News Archive

NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Eight-times Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi admits to using the recreational drug crystal meth in his new autobiography, People magazine's website reported on Tuesday.October 28, 2009, 10:53 am

TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Assailants kidnapped the father of Honduras' acting defense minister Tuesday in a case that immediately took on political overtones amid a bitter, unresolved political crisis.October 28, 2009, 10:52 am

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight U.S. troops were killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday ahead of a run-off presidential election, the NATO-led alliance said, in the deadliest month for U.S. forces since the start of the war eight years ago.October 28, 2009, 10:51 am

Assailants have kidnapped the father of Honduras' acting defence minister in a case that immediately took on political overtones amid a political crisis.October 28, 2009, 10:51 am

The federal opposition is backing calls for the federal government to release a report it commissioned into sports funding.October 28, 2009, 10:50 am

Migraines accompanied by a blurring of vision known as "aura" double the risk of stroke, according to a study released today.October 28, 2009, 10:50 am

British MPs will be banned from claiming mortgage interest payments as part of a sweeping overhaul of their expenses system, reports say.October 28, 2009, 10:49 am

Gunmen on a motorcycle have opened fire on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons, wounding six police officers, authorities said.October 28, 2009, 10:48 am

(Reuters) - Michael Jackson movie "This Is It", compiled of rehearsal footage for a planned series of comeback concerts, opened in Los Angeles Tuesday four months after his sudden death.October 28, 2009, 10:48 am

Take a look at the publishing process for a journal or school newspaper.October 28, 2009, 10:45 am

The Australian share market opened slightly higher as stronger insurance and retail stocks outweighed weakness in resources.October 28, 2009, 10:45 am

More than $80,000 cash and 153 rounds of 9mm ammunition was allegedly found by police during a raid on the northern suburbs home of a Rebels bikie gang member.October 28, 2009, 10:42 am

Furniture retailer Fantastic Holdings says its September quarter results are strong and the retail outlook for Australia is promising.October 28, 2009, 10:42 am

A whale has beached itself at a Geraldton beach.October 28, 2009, 10:41 am

Thousands of protesters chanted "the banks got bailed out, we got sold out" as they marched through the streets of Chicago on their way to a meeting of US bankers Tuesday.October 28, 2009, 10:39 am

UPDATE 8.35am: Mitchell Freeway southbound is congested from Karrinyup Road to Scarborough Beach Road while the Kwinana Freeway northbound is slow from Mt Henry Bridge to South Terrace.October 28, 2009, 10:39 am

Regional television and radio owner Macquarie Media Group plans to raise $294 million in new funding to pay down debt, as it prepares to take back its management rights from Macquarie Group and simplify its corporate structure.October 28, 2009, 10:37 am

Winston Churchill invited Franklin Roosevelt here to relax following strategic talks during World War II, and Alfred Hitchcock shot some of The Man Who Knew Too Much in the hotel's lobby - which has also been a haunt of the Rolling Stones, Charlie Chaplin, Sharon Stone and many other Hollywood stars for nearly a century.October 28, 2009, 10:36 am

David Harrison has pulled the blinkers off gun three-year-old Waratah's Secret in the next step to his ultimate goal in next month's $250,000 Sky Channel WA Guineas (1600m).October 28, 2009, 10:36 am

Leading jockey Michael Rodd is adamant Shamoline Warrior has all the answers to a strange conundrum which stands between him and his second $1.5 million AAMI Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington this Saturday.October 28, 2009, 10:34 am

Oil and gas producer Origin Energy has reported flat quarterly output and says its coal seam gas developments were progressing well.October 28, 2009, 10:34 am