Meatball The Bear Saved By Online Campaign

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent A 500lb black bear, whose repeated visits to a Los Angeles neighbourhood earned him celebrity status, will be allowed to live thanks to an online campaign to save him. Meatball, named because of his habit of taking...

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Gang Rape Victim Cremated In New Delhi

The body of a woman who was gang raped on a bus in New Delhi has been cremated at a private ceremony held amid tight security. The 23-year-old medical student was savagely beaten and raped for almost an hour before being thrown out of the moving vehicle....

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'US Can Learn From Australia's Gun Laws'

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent When Martin Bryant massacred 35 people with semi-automatic weapons at a tourist spot in Tasmania in 1996, then-Australian prime minister John Howard reacted swiftly by pushing for tough new national gun...

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Tributes Paid To Shot New York Firefighters

Hundreds of emergency workers have paid tribute to the two upstate New York firefighters who were fatally shot on Christmas Eve in Webster. Firefighters and other first responders from across the northeast US and Canada lined up with thousands of mourners...

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Ice Lake Rescue Drama Captured On Video

What should have been a day of sledging thrills turned into a string of near-disasters in California after one person fell into an icy lake. As they overshot the edge of the ice and fell into the bitterly-cold water, flailing and waving their arms in...

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New Galaxies: Hopes To Find 700,000 In 2013

Scientists are hoping the huge radio telescope facility in Western Australia officially opened earlier this year will help them uncover 700,000 new galaxies in 2013. Two surveys named Wallaby and Dingo will scour vast regions of space to help provide...

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Fiscal Cliff: Countdown Begins For Congress

Politicians in Washington are back at work as they attempt to strike a last-minute deal to avoid huge tax hikes and spending cuts set for January 1. Economists warn the $500bn in fiscal pain due to hit in the New Year could send the country back into...

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'Seven Die' In Traffic Officer Fitness Test

Seven people are believed to have died while undergoing a fitness test used to select prospective candidates for traffic officer jobs in South Africa. The victims were among tens of thousands of applicants competing for 90 provincial traffic officer...

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Subway Murder Suspect To Be Mentally Assessed

A woman charged with murdering an Indian immigrant by pushing him off a New York City subway platform has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Erika Menendez was arraigned on Saturday night on a charge of murder as a hate crime. The judge...

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Russia Air Crash: Faulty Brakes Likely Cause

Faulty brakes may be to blame for a Russian airliner sliding off the runway and crashing into a motorway, an investigator has said, as the death toll rises to five. "After landing the pilot uses all the available brake systems on the plane, but for...

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