News of Peter Lloyd`s arrest has stunned ABC colleagues and management who were unable to comprehend how a journalist so versed in Asian drug laws could be accused of breaking them
CHINA evacuated 360,000 people and called 61,000 fishing boats back to shore as it braced for Tropical Storm Kalmaegi, which has killed at least six people in Taiwan
ELEVAN people, including a baby girl, have been killed and three more are missing as Tropical Storm Kalmaegi whipped up strong winds and heavy downpours in Taiwan
LABOR will not to try to wrest former foreign minister Alexander Downer`s vacated federal seat of Mayo from the Liberals, ALP national president Mike Rann says
ELECTRICITY customers who signed up for green power with two of South Australia`s major energy retailers are being delivered power predominantly sourced from coal and gas
NELSON Mandela, the icon of the anti-apartheid movement and South Africa`s first black president, is marking his 90th birthday today with good wishes pouring in from around the world
TWO of Josef Fritzl`s children could refuse to testify against him over their ordeal of being locked in an underground cellar in Austria for their entire lives
A BRITISH multi-millionaire has published on the internet details of his ?3.7 million ($7.62 million) divorce settlement to stop people gossiping about his marriage breakdown
FRENCH first lady Carla Bruni`s new album has taken the third spot on the country`s music charts, behind British pop group Coldplay and French entertainer Laurent Voulzy
POLICE in the southern Spanish city of Seville have been left red-faced after more than 100kg of drugs were stolen from police headquarters and replaced with talcum powder