OFFICIALLY they won`t comment on their romance, but a one-word message was clear as The Veronicas` Jess Origliasso enjoyed an intimate afternoon with her MTV VJ girlfriend Ruby Rose yesterday - love
AT least 68 Hindu worshippers were killed today in a stampede during a religious festival in the northern Indian hill state of Himachal Pradesh, police said
A FARMER went on a killing rampage in a village in central China, stabbing six people to death including a seven-year-old boy, state media reported today
BRITISH Defence chiefs have admitted servicemen were exposed to dangerous radiation levels during nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific in the 1950s
US health authorities acknowledged overnight that they have substantially underestimated the number of new HIV infections in the country, in a study showing that the epidemic is worse than previously thought
NRL boss David Gallop has strongly refuted claims of a backflip on his stance to ban Sonny Bill Williams from ever returning to the competition should he follow through with his threat to defect to rugby union
NEWCASTLE coach Brian Smith has learnt a thing or two in his 499 games of NRL football, which is why won`t be taking a "win at all costs" attitude into Monday night`s tussle with Parramatta
THE NRL future of Canberra wild child Todd Carney remains in limbo with the suspended half-back`s planned meeting with the Raiders board on Monday looking like it will fail to eventuate
FRANCE`S Sebastien Loeb, driving a Citroen C4, has won the Rally of Finland, the ninth in the 15-race World Rally Championship series, for the first time
TEENAGER Ishant Sharma gave a superb display of fast bowling to help India square the series with a 170-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test in Galle
ST Kilda coach Ross Lyon hailed his players` courage in key moments, which earned the Saints a comeback win over Port Adelaide and a place in the AFL`s top eight
TACKLES that resulted in St Kilda`s Robert Harvey and Richmond`s Shane Edwards having to be helped from the field could be scrutinised by the AFL`s match review panel
SHAUN McManus gave Fremantle his heart and soul during his 14-year stint at the club so it was only fair the retiring great got to ask his teammates for a special performance in his final AFL outing
IF you looked hard enough you could almost see the premiership glint in coach Wayne Bennett`s eye after Brisbane dismantled Canberra`s green machine 34-6 at Suncorp Stadium
WESTS Tigers coach Tim Sheens barely let his players celebrate their 56-4 thumping of the Bulldogs before he set their sights firmly on Friday night`s pivotal clash with St George Illawarra
Concerns ... weapons sent to Aussie soldiers in Iraq are sometimes cracked and can misfire.