Researcher hooked in reef fishing row

In the zone: Mat Golding snapped fishing, and (right) with a colleague. Source: The Courier-Mail Mat Golding. Source: The Cairns Post A DOLPHIN researcher is at the centre of a federal-state government wrangle over red tape after being...

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Cash for kidneys a nice earner for donors

Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek will today announce the radical pilot program to offer living donors a six-week wage to reduce financial pressures during the recovery phase of the major surgery. Source: The Courier-Mail Living donors...

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Nathan's glory day on stage with The Boss

Star knee-slide: Footage of Brisbane boy Nathan Testa's song on stage with Bruce Springsteen has gone viral on YouTube. Source: The Courier-Mail RULE No.1 in any workplace is don't upstage The Boss. But when Bruce Springsteen hand-picks...

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Police copping brutality need respect

Broken and battered, this is the face revealing the high cost of keeping our streets safe. Constable Mathew Tipoti suffered four fractures to his eye socket and cheekbone when hit by a brick after a party descended into a riot last month. He tells...

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British woman stabbed to death in Kashmir

A YOUNG British woman holidaying in Indian Kashmir has been found dead in a pool of blood on a houseboat. Police have arrested a Dutch man on suspicion of her murder. The 43-year-old was taken into custody as he tried to flee the scenic Kashmir...

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Afghan bomb kills 3 soldiers, 2 civilians

THREE NATO soldiers and two coalition civilians have been killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan. The US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Saturday the five were killed following an improvised explosive device...

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Rebel govt aims to hold sway across Syria

SYRIAN rebel prime minister Ghassan Hitto has begun talks to form an interim government to administer the whole of Syria. "The interim government is the executive authority that will extend its authority over all national Syrian territory, and...

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The Boss tops a sizzling summer

Bruce Springsteen performs with the E Street Band during his Wrecking Ball Tour at Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Pic: Getty Source: The Courier-Mail WHO can top the Boss? No one, probably. Bruce Springsteen has just carved a swath through...

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Strong 6.2 quake rocks Russia near NKorea

A POWERFUL 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck in eastern Russia near the border with China and North Korea. The US Geological Survey says the epicentre of the quake was southwest of Vladivostok, around nine kilometres from the Russian border...

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NKorea warns it can't protect embassies

NORTH Korea says it can't assure the safety of embassies in Pyongyang after April 10, and is urging Britain, Russia and other European nations to evacuate diplomatic staff amid soaring nuclear tensions. Countries across Europe on Friday reported...

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John Kerr 'dreamed of becoming PM'

FORMER governor-general Sir John Kerr reportedly once dreamed of becoming prime minister. Kerr controversially dismissed Labor PM Gough Whitlam in 1975 during his second term in office. But in series of interviews conducted by the National...

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3 Mideast leaders to visit White House

THE White House says the leaders of three Middle East nations will visit President Barack Obama this northern spring. Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar plans to visit the White House on April 23. King Abdullah II of Jordan is scheduled...

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US adds mere 88,000 jobs in March

THE US labour market was far weaker than expected in March, with the economy adding only 88,000 jobs, a third of the number in February, according to official data released on Friday. Job creation slumped to its weakest level since June 2012,...

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US trade deficit shrinks to $43bn in Feb

THE US trade deficit edged lower in February after a big jump in January, government data released on Friday shows. The Commerce Department reported the trade gap shrank to $US43 billion ($A41.4 billion), down from the revised $US44.5 billion...

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Airport Link traffic faces 10 per cent drop

TRAFFIC using Brisbane Airport Link could fall 10 per cent when tolls rise from April 18. Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld) TRAFFIC using Brisbane Airport Link could fall a "disastrous" 10 per cent when tolls are increased later this month, adding...

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Fund cuts force mum's painful choice

Rochelle Hodge pictured with her three children, Corbin, Connor and Taylor. Pic: Marc Robertson Source: The Courier-Mail A BRISBANE mother says she may have to follow other parents and give up her disabled teenager to state care because a change...

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Aspiring Aussie model arrested in New York

AN aspiring Brisbane model has been arrested in New York for allegedly swindling a bank out of $A275,000 so he could pay for braces for his teeth. Azeem Ali-Shabazz, 19, who on his Facebook page claimed he worked for the top global agency Ford...

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Russian tycoon sells airline for 1 rouble

RUSSIAN tycoon Alexander Lebedev has sold his Moscow-based airline Red Wings for a symbolic 1 rouble (31 Australian cents) after it was grounded following a fatal crash of one of its Tupolev jets. "Yes, I have signed documents on selling 100...

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US stocks mixed after jobless claims jump

US stocks have opened mixed after unemployment claims unexpectedly jumped, offsetting positive market reaction to new stimulus measures by the Bank of Japan. Five minutes into trade on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 18.86 points,...

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US jobless claims jump to November high

NEW claims for US unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose in late March to their highest level since November, government figures show. Initial jobless claims, an indicator of the pace of layoffs in the US economy, totalled 385,000 in the week...

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Google resells print rights to Frommer

GOOGLE says it has "returned" the print rights for Frommer's travel books to company founder Arthur Frommer less than a year after acquiring the popular tourist guides. Financial terms were not disclosed. Google said in a statement on Thursday...

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Fall injuries up as population ages: study

AN ageing population has seen the number of elderly people hospitalised after a fall increase by more than 5,000 in one year, with women accounting for the majority of the accidents, a report says. The latest study from the Australian Institute...

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NSW park staff want bulletproof vests

A UNION is demanding the NSW government provide orange bulletproof vests to workers in national parks that are being opened to recreational shooters. The union representing park workers, the Public Service Association of NSW, is calling on the...

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Stone murder plot man jailed for 10 years

A MAN has been jailed for more than 10 years for plotting to rob and kill pop star Joss Stone. Kevin Liverpool, 35, was ordered to serve a minimum jail term of 10 years and eight months. Liverpool and co-accused Junior Bradshaw, 32, harboured...

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Defence company to shed 450 Aust jobs

ONE of Australia's largest defence companies, BAE Systems, will make more than 400 workers redundant as it reels from the loss of defence contracts. The Australian arm of the global defence company has revealed the loss of a maintenance contract...

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Spain princess suspect in corruption case

A SPANISH judge has named King Juan Carlos's daughter Princess Cristina as a suspect in a corruption case, dealing a spectacular blow to the prestige of the royal family. It is first time a member of the Spanish royal family has been called to...

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French government hit by tax fraud scandal

FRANCE'S Socialist government is reeling from an explosive tax fraud scandal as critics question how much President Francois Hollande knew about a former budget minister's secret foreign bank account. Jerome Cahuzac - the minister responsible...

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Taliban kill 44 in attack on Afghan court

TALIBAN militants have stormed an Afghan court, killing at least 44 people in a bid to free insurgents standing trial in the deadliest attack for more than a year. It was not immediately clear whether the accused men had escaped the court complex...

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Ex Vic cop sues state over jail time

A FORMER drug squad detective is suing the state of Victoria for alleged mistreatment while in custody awaiting trial over the murder of a police informer. Former detective Paul Dale was charged with the murder of police informer Terence Hodson,...

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Speeding Vic P-plater loses wheels

A SPEEDING P-Plater has lost his ute for a month for driving 85km/h over the speed limit in Victoria. The 18-year-old was nabbed on the Princes Freeway just before 10pm (AEDT) on Tuesday after doing 185km/h in a 100km/h zone at Laverton in Melbourne's...

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NSW voters say no to CSG: poll

THREE quarters of NSW voters oppose coal seam gas (CSG) exploration on agricultural land, a new poll shows. Nearly one in six people - 17 per cent - support allowing the process, according to the Fairfax Media/Nielsen poll. The survey reveals...

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US stocks rise as Europe rallies

US shares have risen in opening trade, lifted by European stock market rallies following a four-day Easter holiday weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 58.45 points (0.40 per cent) at 14,631.30 in the first six minutes of trade on...

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Ford, Chrysler post good US sales

FORD and Chrysler have reported their best US sales performances since 2007 as analysts predict the auto industry as a whole will also rack up its biggest month in five years. Chrysler said on Tuesday its sales rose five per cent to 171,606...

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N. Korea crisis already gone too far: Ban

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says tensions have already soared too high on the Korean peninsula and has warned Pyongyang against making nuclear threats. "I am deeply troubled.... The current crisis has already gone too far," Ban said at...

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Black hole wakes for a planet-sized snack

ASTROPHYSICISTS have witnessed the rare event of a black hole awakening from its slumber to snack on a planet-sized object in a galaxy 47 million light years away, the University of Geneva says. The observation made using the European Space...

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Six dead in new blast at China mine

A NEW explosion in a Chinese coal mine has killed six people and left 11 missing, three days after a blast killed 28 workers at the same mine, state media says. The blasts occurred at the Babao mine operated by the state group Tonghua Mining...

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US stocks lower after last week's records

US stocks have opened mostly lower after the record-setting sprint by leading indices before the Easter long weekend. Five minutes into trade on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which closed on Thursday at a new all-time high, dropped...

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US manufacturing growth slows in March

US manufacturing activity slowed in March but remained in expansion territory for the fourth month in a row, the ISM report shows. The Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index fell to 51.3 in March from 54.2 in February,...

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Iraq executes four including al-Qaeda boss

IRAQ has executed al-Qaeda's former Baghdad chief and three other men convicted of terror-related offences, despite calls for a moratorium in its use of the death penalty. The executions brought to 22 the number of times Iraq has carried out...

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Sifting starts for September 11 remains

THE New York City medical examiner says it has started sifting construction debris from the World Trade Center site in an effort to find any human remains from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The work began on Monday and is expected to continue...

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Nobody immune from probe: Cyprus president

THE Cypriot president has pledged that not even his own family will be immune from a commission of inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing in the run-up to a crippling eurozone bailout. President Nicos Anastasiades was responding to allegations...

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Pioneering rock writer Paul Williams dies

PAUL Williams, a pioneering rock music journalist whose Crawdaddy! magazine is considered the first US publication to write seriously about rock 'n roll, has died in California aged 64. The Union-Tribune of San Diego says Williams died in an...

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Queen attends Easter service

MEMBERS of the royal family have been led by the Queen at the traditional Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle. A crowd of well-wishers gathered outside St George's Chapel to see the royals as they arrived for the service on a cold morning....

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15 dead in Nigerian Easter military raid

SOLDIERS have raided a suspected hideout for Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria's largest city of Kano, sparking a clash that left 15 people dead, the military says. The military claimed those killed included 14 Islamists...

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Calm returns to Kenya after election riots

KENYAN police have maintained tight security as calm returned after a court ruling upholding Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential election win sparked anger among his rival's supporters, leading to riots that left two people dead. Outgoing prime minister...

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Increase bowel screening: Cancer Council

THE national bowel cancer screening program (NBCSP) is working and its full implementation should be speeded up, says the chief executive of Cancer Council Australia. A fully implemented program could save up to 500 lives a year, Professor Ian...

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Crean would fight super shift: report

SIMON Crean has reportedly pledged to oppose any move by the federal government to tax earnings on superannuation accounts. The Australian reports the Labor backbencher has called on his government to explicitly rule out changes that would retrospectively...

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