Man charged over Qld bomb hoax

A 55-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with making a bomb hoax to a Burleigh Heads shopping centre. The Burleigh Heads man was charged following investigations into a telephone call received at a West Burleigh Road shopping centre on Thursday morning,...

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More readers turning to e-books

US readers are increasingly opting for digital books instead of ink-and-paper editions, according to a Pew Research Centre study. The share of US adults reading electronic books rose to 23 per cent in November from 16 per cent the same time...

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WA bushfire destroys sheds, fences

A NUMBER of sheds and fences have been destroyed in a bushfire east of Perth. The fire in Chidlow was reported shortly before 8pm (WST) on Thursday and took several hours to bring under control. Fire and Rescue Service and Bush Fire Service...

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'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies

FONTELLA Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, has died The singer's daughter, Neuka Mitchell, says Bass died at a St. Louis hospice Wednesday night of complications from a heart attack...

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Apple CEO takes sharp pay cut

APPLE CEO Tim Cook got a relatively modest $US4.2 million ($4 million) in pay for the latest fiscal year, after the company's board set him up with stock now worth $US510 million for taking the reins in 2011. Mr Cook's pay for fiscal 2012, which...

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Egypt prosecutor orders opposition probe

EGYPT'S public prosecutor has ordered a probe into the top three leaders of the opposition on suspicion of trying to incite followers to overthrow President Mohamed Morsi, a legal source says. The prosecutor, Taalat Ibrahim Abdallah, who was...

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Zuma in doghouse after pet comments

SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma got himself into a spot of bother when he suggested that owning a dog was not African and belonged to white culture. Local media reported that Zuma had remarked that buying a dog, taking it for walks and paying...

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Central bank boss quits over fake degree

ECUADOR'S central bank president has resigned over revelations he used a bogus university degree to get into a graduate school and study business. Pedro Delgado acknowledged he never completed his economics studies at Ecuador's Catholic University...

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Patriarch 'dismayed' at holy site attacks

THE head of the Roman Catholic church in the Holy Land expressed "dismay" at a wave of attacks on local Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious sites over the past year. In his Christmas message, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Fuad Twal, noted...

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55 dead or missing in boat capsize

FIFTY-FIVE Somalis and Ethiopians have drowned or are missing after their boat capsized off Somalia in the worst such disaster in the area in almost two years, the United Nations says. The UN refugee agency said on Thursday the incident represents...

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Oil prices fall in absence of fiscal deal

GLOBAL oil prices have dipped as Democrats and Republicans remain locked in a stalemate over a deal to resolve the US fiscal cliff, analysts say. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February slid 25 cents to $US89.73 a...

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Brazil cuts GDP growth forecast

BRAZIL'S Central Bank has cut its GDP growth forecast for 2012 from 1.6 per cent to one per cent, confirming a marked slowdown in Latin America's biggest economy. In September, the bank had already revised its forecast downward from 2.5 per...

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Chicago struts past Les Miz

THE Broadway musical Chicago is about to swagger into the history books again. The overnight performance of the edgy musical will be its 6681, meaning it becomes the third longest-running show in Broadway history. It snatches that title from...

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Pope Paul VI moves along path to sainthood

THE late Pope Paul VI, who led an era of church reforms and issued a ban on contraception, is progressing along the path to possible sainthood. Pope Benedict XVI has approved a decree recognising the "heroic virtues" of the Italian, who served...

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US stocks edge up in opening trade

US stocks have edged higher as investors digest a batch of mostly positive economic data on jobs, retail sales and inflation. In the first five minutes of Thursday trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 11.21 points (0.08 per cent) to...

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Syrian regime 'approaching collapse': NATO

SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad's regime is approaching collapse and he should take steps to begin talks on a political transition, NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen says. "I think the regime in Damascus is approaching the regime of collapse ......

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Suicide bomb targets Afghan NATO airbase

A SUICIDE car bomber has attacked a NATO airbase in southern Afghanistan just hours after the US Defence Secretary left, killing two civilians, wounding 15 and injuring four foreign soldiers. There was no indication that the attack was connected...

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Residents urged to photograph king tides

KING tides will begin their twice-a-year run up the NSW coast early on Friday morning - and residents are being asked to get out their cameras. The tides will begin in Eden about 8.30am (AEDT), reach Sydney at 9.33am and hit Newcastle by 9.39am....

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US producer prices fall in November

US producer prices have fallen for the second straight month in November, the Commerce Department reports, losing 0.8 per cent in a sign inflation pressures remain muted in the economy. The main pull downward was a 4.6 per cent drop in energy...

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At least 24 killed in blasts near Damascus

AT least 24 civilians, including a large number of children, have been killed in two separate car bombings southwest of Damascus, state media reports. Eight people, mostly women and children, were killed by a car bomb in the poor Sunni town of...

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AirAsia orders 100 more A320s from Airbus

AIRBUS says AirAsia, southeast Asia's top budget carrier, is ordering 100 additional A320 single-aisle jets in a deal greatly increasing the Malaysian-based carrier's orders for the European aircraft. In a statement on Thursday Airbus said the...

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CNN names Jeff Zucker as new chief

CNN has named former NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker as its new top executive. Mr Zucker is replacing Jim Walton, who announced he was leaving this past summer. Mr Zucker takes over a network that was the first in cable news but has lagged...

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Syria 'shuts off the internet'

TWO US-based internet-monitoring companies say Syria has shut off the Internet nationwide. Activists in Syria reached Thursday by satellite telephone confirmed the unprecedented blackout, which comes amid intense fighting in the capital, Damascus....

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S&P affirms China's credit rating

STANDARD & Poor's has affirmed China's sovereign credit rating, another sign that the world's second largest economy is rebounding as Beijing prepares to usher in new leaders. The ratings agency said China's "exceptional growth prospects"...

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Halloween stampede claims fifth victim

A FIFTH young woman has died from injuries sustained in a stampede during a Halloween dance party in Madrid arena. Spanish National Radio said 20-year-old Maria Teresa Alonso died in Madrid's Fundacion Jimenez Diaz hospital from brain injuries....

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Australian witness praises Leveson report

MORE than seven years after becoming embroiled in a phone hacking scandal that rocked the world's media, Australian woman Mary-Ellen Field has welcomed a British report into the affair. The former business adviser to fashionista Elle Macpherson...

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Quick Spain recovery is 'remote': OECD

SPAIN is engulfed in a long recession with little hope of a quick recovery, the OECD club of industrialised nations says. Spain must quickly fix its banks to avert the "substantial risk" of being cut off from external financing and plunging into...

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Judge accepts terms for Manning's plea

A US military judge has accepted the terms under which army private Bradley Manning could plead guilty to some charges that he passed secret documents to WikiLeaks. But Judge Denise Lind's decision focused solely on the wording of a proposal...

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Aussies living longer 'disability free'

AUSTRALIANS are living longer and the extra years are coming "disability free", new figures from the federal government show. In the decade to 2009, life expectancy at birth jumped 3.4 years to 79.3 for men. Life expectancy for women rose 2.4...

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Dolphin dies during disputed flight

A dolphin being flown from the Philippines to Singapore has died in transit. Source: Supplied ONE of 25 dolphins being transferred to a Singapore oceanarium despite protests from activists has died during its flight to the city-state. ...

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Kuwait bails tweeters after emir 'insults'

A KUWAITI court has freed three Twitter users on bail after detaining them for nine days for allegedly insulting the ruler of the oil-rich Gulf state, a rights activist says. A fourth tweeter however remained in detention as his case will be...

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Girl, 17, dies after Schoolies balcony fall

The scene outside the Chevron Renaissance in Surfers Paradise after a person fell from one of the high rise towers. Picture: Glenn Hampson Source: The Courier-Mail POLICE investigating the death of a 17-year-old girl who fell from a balcony...

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Malala's wounded friends back in school

FOR one month the dreams kept coming. The voice, the shots, the blood. Her friend Malala slumped over. Shazia Ramazan, 13, who was wounded by the same Taliban gunman who shot her friend Malala Yousufzai, returned home last week after a month in...

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Israeli soldier dies of rocket wounds

AN Israeli reserves officer has died of wounds sustained in a rocket attack that occurred hours before a truce to end eight days of violence in and around Gaza was agreed between Israel and Hamas. A statement from the Israeli army named the...

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Girl dies in schoolies balcony fall

A TEENAGE girl has died after falling from the balcony of a high-rise hotel on the Gold Coast during schoolies celebrations. The girl, believed to be a schoolie, fell from the Chevron Renaissance tower in Surfers Paradise. Police will only say...

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Charles and Camilla to visit Christchurch

PRINCE Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will spend the final day of their six-day tour of New Zealand in quake-ravaged Christchurch. The royals are in the country on the final leg of their Diamond Jubilee tour representing...

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Spain halts evictions of most vulnerable

SPAIN has announced a two-year halt to evictions of the most vulnerable home owners as a public outcry mounts over suicides linked to desperate people facing expulsion. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's right-leaning government says it has it agreed...

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44 killed in Congo fighting

FORTY-FOUR people have been killed in new fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels, ending a two-month ceasefire. Both sides have blamed the other for starting the fighting. "The M23 has attacked us around 5am this morning," Colonel...

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Eurozone slides back into recession

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Source: AFP THE 17-country eurozone has fallen back into recession for the first time in three years as the fallout continues from the region's financial crisis....

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Star Wars, dominoes in Toy Hall of Fame

LUKE Skywalker and Princess Leia have outmuscled little green army men for a spot in the US National Toy Hall of Fame. Star Wars action figures have joined centuries-old dominoes in the class of 2012. The hall in Rochester, New York, announced...

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BP agrees to pay over $A4.36b fine

BRITISH energy giant BP says it has agreed to pay more than $US4.5 billion ($A4.36 billion) in US fines related to the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, including $US4 billion in criminal claims. "The aggregate amount of the resolution...

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US shares open higher; Walmart sheds 4%

US stocks have zig-zagged around the break-even line in volatile early trade after a sharp fall the previous day, with Walmart's disappointing revenues in its third quarter report pushing its shares lower. After an hour of Thursday trade, shares...

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Interpol elects French woman as president

INTERPOL has elected a French police commissioner known for her drive against organised crime in Bordeaux and Corsica as its first female president at its general assembly in Rome. "Mireille Balestrazzi of France becomes the first woman to be...

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26 dead in Syria clashes near border

AT LEAST 16 Syrian soldiers and 10 rebels were killed on Thursday in heavy clashes in the northwestern town of Ras al-Ain near the Turkish border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "Ten rebels and 16 soldiers have been killed so far...

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Ambos on amber alert over staff numbers

PARAMEDICS across NSW will don yellow vests on Friday to draw attention to what they call dangerous and chronic under-staffing. The Health Services Union (HSU) claims the state's Ambulance Service is running with 770 fewer full-time positions...

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Royals kick off Sydney visit

AFTER mingling at the Melbourne Cup, enjoying an outback Queensland barbie and sampling South Australian wine, Charles and Camilla will begin the Sydney leg of their whirlwind Australian tour on Friday. After arriving at Kingsford Smith Airport...

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Sandy cuts United October revenue by $87m

UNITED Airlines, the world's largest airline, says superstorm Sandy cut its October revenue by about $US90 million ($A87 million) as it was forced to cancel almost 5300 flights. That's nearly an entire day's worth of United's schedule lost....

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US weekly jobless claims improve

US weekly jobless claims fell modestly last week for the third straight week, showing no immediate impact from Hurricane Sandy, the Labor Department says. New claims for unemployment insurance, a signal of the pace of layoffs, fell to 355,000...

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WikiLeaks suspect offers guilty plea

US Army Private Bradley Manning has offered to plead guilty to some of the charges of passing government information to WikiLeaks. Source: Getty Images A US soldier accused of leaking a trove of secret files to WikiLeaks has offered to plead...

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Mum stabbed son, 7, more than 100 times

Elzbieta Plackowska, 40, who was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl. Source: AP PROSECUTORS say a suburban Chicago woman stabbed her 7-year-old son more than 100 times and a 5-year-old...

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India's carmakers post improved sales

AUTOMAKERS in India have reported better-than-expected sales in the month of October, with a slew of new vehicle models also set to be launched in the upcoming festive season. India's largest passenger carmaker Maruti Suzuki, recovering from riots...

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Sandy toll rises to 34 in NYC

THE number of deaths in New York City from superstorm Sandy has risen again, from 24 to 34, city police say. The increase raises the national toll to 82 across 15 US states hit by the storm, according to US media reports. The overall toll from...

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Mulally to stay on as Ford chief

FORD says Alan Mulally will remain as president and chief executive through at least 2014, as Americas chief Mark Fields was promoted to chief operating officer, putting him in line to succeed Mullaly. Mulally, 67, will continue to lead the automaker's...

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Burma approves business-friendly laws

BURMA'S parliament has approved a revised, more business-friendly foreign investment bill aimed at boosting the struggling economy as it emerges from decades of junta rule, lawmakers say. The bill is expected to be signed into law within days...

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US storm damage could hit $50bn

DAMAGE from the deadly mega-storm that blasted the US east coast could hit $US50 billion ($A48 billion), disaster estimator Eqecat says. The company put total economic damage from Hurricane Sandy in the range of $US30-50 billion, and insured...

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Armed men protest Libya cabinet

ABOUT 200 mostly armed protesters have occupied an area near Libya's parliament building, blocking nearby roads and beating up journalists in protest of the country's new cabinet. Thursday's action, in which an AP reporter was also beaten, is...

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Syrian army to halt operations for holiday

THE Syrian military has agreed to halt military operations from Friday Morning for the Muslim holiday weekend but reserves the right to respond to rebel attacks, the army announced. "Military operations will cease on Syrian territory as of Friday...

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Denmark demands EU budget rebate

DANISH Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has warned she will veto the EU's 2014-2020 budget proposal if Denmark does not receive a one billion kroner ($A169 million) rebate. "Our key message to the other countries and what we are fighting...

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Borneo orangutan shot over 100 times

AN ENDANGERED orangutan on Borneo island has survived after being shot more than 100 times with an air rifle, Indonesian officials say. The female ape, whom conservationists have named Aan, has gone blind in one eye and sustained serious wounds...

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Microsoft kicks off Windows 8 campaign

MICROSOFT is kicking off a campaign for its newest operating system, Windows 8, at a five-hour event at New York's Pier 57. Designed to run on both PCs and tablet computers, Windows 8 heralds the biggest change to the industry's dominant operating...

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