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Cash crisis leaves Ukrainian hospitals relying on charity
02-Jul-09 07:36 PM CST Read More

Investors lighten Rio's debt load
Rio Tinto says it has completed one of the world's biggest rights issues now Australian shareholders have taken up almost 95 per cent of their entitlements to new shares.
02-Jul-09 07:23 PM CST Read More

Calma wants new approach to Indigenous issues
A new report shows the Federal Government needs to change its approach to Indigenous issues, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma, says.
02-Jul-09 07:18 PM CST Read More

Wide gaps between NSW schools
New South Wales Education Minister Verity Firth has revealed that schools with similar student demographics have big differences in their results.
02-Jul-09 07:14 PM CST Read More

Grog key to Indigenous problems: Macklin
The Federal Government says there will be a renewed focus on reducing alcohol abuse to improve Indigenous living conditions.
02-Jul-09 07:12 PM CST Read More

Russian forces besiege 'gunmen'
Security forces in the Russian North Caucasus city of Nalchik besiege a flat after coming under fire, Russian media report.
02-Jul-09 06:46 PM CST Read More

Swine flu response flawed: prominent GP
A prominent Melbourne doctor has written a damning report on how Australia has responded to the outbreak of swine flu.
02-Jul-09 06:43 PM CST Read More

Want $1 rent? Move to the Mallee
A Victorian town in the Mallee, in the state's north-west, is offering to lease farmhouses for $1 a week.
02-Jul-09 06:43 PM CST Read More

Territory prisoners catch swine flu
There have been two confirmed cases of swine flu at the Alice Springs jail.
02-Jul-09 06:41 PM CST Read More

BBQ diplomacy
Unlikely middleman between North Korea and the US
02-Jul-09 06:30 PM CST Read More

DPRK's missile launches "not helpful," says U.S.
The United States said on Thursday that the missile test-fires by the DPRK are "not helpful" and are "dangerous." The DPRK fired four short-range missiles off its east coast early Thursday. The missiles "were fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan)," according to media reports from the Republic of Korea.
02-Jul-09 06:27 PM CST Read More

UN chief due to arrive in Burma
The UN secretary general will visit Burma to seek the release of political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi.
02-Jul-09 06:24 PM CST Read More

U.S. Vice President Biden arrives in Iraq on surprise visit
BAGHDAD, July 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden ...
02-Jul-09 06:19 PM CST Read More

Space ambitions
US moonwalker Buzz Aldrin looks to new frontiers
02-Jul-09 06:03 PM CST Read More

Iranian leaders urge legal action against Mousavi
Iran's hardline leaders have called for legal action to be taken against opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi over the post-election protests that have rocked the country.
02-Jul-09 06:01 PM CST Read More

NZ rowers found after losing contact
Organisers of a long-distance rowing race from Western Australia to Mauritius say they have located the four New Zealand rowers they lost contact with earlier this week.
02-Jul-09 06:00 PM CST Read More

FBI reveals Saddam's WMD bluff
Saddam Hussein left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable to neighbouring Iran, according to declassified FBI documents.
02-Jul-09 05:46 PM CST Read More

Rock Machine man 'crashes limo, assaults police'
Police have charged an associate of the Rock Machine bikie gang with assaulting officers after crashing a stretch limousine twice in inner Sydney overnight.
02-Jul-09 05:24 PM CST Read More

Owen linked to shock Man Utd move
Manchester United refuse to be drawn on growing speculation that they are in talks with striker Michael Owen.
02-Jul-09 05:18 PM CST Read More

Sex attack on girl pulled off Sydney street
Police are searching for four men who allegedly pulled a 14-year-old girl into a car on a main road in Sydney's inner west before she was sexually assaulted this week.
02-Jul-09 05:11 PM CST Read More

S Korea braces for more missile tests
South Korea's military is preparing for more North Korean missile launches in the coming days after the hardline communist state fired four missiles overnight.
02-Jul-09 05:10 PM CST Read More

LA arena to host Jackson memorial
A public memorial for singer Michael Jackson will be held in Los Angeles, probably on Tuesday (local time).
02-Jul-09 05:02 PM CST Read More

U.S. keeps door open for DPRK's return to disarmament talks: Obama
WASHINGTON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama ...
02-Jul-09 04:57 PM CST Read More

Jackson's ex plans custody fight
The ex-wife of Michael Jackson plans to fight for custody of the two children she had with the tragic pop singer.
02-Jul-09 04:15 PM CST Read More

Markets tumble after US jobless figures
The New York Stock Exchange was forced to extend trading by 15 minutes after technical problems hit the trading room floor overnight.
02-Jul-09 04:06 PM CST Read More

NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday....
02-Jul-09 04:00 PM CST Read More

Israel, Hamas deny war crimes claims
Israel and the militant Hamas group have rejected accusations by Amnesty International that they committed war crimes during the recent conflict in Gaza.
02-Jul-09 04:00 PM CST Read More

China angry at Australia's Dalai Lama visit
The Chinese Government has reacted angrily to an Australian parliamentary delegation's visit to meet Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in India.
02-Jul-09 04:00 PM CST Read More

Remote Indigenous stores set for health overhaul
State and territory leaders have agreed to a new national licensing scheme to ensure stores in remote Indigenous communities sell healthy food.
02-Jul-09 03:46 PM CST Read More

Fans dismayed at Jackson funeral plans
It has been a week since the news broke of Michael Jackson's death and there is still confusion over his funeral arrangements.
02-Jul-09 03:41 PM CST Read More





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