THE husband of troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse has lost his appeal against a jail sentence for a vicious attack on a pub landlord and a subsequent attempt to cover it up
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has urged US President-elect Barack Obama to drop the planned US missile shield in Eastern Europe, warning of an "adequate response" from Moscow
BRITISH finance minister Alistair Darling has launched a fiscal stimulus package worth STG20 billion ($47.05 billion) in a bid to fight a looming recession]]>
POPE Benedict overnight prayed for the millions who perished in Ukraine`s mass famine of the 1930s engineered by Josef Stalin and said he hoped human rights could no longer be denied in the name of ideology
SCIENTISTS have found a way to release the pain-relieving potential of one of the same proteins in the body activated by marijuana, according to a study released today
ITALY`S Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has brushed aside international outrage from earlier this month to make reference once again to US president-elect Barack Obama`s "suntan"
SOUTH Ossetian security forces fired shots into the air as a convoy carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents approached the breakaway territory, forcing them to turn back, a witness said
A RUSSIAN computer game simulating a new war between Russia and Georgia, in which NATO-member Poland backs a fresh bid by Tbilisi to take back its rebel regions, is to hit shops soon
Entwined ... Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban yesterday leave the Art Gallery of NSW amid pregnancy rumours, which have been raging in the media across the world. Picture: Carlos Furtado
