Cabinet not yet decided on media enquiry
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has not made up her mind whether or not she would support an enquiry into possible telephone line tapping in Australia by the media. However, Ms…
Tiger Airways resumes limited Australian service
Tiger Airways announced on Wednesday that Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority has given them the green light to resume operations in Australia. Tiger Airways said in a statement on its…
Australian stocks close at 25-month low
The Australian benchmark S&P/ASX-200 index closed down 2.91%, or 119.3 points, on Monday erasing $32bn in value and closing at 3986.1, the lowest in two years. The benchmark S&P/ASX-200 index…
ECB to buy eurozone bonds
The European Central Bank said on Sunday it will buy eurozone bonds following emergency talks about the debt crisis. The ECB did specify the bonds it would buy, yet some…
Thailand elects Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand’s first female Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra was elected as Thailand’s 28th and first female prime minister on Friday, in a special session of the House of Representatives, just one month after her party won…
Co-pilot lacked training: Report
The copilot of the Air France jet that crashed off the coast of South America, killing 228, did not have adequate training to fly the troubled aircraft in manual mode,…
Norway massacre suspect pleads not guilty
Anders Behring Breivik, the 32-year-old Norwegian suspect in last week’s massacre in Norway pleaded not-guilty in an Oslo courtroom on Monday. Breivik admitted his role in last week’s attacks and…
Pierre Rolland wins 19th stage of Tour de France, Schleck takes yellow jersey
France’s Pierre Rolland won the 19th stage of the Tour on Friday, in a dramatic win over Samuel Sanchez and Alberto Contador. This is Rolland’s first career stage win and…
Edvald Boasson Hagen takes 17th stage win at Tour de France
July 20 2011 Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen won the Tour de France’s 17th stage on Wednesday, his second win of this year’s race. Boasson Hagen finished 40 seconds ahead of…
News of the World journalist found dead
July 19, 2011 The first News of the Word journalist to link the now closed 168-year-old newspaper’s former editor to the phone-hacking scandal in the U.K. was found dead on…