News Archive

British MPs will no longer be able to claim mortgage interest payments on their expense accounts and will be banned from employing family members, under sweeping changes to the UK's parliamentary allowances scheme.November 5, 2009, 10:05 am

Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has rejected Hamid Karzai's election victory as illegal.November 5, 2009, 10:05 am

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - British music giant EMI on Wednesday confirmed it is suing a California online music service that streams and digitally delivers Beatles songs to users.November 5, 2009, 10:04 am

Car thieves reached up to 250km/h through Perth's southern suburbs in a stolen high-performance Holden Commodore GTS last night.November 5, 2009, 10:04 am

While unemployment figures out today are worse than economists predicted they are still in line with expectations, Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett says.November 5, 2009, 10:03 am

On the white steps of Sacre Coeur - a landmark in Paris - we listened to a free concert of Beatles songs.November 5, 2009, 10:01 am

The US will not agree to targets cutting greenhouse gas emissions unless developing countries make similar moves, US climate envoy Todd Stern warned.November 5, 2009, 10:00 am

News Corp has upgraded its guidance for operating income for 2009/10.November 5, 2009, 10:00 am

World road cycling champion Cadel Evans will ride in next year's Tour Down Under in Adelaide with his BMC Racing Team accepting a wildcard entry to the race.November 5, 2009, 9:59 am

Newcastle United has renamed its ground the "Sportsdirect.com (at) St. James' Park Stadium" until the end of the season on Wednesday.November 5, 2009, 9:58 am

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shel Dorf, the founder of Comic-Con International in San Diego, one of the biggest comic book conventions in the world, has died at age 76, a spokesman said on Wednesday.November 5, 2009, 9:58 am

The ACT Opposition says it is no closer to getting detailed answers on the Cotter Dam cost blow-out despite a lengthy briefing from Canberra's water authority ACTEW.November 5, 2009, 9:58 am

Tim Donaghy, the former NBA referee who admitted taking money from gamblers for inside tips on games, was released from a Florida jail on Wednesday after serving 13 months behind bars.November 5, 2009, 9:57 am

Geelong 2007 premiership player Nathan Ablett says watching his former team-mates - including his champion brother Gary - climb to the pinnacle again in '09 inspired him to sign for the Gold Coast Football Club...November 5, 2009, 9:56 am

KIEV (AFP) - Wesley Sneijder struck a dramatic late winner to earn Inter Milan a 2-1 comeback victory over Dynamo Kiev in their Champions League clash at the Lobanovskiy Stadium here on Wednesday.November 5, 2009, 9:55 am

PARIS (Reuters) - A bailiff inspected Disneyland Paris on Wednesday to investigate allegations that recruitment policies discriminated against staff who were not white but found no evidence to support them, a Disneyland spokesman said.November 5, 2009, 9:55 am

Hiro embarks on a new mission to undo the wrongs of the pastNovember 5, 2009, 9:53 am

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a woman by deliberately driving his car into her vehicle has retired to consider its verdicts today.November 5, 2009, 9:52 am

Claire's attempt to start over at college hits a major snag when she discovers that her roommate has committed suicideNovember 5, 2009, 9:52 am

LOS ANGELES, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Shel Dorf, the founder of Comic-Con International in San Diego, one of the biggest comic book conventions in the world, has died at age 76, a spokesman said on Wednesday.November 5, 2009, 9:51 am