OIL prices slumped today to one-year lows under $US80 per barrel, striking $US75 in London, amid a global equities meltdown that sparked fears over demand for energy
FORMER Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, who has helped mediate on conflict zones ranging from Kosovo to Indonesia, was named the winner today of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize
hoeowners struggling to sell their houses in Britain`s falling house market could be breaking the law if they resort to raffling them, the Gambling Commission has warned
A BRITISH virgin who celebrated her 105th birthday this week said the secret to long life was celibacy, adding that she imagined sex was a "lot of hassle"
FRENCH author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, whose vast world travels form the poetic and descriptive backdrop for his body of work, today won the 2008 Nobel Literature Prize
A CROATIAN detective has denied claims a body recovered from the sea off Dubrovnik bears similarities to Britt Lapthorne, the missing Australian backpacker`s father said today
THE UN atomic watchdog`s inspectors at North Korea`s facilities at Yongbyon are barred from the site`s nuclear installations, the agency announced today
TWO doctors have gone on trial accused of being part of an Islamist cell planning murder "on a wholesale scale" by carrying out car bomb attacks in central London and at a packed Scottish airport last year
Major problem ... Professor John Macdonald said the suicide rate among Australian males showed it was vital men`s health was put on the national agenda / Image supplied
