AN elderly man has died while waiting for a ward bed at Queensland`s overcrowded Townsville Hospital after being left in a corridor for more than eight hours
THE United States will take North Korea off its terrorism list "immediately" if it can agree on a way to verify its nuclear facilities, America`s top nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said today
AT least 20 people were killed and 23 injured yesterday when dozens of homes in a northern Cairo shantytown were crushed by a massive rockslide, Egyptian officials said
ASIF Ali Zardari has secured a large win in Pakistan`s presidential elections yesterday, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto`s assassination just nine months ago
TROPICAL Storm Fay has killed another 40 people in Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas with 70 per cent of its people living in poverty and mountainous terrain prone to mudslides
Economic issues dominated the campaign trail Saturday as presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain battled over who could best lead the nation in troubled times
Mega millions ... the 2008 International Boat Show is underway in Sydney, showcasing more than 300 craft and a jaw-dropping array of rich people`s toys and gadgets / Photo: Charles Brewer
A MAGISTRATE has told a teenager who was stabbed at a birthday party by a gatecrashing gang to "make friends" with his attackers
