Not ready for female president?
With Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin in the 2008 presidential race, the election of the first female president seemed not so far off - but their gender was a disadvantage, a new book argues.
Six killed in Finland shooting
Reuters
A gunman has shot dead four people in a Finnish shopping mall, then killed his ex-girlfriend before killing himself.
Bus accident kills 18 in Bangladesh
7:02pm A speeding bus lost control and hit a tree before crashing into a canal in southwestern Bangladesh early Friday, killing 18 people and injuring dozens, police said.
Questions after CIA deaths
AP
7:28pm The brazen attack that killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in Afghanistan is likely to raise questions about whether the agency could do more to protect its operatives on dangerous assignments.
Nth Korea wants end to hostilities
Reuters
North Korea called for an end to hostile ties with the United States and an atomic-free peninsula in a New Year message that comes weeks after it indicated it could end its year-long boycott of nuclear disarmament talks.
Family rescued after outback breakdown
A family group including a toddler who were stranded for more than 24 hours on a scorching outback road are lucky to be alive, according to police.
Bushfire tears through WA
Up to 40 homes could have been destroyed by a bushfire burning out of control north of Perth.
Bushfires destroy homes in WA
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Mudslides kill 18 in Brazil
Heavy rains in the Rio de Janeiro area have triggered mudslides that have killed at least 18 people.
Americans optimistic about 2010
The bank account is thin, but the future looks pretty good, according to many Americans who predict 2010 will be a better year than this one, even if they fear that the US economy and their own financial circumstances won't improve.
US bloggers under fire after leak
Mother and child 'restored to life'
US Yemen strikes
The US and Yemen are considering air strikes against al Qaeda bases, in retaliation for the attempted downing of a US airliner.
Iraq frees British hostage
British computer programmer Peter Moore has been released, two and a half years after being taken hostage by militants in Baghdad.
Passenger jets' near-miss over Belgrade
Two passenger jets nearly collided over Belgrade this week, Serbian air traffic authorities say.
French decree 'party till dawn'
Mission to stop Earth-bound asteroid
Full body scanners at airports
The Netherlands has announced it will immediately begin using full body scanners for flights heading to the United States.
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Taliban behind suicide bomb massacre
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for bombings that killed 14 people in Afghanistan, including eight Americans and an Afghan in a suicide attack in the volatile east, and five Canadians in the south.
Thousands rally in Iran
Hundreds of thousands of government supporters have rallied across Iran, swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing opposition leaders of causing unrest.
Iran warns UK of 'slap in the mouth'
Iran holds protesters' bodies
Iraq bombings kill 23
Twin bombings - one an assassination attempt against an Iraqi provincial governor - killed at least 23 people and wounded the governor, in the worst violence in months to hit al Qaeda's former stronghold in Iraq.
Terror attack warning
Bali faces a possible terrorist attack tonight, a statement issued by the US Embassy quoted the island's governor as saying, but the governor's office denied making any such comment.
Arrests after Japanese woman slain in Bali
Indonesian police say they arrested two suspects in the alleged rape and murder of a Japanese woman in the tourist island of Bali.
Mentally ill murdered in China’s mines
Four face execution in China
N Korea confirms US detainee
North Korea says it has detained a US citizen, apparently confirming a report an activist crossed into the state to raise awareness about human rights abuses.
Somali with chemicals arrested at airport
A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe, that could have caused an explosion in a case similarto the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, officials say.
38 dead in Nigeria fighting
Fighting between Islamic militants and security forces in northern Nigeria has left at least 38 people dead, as sect members armed with spears, knives, assault rifles and arrows ransacked a neighbourhood and set homes ablaze.
Zimbabwe's Nestle plant shut
S Africa slams Copenhagen result
South African poet dies
South African poet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds and remained an activist well after the fall of his country's racist system, has died. He was 85.
Nelson the nation's New Year black spot
Transport firm folds, 250 lose jobs
Teen charged after sister fatally stabbed
Ex-All Black's death 'freak accident'
Mystery visitor jets in to Nelson
Robert Pattinson's crush on Kristen
Swearing mars New Year's event
Car rolls, hits tree, lands upright
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