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Nora Ephron, writer-filmmaker, dies at 71
Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who challenged and thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism and was loved, respected and feared for her wit, has died of leukaemia. She was 71.
Drug abuse kills tens of thousands: UN
Illegal drug abuse worldwide is stagnant but still kills about 200,000 people a year, the UN's drug-fighting agency says in a new report.
Megan Fox 'snapped with visible baby bump'
MEGAN Fox was snapped relaxing with husband, Brian Austin Green, looking very pregnant in a bikini top and flowing skirt, People Magazine reported.
UK dad critical after Lamborghini flips off highway
A MAN who hired a Lamborghini for his son's 21st birthday was critically injured when he spectacularly crashed the high-speed sports car in northwest England.
Tourist dies in horse-drawn carriage accident
A TOURIST has died in a horse-drawn carriage accident on a UK island where cars are banned.
World powers still split on Syria talks
Russia and the United States are locked in a high-stakes diplomatic stand-off over how to end Syria's bloody civil war, as hopes fade that crunch talks will be held later this week.
Google teaching computers to mimic brain
Google says it's dabbling with getting computers to simulate the learning process of the human brain as one of the unusual projects for researchers in its X Lab.
Life in prison for killer who 'wanted a better view'
A CANADIAN serial killer has been sentenced to life in prison for bludgeoning his two former wives to death with a rock, and killing his neighbour for her apartment with "a better view".
Putin 'at loss' after street naming
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's "at a bit of a loss" that a street was named after him in Bethlehem, revered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus.
Detained medics tortured, killed in Syria
Amnesty International says three medics have been tortured and killed in Syria a week after their arrest in the city of Aleppo in what it said was an "appalling disregard" for the profession.
German court rules religious circumcision an assault
CIRCUMCISING young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm, a German court ruled today, in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said trampled on parents' religious rights.
Jersey threatens UK split
The Channel Island of Jersey could consider independence from Britain due to a clampdown on its financial industry, a senior island minister has warned.
Suu Kyi holds no grudges against jailers
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she holds no grudges against the military regime that kept her under house arrest for 15 years and, instead, views it as a group she can work with as the country moves toward democracy.
Assad says Syria 'in a state of war'
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country is in state of war and has ordered his new cabinet to crush the anti-regime uprising as Turkey vowed to retaliate over the downing of one of its jets.
African Kony hunters need boots, food
An African force hunting Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony needs boots, uniforms and food, international envoys say.
Greek subway work unearths ancient road
Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have uncovered a 70-metre section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was the city's main travel artery nearly 2000 years ago.
Mexico doctors remove child's 15kg tumour
Mexican doctors say they have successfully removed a 15kg benign tumour from a two-year-old boy.
Emancipation Proclamation sells for $2m
A rare original copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation ordering the freeing of slaves has sold at a New York auction for more than $US2 million.
150 natives occupy Amazon dam construction
More than 150 indigenous people are occupying one of the construction sites for the huge Belo Monte hydro-electric dam across the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, a local spokesman said on Tuesday.
Few prosecuted over Haiti rapes: UN
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 26 AP - The prosecution of rape cases in Haiti remains bogged down, and justice is rarely served, the United Nations mission in the impoverished country says.
Videla denies Argentine baby thefts
Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has denied his government stole babies from women who were detained and then executed during the country's 1976-1983 dictatorship.
US testing free rapid AIDS testing
US health officials have set up a $US1.2 million pilot program that will offer free rapid HIV tests at pharmacies and in-store clinics in 24 cities and rural communities.
Teenage pregnancy deaths a global scandal
British charity Save the Children says it's a global scandal that 50,000 teenagers die each year due to pregnancy and childbirth complications.
Police stations attacked in Nigeria
Gunmen with explosives have attacked two police stations in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, a target of Islamist group Boko Haram, killing at least four people.
Court dismisses claim on Marcos assets
New York courts have dismissed the claim by victims of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos for more than $US35 million from a US brokerage account, citing the competing claim by the Philippine government upheld by its own highest court.
Machinery deployed to Canada mall collapse
Canadian authorities have sent heavy machinery to a collapsed Ontario shopping mall in the hope of digging out a possible survivor trapped for three days in the rubble.
Queen prays in N Ireland
THE Queen has prayed with Catholic and Protestant leaders from across Northern Ireland as this long-divided land demonstrated its rising faith in a shared future - and braced for a peacemaking milestone that has been a quarter-century in the making.
Man 'ate dog while high on synthetic pot'
A TEXAS man is facing animal cruelty charges after police said he ate a dog while high on synthetic marijuana.
Voice runners-up secure record deals
SARAH De Bono, Darren Percival and Rachael Leahcar will release their singles on Friday.
'Suspicious' blast kills toddler
A SUSPECTED gas explosion has reduced a house to smoking rubble, killed a 2-year-old boy and left a man seriously burned in northwest England overnight, police and rescue workers said.
Jews arrested for Holocaust museum vandalism
ISRAELI police arrested three Jewish men suspected of spraying graffiti thanking Hitler for the Holocaust at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum earlier this month, a spokesman said today.
Tunisia consul's home bombed
UNKNOWN assailants have thrown a homemade bomb at the home of the Tunisian consul in the Libyan capital, causing some damage but no casualties, officials and witnesses said.
Sting targets online financial fraud
DOZENS of people in four continents have been arrested in an elaborate sting targeting a black market for online financial fraud, federal officials in New York said.
German court bans religious circumcision
CIRCUMCISIONS of young boys on religious grounds should be considered as grievous bodily harm, a German court has said, in a landmark ruling that clears up a grey area for doctors.
Greek government hit by fresh resignation
A SECOND Greek Cabinet member has resigned in two days, the latest casualty for the financially struggling country's new conservative-led government.
Egypt court rules against military
AN Egyptian court has suspended a government decision allowing military police and intelligence to arrest civilians, a setback for the country's military rulers after the decree drew an outcry from opponents who accused them of trying to impose martial law.
Spice Girls unite to launch musical
THE Spice Girls gave fans what they want - what they really, really want - reuniting onstage to announce the details of a musical based on their songs.
Forty-two Malawians suffocate in truck
FORTY-TWO immigrants from Malawi have been found dead in a truck in central Tanzania, having perished from asphyxiation, Deputy Interior Minister Pereira Silima said.
Rapper 50 Cent hospitalised after car crash
A MACK truck rear-ended rapper 50 Cent's car, sending him to the hospital with possible neck and back injuries.
Turkey dubs Syria clear threat; will retaliate
TURKEY branded its former ally Syria "a clear and imminent threat" today as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vented his fury.
Bid to reform UK's upper house
Britain's government says it is making a new attempt to drastically overhaul Britain's 700-year-old upper chamber of Parliament, the House of Lords.
Koreas suffer worst drought in a century
KOHYON-RI, North Korea, June 26 AP - North Korea has dispatched soldiers to pour buckets of water on parched fields as the worst dry spell in a century grips the Korean Peninsula.
Turkey tells Syria the rules have changed
Turkey's prime minister has threatened that the "rules of engagement" with Syria have changed.
14 soldiers jailed for Serbia war crimes
A Serb war crimes court has sentenced 14 former Serbian soldiers to between four and 20 years in prison for the killing of 70 Croatian villagers in 1991.
Land mines kill 73 Yemen civilians
Landmines planted by al-Qaeda militants before they fled from key strongholds in Yemen have killed 73 civilians over the past week, officials say.
Nora Ephron, writer-filmmaker, dies at 71
Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who challenged and thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism and was loved, respected and feared for her wit, has died of leukaemia. She was 71.
Drug abuse kills tens of thousands: UN
Illegal drug abuse worldwide is stagnant but still kills about 200,000 people a year, the UN's drug-fighting agency says in a new report.
Megan Fox 'snapped with visible baby bump'
MEGAN Fox was snapped relaxing with husband, Brian Austin Green, looking very pregnant in a bikini top and flowing skirt, People Magazine reported.
UK dad critical after Lamborghini flips off highway
A MAN who hired a Lamborghini for his son's 21st birthday was critically injured when he spectacularly crashed the high-speed sports car in northwest England.
Tourist dies in horse-drawn carriage accident
A TOURIST has died in a horse-drawn carriage accident on a UK island where cars are banned.
World powers still split on Syria talks
Russia and the United States are locked in a high-stakes diplomatic stand-off over how to end Syria's bloody civil war, as hopes fade that crunch talks will be held later this week.
Google teaching computers to mimic brain
Google says it's dabbling with getting computers to simulate the learning process of the human brain as one of the unusual projects for researchers in its X Lab.
Life in prison for killer who 'wanted a better view'
A CANADIAN serial killer has been sentenced to life in prison for bludgeoning his two former wives to death with a rock, and killing his neighbour for her apartment with "a better view".
Putin 'at loss' after street naming
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's "at a bit of a loss" that a street was named after him in Bethlehem, revered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus.
Detained medics tortured, killed in Syria
Amnesty International says three medics have been tortured and killed in Syria a week after their arrest in the city of Aleppo in what it said was an "appalling disregard" for the profession.
German court rules religious circumcision an assault
CIRCUMCISING young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm, a German court ruled today, in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said trampled on parents' religious rights.
Jersey threatens UK split
The Channel Island of Jersey could consider independence from Britain due to a clampdown on its financial industry, a senior island minister has warned.
Suu Kyi holds no grudges against jailers
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she holds no grudges against the military regime that kept her under house arrest for 15 years and, instead, views it as a group she can work with as the country moves toward democracy.
Assad says Syria 'in a state of war'
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country is in state of war and has ordered his new cabinet to crush the anti-regime uprising as Turkey vowed to retaliate over the downing of one of its jets.
African Kony hunters need boots, food
An African force hunting Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony needs boots, uniforms and food, international envoys say.
Greek subway work unearths ancient road
Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have uncovered a 70-metre section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was the city's main travel artery nearly 2000 years ago.
Mexico doctors remove child's 15kg tumour
Mexican doctors say they have successfully removed a 15kg benign tumour from a two-year-old boy.
Emancipation Proclamation sells for $2m
A rare original copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation ordering the freeing of slaves has sold at a New York auction for more than $US2 million.
150 natives occupy Amazon dam construction
More than 150 indigenous people are occupying one of the construction sites for the huge Belo Monte hydro-electric dam across the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, a local spokesman said on Tuesday.
Few prosecuted over Haiti rapes: UN
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 26 AP - The prosecution of rape cases in Haiti remains bogged down, and justice is rarely served, the United Nations mission in the impoverished country says.
Videla denies Argentine baby thefts
Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has denied his government stole babies from women who were detained and then executed during the country's 1976-1983 dictatorship.
US testing free rapid AIDS testing
US health officials have set up a $US1.2 million pilot program that will offer free rapid HIV tests at pharmacies and in-store clinics in 24 cities and rural communities.
Teenage pregnancy deaths a global scandal
British charity Save the Children says it's a global scandal that 50,000 teenagers die each year due to pregnancy and childbirth complications.
Police stations attacked in Nigeria
Gunmen with explosives have attacked two police stations in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, a target of Islamist group Boko Haram, killing at least four people.
Court dismisses claim on Marcos assets
New York courts have dismissed the claim by victims of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos for more than $US35 million from a US brokerage account, citing the competing claim by the Philippine government upheld by its own highest court.
Machinery deployed to Canada mall collapse
Canadian authorities have sent heavy machinery to a collapsed Ontario shopping mall in the hope of digging out a possible survivor trapped for three days in the rubble.
Queen prays in N Ireland
THE Queen has prayed with Catholic and Protestant leaders from across Northern Ireland as this long-divided land demonstrated its rising faith in a shared future - and braced for a peacemaking milestone that has been a quarter-century in the making.
Man 'ate dog while high on synthetic pot'
A TEXAS man is facing animal cruelty charges after police said he ate a dog while high on synthetic marijuana.
Voice runners-up secure record deals
SARAH De Bono, Darren Percival and Rachael Leahcar will release their singles on Friday.
'Suspicious' blast kills toddler
A SUSPECTED gas explosion has reduced a house to smoking rubble, killed a 2-year-old boy and left a man seriously burned in northwest England overnight, police and rescue workers said.
Jews arrested for Holocaust museum vandalism
ISRAELI police arrested three Jewish men suspected of spraying graffiti thanking Hitler for the Holocaust at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum earlier this month, a spokesman said today.
Tunisia consul's home bombed
UNKNOWN assailants have thrown a homemade bomb at the home of the Tunisian consul in the Libyan capital, causing some damage but no casualties, officials and witnesses said.
Sting targets online financial fraud
DOZENS of people in four continents have been arrested in an elaborate sting targeting a black market for online financial fraud, federal officials in New York said.
German court bans religious circumcision
CIRCUMCISIONS of young boys on religious grounds should be considered as grievous bodily harm, a German court has said, in a landmark ruling that clears up a grey area for doctors.
Greek government hit by fresh resignation
A SECOND Greek Cabinet member has resigned in two days, the latest casualty for the financially struggling country's new conservative-led government.
Egypt court rules against military
AN Egyptian court has suspended a government decision allowing military police and intelligence to arrest civilians, a setback for the country's military rulers after the decree drew an outcry from opponents who accused them of trying to impose martial law.
Spice Girls unite to launch musical
THE Spice Girls gave fans what they want - what they really, really want - reuniting onstage to announce the details of a musical based on their songs.
Forty-two Malawians suffocate in truck
FORTY-TWO immigrants from Malawi have been found dead in a truck in central Tanzania, having perished from asphyxiation, Deputy Interior Minister Pereira Silima said.
Rapper 50 Cent hospitalised after car crash
A MACK truck rear-ended rapper 50 Cent's car, sending him to the hospital with possible neck and back injuries.
Turkey dubs Syria clear threat; will retaliate
TURKEY branded its former ally Syria "a clear and imminent threat" today as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vented his fury.
Bid to reform UK's upper house
Britain's government says it is making a new attempt to drastically overhaul Britain's 700-year-old upper chamber of Parliament, the House of Lords.
Koreas suffer worst drought in a century
KOHYON-RI, North Korea, June 26 AP - North Korea has dispatched soldiers to pour buckets of water on parched fields as the worst dry spell in a century grips the Korean Peninsula.
Turkey tells Syria the rules have changed
Turkey's prime minister has threatened that the "rules of engagement" with Syria have changed.
14 soldiers jailed for Serbia war crimes
A Serb war crimes court has sentenced 14 former Serbian soldiers to between four and 20 years in prison for the killing of 70 Croatian villagers in 1991.
Land mines kill 73 Yemen civilians
Landmines planted by al-Qaeda militants before they fled from key strongholds in Yemen have killed 73 civilians over the past week, officials say.
Thai pair re-enact killing Australian
Two Thai men have faced the wrath of an angry mob while showing police how they killed an Australian travel agent.
Queen arrives in Northern Ireland
Queen Elizabeth II has begun a two-day trip to Northern Ireland.
Missing forced-abortion dad phones home
The husband of a Chinese woman whose forced abortion caused an uproar has phoned home after going missing, but his family say they are facing daily harassment.
Is it a crime to cook one's own genitals?
POLICE investigating whether a man who cooked his own severed genitals and served them to five paying diners committed a crime.
Zoo director held over 'drowning of wallaby'
A US zoo director in Virginia was held on an animal cruelty charge over the death of a wallaby at the park earlier this year.
Syrian rebels and army clash in Damascus
Rebel forces are fighting the Syrian army in the suburbs of Damascus, a monitoring group says.
'Fed up' mum throws young sons to their deaths
RUSSIAN mother "decided to get rid" of her kids, aged four and seven, from her 15th-floor apartment. She threw them off.
Israel starts evacuating West Bank outpost
Israel has started evacuating Jewish settlers from an unauthorised West Bank outpost, following a court order to dismantle the enclave.
AirAsia to change Bangkok airport
AirAsia is planning to move its Bangkok operations to the city's second biggest airport, Don Mueang, by October 1, the airline says.
Ten dead and seven injured in Nepal crash
Ten people have been killed and seven injured in a road accident in western Nepal.
NZ quake volunteers overwhelmed system
Civil defence authorities had difficulty organising volunteers after the Christchurch earthquake because there were so many of them, the government says.
China's Hu praises astronauts
Chinese President Hu Jintao has told three astronauts aboard a space capsule they have pushed forward China's space program, after they carried out the country's first manual docking.
SKorea to suspend Iranian oil imports
South Korea says it will be forced to halt imports of Iranian oil from July because of European Union sanctions aimed at pressuring Tehran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons program.
UK police use App to snare rioters
British police have loaded almost 3,000 images onto a smartphone App and invited the public to help them identify people suspected of taking part in last year's London riots.
Staff at SKorea news agency end strike
Hundreds of journalists at South Korea's leading news agency have ended a three-month strike called to demand fair reporting, free of political pressure.
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