ISOLATED towns in southern Brazil have appealed for medicine and other supplies as the death toll from landslides and floods rose to 65 and many areas remained cut off from clean water and power
SOMALI pirates have hijacked a Yemeni ship loaded with steel, officials said on Tuesday, and one of Asia`s biggest shippers said it was diverting vulnerable vessels away from the dangerous Gulf of Aden
Grisly deaths ... terrified workers at an isolated mining compound are refusing to go to work after a prowling pack of giant bears attacked and ate two of their colleagues.
KEVIN Rudd has for the first time admitted the federal Budget could go into "temporary" deficit
PROTESTERS have reportedly stormed the control tower at Bangkok`s main airport
A CROCODILE has been found in a backyard pool in Darwin, but the brave owner jumped in anyway to escape the stifling heat
THEY seem so harmless in the kitchen, but spontaneously combusting teatowels have caused a $1 million factory fire
POLICE in New Zealand got a surprise when they pulled over an eight-tonne loader and found it being driven by an 11-year-old
