Body found as Tibet mine disaster kills 83

Eighty-three workers have been buried after a large-scale landslide hit a mining area in Tibet. Source: AAP RESCUE teams have found the first body almost 36 hours after a giant landslide in Tibet buried 83 mine workers. Xinhua news agency...

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Record boat arrivals in March: opposition

A RECORD 2200 asylum seekers have arrived in Australia on 34 boats so far this month, the federal opposition says. It has also been a record first quarter for illegal boat arrivals with over 3600 people arriving - a 179 per cent increase on...

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Burma unrest death toll reaches 43

THE death toll from recent communal violence in central Burma has risen to 43 with more than 1300 homes and other buildings destroyed. Sixty-eight people have been arrested in connection with the Buddhist-Muslim unrest, which has left 11,376...

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Attacks leave more than 50 dead in Nigeria

ATTACKS on villages surrounding a central Nigerian city at the heart of unrest between Christians and Muslims have killed more than 50 people this week. Officials say an assault on Wednesday on a village in the Riyom local government area killed...

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Napolitano bids to end impasse in Italy

ITALIAN President Giorgio Napolitano has asked two unidentified "groups" to come up with a program for government in a bid to end a deadlock between parties more than a month after elections that left no clear winner. Napolitano stressed that...

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Vic appeal raises $16.4m for kids hospital

VICTORIANS have dug deep for the Royal Children's Hospital, raising a record $16.4 million in the Good Friday Appeal. The total of $16,405,534 eclipsed last year's record total of $15.82 million. Good Friday Appeal executive director Deborah...

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Bombings kill 23, wound dozens in Iraq

A STRING of bombings targeting Shi'ite mosques in Iraq have killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens, officials say. Friday's attacks were the latest in spectacular assaults staged by insurgents seeking to undermine the Shi'ite-led government's...

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Govt to crackdown on dodgy compo claims

THE workers' compensation scheme for federal public servants will be overhauled in an attempt to cut down on dubious claims, Fairfax Media reports. The government review of the billion dollar Comcare insurance scheme reportedly calls for a crackdown...

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Portugal budget deficit leaps to 6.4%

PORTUGAL'S 2012 budget deficit leapt to 6.4 per cent of the nation's total output, from 4.4 per cent one year earlier as the heavily indebted eurozone member struggles to raise revenues and cut spending amid recession and soaring unemployment, national...

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US 4th quarter growth faster than thought

US economic growth in the fourth quarter was faster than originally thought at 0.4 per cent, the Department of Commerce says in its final revision of the estimate. The previous estimate had the economy basically flat, expanding at a 0.1 per...

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BlackBerry back in profit, sells 1m Z10s

RESEARCH In Motion says it sold about one million of its critically important new BlackBerry 10 devices and surprised Wall Street by returning to profitability in the most recent quarter. The earnings provide a first glimpse of how RIM's new touch-screen...

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US stocks higher as Cyprus reopens banks

US stocks have pushed higher in early trade after banks in Cyprus reopened without major incident and Europe's markets gained on buoyant German retail sales data. Five minutes into trade on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 30.11...

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Man to face Sydney court over cocaine

A MAN will face court charged with drug offences after more than two kilograms of cocaine was found at a house on Sydney's northern beaches. Police from the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad arrested the man, 51, on Thursday after searching...

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Prudential fined for non-disclosure

BRITISH insurance giant Prudential has been fined STG30 million ($A43.67 million) and its chief executive "censured" for failing to inform authorities about a planned takeover of the Asian arm of US insurer AIG, Britain's financial watchdog says....

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UK to start giving food stamps to poor

LOCAL governments in Britain say they will be issuing "food stamps" - vouchers for food and other essentials - to the poor to replace cash loans as part of the country's welfare reforms. Many Britons with low incomes who qualify for emergency...

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63 Malian soldiers, 600 Islamists killed

THE Malian army says 63 soldiers and some 600 Islamists have been killed since the launch of the French-led military action to regain the country's north from Islamist groups linked to al-Qaeda. "Since the start of the military offensive launched...

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Pistorius brother pleads not guilty

THE older brother of South African star sprinter Oscar Pistorius has pleaded not guilty at his trial over a deadly road crash five years ago. Carl Pistorius, 28, has been charged with culpable homicide and reckless driving after a 2008 road...

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Spending on mental health increasing

SPENDING on mental health services has ballooned by almost half a billion dollars to about $309 for every Australian, according to the latest statistics. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) says figures for 2010/11 show a rise...

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S&P puts Deutsche Bank on negative rating

INTERNATIONAL ratings agency Standard and Poor's has put the biggest German bank's long-term credit rating on negative watch after Deutsche Bank's 2012 earnings were hit by writedowns and legal costs. S&P said in a statement it has placed...

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US stocks higher on housing price survey

US stocks have opened higher after a leading index of housing prices showed a steep price increase. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 54.95 (0.38 per cent) to 14,502.70. The broad-based S&P 500 jumped 6.12 (0.39...

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Saudi says busted spy cell Iran-linked

AN alleged spy cell dismantled last week in Saudi Arabia had "direct links" to Iran's intelligence services, the kingdom's interior ministry says. "Preliminary investigations and physical evidence that has been collected as well as the defendants'...

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Russian teen 'flees US adopters'

A RUSSIAN-BORN youth has run away from his adoptive parents in the United States and returned to his grandmother in provincial Russia, state television says, adding fuel to a furious row with Washington over adoption. State television made huge...

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Portugal economy to contract: bank

THE Portuguese economy is set to contract by 2.3 per cent this year due to a sharp fall in domestic demand and disappointing export growth, the Bank of Portugal says. With the new forecast, which predicts a deeper contraction than an earlier...

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Cold lambs feast on chocolate eggs

TWO lambs have caused mayhem at a popular UK tourist attraction after trying to scoff a pile of a quarter of a million chocolate Easter eggs. A ewe and the two lambs were found in the egg store at Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset where staff believe...

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Native title boss to step down

THE boss of the body that oversees native title claims in Australia is stepping down after almost two decades of involvement with Aboriginal land rights. National Native Title Tribunal president Graeme Neate announced on Tuesday he would leave...

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US stocks rise on Cyprus deal

US stocks have opened higher after a last-minute deal to resolve the Cyprus banking crisis bolstered markets in Europe and Asia. Five minutes into trade on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 15.37 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 14,527.40....

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Syria rebel commander loses leg in blast

RIAD al-Asaad, commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army, has been wounded in a blast that hit his car in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog says. A government official in Ankara confirmed Asaad had been hurt, saying...

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Labor's lousy week continues with Newspoll

THIS September's federal election is getting more lopsided with 30 Labor MPs likely to lose their seats, according to the latest Newspoll. With Prime Minister Julia Gillard admonishing her own party for an "appalling" two weeks of self-indulgence,...

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NSW Labor isn't winning over voters: poll

THE Labor brand in NSW continues to suffer with a new poll revealing less than a quarter of voters are behind the opposition party. The Nielsen poll, published by Fairfax Media, revealed only 23 per cent of those surveyed would give NSW Labor...

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Man facing Facebook threats charges

A BRITISH man who allegedly posted on Facebook threats to kill 200 people in America will face extra charges, a court has heard. Reece Elliott, 24, from South Shields, South Tyneside, appeared before magistrates in the town, where his case was...

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Bidding war for Dell as new offers emerge

A BIDDING war has broken out for US computer maker Dell as two new acquisition offers emerged in competition with the private buyout led by founder Michael Dell. The company said the offers were from billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn and...

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Selfless, brave Australians honoured

SURROUNDED by rising floodwaters, the mother of six-month-old Grace had two choices - risk death or hand her child to a stranger to be winched up to a helicopter. That stranger was Queensland fireman Brad Hindmarsh. "I called the mother aside...

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ADF should plan for climate change: report

EDS: Not for use before 0001 AEDT Monday, March 25 CANBERRA, March 25 AAP - The Australian Defence Force needs to plan now to deal with the impacts of climate change on security in the region, a report from a think-tank says. The Australian Strategic...

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Shark attack hero wins bravery award

That was the only thought Trevor Ronald Burns had when he saw a woman being attacked by a Great White Shark. He never expected to be awarded for his bravery. The Brisbane man was holidaying in Perth with his family in October 2010 when they took part...

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Storms black out 50,000 Qld properties

A SERIES of severe storms, accompanied by 90km/h winds and lightning strikes, have swept through southeast Queensland, cutting off power to thousands of homes and businesses. The State Emergency Service responded to up to 100 calls for help,...

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Zygier gave up names of informants: report

THE man known as Prisoner X - Melbourne-born former Mossad agent Ben Zygier - was outfoxed trying to turn a Hezbollah representative into a double agent and unwittingly became one himself, handing over the names of two valuable informants in Lebanon,...

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Cyprus in last-ditch bailout talks

CYPRUS President Nicos Anastasiades has entered emergency talks with the island's international creditors seeking to avert bankruptcy in a crisis that is again threatening the stability of the wider eurozone. The clock is ticking for the tiny...

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