The Courier Mail
- + Trying for a girl? Eat beans and cheese—CUTTING out salt and going on a diet of beans and hard cheese gives mothers a better chance of giving birth to a girl, research shows.
- + Spanish separatist group calls ceasefire—SPANISH separatist group ETA announced a ceasefire in its campaign for an independent homeland, according to Basque news agency GARA.
- + Boy, 11, shot in hunting mishap—A BOY is being flown to a Perth hospital after being shot by a friend in a duck hunting mishap southeast of Perth.
- + Nine people killed in Yemen violence—SIX people including four policemen were killed in clashes in Yemen's south, where an ambush killed a tribal chief and his two bodyguards.
- + Cholera outbreak 'covered up'—AUTHORITIES in eastern China covered up an outbreak of cholera for 12 days out of fears that publicising the disease would shock the population.
- + Japanese schools serving whale meat—WHALE meat is on the menu at about a sixth of Japan's state-run primary and junior high schools, a survey released today showed.
- + Storm cuts power on NSW south coast—A SAVAGE windstorm has battered the NSW south coast, cutting power to tens of thousands of homes, toppling trees and stripping roofs over a wide area.
- + PM offers money, sympathy for flood victims—PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has warned residents in areas hardest hit by severe storms in Victoria to be prepared to evacuate.
- + 35 computers seized in child porn raid—POLICE have seized 35 computers from owners as young as 15 in raids targeting people believed to have accessed child sexual abuse material.
- + Canberra mops up after rain, wind—BLUSTERY weather conditions have eased in Canberra, allowing emergency crews to mop up after a busy 24 hours of pelting rain and strong winds.
- + Child abuse everyone's business - Burney—ATTITUDES need to be changed to realise that protecting children from abuse is everyone's responsibility, the New South Wales Government says.
- + Worst floods since 1998 hit Victoria—EMERGENCY services have revealed initial figures about evacuations in northeast Victoria's flood ravaged towns.
- + Katter's call unlikely today—INDEPENDENT MP Bob Katter is unlikely to announce today who he'll back to form government.
- + Tropical storm Earl makes landfall—TROPICAL storm Earl's worst damage in the US has been in New England where seasonal businesses hoped to end their summer on a high note.
- + Christchurch braces for more shocks—CHRISTCHURCH braced for more destruction today as aftershocks rocked the region following New Zealand's most devastating earthquake in decades and as ...
- + Teen killed, four injured in car crash—A TEENAGER has died after the car in which he was travelling with four others slammed into an embankment in Adelaide's southern suburbs.
- + Liberals still suffering costings headache—THE Federal Opposition is still on the defensive over its budget costings, as the independents enter their final stages of deliberation.
- + Damaging winds lash state—SEVERE winds have lashed through Victoria's west coast and Melbourne's bayside suburbs, toppling trees and damaging buildings.
- + Residents flee as homes flooded—HUNDREDS of homes have been inundated as Victoria faces its worst floods in more than a decade.
- + NASA plans first-ever sun mission—NASA says it's developing a car-sized satellite that by "no later than 2018" will plunge into the sun's outer atmosphere for an up-close stu...
- + Aussie plane crash victim named—THE nine skydivers and tourists who died when their small plane crashed in New Zealand were identified today as five New Zealanders and visitors from ...
- + Two killed in mid-air collision—TWO people were killed following a mid-air crash overnight between two light aircraft on the Isle of Wight, off England's southern coast, police said.
- + Iran 'stoning woman' to get 99 lashes—SAKINEH Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has also been sentenced to 99 lashes for a photo published of...
- + Andes crash survivors visit Chile miners—CHILE'S trapped miners got an uplifting visit overnight from four of the 16 survivors of a 1972 Andes plane crash, who endured extreme elements for 72...
- + China landslide toll rises to 24—THE death toll from rain-triggered landslides that hit a remote village in southwestern China has risen to 24, with another 24 people still missing, s...
- + Fire closes highway, forces evacuation—A FIRE at car dealer has closed the Princes Highway at Banksia in Sydney's south and forced the evacuation of four nearby houses.
- + BP oil well no longer 'threat' to Gulf—THE Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a th...
- + Hurricane Earl weakens to a tropical storm—EARL weakened to a tropical storm after barrelling ashore in Nova Scotia last night as a hurricane, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said.
- + Mutilated body found at golf course—A MUTILATED and badly burned body with a missing foot has been found in undergrowth at a seaside British golf course.
- + Cocaine epidemic is 'rampart across NSW'—NEW South Wales' top crime expert says the state is in the grip of a cocaine epidemic.
- + 'Government faked daughter's bikini pics'—A FORMER UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer has accused the government of publishing pictures of his adult daughter in a swimsuit and at events...
- + Delivery man killed as stray bullet hits van—A DELIVERY man was shot and killedby what appears to have been a stray bullet while driving a bread van in New York.
- + Andes crash survivors help trapped men—A GROUP of former rugby players who survived more than two months of isolation in the Andes after their plane crashed are in Chile to support 33 miner...
- + Ground Zero mosque man 'ripped off' firm—ONE of the money men behind the developer of the Ground Zero mosque was sued for allegedly ripping off an insurance company for nearly $1.8 ($1.97) mi...
- + Women try to take dead relative on plane—TWO women who were arrested at a British airport while trying to take a dead relative onto a plane will not face any criminal charges, it has emerged.
- + Cleric rejects Holocaust as 'superstition'—A SENIOR Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, has dismissed the Holocaust as a new "superstition" for the West in a blist...
- + Jet lands in Greece with engine on fire—PASSENGERS and crew were evacuated by slide from a Slovakian airliner tonight after it made an emergency landing on a Greek island with an engine on f...
- + UK Brokers swap leather cases for iPads—BROKERS at the world's leading insurance market, Lloyds of London, may soon abandon the centuries-old tradition of carrying paperwork around in leathe...
- + Karzai announces peace talks with Taliban—AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai announced today that he had set up a council to pursue peace talks with the Taliban.
- + Naked UK car owner thwarts stunned thief—A CAR thief ran off when the owner of the vehicle he was about to steal got into the car naked.
- + Policeman bitten during football brawl—A MASSIVE brawl involving hundreds of spectators has erupted at a junior Australian Rules grand final in Alice Springs.
- + Snack food causes illness in 87 toddlers—A TOTAL of 87 Chinese children have had to be hospitalised after eating yoghurt at a kindergarten in northwest China as local officials call for bett...
- + Protesters throw objects at Blair—ANGRY protesters threw objects at Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair as he arrived at the first public signing session to promote his memoirs ...
- + Wild weather sweeps four states—WILD wet spring weather has wreaked havoc across four Australia states, with major flooding forecast in Victoria and damaging winds along the eastern ...
- + Army called to help with flooding—THE army has been called in to assist emergency services battling flood emergencies across Victoria.
- + Wild weather continues to lash state—STATE Emergency Service (SES) crews have responded to more than 900 calls for assistance as wild weather continued to lash South Australia today.
- + Curfew imposed after quake—A CURFEW has been imposed in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a major earthquake caused extensive damage in the nation's second-largest city, Sky News...
- + Lethal drug shortage delays executions—LACKING enough of the anesthetic essential to the cocktail of lethal drugs administered during executions, several US states are being forced to postp...
- + Suicide bomber kills 53 at Shiite rally—A SUICIDE bomber killed at least 53 people at a Shiite Muslim rally in the latest sectarian violence to hit Pakistan as the country struggles with the...
- + Search for man after boat capsizes—A SEARCH is on for a man who is missing after his boat capsized during an early morning fishing trip south of Melbourne.
- + Elderly woman's sex attack terror—AN elderly woman has been indecently assaulted as she sat in a caravan on the New South Wales north coast.
- + Australian among plane crash dead—AN Australian tourist is among nine people to have died in a light plane crash near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said...
- + Nine dead in NZ plane crash - report—NINE people died when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist attraction today, the New Zealand Herald reported citing a spokesman with the S...
- + Baby born on rescue helicopter flight—A BABY girl has made an adventurous start to life being born in the back of a rescue helicopter in central Queensland.
- + Cops seized sports car then crashed it—TWO British police officers have been suspended for confiscating a sports car from its driver and then crashing it. [Link to media]
- + State on flood watch as rain continues—VICTORIA remains on flood watch as much of the state recorded heavy downpours overnight and more is forecast to come.
- + Google to settle privacy case for $9m—GOOGLE has agreed to pay $US8.5 million dollars ($9.2 million) to settle a privacy lawsuit over its Buzz social networking feature, according to court...
- + Toshiba recalls notebooks over fire risk—JAPANESE electronics maker Toshiba has recalled 41,000 laptop computers worldwide because of a fire risk.
- + US stocks soar after employment data—US stocks closed higher on Friday after a much anticipated jobs report lifted hopes that the US economic recovery is on the right track.
- + Sydney flight grounded over bomb threat—A CHINA Airlines flight bound for Sydney has been grounded for safety checks in Taiwan because of an alleged bomb threat, airport police say.
- + Gale warning as bad weather moves east—THE nasty weather that's causing havoc in South Australia and Victoria is also impacting on NSW as the low pressure system deepens.
- + Scientist freed after US airport scare—SCIENTIST was detained after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb.
- + Strong earthquake leaves NZ trembling—WIDESPREAD damage and power cuts across New Zealand's second-largest city.
- + Cops seized sports car then crashed it—TWO British police officers have been suspended for confiscating a sports car from its driver and then crashing it.
- + Suicide bomber kills 42 in Pakistan—POLICE say bomber was among the 450-strong crowd and detonated on reaching the main square
- + Woman dies after being hit by ambulance—A WOMAN has died after being hit by an ambulance in Sydney's inner west.
- + Aussie cleric calls for MP's beheading—DUTCH anti-Islam MP denounces a Muslim cleric's reported call for his beheading for denigrating Islam.
- + Israel can be removed, says Ahmadinejad—Iranian President stirs up trouble in the annual Palestinian solidarity day address in Tehran.
- + Biggest trafficking sting in US history—SIX people were charged in relation to a recruiting ring that lured 400 Thai farm workers to Hawaii.
- + Dead cat prompts driver's road rampage—A JAPANESE man drove the wrong way down an expressway for 90 kilometres and broke through five police barricades because his cat had died, he told pol...
- + Sutton wins Button prize—ANTHROPOLOGIST Peter Sutton has won the second John Button Prize for his book on the state of indigenous Australians in remote communities.
- + Servants need a slap, govt worker says—A BRITISH government worker was in hot water after she tweeted that a woman alleging she was kept as a slave by a British household "needs a good...
- + $360,000 to Lockhart victim's girlfriend—THE girlfriend of a man killed in one of Australia's worst-ever civilian air crashes has been awarded $360,000 in compensation.
- + Bosnian police 'find puppy-tossing girl'—POLICE in Bosnia say they believe they have located a young woman shown in a video throwing puppies into a river.
- + Boy, 11, attacked by sea lion at zoo—A YOUNG boy has been hospitalised after being attacked by a sea lion at Taronga Zoo.
- + Malaysia to monitor for 'harmful' blogs—MALAYSIA has formed a task force to scour the internet for blog postings deemed harmful to national unity.
- + One dead in attack on Azerbaijan mosque—GUNMEN have opened fire on a crowd outside a mosque, killing one person and wounding another, in Azerbaijan's Gumbashly village near the border with I...
- + Autopsies for PNG plane crash victims—THE bodies of the four victims of this week's plane crash in Papua New Guinea will be transported to Brisbane for autopsies, after being released by a...
- + One held, US airport terminals evacuated—US federal officials say a passenger has been taken into custody after screeners detected something suspicious in a checked bag at Miami International...
- + Rape accused inhaled solvents—A MAN who allegedly took a woman to a construction site in Perth's CBD and sexually assaulted her had inhaled some solvents, a court has heard.
- + Carjacker sentenced after wild chase—MAN sentenced to over six years in jail after making armed threats, hijacking cars and leading a two-hour high-speed chase across Perth.
- + Dollar flat ahead of US data—THE dollar closed little changed in contrast to volatile trading earlier this week, with traders on the sidelines ahead of key US employment data.
- + Beer stock recall over bacteria fears—A COMPANY founded by Adelaide food identity Maggie Beer is recalling some of its chicken, beef and vegetable stock because of fears of bacteria contam...
- + Indonesian cops arrested over riot deaths—INDONESIAN police have arrested 11 colleagues over the killing of six people when officers opened fire on a violent mob earlier this week.
- + AG wants killer locked up for longer—THE Queensland attorney-general is seeking a longer jail sentence for a man who brutally killed an elderly woman and raped her body.
- + NSW Maritime sorry for software strike—NSW Maritime has apologised to boat owners after striking workers shut down its workplaces over flawed licensing software.
- + BP says oil spill cost $11.2 billion—OIL giant BP said today the Gulf oil spill had cost the British company eight billion euros ($11.25 billion) so far.
- + Nufarm likely to face class action—AGRICULTURAL chemicals supplier Nufarm is likely to face a class action from shareholders alleging it engaged in misleading conduct relating to profit...
- + Man admits seeking girls for sex on net—A MELBOURNE man has admitted coercing girls, some of them under age, he met on the internet to have sex with him.
- + Disgraced NSW MP won't be replaced—NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has decided not to replace former cabinet minister Paul McLeay.
- + Strong week for share market—THE Australian share market on Friday ended the week with a third successive gain.
- + Israeli charged with looting Turkish ship—AN ISRAELI soldier has been charged with looting the lead ship of a Gaza blockade that Israeli naval commandos stopped in a bloody raid.
- + New forest fires in Russia kill five—FIVE people died in southern Russia after new forest fires broke out, a regional official told news agencies on Friday.
- + Gaga's diet 'put her in hospital six times'—LADY Gaga's dangerous dieting saw her in hospital six times last year, an ex-manager claims in a new book about the outlandish singer.
- + Group protests asylum seeker transfer—A REFUGEE group says it's protesting against the removal of Darwin asylum seekers but also celebrating the latest boat arrival.
- + Man planned to eat washed-up whale tail—A MAN who cut off the tail of a dead whale that had washed up on a Florida beach has been detained by police.
- + Mum jailed three years for killing twin babies—A DEPRESSED mother who drowned her seven-month-old twins in a bathtub was today sentenced to three years in prison.
- + Police vow to catch 'callous' youths—POLICE have vowed to catch six youths who launched a "callous" attack on a man at a Melbourne station after he glared at them for smoking on...
- + Hundreds of sharks spotted near resort—SHARKS have been spotted in a massive feeding frenzy off the southern Queensland coast.
- + Victim's brother hopes Des Campbell suffers—THE brother of a new bride who was pushed off a cliff by her gold-digging husband says he hopes the killer suffers for all of his 24-year jail term.
- + Annual dolphin hunt begins in Japan—DOLPHIN have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their sl...
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