UNDERWATER footage will be examined today as detectives continue to investigate the sinking of a multi-million-dollar yacht owned by one of Sydney`s richest men
EAST Timor`s army will receive military training from Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil and Portugal as part of a military pact signed between the countries today
AN Indonesian ferry has caught fire in a river in Borneo island, but all of the nearly 800 people on board have been rescued unharmed, a harbour official said
A WALL collapsed at a building site in the suburbs of New Delhi, killing at least 12 Indian construction workers and leaving more than 20 others injured, a report said today
THE Olympic torch, which had been passing through China with little trouble after protests at several relay stops abroad, had to be put out because of an over-enthusiastic crowd, state press said today
THE confirmed death toll from China`s earthquake has risen to 32,477, the state-run Xinhua news agency said today, citing the Government`s disaster relief headquarters
A 53-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of China`s earthquake in the devastated town of Yingxiu today after surviving for 148 hours in the latest miracle rescue story, state media said
FOUR people were killed as tropical storm Halong battered the northern Philippines today, with powerful winds triggering floods and landslides, relief officials said
TWO 56-year-old men stopped for allegedly hooning on their motorcycles in Western Australia`s south told police they had just been to church and were on their way to get coffee in a neighbouring town
REPORTS that the toxic herbicide Agent Orange was secretly tested near the Queensland town of Innisfail more than 40 years ago must not be covered up, local authorities said today
BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to back new laws paving the way for stem cell research using human-animal embryos when they are put to a vote in Parliament this week
RESIDENTS of Naples, fed up with the stench caused by months of uncollected rubbish, today used the waste to barricade streets to protest the long-running crisis, Italian television reported
UNDERWATER footage will be examined today as detectives continue to investigate the sinking of a multi-million-dollar yacht owned by one of Sydney`s richest men
