WALL Street shares opened higher today as buyers picked through the rubble after a record plunge for blue chips, lifted by renewed hopes for US passage of a financial rescue package
US President George W Bush vowed to fight to rescue the US economy today as world leaders, including Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, clamoured for action after Congress blocked a $US700 billion ($879 billion) bailout
IRAN`S Interior Minister Ali Kordan has admitted to holding a fake Oxford University degree which he thought was valid, coming clean after weeks of controversy, a newspaper reported today
POLICE in northern China have arrested 27 people in their probe into tainted milk that has sickened 53,000 children and soiled China`s reputation abroad, state media reported today
TALIBAN supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar today offered international forces a safe retreat from Afghanistan if they agree to withdraw from the war-torn country
THE makers of Bollywood film Hari Puttar may have fought off US distributor Warner Bros in the Indian courts but the movie has had less success with the critics
RIVAL Somali pirates arguing over what to do with a hijacked Ukrainian ship and its cargo of 33 tanks engaged in a shootout on board, killing three of their number, a maritime group said today
BRITAIN`S MI6 intelligence service is investigating how a camera holding sensitive information about al-Qaeda suspects came to be lost by one of its agents, Hertfordshire Police said today
A MAN has been jailed for life for murdering a former work colleague who had disturbed him trying to steal laptops from offices he had shared with her before he was sacked
US President George W. Bush says the US economy is depending on decisive action from the government on a financial bailout plan or the economic damage could be "painful and lasting"
Melbourne defender Rody Vargas is adamant the A-League club will not change their ways despite a string of suspensions to key players in their past three games
MARK Bryant isn`t superstitious but he hopes there is an omen in the fact his 100th NRL game falls on the grand final for the 100th year of rugby league
RUGBY league greats Clive Churchill, Norm Provan and Johnny Raper will be recognised with man of the match awards at the NRL grand final, over 30 years post playing
MATCH-winning five-eighth Greg Inglis admits his finals series has been below par and is determined to "turn it on" against Manly in Sunday`s NRL grand final]]>
Warned ... Kevin Rudd with his advisor George Wright. Picture: Ray Strange
HOLLYWOOD star Anthony LaPaglia has been injured in an explosives bungle in Darwin during the shooting of the film Balibo
