AUSTRALIA has indicated its readiness to supply Thailand with uranium and nuclear technology to aid the south-east Asian nation`s moves towards energy diversification
CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao, hugely popular at home for his visits to quake-hit Sichuan, has emerged as the 10th most popular politician on the Facebook social networking site
HOLLYWOOD star Sharon Stone has apologised after a furious response in China to her comments that its deadly earthquake was "karma" over the Chinese government`s policies in Tibet
NEPAL celebrated a new era as the world`s newest republic today after consigning its centuries-old monarchy to the history books and ordering god-king Gyanendra to quit his palace in two weeks
BURMA`S junta is evicting dozens of destitute families from one of its own cyclone refugee centres, giving each one just four bamboo poles, a tarpaulin and an unlikely promise of a monthly ration of rice
AUSTRALIA`S richest woman, mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, is recovering in a Perth hospital after serious complications from a routine operation last week
THE paper airline ticket comes to the end of its life on Sunday when 240 carriers belonging to the world association IATA switch to all electronic ticketing, much of it through internet booking
AUSTRALIAN expatriate Rupert Murdoch today predicted a Democratic landslide in the US presidential election against a gloomy economic backdrop over the next 18 months
RECOVERING Melbourne Victory striker Archie Thompson aims to use Friday night`s exhibition match against Juventus to put himself in the picture for Australia`s upcoming World Cup qualifiers
BRISBANE assistant coach Ivan Henjak says Darren Lockyer`s shock NRL comeback against Parramatta on Friday night is not driven by his desire to play in State of Origin
KEVIN Garnett scored 33 points and Ray Allen chipped in 29 as the Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 106-102 in game five of the NBA semi-finals
THE Bulldogs are hopeful Brisbane`s Michael Ennis will make a decision on an offer by the end of this week as current hooker Corey Hughes is forced to face an uncertain NRL future for the second straight year
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has kicked off Australia`s 2018 football World Cup lobbying marathon by meeting with some real political heavyweights - the power brokers of FIFA
Burned ... Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer / Seven
