AT least eight women and one man have been sentenced to be stoned to death in Iran and may be executed at any time, the lawyers defending several of those sentenced said today
US forces shot dead the 17-year-old son and another relative of the governor of northern Iraq`s Salahuddin province in a raid today, local officials said
BEIJING residents enjoyed the novelty of congestion-free streets today as the city launched strict driving curbs to rein in its notorious air pollution and traffic for the Olympics. Traffic on the capital`s normally jammed roads was noticeably light, even for a weekend, amid new rules expected to remove more than one million cars from the roads each day
GRANDMOTHER Terri is tipped to become the oldest ever winner of Big Brother as Alice the vet and Travis the voice were given the chop on the penultimate night of its final series on Network Ten
QUADRUPLE stage winner Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour de France prior to the 15th stage, the first of three days in the Alps, according to his Columbia team
LAST season`s A-League grand finalists have struggled to make an impression in the opening round of the Presseason Cup, the Central Coast going down to Wellington while Newcastle were lucky to snatch a draw with Perth
AUSTRALIA centre Berrick Barnes says his defence got a rugby league style workout as South Africa`s big forwards targeted Australia`s small men in the 16-9 Tri-Nations victory at Subiaco Oval
REIGNING international player of the year Bryan Habana has virtually blamed himself for South Africa`s 16-9 Tri-Nations loss to Australia at Subiaco Oval
PORT Adelaide`s 12-point victory over Adelaide in the AFL showdown at AAMI Stadium proved the tale of a side with nothing to play for beating an opponent with everything to lose
FREMANTLE coach Mark Harvey says his team`s ability to remain calm after being on the receiving end of a first-quarter towelling from Melbourne was the key to the Dockers` 46-point victory at Subiaco Oval
WESTS Tigers star Benji Marshall forgot how good he was, but a quick recap of his performances during the Tigers` 2005 premiership triumph was all it took to turn his - and his side`s - season around
