A JAPANESE woman addicted to comics turned to the internet to look for someone to kill her parents after they asked her to clear out her cartoon-filled room, reports said today
A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up as he tried to enter a house owned by a member of Pakistan`s ruling coalition today, killing four people but missing the politician, officials said
WORLD trade faces major disruption if Somali piracy is unchecked and allowed to be co-opted by extremists and maritime routes could be gradually diverted, a report released today said
THE era of US global economic dominance is over and the world now needs a new and "more just" financial system, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said today
CANNABIS is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, according to a report by a British research charity today, which called for a "serious rethink" of drug policy
FILM stars including Forest Whitaker, Leonardo DiCaprio and Dustin Hoffman joined forces with Google in a campaign to get US citizens to vote in the coming presidential election
APPLE said today that it was dropping a controversial non-disclosure agreement that software developers who wanted to create applications for the iPhone mobile telephone had been forced to sign
THE US Senate has endorsed a landmark US-India nuclear agreement, removing the final legislative hurdle for resumption of civilian nuclear trade between the two countries after three decades
TWO photographers being sued for the return of nude pictures of Marilyn Monroe denied accusations they had stolen the images and said they had been found in a trash can
A GROWING proportion of US voters question Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin`s readiness for the job, according to a national opinion poll reported by The Washington Post
RESCUE crews have found the wreckage of a small plane that appears to be the aircraft piloted by millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, the National Transportation Safety Board says
ADELAIDE United are disappointed their request to postpone some of their A-League matches so they can focus on the Asian Champions League (ACL) has been rejected
Caught! ... check out this streaker and her friend as they try to kiss the Italian national soccer team in Coverciano, Italy / AFP 
