Huge fire ravages Mackay shopping complex

FOUR youths have been questioned over a massive fire that gutted a north Queensland shopping complex. No one was injured in the blaze on Greenfield Boulevard, Mackay, but it destroyed most of the Toys R Us, Clark Rubber and Autobarn stores....

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US computer graphics guru wins Kyoto Prize

AN American regarded as a father of computer graphics, an Indian literary critic and a Japanese molecular cell biologist have received the Kyoto Prize, Japan's highest private award for global achievement. The Inamori Foundation awarded its...

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'Volunteers' roped into Beijing crackdown

THE Chinese Communist Party's paranoia is on full display for its congress in Beijing in a security squeeze extending from police swarming Tiananmen Square to elderly sentinels watching street corners. The capital has 1.4 million "public order...

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Iraq cancels $US4.2bn Russia arms deal

IRAQ has cancelled a $US4.2 billion ($A4.05 billion) package of arms deals with Russia over corruption concerns, a spokesman for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki says. "The deal was cancelled," Ali Mussawi said on Saturday. "When Maliki returned...

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60 countries expected at Tokyo Syria meet

JAPAN says around 150 delegates from about 60 countries are expected to attend an international conference in Tokyo this month aimed at pressuring the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It will bring together senior government officials...

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Hong Kong shares end 0.85% lower

HONG Kong shares have fallen 0.85 per cent following another loss on Wall Street owing to concerns over the US economy and despite a slew of upbeat data out of China. The benchmark Hang Seng Index fell 182.53 points to 21,384.38 on turnover of...

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Man in custody over laneway body discovery

A MAN is in custody and assisting detectives as police investigate the death of a woman whose body was found in a laneway in Western Australia's mid west region. A 36-year-old man is in custody in Meekatharra and assisting major crime squad...

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China economic data point to recovery

CHINA'S factory output and consumer spending improved in October in a new sign of possible economic recovery as the Communist Party prepared to install a new generation of leaders. Growth in factory output accelerated to 9.6 per cent over a year...

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Japan steelmaking giant posts $US4bn loss

THE world's second biggest steelmaker, created through the recent merger of Japan's Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal, has posted a $US3.9 billion ($A3.76 billion) combined net loss in its fiscal first half. The whopping shortfall for Nippon Steel...

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Govt using us as tools, says asylum seeker

AN asylum seeker at Australia's offshore processing centre on Nauru has accused the federal government of trying to cover up a mass hunger strike and says detainees are being used as political tools. The man, who asked to be identified only by...

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One dead at Linkin Park concert venue

A SPOKESWOMAN for the South African city of Cape Town says one person has died after a scaffolding collapsed in high winds outside a Linkin Park concert, injuring 19 other people. Kylie Hatton said on Thursday a woman died after being taken...

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Air raids, clashes hit Damascus: watchdog

SYRIAN rebels and troops have clashed in several districts of Damascus while air raids hit the city's outskirts, a watchdog says, amid intensifying fighting in the capital. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in Syria is now so bad that the...

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Schoolies advised to look after mates

That's the simple message from organisers of this year's schoolies event on the Gold Coast. Nearly 30,000 school leavers are expected to descend on Surfers Paradise from next week in the annual end-of-year celebrations. The death of Gold Coast 600...

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Hong Kong shares end 2.41% lower

HONG Kong shares have tumbled 2.41 per cent on fears US legislators will fail to reach a deal before year-end to avoid a "fiscal cliff" that could tip the economy back into recession. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Thursday fell 532.94 points...

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Bahrain revokes citizenship of 31 Shi'ites

BAHRAINI authorities have revoked the citizenship of 31 Shi'ite activists, among them two former members of parliament, for having "undermined state security", state news agency BNA reports. The names of the 31 activists, including brothers Jawad...

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Suicide bombing kills five in Pakistan

A POLICE officer says a suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan has killed five people, including three policemen. Asif Iqbal says the attack on Wednesday targeted the vehicle of a senior police officer outside a police station in a crowded market...

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World leaders celebrate Obama re-election

FROM his old school in Indonesia to a Japanese beach town that happens to share his name, people around the world cheered President Barack Obama's re-election. The results of Tuesday's election were closely watched in many countries. Several US...

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Queensland's CMC sacks 13

QUEENSLAND'S Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) says it has lost another 13 staff because of the state government's budget cuts. The CMC had already announced that between July 1 and October 11 there were 44 separations, none of which were...

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Jubilant Obama says 'best is yet to come'

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has told cheering supporters that "the best is yet to come" for the United States as he stormed to a second term by defeating Republican Mitt Romney. After taking the stage at a raucous Chicago victory party early on Wednesday...

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Putin fires defence minister over scandal

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has fired the country's defence minister, two weeks after a criminal probe was opened into alleged fraud in the sell-off of military assets. Putin made the announcement of Anatoly Serdyukov's dismissal on Tuesday...

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Romney camp projects confidence

EITHER he is wearing the best poker face in politics, or Mitt Romney is his own truest believer, so sure of his destiny as the next US president that he refuses to contemplate the alternative. "Confidence" is the singular word that senior strategist...

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Gunmen kill brother of Syrian politician

FRESH bombings and air strikes have shaken Syria, a day after nearly 250 people died in the country's worst violence in weeks and rebels launched one of their deadliest attacks yet. As the opposition met in Qatar under pressure to form a truly...

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Bomb blast wounds two in Kenyan capital

AT least two people have been wounded in the Kenyan capital when a bomb was set off in the Eastleigh neighbourhood of Nairobi, the latest in a string of attacks, police say. "Two people have sustained injuries and rushed to hospital ... it was...

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Labor has reservations about pursuit laws

RESERVATIONS about proposed new laws handing a mandatory minimum jail term to drivers who kill or injure someone while fleeing police have been aired in Western Australia's parliament. After a recent series of shocking deaths during police pursuits...

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Israel halted Iran attack

ISRAEL'S prime minister and defence minister ordered the military to go on alert to prepare to attack Iran's nuclear program two years ago, but backed off following opposition from top security officials, an Israeli news show claims in a report to...

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Cows bound for Pakistan despite sheep cull

THOUSANDS of Australian cows are to be sent to Pakistan where 21,000 mainly West Australian sheep were brutally slaughtered - and there's no guarantee they won't face a similar fate. The revelation came in ABC's Four Corners program on Monday,...

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Calls for police to investigate college

POLICE should be brought in to stamp out ongoing bad behaviour at St John's College at the University of Sydney, a former fellow of the college says. Professor Roslyn Arnold has called for greater scrutiny after reports that loutish behaviour...

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European leaders seek Asian support

EUROPEAN leaders gathered in impoverished Laos on Monday on a mission to reassure Asia they are finally getting a grip on the eurozone debt crisis during a major summit in the tiny landlocked nation. Top European officials including French President...

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European stocks dip at open; London down

EUROPE'S main stock markets fell at the start of trading on Monday, in cautious trade on the eve of the US presidential election, dealers said. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies slid 0.44 percent to 5,842.55 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30...

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