NorgdomBusiness leader joins Nelson's office
1pointsPETER Hendy, a Liberal Party adviser who left politics to run a major business group, has returned to conservative politics.
Putin “Person of the Year” Time Magazine
1pointsOther Russian to be chosen Person of the Year was Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in 1987. Two years later, Gorbachev was declared Man of the Decade. Two other Soviet leaders, Joseph Stalin (1939, 1942) and Nikita Khushchev (1957), were also Time
Osama bin Laden a 'lovely' man, Hicks writes
1pointsDAVID Hicks praised Osama bin Laden as "lovely" in letters read to a court as a magistrate considered the conditions of a control order to be placed on the former Guantanamo Bay detainee.
COAG meeting underway
1pointsPrime Minister Kevin Rudd's first conference with the premiers and chief ministers is underway in Melbourne.
To grieve and have a beer, a soldier finally home
1pointsTHERE were no safe missions in the hills of Long Hai in April 1971 but Lance Corporal John Gillespie volunteered regardless.
Japan put on notice over whale hunt
1pointsTHE Rudd Government is set to dramatically escalate Australia's efforts to stop Japanese whalers, sending a ship and an aircraft to gather evidence against them in the Southern Ocean, and organising a coalition of nations to campaign against...
Escape costs rapist an extra six months
1pointsConvicted rapist Troy Lowe, who broke out of a prison van with two other inmates in Melbourne last week, has had his jail term extended by six months.
Yulia Tymoshenko’s return PM Ukraine
1pointsTymoshenko said the new government would target corruption as its first priority, particularly in the areas of privatization and energy.
ACCC boss says buy petrol on Tuesday
1pointsThe competition watchdog has advised motorists to take advantage of the current petrol pricing system and buy when petrol falls to its lowest price each week.
Duck hunting season cancelled again
1pointsThe Victorian Government has confirmed it will cancel next year's duck hunting season because bird numbers are down significantly due to the drought.
UK government loses more personal data
1pointsOnly weeks after losing computer discs with the names and bank account details of 25 million UK citizens, the UK government has revealed another recent incident: the loss of learner driver theory test results for 3 million people.
Gillard admits hands are tied on AWAs
1pointsWORKPLACE Relations Minister Julia Gillard has urged employers not to draft new AWAs before the laws are changed, but admits nothing can be done to stop them.
Libs wary of armed boat watching whalers
1pointsThe federal government has been accused of seeking cheap headlines and taking risks by contracting an armed customs vessel to shadow Japanese whaling ships in the seas off Antarctica.
E-mail threat to blow Airports on 12 January
1pointsAn Assistant manager, in charge of Security in the wings of Air India at Delhi International airport, Harish Masand said that the airline received the threat mail on the e-mail address around 11 a.m. on Saturday at a call center of the national
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