ABBA were back on top of the British album charts today after the Swedish quartet`s Gold - Greatest Hits compilation became the oldest album ever to reach the UK number one spot
ISRAELI security agents have made entry for dozens of Palestinians from Gaza seeking medical treatment contingent on their agreement to act as informants, a human rights report said today
A SAUDI judge who served as head of an Islamic court has reportedly been arrested in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on charges of possessing and using drugs
A THAI video game distributor halted sales of Grand Theft Auto today after a teenager confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the controversial game
A TEENAGER died when a tunnel collapsed on him while he was digging on a beach during a family holiday in south Wales, a coastguard spokesman said today
A SMALL amount of plutonium leaked in an ageing International Atomic Energy Agency laboratory outside Vienna but radioactive contamination was contained to a storage area and no one was injured, the UN watchdog said
ONE of the Dalai Lama`s top envoys says Tibetan negotiators will present Chinese negotiators with a detailed autonomy plan at their next meeting in October
HARDLINERS in the Bush Administration spun intelligence that triggered a nuclear crisis with North Korea and led to Pyongyang testing a bomb, says a new book to be released this week
ST George Illawarra have been dealt a quadruple injury blow with Justin Poore, Jason Ryles, Mark Gasnier and Brett Morris all ruled out of the key match against Wests Tigers
Obsessed ... Bruce Ivins, seen here in 2003, was working on an anthrax vaccine and is suspected of sending mail laced with the substance / AP
