Hundreds protest in Delhi over sex assault

Angry protesters have demonstrated in New Delhi after a seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted. Source: AAP HUNDREDS of protesters have clashed with police outside a New Delhi hospital where a seven-year-old victim of sexual assault was...

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Human remains found in Wollongong

HUMAN remains have been found under a Wollongong house as part of an investigation into an alleged murder. Police probing the alleged 2011 slaying of Nicholas Katopodis found the remains under a house on Gladstone Avenue at Mount St Thomas,...

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Mining company Unimin loses court bid

A MINING company has lost its bid to have charges of illegal activity thrown out of a Queensland court. Unimin Australia was ordered on Friday to pay more than $250,000 in legal costs after a magistrate dismissed a series of applications by...

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No RBA rate cut expected in March

The Reserve Bank of Australia's board is not expected to cut the cash rate at its next meeting. Source: AAP THERE'S not going to be a rate cut on Tuesday and borrowers can blame another surge in mining investment. All 13 economists surveyed...

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Madagascar cyclone death toll climbs to 23

The death toll from tropical cyclone Haruna in Madagascar has risen to at least 23, officials say. Source: AAP THE death toll from tropical cyclone Haruna and heavy rains that have battered Madagascar has risen to 23 with 16 people missing,...

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Hancock loses Rhodes Ridge appeal

A PERTH court has confirmed Wright Prospecting's full control over the large Rhodes Ridge iron ore project in Western Australia's Pilbara after a challenge by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. A 2010 court order forced Hancock to relinquish...

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Australia may lose Fiji influence: Rabuka

AUSTRALIA will lose its political and strategic influence in Fiji if it doesn't restore good relations as soon as possible, the Pacific nation's former prime minister says. Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka told a meeting in Sydney that Asian powers,...

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Israel calls for calm over prisoner death

ISRAEL has called on the Palestinian Authority to rein in unrest as militants vowed revenge over the death of a prisoner whom the Palestinians allege died under Israeli torture. Thousands thronged the West Bank village of Sair on Monday for the...

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WA premier slams Gillard's Gonski reforms

Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett has slammed the PM over her Gonski school reforms. Source: AAP WESTERN Australia appears set to follow Victoria and opt out of Julia Gillard's proposed Gonski school reforms, if Premier Colin Barnett...

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Union urges QBE to talk on jobs

A union has urged QBE Insurance Group to reveal any plans to send 700 Australian jobs offshore. Source: AAP THE Finance Sector Union (FSU) has urged QBE Insurance Group to reveal whether or not it plans to send 700 Australian jobs offshore...

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Violence could mar Kenya vote: Annan

THE former head of the United Nations, who helped save Kenya from spiralling deeper into election violence five years ago, is warning intimidation, ethnic rivalry and violence could undermine Kenya's March presidential vote. Kofi Annan said on Saturday...

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WA nurses 'threatened' with the sack

WEST Australian nurses have been threatened with deregistration if they continue to carry out work bans over a pay dispute, their union says. Nurses will go on strike for 24 hours if the state government does not offer them a 20 per cent pay increase...

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