"FRENCH Spiderman" Alain Robert, who has become famous for illegally climbing buildings across the world, scaled a top Hong Kong hotel today to highlight the fight against global warming
CHINA has demanded US television news channel CNN apologise after one of its commentators said the Chinese were "goons" and that their products were "junk"
GLACIERS and mountain snow are melting earlier in the year than usual, meaning the water has already gone when millions of people need it during the summer when rainfall is lower, scientists warn
POPE Benedict XVI has left Rome for his first official visit to the United States that will include an address to the general assembly of the United Nations in New York
POPE Benedict says he`s "deeply ashamed" over sexual abuse that shook the Roman Catholic Church in the US and has vowed to do everything possible to avoid a repeat scandal
FRENCH politicians have called for stiff penalties of up to three years jail and heavy fines against "pro anorexia" websites and publications that encourage girls and young women to starve themselves
ROCKER Pete Wentz has his fiancee, pop star Ashlee Simpson, is pregnant as reported in celebrity magazines days after they announced their engagement, according to a story on MTV.com
OFFICIALS who removed 416 children from a polygamist retreat in Texas and sent away some of their mothers are now overwhelmed by the size of the case, with the children living in a sports stadium and some falling ill
AUSTRALIA`S women`s football team will bid to topple world No.1 the United States in a two-match series this month with a largely unchanged squad from last year`s World Cup
FORMER Brazil striker Romario announced his retirement at 42, ending a career in which he won the World Cup, was involved in numerous controversies and claimed to have scored more than 1,000 goals
MELBOURNE lock Dallas Johnson has signed a new three-year contract that will see him remain with the reigning NRL premiers until the end of the 2011 season
GOLD Coast Titans have elected to submit an early guilty plea to a dangerous throw charge against five-eighth Mat Rogers, but will contest the severity of the penalty at the NRL judiciary on Wednesday night
Bring it on ... millions of people around the world have welcomed in the new year, refusing to let violence and threats mar their parties / AFP
COLLETTE Dinnigan isn`t showing at Australian Fashion Week this month - she has no need to
