INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge today said protests dogging the torch relay had left the Games in crisis and urged Beijing to honour pledges to improve human rights
A BID by a local government in Indonesia`s East Java province to curb prostitution by asking masseuses to wear a padlock on their pants was an insult, a newspaper quoted the minister for women`s empowerment as saying
THE Olympics will rebound from the "current crisis", International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge says, following days of protests surrounding the torch relay
CHINA`S state-run press has all but ignored Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd`s comments about human rights problems in Tibet, while lavishing praise on his knowledge of China
INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge called today for China to respect its commitment to improve human rights ahead of the Beijing Games
PAKISTAN deployed paramilitary troops and police in Karachi today, a day after clashes between supporters and opponents of President Pervez Musharraf left eight people dead
A WOMAN in the Philippines has reportedly cut off her husband`s penis while he was sleeping in their house because she believed he had ben unfaithful to her, a police officer said
FOUR days before Melbourne underworld identity Lewis Moran was gunned down, staff at the bar where he was killed evicted a man making loud and abusive threats against him, a court has been told
A KEY witness to the murder of Melbourne gangland figure Lewis Moran has lost his memory of the incident and is unable to give evidence against the alleged killer
ONE of Australia`s worst and youngest online predators has been called a "gross sort of misfit" by a judge who today sentenced him to almost three years in prison
IMAGES of sailors shoes resting on the seabed near the watery graves of the HMAS Sydney and the Kormoran were revealed today by shipwreck hunter David Mearns along with new images of the twisted wrecks
Ouch ... figures show the prices of some basic household items have risen by up to 20 per cent in a year.