Polish composer Wojciech Kilar dies

WOJCIECH Kilar, a Polish pianist and composer of classical music and scores for many films, including Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning The Pianist and Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, has died. He was 81. The composer died Sunday...

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Drive-by shooting and bomb in Iraq kill 6

A DRIVE-BY shooting and a bomb in Iraq have killed at least six people. Police say gunmen in a speeding car opened fire on Sunday at a check point run by anti-al-Qaeda, pro-government Sunni militiamen in Baghdad's western suburb of Abu Ghraib,...

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French court upholds high income tax

FRENCH President Francois Hollande has finally got his super tax on high incomes with the country's highest court upholding the law's latest version. Hollande originally promised a 75 per cent tax on income over 1 million euros ($A1.55 million)....

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Amphetamine abuse growing: report

AMPHETAMINES have surged ahead of alcohol as the main substance addicted Australians seek treatment for, a report from a rehabilitation centre has found. Odyssey House released its latest annual report on Monday. It found addiction to amphetamines...

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CIA helped Colombia target rebels: report

A COVERT CIA program has helped Colombia's government kill at least two dozen leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the rebel insurgency also known as FARC, The Washington Post reports. The National Security Agency has also...

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Khodorkovsky says he won't enter politics

KREMLIN critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, unexpectedly pardoned and released from jail, says he will not enter Russian politics, or fund the country's opposition to President Vladimir Putin. Khodorkovsky, speaking to the press in the German capital...

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Man survives 15m plunge in Blue Mountains

A 29-YEAR old man has survived a 15-metre plunge down a waterfall in the Blue Mountains. The man was hiking through the Valley of the Waters with his family about 2.30pm (AEDT) on Saturday when he allegedly climbed over a safety fence, slipped...

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NSW woman dies in single vehicle crash

A 45-YEAR-OLD woman has been killed in Sydney's west when the car she was driving crashed at Hassall Grove. Police say the woman was driving along Luxford Road about 12.50am (AEDT) on Sunday when her car hit the gutter, before crashing through the...

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Extreme fire danger in WA prompts bans

FIRE alerts ranging from severe to extreme for much of Western Australia have prompted total fire bans in many areas, including parts of the Goldfields-Midlands region. With temperatures set to soar again on Monday, the Department of Fire and...

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NAB's business satisfaction rating falls

AUSTRALIA'S biggest business lender National Australia Bank has fallen further behind its big four rivals in business customer satisfaction. NAB had an average satisfaction rating of 6.9 out of ten in November, well behind Commonwealth Bank...

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Govt proves itself trustworthy: Abbott

A HUNDRED days on from the federal election, Prime Minister Tony Abbott believes voters will be confident they made the right choice. Monday marks 100 days since the September 7 election. "I'm very satisfied that what we've demonstrated over...

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Comedy Bamboozled wins Tropfest

AFTER winning a prize in the DSLR category at the last Tropfest, Australian filmmaker Matt Hardie can now add Tropfest 22 winner to his name. Hardie has taken home the top prize with his comedic short film Bamboozled. The event on Sunday night...

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Alcohol sends 30,000 Vics to hospital

NEARLY 30,000 Victorians were hospitalised in a 12-month period due to the effects of excessive alcohol consumption, new data shows. Men make up the majority of those hospitalised, but there has been a big jump in the number of women ending...

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Catholic response to abuse under spotlight

THE internal process used by the Catholic Church to compensate victims of child sexual abuse is under the microscope at a national inquiry this week. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse starts public hearings...

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Woman over limit with 6-year-old in car

A WOMAN who was driving her six-year-old son to a birthday party has lost her licence for six months after she recorded a positive breath test in Melbourne. The 43-year-old woman, from Patterson Lakes, returned the positive test when she was...

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Motorcyclist dies on NSW mid-north coast

A 67-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist has been killed in an accident on the NSW mid-north coast. It's believed the man attempted to take a sweeping bend on the Dondingalong Road at Dondingalong, about 20 kilometres southwest of Kempsey, when he lost control...

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Watkins bandmates unaware of abuse

THE ex-bandmates of paedophile rocker Ian Watkins insist they did not know about the abuse. The Lostprophets frontman has admitted a string of sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby. Speaking for the first time since Watkins' last-minute...

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Second body removed from UK pub

THE body of a second victim has been removed from the Glasgow hotel which collapsed when a police helicopter crashed through its roof. At least eight people were killed when the helicopter crashed into the Clutha Vaults pub in Scotland's largest...

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Salvos snapshot shines light on homeless

THEY'VE been reaching out to the homeless for 130 years, but for the first time the Salvation Army is releasing data on the people they help. The Salvation Army on Monday released its first National Homeless Report, revealing how many people...

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Three Qld men in court for bashing murder

THREE young men will appear in a Sunshine Coast court on Monday charged with murder after allegedly killing a man in an early morning bashing. The 45-year-old victim sustained head injuries when he was attacked outside the Factory nightclub...

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Government data found on old memory sticks

USED memory sticks being sold on the internet have been found to contain sensitive Australian government data, according to a new study. The research paper, to be presented at a cyber security conference in Perth, reveals how researchers discovered...

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Greenpeace to continue oil rig demos

GREENPEACE will continue to stage oil rig protests despite having 30 activists taken prisoner by the Russian authorities, one of the Britons freed from detention says. Frank Hewetson says, that despite his ordeal, the organisation's method of...

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Indonesia raises volcano alert level

THE alert status for one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes has been raised to the highest level after it repeatedly sent hot clouds of gas down its slope following a series of eruptions in recent days. Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province...

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Extend domestic violence leave: ACTU

THE national union peak body wants special leave for domestic violence victims to be included as a minimum workplace award entitlement from next year. To coincide with White Ribbon Day, Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Dave Oliver...

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Treasurers to discuss online shopping tax

MOVES to slap GST on overseas online shopping purchases worth less than $1000 will be on the agenda when Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey meets his state and territory counterparts this week. The treasurers will meet in Canberra on Wednesday from...

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Thousands rally in Kiev for EU deal

TENS of thousands of demonstrators have marched through central Kiev to demand the Ukrainian government reverse course and sign a landmark agreement with the European Union in defiance of Russia. The protest was the biggest Ukraine has seen since...

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Thai anti-government protesters rally

ABOUT 100,000 anti-government demonstrators have rallied in Thailand's capital, demanding that the prime minister step down amid claims that her government is controlled by her older brother, ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. ...

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Royal Commission begins in Sydney

BRUTAL bashings and the sexual abuse of children under the care of the Anglican church in NSW will be examined at the next round of public hearings in a national inquiry. The third case study by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses...

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Cancer gene women unprotected: research

MANY Australian women are failing to protect themselves from breast and ovarian cancer despite knowing they carry a dangerous gene mutation, according to a new study. About 20 per cent are likely to have their breasts removed, according to the...

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Bold action needed for Aussie kids: report

AUSTRALIA needs bold action to improve the wellbeing of its young people, says a high-powered group concerned the country is underperforming compared with its peers. The main problems include a lack of support for babies and toddlers, education,...

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Nobel-winning author Lessing dies

DORIS Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of The Golden Notebook, has died aged 94. The British author died peacefully at her London home in the early hours of this morning, a spokesman said. Born in Iran in 1919, Ms...

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Eddie Obeid to give evidence at ICAC

EDDIE Obeid will take the witness stand at the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Monday as more than three weeks of public hearings into the corrupt former MP's conduct conclude. Since late October the ICAC has been examining...

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Italy rescues 400 migrants off Sicily

ITALIAN authorities have rescued more than 400 asylum seekers off the coast of Sicily. About 80 children are among those rescued overnight. The Italian government has stepped up sea patrols in the Mediterranean this month after 366 boat people...

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Somali journalist dies after shooting

A SOMALI journalist has died after being shot six times by unidentified gunmen as he drove to work. Mohamed Mohamud's death brings the number of journalists killed in Somalia this year to seven. The 26-year-old died in hospital on Saturday...

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Mother, four children killed in NY home

A MOTHER and her four young children, including a toddler, have been killed in a late-night stabbing rampage at their home in New York. Police say a man has been taken into custody. Officers who arrived at the scene late on Saturday found all...

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Five killed opposition rally in India

FIVE people have died and 83 have been injured in a series of explosions in the eastern Indian city of Patna, where the country's main opposition party was holding a rally. Police say seven blasts went off - one at the railway station and six...

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Thousands protest about ETA ruling

TENS of thousands of people have protested in Madrid against a European Court of Human Rights ruling that frees dozens of imprisoned members of the Basque separatist group ETA. The Spanish Association of Terrorism Victims, the organiser of the...

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Don't boycott UN rights meet, Israel told

GERMANY has warned Israel against boycotting a UN review of its human rights record scheduled for Tuesday if it wants to avert "severe diplomatic damage", an Israeli newspaper reports. The warning came in a letter from German Foreign Minister...

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Vatican beatifies 522 killed in Spain

THE Vatican has beatified 522 people - mostly priests and nuns - killed in the turmoil that led to Spain's civil war. The beatification, the last step the Roman Catholic church takes before sainthood, was conducted on Sunday by Cardinal Angelo...

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Flying doctors offer chance to buy the sky

THE Royal Flying Doctor Service is giving donors a chance to claim a patch of the Australian sky. Demand for the flying doctor service has grown by more than a quarter in the past seven years as the mining boom sent more people into remote areas....

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Attacks across Iraq kill at least 31

A STRING of bombings in mostly Shi'ite-majority cities across Iraq has killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but car bombs are frequently used by al-Qaeda's Iraq branch. The Sunni militant...

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Iran to send another monkey into space

IRAN is reportedly planning to send another monkey into space. Conservative daily Jomhuri Eslami quoted on Sunday the deputy head of Iran's space agency, Hamid Fazeli, as saying the planned launch, within a month, is part of the country's plans...

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Israel finds tunnel under Gaza border

THE Israeli military has discovered an underground tunnel dug out from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip into Israel. It says it believes militants intended to use the passageway to attack or kidnap Israelis. In response, officials have frozen...

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Boat capsizes on Amazon, 12 dead

A BOAT carrying Catholic pilgrims has capsized on Brazil's Amazon river, leaving at least 12 dead and six missing. Authorities said on Sunday they didn't know what caused the tragedy, though they were investigating whether or not the boat was...

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More Greenpeace activists jailed in Russia

A COURT in Russia has sent six more Greenpeace activists to jail for two months and showed no sign that the remaining two activists would be treated any differently for a protest at a drilling platform in Arctic waters. Twenty other activists...

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Another arrest over Kenya mall attack

KENYA'S interior minister says that another arrest has been made in connection with the deadly Westgate mall attack, which left 67 people dead in a four-day siege. Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said the arrest was made on Sunday, but he...

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Small banks beat big four for satisfaction

SMALLER banks are doing a better job of keeping customers happy than the big four. ING Direct has been voted Australia's best bank in an online survey of customer satisfaction by comparison website Mozo.com.au. In state-by-state rankings, only...

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Swiss voters opt to keep military service

Switzerland is voting on a proposal to abolish mandatory service in its army. Source: AAP SWISS voters have opted against abolishing the country's mandatory military service in a referendum. The initiative by the Group for a Switzerland...

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Red Cross pleads for Syria donations

Red Cross Australia has made a plea to Australians to help Syrians displaced by the civil war. Source: AAP THE CEO of Red Cross Australia has made a personal plea to Australians to "act on their compassion" and help Syrian civilians displaced...

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Big 4 banks' satisfaction rating improves

AUSTRALIAN businesses are more satisfied with the big four banks than at any point in the last four years. But satisfaction levels for National Australia Bank and ANZ continue to lag behind Commonwealth and Westpac. The big four had an average...

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Mines will drain central Qld water: report

PROPOSED coal mines will drain the equivalent of two-and-a-half Sydney harbours of groundwater in central Queensland, a report says. Released on Monday and commissioned by anti-mining group Lock the Gate Alliance, the report assesses mining...

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Bangladesh garment workers, police clash

POLICE have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse thousands of garment workers who blocked streets outside Bangladesh's capital to demand factory owners raise their minimum wage. Police say at least 50 people were injured in Sunday's...

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Syrian rebels 'take Christian village'

REBELS including al-Qaeda-linked fighters have gained control of a Christian village northeast of the capital Damascus, Syrian activists say. Government media, however, provides a dramatically different account of the battle, suggesting regime...

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Guatemala gunmen kill 10, wound 19

MEN firing from cars poured bullets into three cantinas in a rural town in Guatemala, killing at least 10 people and wounding 19. Firefighters' spokesman Sergio Vasquez says the attacks happened on Saturday night in the town of San Jose Nacahuil,...

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Call for action as young adults get fatter

MORE young adults are getting fat than other age groups, according to a study that has tracked 11,000 Australians for 12 years. But the AusDiab study shows Australians in general are failing to make the lifestyle changes necessary to beat obesity,...

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Hand transplant man doing well 2 years on

IT has taken months of gruelling rehabilitation and daily doses of strong drugs, but Australia's only double hand transplant recipient is doing well after two years. "I have full feeling," says Peter Walsh, 67, a plumber from regional Victoria....

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CBA tops business satisfaction ratings

THE Commonwealth Bank has pulled ahead of its big bank rivals when it comes to business customer satisfaction, while ANZ continues to languish at the back of the pack. CBA scored an average customer satisfaction rating of 7.5 out of 10 among...

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McCain wants Egypt aid cut after killings

US politicians are calling for military aid to be cut after Egypt's security forces killed hundreds of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in a four-day "massacre". US Senator John McCain, who called for suspending the $US1.3 billion...

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Thirty prisoners escape from Sumatra jail

ABOUT 30 prisoners have escaped from an overcrowded jail on Indonesia's Sumatra island after riots broke out. "About 30 prisoners managed to escape," said Sutopo Berutu, head of Labuhan Ruku prison in North Sumatra province. Akbar Hari, prisons...

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UN chemical weapons team arrives in Syria

A UN team has arrived in Damascus to investigate alleged use of chemicals weapons in Syria's 29-month civil war. Syria's government and rebels have both accused one another of using the weapons while denying they have done so themselves. The...

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Islamists cancel Cairo rallies

AN Islamist alliance opposed to the Egyptian military's ouster of president Mohamed Morsi has called off rallies that they planned to stage in Cairo, citing concerns about security. "Several marches in Cairo have been cancelled for security...

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Somali rebels seized $A824,800 in aid: UK

AL-SHABAB rebels in Somalia have seized STG480,000 ($A824,800) of UK-funded humanitarian aid supplies, the British government says. The supplies were seized between November 2011 and February 2012, when the militants raided warehouses and offices...

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Snowden's father gets visa to visit Russia

US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's father says he has secured a visa to visit his son in Russia. Lon Snowden and family lawyer Bruce Fein aren't saying when they'll visit Russia. They also say they haven't spoken directly with...

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Mandela 'making slow but steady' progress

NELSON Mandela is making "slow but steady" progress back to health, although he remains critically ill, the office of the South African president says. The 95-year-old former president and anti-apartheid icon has been in hospital for more than...

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NSW Labor faces another huge defeat: poll

THE coalition government in NSW would be returned with a similar resounding majority to its 2011 election victory if an election was held today, the latest Newspoll shows. As NSW Labor prepares for the results from reports of inquiries from...

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Israel approves release of 104 prisoners

ISRAEL has approved the release of 104 long-held Palestinian prisoners, clearing a hurdle toward a possible resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Sunday's 13-7 cabinet vote with two abstentions came after a stormy session. Prime Minister...

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Forest fire leads to evacuations in Spain

A VAST forest fire on the Spanish island of Mallorca is burning out of control, prompting a complete evacuation of a seaside village. About 700 people in Estellencs, many of them tourists, were woken late Saturday (Sunday AEST) and brought to...

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Islamists kill 20 in Nigeria's north

SUSPECTED members of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram have shot dead more than 20 civilians when a vigilante group attacked them in the northern Borno state. "The suspected sect members came armed and fired sporadic shots that killed over...

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31 drown after boat capsizes off Libya

From: AAP July 29, 2013 1:43AM MORE than half the people aboard a rubber boat carrying 53 African migrants died when it...

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Cambodian PM's party claims election win

THE ruling party of strongman Cambodian premier Hun Sen has claimed victory in Sunday's elections which were marred by allegations of widespread irregularities. Although official results had yet to be announced, the prime minister's Cambodian...

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