BRAZIL`S Fernando Meirelles and US director James Gray have been added to the list of talent to compete for the top prize at this year`s Cannes film festival, organisers said today
AFGHAN security forces have raided a Taliban den in Kabul, sparking a battle that left seven people dead, including two rebels involved in an attack on President Hamid Karzai
THAILAND`s gruff, colourful Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is he was cancelling his twice-weekly press briefings for fear that he may publicly utter "rude words"
RELIGIOUS fervour and the Olympic spirit have combined in Beijing as the city`s Catholics gathered to pray for a peaceful and problem-free Olympics with 100 days until the Games begin
CHINESE health officials today tried to calm public fears about a virus that has killed at least 20 children, saying the situation did not resemble 2003`s SARS epidemic and there had been no cover-up
A SYDNEY man will face Melbourne Magistrate`s Court tomorrow accused of setting up offshore trusts and companies to defraud the Commonwealth Government
WA LIBERAL Party whip Graham Jacobs will call for a leadership spill tomorrow after Opposition Leader Troy Buswell`s chair sniffing incident, a senior liberal MP says
SOCCER great Ronaldo cried while being interviewed by police over a scandal in which he picked up three transvestites thinking they were female callgirls, Brazilian media has reported
WHETHER you like him or not, party boy Corey Worthington just won`t go away
