THE NSW film industry has surely hit rock bottom when a crime drama based on some of Sydney`s more colourful identities is forced to travel interstate just to get made
QANTAS has admitted negative publicity surrounding a series of maintenance mishaps has "not insignificantly" damaged its brand, and the effects could be permanent
PAKISTAN`S coalition government appeared close to collapse today after former premier Nawaz Sharif threatened to quit if judges sacked by ousted president Pervez Musharraf are not restored
TWO suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Pakistani military`s main arms factory today, killing at least 18 people and wounding 100 more, security officials said
FORMER glam rocker and convicted pedophile Gary Glitter arrived back in Thailand today after being refused entry to Hong Kong, a Thai Airways official said
FOUR of the 19 injured from the Madrid jet disaster were in "very serious" condition in hospital today while a Spanish minister said it would take two days to identify all the bodies of the 153 dead
DISTRAUGHT relatives of the 153 victims of the Madrid holiday jet disaster struggled today to identify burned body parts as investigators scoured the wreckage for clues
FRENCH Defence Minister Herve Morin says there is no evidence US warplanes accidentally killed any of 10 French troops who died in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan
HUMAN Rights Watch says it has conclusive evidence of Russian cluster bombs on Georgian territory and called on Moscow to help prevent further civilian deaths from the weapon
TROPICAL storm Fay, battering the US state of Florida, may have sprung a lion and a Bengal tiger from their cages at a private zoo in Palm Beach, where they were caught today without incident, officials said
US chemists have identified the odour that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study
