THEY may have maintained their No.1 hold on the Sydney radio ratings, but 2DAY FM duo Kyle and Jackie O are anything but popular with the US entertainment media right now
CREDIT Suisse faced accusations of "ineptitude" overnight after revealing nearly $US3 billion ($3.29 billion) in further writedowns and suspending some of its traders for pricing errors and other irregularities
SEVEN people due to testify against two former Iraqi officials accused of orchestrating Shi`ite murder squads have received death threats, US officials said as the opening of their trial was delayed by a lack of witnesses
LEBANON`S chief prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for the fugitive Palestinian leader of an Islamist militia over a deadly twin bus bombing that killed three people
ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas were due to meet on Wednesday (AEDT) in a bid to advance peace talks amid a dispute over the thorny issue of Jerusalem
THREE tourists from Australia said they were the victims of an armed robbery in New Zealand to cover the bill for a rented campervan damaged in a road rage attack
BURMESE democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from running for election under the country`s new constitution because she had a foreign husband, Foreign Minister Nyan Win said
PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf`s political allies conceded defeat today after elections, leaving the party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and other opponents headed for victory
US Senator John Kerry, in Pakistan as part of a team to observe parliamentary elections, said Tuesday the vote met the basic threshold of credibility and legitimacy
A SPOKESMAN for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf dismissed calls for the former general to quit after his allies conceded defeat in crucial parliamentary elections