HER television career in tatters, a bitter Jodhi Meares has dumped her agent, delivered an angry spray at the media and is considering leaving the country for France
IRAN has dismissed speculation that it risked being attacked by the United States over its contested nuclear drive, saying that a military strike would be "craziness"
IRANIAN police have arrested a man suspected of murdering a total of eight women, six of them in a spate of serial killings in Tehran`s satellite city Karaj
IRAN has hanged four people convicted of murder in the southern city of Dashtestan, the latest in a growing number of executions in the Islamic republic, a press report said today
THE six-nation North Korean nuclear disarmament talks ended today with Pyongyang agreeing to let outside experts verify that its nuclear facilities were being dismantled, envoys said
FLOODING and mudslides caused by two days of torrential rain have left at least five people dead in a mountainous region of southwest China`s Sichuan province, state media reported today
THREE Sydney-based Greenpeace activists protesting against coal-fired power have been charged by police after spending a cold 34 hours atop a 140m high smokestack west of Brisbane
THREE Sydney-based Greenpeace activists protesting against coal-fired power have been charged by police after spending a cold 34 hours atop a 140m high smokestack west of Brisbane
SINGER Amy Winehouse`s father has spoken of his fear that she could die "a very slow and painful death" if she does not remain on the straight and narrow
THE Bush administration has made clear it is postponing any regulatory action on greenhouse gas emissions believed to be responsible for global warning, citing "the complexity and magnitude" of the issue
BROTHERS Dan and Jamie Stauffer shared the honours at the fourth round of the Australian Superbike Championship with a race win and second placing apiece
WEST Coast will unleash their most potent forward set-up of 2008 against Richmond on Sunday with Josh Kennedy, Ashley Hansen, Quinten Lynch and Mark LeCras selected in the same side for the first time this AFL season
Under arrest ... Sametta Heyward, 27, has been charged with homicide after the bodies of her one-year-old daughter and four-year-old son were found under a sink in her home / AP