Today at 03:49:48 - A third man has been charged over the death of a man who was shot while sitting in his Sydney lounge room.

Today at 03:46:52 - Police are again appealing for public information about a man who has been missing for two months from Lake Macquarie near Newcastle.

Today at 02:50:31 - An Australian man who has spent 18 months in a squalid Jakarta jail without trial has pleaded for help from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Today at 02:40:18 - The federal government has announced it will spend $200 million over four years to boost security at Australian airports.

Today at 00:52:57 - The federal government has suspended the use of foil insulation nationwide under the home insulation program, effective Tuesday.

08/02/2010 at 23:53:07 - The perjury case against former Victoria Police assistant commissioner Noel Ashby has been dropped.

Today at 03:21:00 - A Sydney sheik accused of harassing the families of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan has had restrictions placed on him sending letters overseas.

Today at 03:00:00 - An alligator that killed an 11-year-old girl bathing in a creek in northern Brazil was shot dead by searchers with the victim still in its jaws, reports said today.

Today at 02:41:00 - The first refugee to give evidence into a fatal boat blast says he can remember yelling on the boat before the fatal explosion.

Today at 02:11:00 - The Australian share market has slipped just under 1 per cent, weighed down by ongoing concerns about European sovereign debts.

Today at 02:04:00 - Opposition finance spokesman Barnaby Joyce is courting controversy again, warning that Australia is getting to the point where it will not be able to repay its overseas debt.

Today at 03:05:03 - FORMER British PM Tony Blair has lashed out at the hunt for a "conspiracy" over his decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Today at 02:42:21 - THE federal government has announced it will spent $200 million over four years to boost security at Australian airports.

Today at 01:32:32 - TONY Abbott has stolen a line from US President Barack Obama to declare "Yes We Can'"when it comes to winning the federal election.

Today at 01:25:38 - CHINA's largest power company has denied it has signed a $US60 billion ($69.4bn) deal with mining millionaire Clive Palmer.

Today at 01:24:57 - COLLEAGUES of sports journalist Ray Chesterton gossiped about suggestions he was a drinker after he was defamed on radio by John Laws.

Today at 00:14:49 - COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy is under fire for appointing a Labor mate to a $450,000-a-year job under a "corrupted process."

Today at 02:56:31 - FIVE-metre long monster had killed an 11-year-old girl out bathing in a creek.

Today at 02:43:00 - US aerospace giant Boeing's newest version of its 747 jumbo jet has taken to the skies for the first time today.

Today at 02:26:15 - A FIRE has broken out at a car wrecking yard in Sydney's southwest, NSW Fire Brigades says.

Today at 02:22:35 - THE Federal Government has announced it will spent $200 million over four years to boost security at Australian airports.

Today at 02:19:15 - MEXICO'S southern Oaxaca state was rattled by a moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake today, causing evacuations but with no immediate reports of injuries or damage, the National Seismological Service sai ...

Today at 02:16:26 - TONY Abbott has channelled Barack Obama in a bid to energise the coalition, telling his team that "Yes We Can" win the next federal election.

Today at 02:56:31 - FIVE-metre long monster had killed an 11-year-old girl out bathing in a creek.

Today at 02:44:00 - PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has announced the federal government will spent $200 million over four years to boost security at Australian airports.

Today at 02:43:32 - RESORT fined $60,000 after employee injured himself while pruning coconut trees. 

Today at 02:43:00 - US aerospace giant Boeing's newest version of its 747 jumbo jet has taken to the skies for the first time today.

Today at 02:38:00 - A BANK employee who stole more than $1 million from employers didn't use the money for the "high life" but to avoid "living a low life", a judge commented today.

Today at 02:26:15 - A FIRE has broken out at a car wrecking yard in Sydney's southwest, NSW Fire Brigades says.

Today at 01:20:16 - A MAN in jail for allegedly defrauding Aussie Home Loans boss begs Kevin Rudd for help. 

08/02/2010 at 20:40:08 - A MAN caught having sex at a petrol bowser refused to stop when police asked.

08/02/2010 at 15:29:51 - SMOKING outdoors will be outlawed along entire streets in a Victorian-first trial.

08/02/2010 at 14:51:43 - A RUSSIAN skating pair's "Aboriginal" ice dance routine won't be seen at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. 

08/02/2010 at 13:16:17 - BOY endures three-hour wait for help after mum bashed like a blood-spattered "rag doll".

08/02/2010 at 12:26:48 - PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says he'd personally like to see the legal drinking age lifted to 21 years.

08/02/2010 at 11:14:17 - A BUS with at least 43 passengers on board has plunged down a 300m deep valley in China.

08/02/2010 at 01:48:17 - Sydney - Australian stuntman Chayne Hultgren improved on his sword-swallowing world record Monday by shoving 18 blades down his throat in front of a Sydney audience. Hultgren, who has been swallowing ...

07/02/2010 at 23:48:12 - Sydney - More than 20,000 foreigners keen on a new life in Australia learned Monday that their visa applications had been ripped up in a revamp of migration policy that welcomes the highly skilled and ...

07/02/2010 at 22:40:15 - Wellington - A New Zealand man's pre-wedding stag night ended with him being arrested after he smashed a shop window with the ball-and-chain that friends attached to his leg during partying, a newspap ...

07/02/2010 at 21:42:13 - Wellington - A British politician who praised France for sinking the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in 1985 in a New Zealand port said Monday that he had forgotten that a man died in the attack. I a ...

06/02/2010 at 06:38:21 - Wellington - A Maori sovereignty flag was flown officially in New Zealand for the first time on its national day Saturday, and there were no signs of the violent racial protests that have marked previ ...

07/02/2010 at 13:18:40 - The head of NATO said Sunday that the alliance's troubled mission in Afghanistan shows it is vital to boost ties with nations like China, India and Pakistan.

07/02/2010 at 13:00:01 - WASHINGTON: The biggest winter snow storm since the 1920s paralysed several eastern US states at the weekend, closing airports and stopping traffic and leaving more than 200,000 households and busines ...

07/02/2010 at 13:00:01 - Peter Roebuck: Why the game needs a rethink.

07/02/2010 at 13:00:01 - CAPTAIN Ricky Ponting's declaration that Australia's current crop of fast bowlers were the best in the world was given credence yesterday as they scythed through the West Indies' top order to inspire ...

07/02/2010 at 13:00:01 - NEW DELHI: The Indian student crisis dominating relations between Australia and India is holding back efforts to deepen ties between the two countries, Australia's envoy in New Delhi, Peter Varghese, ...