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| Malta says 'Yes' to divorce |
| Malta - a tiny, staunchly Catholic Mediterranean island - has voted in favor of legalising divorce, according to the results of a referendum.Malta is the last remaining European Union nation that bans divorce. But what had been... |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 11:51 a.m. |
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| Mladic: Blame it on Slobodan Milosevic |
| Ratko Mladic, who is charged with genocide for the worst carnage in Europe since World War II, says all Serbs should share the blame because they supported Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic."I didn't vote for Slobodan Milosevic,... |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:42 a.m. |
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| Police officer shot in face during Gold Coast robbery |
| A Queensland police officer is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in the face at a Gold Coast pub. |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:22 a.m. |
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| Shuttle astronauts bid farewell to space station |
| The astronauts on Nasa's next-to-last shuttle flight have floated out of the International Space Station, closing the hatch behind them, after one final round of warm wishes and embraces. |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:06 a.m. |
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| Cheetah captured while roaming Abu Dhabi |
| A city of gleaming skyscrapers along the Persian Gulf hardly seems fitting habitat for a cheetah, but there it was prowling among residential villas in Abu Dhabi.The animal welfare activist who rescued the urban cheetah said it... |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:55 a.m. |
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| Queen orders ban on flash photography |
| Snap happy Queen Elizabeth has ordered an end to her flashing days, claiming camera bulbs hurt her ageing eyes. |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:54 a.m. |
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| Mubarak has no overseas assets - lawyer |
| The wealth of toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is no more than US$1 million (NZ$1.2m) and he has no assets overseas, his lawyer has claimed. |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:41 a.m. |
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| Attack on Afghan police chief 'planned abroad' |
| Afghan leaders have appeared to accuse Pakistan of harbouring insurgents behind a suicide bombing that killed one of the most powerful men in northern Afghanistan. |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:30 a.m. |
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| Syrian troops open fire in town, three killed |
| Syrian forces killed at least three civilians and wounded scores, residents said, in a widening military push into central Syria to quell protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:26 a.m. |
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| Clashes erupt in Belgrade to protest Mladic arrest |
| Protesters throwing stones and bottles have clashed with baton-wielding riot police in Belgrade after several thousand Serbian nationalist supporters of jailed war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic rallied outside the parliament building to demand his release. |
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Published: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:18 a.m. |
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