Elderly man charged over Zambia bus crash

ZAMBIAN police have charged an elderly farmer with causing a deadly high-speed collision between a bus and a truck that killed 53. The bus crashed into an oncoming truck on Thursday after swerving to avoid 74-year-old farmer Abraham van Eeden's...

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Rescuers struggle to aid quake victims

RELIEF workers are scrambling to reach quake-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands, with "unusual seismic activity" sighted as strong aftershocks continue to jolt the remote Pacific region. Pungent steam was reportedly rising from cracks in...

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Late flurry of Victorian bushfires

Victorian firefighters are bracing for a tough day as unfavourable conditions stoke two major fires. Source: AAP VICTORIA'S firefighters working on two major fires in the state's east have been battling a late flurry of blazes closer to Melbourne....

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Indian police rescue car gang-rape victim

POLICE have rescued a 24-year-old gang-rape victim from a car in New Delhi and arrested four men on suspicion of attacking her, officials say. The car was intercepted after a chase by police in the northern area of Burari on Thursday. The victim...

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Teen charged with attempted robbery

A TEENAGE boy has been charged with trying to rob a business at knifepoint north of Brisbane earlier this month. The 14-year-old boy allegedly entered the Oxley Avenue, Margate shopping centre about 5pm, pulling out a knife and threatening a...

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Microsoft wins latest round in patent case

A US judge has dismissed more than a dozen patent infringement claims filed against Microsoft. Source: AAP A US federal judge has tossed out more than a dozen patent infringement claims filed against Microsoft by Google-owned Motorola Mobility....

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Document declaring USSR dead 'missing'

FORMER Belarusian leader Stanislav Shushkevich says a historic document that pronounced the death of the USSR is missing from archives. Shushkevich discovered the disappearance of the original document while working on his memoirs. Officials...

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Firefighting helicopter crashes in Tas

A HELICOPTER pilot has been rescued after his chopper crashed while he was fighting a bushfire in Tasmania. A Tasmanian police rescue helicopter evacuated the pilot at 5pm (AEDT) after his helicopter crashed while he was fighting the fire near...

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Man charged after filming up girls' skirts

A MAN has been caught on CCTV filming up the skirts of women in shopping malls across Sydney. The 52-year-old man was captured on CCTV at shopping malls on George Street in Sydney and in Liverpool, using his mobile phone to film up the skirts...

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WA road toll has doubled

WESTERN Australia's road deaths in the first 37 days of the year have equalled the number in the same period in 2011 and 2012 combined. Police report there have been 27 road deaths and 17 critical injuries in WA so far in 2013, leading the Road...

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Obeid books 'a shambles, yes, but no sham'

Paul Obeid (R), the son of former Labor MP Eddie Obeid, has given evidence at a corruption inquiry. Source: AAP A SON of former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid has admitted encouraging an accountant to lie about his family's mining interests...

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Barnett plays law and order election card

LAW and order was top of the West Australian government's agenda when it fired its first official election campaign salvo. The move to propose yet more mandatory legislation for serious offenders - usually a vote winner - came less than two hours...

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Work bans by nurses at third WA hospital

NURSES at Fremantle Hospital plan to impose work bans on Wednesday, joining colleagues at two other hospitals as they press their pay claim with the WA government. The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) was originally seeking a 20 per cent wage...

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European stocks stable in opening trade

EUROPEAN stock markets are steady at the start of trading. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies was up 0.05 per cent at 6,249.70 points at the open on Tuesday. Frankfurt's DAX 30 firmed 0.07 per cent to 7,643.54 points and in Paris the...

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Brother-in-law killer claims self-defence

A MAN accused of murdering his brother-in-law in Perth has claimed it was self-defence, despite an elaborate escape in which he fled Australia and evaded police for more than a decade. Anthony Carl Prestidge is on trial in the West Australian...

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Hamas says members arrested by Israel

THE Palestinian militant group Hamas says Israel has arrested 20 of its members in a West Bank raid. Several Hamas officials say the arrests took place early on Monday across the territory. They say three of those arrested are elected leaders....

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Stolen Generation compensation trial in WA

MEMBERS of the Stolen Generation have begun a five-week trial in the West Australian Supreme Court seeking compensation. The case against the state has been brought by seven siblings and their parents, Donald and Sylvia Collard. The children...

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Swan denies withholding disaster funds

FEDERAL Treasurer Wayne Swan says claims by Queensland that flood disaster recovery funds are being withheld by the commonwealth are completely wrong. State Treasurer Tim Nicholls said on Monday the commonwealth is holding up $725 million worth...

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Spike in shootings frustrates SA top cop

SOUTH Australia's top cop has vented his frustration at the spike on the number of shootings in the state in the past month and the number of firearms finding their way into the hands of criminals. SA Police Commissioner Gary Burns said the...

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Armed robbers threaten 80-year-old

AN 80-year-old takeaway store owner and his daughter have been threatened with an axe and a machete during an armed robbery in northern NSW. Police said the elderly man and his 56-year-old daughter were woken up around 1.45am (AEDT) on Sunday...

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Attack on Iraqi police HQ slaughters 30

A SUICIDE car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed city in north Iraq killed 30 people on Sunday. The vehicle that was detonated in central Kirkuk was painted to appear as though it was...

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