A SYDNEY internet outfit has come up with a new way of offsetting carbon emissions: for every 1000 searches online it will sponsor the growth of up to two trees in NSW
THE Olympic torch has begun its parade through the Omani capital on the Middle East stage of its journey from Olympia in Greece to Beijing for this summer`s games
CHINESE police have detained up to eight HIV/AIDS-affected people who tried to complain to Premier Wen Jiabao about a hospital they claimed spread the HIV virus, lawyers for two of the families said today
A MAN hired to kill Melbourne underworld identity Lewis Moran took the job after being told his intended victim had ordered him to be murdered, a court heard today
AN elder from the Northern Territory`s Mutitjulu community says he has been forced to come to Sydney to tell people in the city "what`s really going on in the bush"
POLICE have found the body of a man in the Fitzroy River in central Queensland, and say it is probably that of a man reported missing after he went swimming in the river on Saturday
FINANCE Minister Lindsay Tanner`s review of the federal government ICT procurement is likely to result in an unprecedented shake-out
A 9000km submarine cable between Australia and the US will have to survive shark attacks and deliver high-definition TV channels
FEDERAL Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis will today release draft guidelines on how companies should report breaches of privacy
