French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who will proclaim the outcome of the conclave from St Peter's Basilica. The Bach-loving former Vatican diplomat will...

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Greece appoints new privatisation chief

GREECE has appointed its third privatisation chief in less than a year as it struggles to speed up delayed state asset sales to meet bailout goals. The head of Greece's main water provider EYDAP, Stelios Stavridis, was brought in to spearhead...

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S Africa dragging victim 'in fatal crash'

A MOZAMBICAN taxi driver who was dragged behind a police van and died in custody was in a car accident that killed five schoolchildren just days before his death, a South African court has heard. Mido Macia, 27, faced charges of culpable homicide...

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Icahn in Dell confidentiality agreement

CORPORATE raider Carl Icahn says his investment firm has entered into a confidentiality agreement with Dell, which is facing a battle over its plans to take the computer maker private. The agreement will allow Icahn access to detailed financial...

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EU bans comestics tested on animals

AFTER years of trying, the EU has finally put into effect a complete ban on the sale of cosmetics developed through animal testing. The EU has progressively clamped down on animal testing since the 1990s and banned most such products in 2009,...

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Muscat sworn in as Malta's new PM

MALTESE Labour leader Joseph Muscat has been sworn in as prime minister after his party swept to power for the first time in 15 years in the eurozone's smallest member state. The 39-year-old Muscat, an ex-journalist and former member of the...

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Queen delivers Commonwealth Day message

THE Queen has promoted the theme of opportunity through enterprise in her Commonwealth Day message for 2013. She said the theme was a celebration of achievements, "particularly those that may have seemed challenging, daunting or even impossible...

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Voters give Napthine a tick as Vic premier

HE'S been in the job less than a week but the latest poll shows Denis Napthine is the preferred premier of Victoria. The Fairfax Media/Nielsen poll, taken on Friday and Saturday in the wake of Ted Baillieu's shock decision to quit as premier,...

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Melbourne motorcyclist clocked at 174km/h

A MOTORCYCLIST has had his machine impounded after he was clocked travelling at 174km/h in an 80km/h zone on the Princes Highway in Melbourne's southeast. Casey Highway Patrol clocked the speeding Honda motorcycle at midday on Sunday at Pakenham.The...

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No he couldn't: Obama brother loses poll

HIS half-brother may be the most powerful man in the world but that stardust seemed not to rub off on Malik Obama as he failed miserably to win a county governor's seat in Kenya's recently concluded elections. Obama, 54, who shares a father...

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Malta's opposition Labour wins election

MALTA'S opposition Labour party has won a general election for the first time in more than 15 years, with party leader Joseph Muscat claiming a "landslide victory" in the eurozone's smallest member. Early results based on a sample of ballots...

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