300 hurt in train accident in South Africa

A PASSENGER train packed with schoolchildren and rush-hour commuters has rammed into another full train near the South African capital Pretoria, injuring up to 300 people, medics say. The accident took place before 8.00am (1700 AEDT) on Thursday...

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Revised Indian growth data show slowdown

INDIA has revised its economic growth figures for the previous two years, issuing new data that show a recent slowdown has been even more abrupt than previously thought. The new figures show growth in the financial year to March 2011 was 9.3...

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NSW homes still without power after floods

ABOUT 500 homes remain without power in the north of NSW following the extreme weather that lashed the state earlier this week. In a statement, Essential Energy said its crews restored power to almost 3000 houses in northern NSW on Thursday,...

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Ericsson reports profit halved

ERICSSON, a leading provider of telecom equipment to global markets, reported on Thursday that net profit plunged by half last year, hit by a charge for its joint venture ST-Ericsson, but was confident about prospects this year as operators boost...

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Twenty die in Kazakhstan plane crash

ALL 20 people on board a domestic flight of Kazakhstan's SCAT airline have been killed in a crash. The airline said there were "20 people were on board - five crew members and 15 passengers" when the plane crashed on Tuesday. It was coming...

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Machete attacker gets three-year jail term

A 23-YEAR-OLD man who struck a Mercedes-owner in the head with a machete in a bid to steal the vehicle has been sentenced to three years in prison. The District Court of Western Australia was told Lawrence John Cashin attempted to carjack the...

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Philips returns to profit, sells division

Philips has reported 2012 net profits of $A300 million and will sell its entertainment business. Source: AAP PHILIPS has reported 2012 net profits of 231 million euros ($A300 million), after losses of 1.29 billion euros in 2011. The company...

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Motorists tipped to pay 3c/l more

Fuel prices across Australia could rise by up to three cents a litre over the next fortnight. Source: AAP AUSTRALIAN motorists can expect to pay up to three cents a litre more for petrol in the next 10 days as a better outlook for the global...

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31 dead after Egypt football riot verdict

A Cairo court has handed down death sentences over the deaths of 74 people in a stadium riot. Source: AAP CLASHES killed at least 31 people in the Egyptian city of Port Said as violence raged into the early hours of Sunday in several cities...

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Indonesia landslides kill 11, 19 missing

TWO landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 11 people and left 19 others missing on Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said on Sunday. The National Disaster Management Agency said seven people were killed and three people were...

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Brisbane and Ipswich brace for floods

PARTS of Brisbane and Ipswich will flood but the levels will not be as devastating as they were in 2011, authorities say. If current projections play out, 3600 residential properties will be affected in Brisbane and of those, 2100 are unit dwellings...

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French raids on Islamist bases in Mali

FRENCH fighter jets bombed Mali's far northern Islamist stronghold of Kidal and destroyed the home of the head of an al-Qaeda-linked group, a security source and local official said. "There were air raids on Islamist bases in Kidal," 1,500 kilometres...

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