04/03/2008 Man allowed love rival to torch himself
A SOUTH Korean man has been jailed for tossing a cigarette lighter to a romantic rival who then used used it to set himself alight and burned to death
04/03/2008 North Korea cuts contacts with South
NORTH Korea has announced it is suspending all dialogue with South Korea and closing the border to Seoul officials, its toughest action in a week of growing cross-border tensions
04/03/2008 Chinese dissident jailed
A CHINESE court has sentenced dissident Hu Jia to 3? years in prison for subversion, his lawyer says
04/03/2008 Tibet to be reopened to tourists
CHINA announced today that foreign tourists would be allowed to travel into Tibet again from May 1, after the Himalayan region was sealed off following violent unrest there last month
04/03/2008 `Prince` on trial for $8m fraud
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prince from Melbourne`s suburbs fleeced investors in his trucking business of more than $8 million to fund a lavish lifestyle of fast cars and racehorses, a court has heard
04/03/2008 Police hope to flush out loo thieves
VICTORIAN police are hungry for leads but have nothing to go on following the theft of a mobile lunchroom and portable toilet from a freeway construction site two weeks ago
04/03/2008 McGauran to retire from politics
AFTER much speculation, former Howard government minister Peter McGauran has announced his retirement after 25 years in politics
04/03/2008 Croc-attack man had `no time for fear`
A MAN jumped on the back of a crocodile and poked its eyes to free his wife from the reptile`s jaws during an attack at a Northern Territory river
04/03/2008 `Sect book` linked to missing family
A BOOK predicting the end of the world will be pulled from publication after it was linked to the disappearance of four people in Western Australia
04/03/2008 Chopper`s training run finds plane crash
A RESCUE helicopter undergoing a training exercise found itself involved in an actual rescue after a light plane crashed into the water in the Queensland`s Whitsundays today
04/03/2008 Postcard bandit denied prison transfer
NOTORIOUS jail escapee Brendan Abbott has been denied a transfer from a Queensland prison to be closer to his mother in Western Australia
04/03/2008 Serial sex offender arrested for breach
CONVICTED serial sex offender Robert John Fardon has been arrested for allegedly breaking a supervision order
04/03/2008 Haneef investigation cost nears $8m
Nine federal police staff members are working full time on the Mohamed Haneef case as the investigation cost nears $8 million
04/03/2008 Lazy man creates bed that makes itself
ITALIAN engineer Enrico Berruti admits it was personal laziness that first prompted him to come up with the idea of a bed that makes itself
04/03/2008 Plane flown using hydrogen battery
US aircraft maker Boeing flew a plane powered by a hydrogen battery at the start of 2008 , a "first in the history of aviation", a senior company official said today
04/03/2008 Head found on Scottish beach identified
A SEVERED head found by two children on a Scottish beach belonged to a middle-aged woman who had been reported missing, police say
04/03/2008 Seinfeld flips car but escapes unhurt
STAR comedian Jerry Seinfeld has escaped unhurt after flipping his car to avoid a highway smash after the vehicle`s brakes failed, his wife and police say
04/03/2008 Copeland back for Lions
SEASONED Lion Robert Copeland has taken injured defender Josh Drummond`s place in Brisbane`s side for Saturday night`s AFL clash with Sydney at the Gabba
04/03/2008 Thomas urges Bailey to go radical
MELBOURNE`S Dean Bailey has been urged to adopt a one-off radical game plan by a former coach once faced with a similar predicament to avoid a hat-trick of AFL hidings
04/03/2008 Kangas use heat maps to stop Franklin
THIS is the cutting-edge data the Kangaroos hope will bring Hawthorn hot shot Lance Franklin to his knees on Saturday
Palestinians pour into Egypt as border broken
Protest ... Palestinians scuffle with Egyptian security personnel and riot police at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip / AP
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