THE traditional sight of the pall bearer at a funeral will soon be replaced by mechanical trolleys as the nation`s obesity crisis takes its toll beyond the grave
SOUTH Korean police plan a crackdown on people who spread malicious rumours on the internet, a practice they blame for last week`s suicide of a local actress
RUSSIAN forces in Georgia removed a first checkpoint today and began dismantling others as part of an expected troop pull-back after the war in August over the South Ossetia rebel region
INDIAN police battled with rampaging mobs today, killing four people, in a bid to contain clashes between Muslims and tribal groups in the northeast that have claimed 30 lives, officials said
THE New South Wales Government is planning a crackdown on cyber-bullying, prompted by research showing that up to one in seven children is being bullied, harassed or abused online in a new trend called "flaming"
Crime scene ... one man is dead and another in hospital with head injuries after an incident at Lucky`s Pizza in Newtown in Sydney`s inner west. Picture: Bill Hearne
A PRINCIPAL accused of letting controversial artist Bill Henson scout a school for talent will keep her job pending an investigation
WOMAN tried to post missing tourist Britt Lapthorne`s passport the day she disappeared, her dad says
AUSTRALIANS habit of throwing personal information into bins is encouraging identity fraud with professional women most at risk
POLICE are being forced to become around-the-clock babysitters for children as young as three who are regularly left at stations for hours
AUSTRALIANS are losing interest in climate change, and many still doubt whether it is actually happening, a survey reveals
SHARES hit three-year low as dollar drops below 75 US cents for the first time in two years ahead of a widely-tipped rates cut tomorrow
BREAKING NEWS: Croatian police have recovered a body in Dubrovnik, near where Australian backpacker Britt Lapthorne went missing
DEVELOPERS in Dubai plan to build a tower 1km high - beating the city state`s own world record
WHEN confronted with a runaway sheep, police in northern Wales didn`t try to round it up, they used a Taser to send it into convulsions
US presidential hopeful John McCain made many mistakes during his time as a Navy pilot due to his "cocky, cavalier attitude"
IT may be signed but the $US700 billion bailout of financial markets will be met with bearish scepticism when local markets open today
THE New South Wales Government is planning a crackdown on cyber-bullying, prompted by research showing that up to one in seven children is being bullied, harassed or abused online in a new trend called "flaming"
