Quake near Iran nuclear plant kills 20

A POWERFUL earthquake has struck near Iran's Gulf port city of Bushehr, killing at least 20 people and injuring 650 but leaving Iran's only nuclear power plant intact, officials say. Shocks from the quake were felt across the Gulf in Bahrain,...

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US nun admits taking $125K from churches

A ROMAN Catholic nun with a gambling addiction has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $US130,000 ($A125,430) from two parishes in rural western New York state. The Daily News of Batavia reports 68-year-old Sister Mary Anne Rapp pleaded guilty...

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Killer mum on her way back to Sydney

KILLER mum Allyson McConnell is set to touch down in Sydney this morning, leaving behind shattered lives and a political firestorm in Canada. McConnell, 34, who was sentenced to six years' jail for drowning her two young sons in a bathtub in her...

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Reagan-Thatcher: allies but often at odds

WHEN US president Ronald Reagan ordered the 1983 invasion of the small Caribbean island of Grenada after a coup, he got an earful from an angry world leader: his closest ally, Britain's Margaret Thatcher. Friends with her fellow conservative confidante...

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UN peacekeepers, staff killed in Sth Sudan

FIVE Indian peacekeepers and at least seven UN civilian workers have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan with others still missing, a day after warnings about spiralling violence. Hilde Johnson, the top UN official in South Sudan, "condemns...

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European equities diverge on data

EUROPEAN stock markets have ended mixed, with London gaining on data showing Britain may escape a triple-dip recession while Frankfurt retreated on disappointing trade figures. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies ended on Tuesday with...

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US to hit NKorea missile if allies at risk

A TOP US military commander says he favours shooting down a North Korean missile only if it threatens the United States or Washington's allies in the region. When asked by politicians on Tuesday if he supported knocking out any missile fired...

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Colbert lures Bill Clinton to Twitter

BILL Clinton is now on Twitter, albeit without a very presidential name. Comedian Stephen Colbert lured the former US president to the social networking site on The Colbert Report on Monday, signing him up with the handle PrezBillyJeff. Clinton...

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