Gunmen kill Nigeria politician: police

Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead a prominent lawmaker in northern Nigeria, police say. Source: AAP GUNMEN on a motorcycle have shot dead a prominent lawmaker in northern Nigeria, police say, in the latest in a series of such attacks...

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S Africa's ANC party set to choose leader

SOUTH Africa's governing African National Congress political party is set to return to where it first formed a century ago to pick its next leader. The occasion comes at a time some believe the movement is fighting to regain its moral high ground....

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400 asylum seekers reach Italian island

TWO boats carrying more than 400 African migrants have arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, the latest in a wave of thousands of undocumented migrants arriving from North African shores. The boats were intercepted on Saturday by...

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Syrian troops attack rebels: report

SYRIAN opposition activists say government troops have launched a major attack on rebel-held areas south of the capital Damascus. "The Syrian troops are trying, under a barrage of heavy shelling, to storm Daraya from various directions," Haytham...

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Defiant N Korea celebrates rocket launch

A mass rally has been held in Pyongyang to celebrate North Korea's successful rocket launch. Source: AAP HUNDREDS of thousands of North Koreans have rallied in the freezing cold to revel in the country's rocket launch as South Korea voiced...

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Scientists urge pardon for gay codebreaker

LEADING scientists including Stephen Hawking have urged Britain to pardon World War II code-breaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality. Often hailed as a father of modern computing whose...

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Two strong quakes strike off California

A STRONG 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of California, immediately followed by a 6.1-magnitude temblor, according to the US Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the earthquakes early...

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Tokyo shares chalk up big gains

TOKYO shares have jumped more than two per cent this week in the lead up to Japanese national elections on Sunday, as opinion polls point to a sizeable victory for the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). For the week to December 14, the...

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Greece debt buyback gets offers of $39.7bn

GREECE says it has attracted offers worth 31.9 billion euros ($A39.75 billion) under a debt buy-back scheme tied to the release of EU-IMF bailout funds needed to avert bankruptcy. But the country's debt management agency said to complete the...

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Clan leader pleads not guilty to massacre

A PHILIPPINE politician accused of helping plan the country's worst political massacre has pleaded not guilty to organising the murder of at least 57 victims, a court official says. Zaldy Ampatuan, allegedly a key plotter of the 2009 attack in...

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PM Gillard to visit China in 2013

AUSTRALIA has a "true and enduring friend" in China and will strengthen governmental links with the Asian powerhouse, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told a dinner celebrating the nations' diplomatic ties. Ms Gillard hopes to make her second...

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PR guru denies he sold royal butler's data

PR guru Max Clifford has denied claims by former royal butler Paul Burrell that he breached his confidentiality by passing personal details about him to the News of the World. The claims by Burrell - once known as Princess Diana's "rock" - are...

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Mali PM's resignation 'not a coup'

Mali's PM has resigned after soldiers who led a recent coup burst into his home and arrested him. Source: AAP MALIAN Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra's resignation after his arrest by soldiers is not a coup and a new premier will be named...

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Abbott defends abortion drug criticism

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has defended his position on the controversial abortion drug RU486. Source: AAP OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has defended his position on the controversial abortion drug RU486 while he was a health minister in...

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Nelson Mandela has lung infection

SOUTH Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is suffering from a recurring lung infection and is responding to treatments, the nation's presidency says. The ailing Mandela, 94, has been in 1 Military Hospital near South Africa's capital, Pretoria,...

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Carr to visit Sri Lanka this week

Foreign Minister Bob Carr will travel to Sri Lanka this week for talks on people smuggling. Source: AAP FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr will travel to Sri Lanka on Friday to discuss trade ties, tourism and efforts to disrupt people smuggling. ...

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Man in 60s arrested for sex offences

BRITISH detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal have arrested a man in his 60s, police say. The man, from London, was held at 6.45am local time on Monday on suspicion of sexual offences. He was arrested as part of Operation...

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Jakarta, Canberra to ratify rescue pact

AUSTRALIA and Indonesia will sign an agreement on Tuesday that will boost cooperation in search and rescue operations involving asylum seekers. The agreement, mooted earlier in the year in the wake of a series of incidents in which hundreds...

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European stocks slip at open

EUROPE'S main stock markets have fallen at the start of trading, with Milan's FTSE Mib index slumping 2.31 per cent to 15,336 points after Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti announced his intention to resign. Elsewhere, London's benchmark FTSE...

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IPART recommends more NSW taxi licences

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommends an increase in Sydney taxi licences. Source: AAP PEOPLE won't have to wait as long to get a cab or pay as much for the ride under moves by NSW's pricing regulator to increase the number...

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Italy faces vote as Monti leaves

Italian PM Mario Monti (pic) is stepping down, the president's office has announced. Source: AAP ITALY is gearing up for early elections after Prime Minister Mario Monti said he will resign in the coming days and Silvio Berlusconi announced...

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Monk arrested for inciting self-immolation

A MONK and his nephew were detained for inciting eight Tibetan people to set themselves on fire in a restive Chinese region that has become a flashpoint for protests against Beijing's rule, state media has said. Police in southwest China's Sichuan...

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Pilot killed in NSW helicopter crash

A 48-YEAR-OLD pilot has died in a helicopter crash in central-west NSW. The man was thought to be spraying weeds in a remote area 25km south of Mudgee when the aircraft crashed at about 11am (AEDT) on Sunday. The wreckage of the Robin44 helicopter...

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South African president visits Mandela

Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a hospital for tests, officials say. Source: AAP SOUTH Africans is praying for the health of former President Nelson Mandela and anxiously awaited further word about the anti-apartheid leader after he was...

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