Palestinians & Lebanese Clash in Warfare

Climate change exiles to top billion
Global warming will create at least a billion refugees by 2050, as water shortages and crop failures force people out of homes, leading aid agency says. more
- Pakistan court registrar killed- Online for clothes lines takes off in US

Climate change exiles to top billion
Global warming will create at least a billion refugees by 2050, as water shortages and crop failures force people out of homes, leading aid agency says. more
- British troops hold secret talks with Sunni rebels- Private eye in police porn scandal

Calls for tougher water restrictions
11:25am Calls for stage four water restrictions after Melbourne endures its driest 12 months on record. more
- Victoria holding up water package: Vaile- 'Thousands of sex offenders using MySpace'

Iraq prisons filled beyond capacity
Capture of thousands of suspects under Baghdad security plan overwhelms the detention system, forcing hundreds of people into prisons. more
- Pentagon web video ban- Blair takes climate fight to US

- Wolfowitz pleads for his job- Blair takes climate fight to US

Wolfowitz to resign from World Bank
After six weeks of combating efforts to oust him as president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz begins to negotiate the terms under which he would resign. more
- Korea peace trains run, 56 years late- Nerve gas link to Gulf War vets

Carbon plan step closer
Group of business leaders and bureaucrats is poised to recommend that Australia adopt a national emissions trading scheme, possibly from 2012. more
- Clinton's green loan for Melbourne- Cyber filters give 'false confidence'

- Hicks 'elated' after long journey home
Bhutto to risk return to Pakistan
Pakistani President faces challenge to his authority after country's exiled former prime minister vows to return home to campaign against him. more
- 23 Lebanese soldiers killed in clashes- US braces for Iraq U-turn by Brown

Don't cut and run, Iraq urges
12:52pm Iraqi Foreign Minister urges Australia and other western allies not to withdraw troops. more
- Lebanon clashes kill 50- Suicide bomb kills 14, wounds 31
Hicks 'very, very sorry'
11:39am Convicted terrorist supporter apologises for controversy, fuss and cost of his homecoming, lawyer says. more
- Cereal and toast start Hicks' day

Lebanese army battles militants
Lebanese troops fight with militants around a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. At least eight civilians were killed and 20 wounded. more
- Syria or al-Qaeda at work?- Mortar shell hits Iraqi parliament

Show Hicks snapshot: family plea
David Hicks' family will ask the South Australian Government for permission to release a photograph of the returned Guantanamo Bay detainee. more
- Car-theft suspect takes off after custody mix-up- Court told of 600 acts as 'sex slave'

Australian considers murder appeal
1:30pm Brisbane man facing death penalty over death of Ukrainian engineer in southern Sudan likely to appeal, family say. more
- 'Little George' no murderer- 79 die as camp battle rages

Tehran stirring Iraq trouble: US
Iran is forging ties with al-Qaeda elements and Sunni Arab militias in Iraq in preparation for a showdown, US officials say. more
- Jailed US academic 'sought revolution'- 'Ghost town' vents its fury on Israeli ministers

Shocked refugees flee camp battle
9:15am Thousands of Palestinians rush from battered refugee camp during fragile truce between Lebanese army and Islamist militants. more
- Ankara mall bombing kills six- UK spy charge bid raises tensions

- Sect examined for pro-PM campaign
Russian spy murder further erodes relationship
The Blair-Putin friendship is breaking down as London stiffens the upper lip in the wake of former KGB agent's death. more
- European nuclear sites at risk- Truce holds in besieged refugee camp

President's plea offers hope for Australian
10:39am Kenyan President questions the murder conviction of an Australian man who could face the death penalty in Sudan. more
- Russian spy murder further erodes relationship- Downer lauds 'courageous' Bush

Israel rounds up Hamas leaders, fires on Gaza
Israeli forces seize a Palestinian cabinet minister and 32 other officials in the occupied West Bank and launch air strikes in the Gaza Strip. more
- Lebanon kills fleeing militants- US seeks tougher sanctions on Iran

- Indigenous quotas to bridge the gap

Kidnapped US soldier executed
7:26am Body found in river near Baghdad as search for two others abducted by Al-Qaeda-linked group continues. more
- High-speed emu baffles German cops- Grizzly expert badly mauled in Yellowstone

- Aboriginal site nominated for nuke waste

Mugabe targets foreign companies in assets grab
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe plans to seize majority stakes in all his country's foreign-owned businesses. more
- Police arrest 200 from opposition's youth wing- UK police set for war-time powers

Death sentence fades in Sudan
Threat of death sentence for Australian convicted of murder in Sudan, George Forbes, recedes as country's court of appeal agrees to review. more
- The forgotten man- Red light fine ruling may open floodgate for challenges

Ten US troops killed as Iraq debate heats up
9:07am Ten more US soldiers die in Iraq on eve of America's annual commemoration of war dead. more
- Controversy over British anti-terror powers- Mugabe targets foreign companies in assets grab

- Hicks' kids to give dad a chance

Suicide adds to Abe's woes
Japanese cabinet minister at centre of free trade negotiations with Australia commits suicide in Tokyo. more
- Chavez cuts off TV station to silence dissent- Syria's leader the only choice in polls

- High level of arsenic shuts off water