| Mike Tyson in airport arrest
November 11, 2009 at 9:28 pm
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| | BOXER Mike Tyson has reportedly been arrested following an incident with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport. |
| Docs worried soldier was 'psychotic'
November 11, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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| | US military doctors had worried that the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood shootings was "psychotic" and unstable but did not seek to sack him, National Public Radio reported today, citing unnamed officials. |
| Kidnapped Irish priest freed
November 11, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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| | MUSLIM rebels handed elderly Irish priest Michael Sinnott over to Philippine authorities in good health today, just over a month after he was abducted, authorities said. |
| Ahmadinejad vows to defend nukes
November 11, 2009 at 7:12 pm
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| | IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed that his country will defend its nuclear facilities, while adding that Iran wants to co-operate over its controversial nuclear drive, state media reports. |
| Brazil blames storm for massive blackout
November 11, 2009 at 6:12 pm
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| | A BLACKOUT that cast half of Brazil into darkness overnight was caused by a fierce storm that shorted three high-tension transmission lines, the energy ministry said today. |
| Kilo of metal found in man's stomach
November 11, 2009 at 4:37 pm
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| | DOCTORS in northern Peru have removed almost a kilogram of nails, coins and scrap metal from a man's stomach, a surgeon that operated on him said today. |
| I'm not quitting Aerosmith - Tyler
November 11, 2009 at 4:26 pm
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| | AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler made a surprise appearance at a New York concert on Tuesday night to reassure fans and deny reports that he was quitting his band. |
| Google reunites father and daughter
November 11, 2009 at 4:15 pm
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| | A GOOGLE search has reunited a father with the daughter he has been trying to track down for three decades. |
| US judge bans religious number plates
November 11, 2009 at 4:12 pm
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| | A US federal judge has ordered South Carolina not to issue cross-adorned "I Believe" number plates, ruling it violates the constitutional separation of church and state. |
| Obama vows not to betray troops' trust
November 11, 2009 at 3:40 pm
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| | US President Barack Obama pledged today that American troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan would not have their trust betrayed like those who served in Vietnam. |
| Canoe man's wife to repay death scam money
November 11, 2009 at 2:10 pm
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| | BACK-FROM-THE-DEAD canoeist John Darwin's wife has agreed to repay more than a million dollars the couple made after faking his death. |
| Twenty die in Tanzania floods
November 11, 2009 at 12:58 pm
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| | FLOODS and landslides after three days of torrential rains killed at least 20 people and left 10 missing in northern Tanzania's Kilimanjaro region, officials said. |
| Life in jail for 'veil martyr' murderer
November 11, 2009 at 12:54 pm
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| | A RUSSIAN-BORN German man was sentenced to life behind bars overnight for the brutal murder of a pregnant headscarved Egyptian woman, a crime that sparked outrage in the Muslim world. |
| Landmine, ambush kills Pakistan troops
November 11, 2009 at 12:48 pm
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| | A LANDMINE and separate ambush killed 10 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border overnight, in a sign that violence is spreading away from the frontlines of an anti-Taliban offensive. |
| Supermodel's "It" bag sells for $33k
November 11, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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| | SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell's Hermes "It" bag fetched $33,813 at an auction yesterday to raise funds to fight deaths in pregnancy, a tragedy affecting over half a million women a year. |
| Nobel laureates honour Annie Lennox
November 11, 2009 at 12:39 pm
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| | SCOTTISH singer Annie Lennox was presented with the 2009 "Woman of Peace" award overnight at a summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin for her work raising awareness of HIV/AIDS. |
| World remembers WWI sacrifice
November 11, 2009 at 12:36 pm
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| | GERMAN and French leaders stood side by side at the World War I remembrance ceremony in Paris for the first time overnight as events were held around the globe to honour the millions of dead. |
| Azerbaijan jails opposition bloggers
November 11, 2009 at 12:31 pm
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| | AN Azerbaijan court overnight jailed two bloggers who posted a satirical internet video of a donkey giving a press conference, in a ruling rights groups say is aimed at silencing independent media. |
| Courtroom killer sentenced to life in jail
November 11, 2009 at 9:20 am
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| | A MAN who stabbed a pregnant Egyptian woman to death in a German courtroom in front of her husband and three-year-old son was sentenced to life in prison, a court spokesman said. |
| Ronnie Wood gets 'quickie' divorce
November 11, 2009 at 8:11 am
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| | ROLLING Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood was divorced by his wife Jo today on the grounds of his admitted adultery. |
| Britain's recovery 'highly uncertain'
November 11, 2009 at 7:00 am
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| | THE strength of Britain's economic recovery from the country's longest recession on record is "highly uncertain" amid "sharply" rising inflation, the Bank of England warned today. |
| Body of missing soldier found
November 11, 2009 at 6:13 am
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| | MILITARY divers have found the body of a US soldier who went missing in Afghanistan last week, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. |
| Nation shocked by goalkeeper suicide
November 11, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| | GERMANY was in shock today after football star Robert Enke, who was set to represent his country at the 2010 World Cup, committed suicide by throwing himself under a train. |
| PM detours to visit troops in Afghanistan
November 11, 2009 at 5:17 am
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| | PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has paid a Remembrance Day visit to Australian troops in Afghanistan. |
| Cyclone blows Rudd's India trip off-course
November 11, 2009 at 5:12 am
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| | CYCLONIC winds and pelting rain hammered Mumbai just hours before Mr Rudd was to touch down today for his first ever visit to the subcontinent as Prime Minister. |
| Gambling hub 'running out of water'
November 11, 2009 at 4:42 am
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| | THE Chinese city of Macau could run out of drinking water in a matter of weeks as the gambling haven's supply dries up due to a severe drought in southern China. |
| Artificial storm leaves Beijing snowed in
November 11, 2009 at 12:32 am
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| | CHINESE scientists artificially induced the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, state media said today, reigniting debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature. |
| Obama vows justice for Fort Hood victims
November 10, 2009 at 11:19 pm
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| | US President Barack Obama vowed justice on Tuesday as he eulogised the dead of the Fort Hood shootings and warned that even twisted faith could not explain such "craven" mass murder. | | | 
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