A CHINESE court has charged a man with premeditated murder for stabbing to death six police officers in Shanghai, where he had been held by police for questioning the year before, state media reported
MALAYSIAN opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said today he was the victim of a "vendetta" after spending a night in custody over sodomy allegations that threaten to destroy his ambitions of seizing power
CHINA has announced a ban all entertainers from overseas, Hong Kong and Taiwan who have ever attended activities that "threaten national sovereignty" after an outburst by Icelandic singer Bjork
SOUTH Africa today geared up to toast its favourite citizen Nelson Mandela, as tributes poured in on the eve of the former president and anti-apartheid icon`s 90th birthday
A FORMER Adelaide magistrate who lost a son in the 2002 Bali bombings says the death penalty facing his son`s killers is a deplorable, barbaric act that should never happen
THE Victorian government will consider ripping up WorkCover laws and rewriting the legislation under a proposal that could cost employers up to $146 million a year
A SUSPECT in the disappearance of a young British girl in Portugal today accepted six-figure libel damages from a number of newspapers over allegations that he was involved in her abduction
THE wife of a British man who staged his own death by pretending to go missing in a canoe says she considered leaving him after discovering he had an affair
MELBOURNE Victory coach Ernie Merrick says his club is out to win the pre-season competition as they seek to avoid the slow start that ruined their A-League championship defence last season
RUGBY league Immortals and St George legends John Raper and Graeme Langlands have defended Mark Gasnier`s decision to turn his back on rugby league for a massive deal to play rugby union
WESTS Tigers coach Tim Sheens will order his forwards to target South Sydney halfback Chris Sandow in Sunday`s NRL match in a bid to break the rookie`s soaring confidence
Suspect ... the parents of missing English toddler Madeleine McCann have released their own images of a man seen carrying a little girl on the night Maddie disappeared in Portugal / Reuters
Sarah Jessica Parker`s refusal to submit to the surgeon`s scalpel marked her out in an industry where cosmetic surgery is the norm
