Hong Kong stocks fall on bird flu fears

HONG Kong stocks have tumbled 2.73 per cent, with airlines the hardest hit, following an outbreak of bird flu in mainland China which has killed six people. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Friday fell 610.59 points to end at 21,726.90 - a four-month...

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PNG PM urges changes for Manus detainees

Detainees on Manus Island should interact with the community, says PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA needs to consider allowing asylum seekers housed at the detention facility on Manus Island to interact with the local...

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N Korea missile movements fuel tensions

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned any miscalculation by North Korea could lead to a grave outcome. Source: AAP NORTH Korea has moved a second mid-range missile to its east coast and loaded both on mobile launchers, a report says, fuelling fears...

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Mark Knopfler cancels Russian tour dates

BRITISH rock musician Mark Knopfler has announced he is cancelling his Russian tour dates because of the Moscow's crackdown on NGOs including searches of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. "Given the crackdown by Russian authorities...

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Ballet star Polunin walks out of show

ONE of the ballet's world's brightest but most volatile stars has vanished, again. Sergei Polunin had been due to star in a dance piece based on Billy Hayes' Turkish prison memoir Midnight Express opening next week in London. But director Peter...

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Red tape strangling Aust universities

AUSTRALIAN universities are spending millions of dollars and thousands of work days each year dealing with red tape, the sector's peak body says. A new report shows a typical Australian university spent 2000 days in 2011 preparing 18 reports for...

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Dozens of senior Qld cops to retire early

MORE than 80 senior Queensland police officers will leave the service in coming weeks. But Commissioner Ian Stewart says it won't affect operations, and all 86 have applied for, and been granted, voluntary redundancies. "While their departure...

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Plans to keep Aussies safe in Korea

Defence Minister Stephen Smith says Australia has plans to keep Australians safe in South Korea. Source: AAP DEFENCE has made contingency plans to ensure the safety of Australians in South Korea, amid concerns about North Korea's threats...

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Estonia capital gives residents free ride

LOOKING for a free ride? Go live in Tallinn. Estonia's capital has become the world's first to introduce free public transport for all of its residents. All that's required is a transit pass showing you're a registered Tallinner - and the city's...

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Lego denies pulling toy after racism claim

LEGO is denying that the withdrawal of its Star Wars: Jabba's Palace box set is due to accusations of Islamaphobia and racism. The decision to discontinue the product at the end of 2013 "was taken last year and communicated in January," but...

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IMF to provide 1 bn euros to Cyprus rescue

THE International Monetary Fund has agreed to provide approximately 1 billion euros ($A1.24 billion) to the 10-billion-euro rescue plan for cash-strapped Cyprus, managing director Christine Lagarde says. This would be through a "three-year Special...

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Economist warns of radical climate change

The former chief economist for the World Bank says global warming is proceeding at an alarming rate. Source: AAP THE author of an influential 2006 study on climate change has warned that the world could be headed towards warming even more catastrophic...

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Taliban attack on Afghan court kills six

TALIBAN attackers have stormed an Afghan court and surrounding buildings, killing at least six people and wounding 70 others in the western town of Farah. At least four militants who launched the bomb and shooting attack also died in the assault,...

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Mandela much better after week in hospital

NELSON Mandela is "much better" and responding "satisfactorily" to treatment after a week in hospital for pneumonia. The ailing 94-year-old, who served as South Africa's first black president, was making a steady improvement and doctors were...

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Eddie Murphy refused Mel B visa form:court

Eddie Murphy (pic) has refused to sign a consent form for his child with Mel B to come to Australia. Source: AAP AMERICAN actor Eddie Murphy refused to sign a visa consent form allowing his child with Spice Girl Melanie Brown to come to Australia,...

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Jury out again in UK fire deaths trial

A UK jury will consider its verdicts in the manslaughter trial of Mick and Mairead Philpott. Source: AAP A BRITISH jury has resumed its deliberations in the trial of a couple accused of killing their six children in a house fire. The seven...

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Nepal traffic police herd holy cows

POLICE in Nepal's capital Kathmandu have launched a campaign to round up cows roaming the streets, blaming the sacred animals for car accidents and traffic jams. "The stray cows and oxen have been a big nuisance in Kathmandu streets. They not...

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Fierce battles rage in Damascus

Syria monitors say March was the deadliest month yet in the conflict, with more than 6000 deaths. Source: AAP FIGHTING between Syria's rebels and loyalist troops raged in two Damascus neighbourhoods on Tuesday while shelling of a village near...

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Food poisoning hits 479 Egyptian students

NEARLY 500 students from Cairo's Al-Azhar university have been admitted to hospital with food poisoning, a senior Egyptian health ministry official says. The official, Khaled el-Khateib, said on Tuesday all 479 food poisoning cases came from...

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Greek recapitalisation delay predicted

GREECE'S central banker is forecasting that an eagerly-awaited recapitalisation of the country's crisis-hit leading banks could be delayed by a few weeks to May. "The recapitalisation will be over in a few weeks," Bank of Greece governor George...

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South Korea leader vows retaliation

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament is set to meet at a time of soaring military tensions. Source: AAP SOUTH Korea's new president has promised a strong military response to any North Korean provocation after Pyongyang announced the two countries...

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Berezovsky's girlfriend doubts suicide

THE 23-year-old girlfriend of the late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky said she did not believe he had killed himself and that they had been planning to go to Israel on holiday together days after he was found dead. In an interview with liberal...

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Easter road toll 7 more than last year's

EIGHTEEN people have been killed on the nation's roads during the Easter break, seven more than this time last year. Two pedestrians are among the victims, with the latest a male who died at the scene of a crash at Waterloo Corner, north of Adelaide,...

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Suicide truck bomb kills 8 in Iraq

A SUICIDE truck bomber killed eight people at a police headquarters as data showed March was Iraq's deadliest month since August, raising fears of a surge in violence leading up to elections. The latest attack, in Saddam Hussein's hometown of...

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Protest 'polar bear' floats past Kremlin

A GREENPEACE activist in a polar bear suit has floated along the Moscow River past the Kremlin before being briefly detained in a stunt by the environmental group to protest against energy exploration in Russia's Arctic waters. The activist...

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Mandela spends fourth day in hospital

Nelson Mandela is comfortable and breathing without difficulty after being treated for pneumonia. Source: AAP NELSON Mandela remains in hospital for a fourth day after South African officials say he's making steady progress following treatment...

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Beatles album sells for $279,000

A RARE, signed copy of The Beatles' album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has been sold for a record $US290,500 ($A279,000) at auction. The Hollywood Reporter entertainment magazine reported on its website that the album, signed by all...

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Family escapes Adelaide house fire

A FAMILY with five children has escaped unscathed from a fire which engulfed a home in Adelaide's north. The single storey duplex house at Smithfield Plains was fully alight when fire crews arrived on Sunday afternoon. A neighbour alerted the...

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Australian soldiers injured in Afghanistan

TWO Australian special forces soldiers have been wounded by a bomb blast in Afghanistan. The Defence Department said the soldiers had been hurt when an improvised explosive device detonated during a patrol in Helmand province on Sunday. A coalition...

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Fears for Aussie amid Savile sex scandal

A SHOWBIZ friend of the high-profile Australian entertainer arrested last week in England on suspicion of sex offences fears his mate's life may have been ruined even if he's never charged. The 83-year-old Australian celebrity was questioned on...

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