A teenager who murdered a 15-year-old boy was detained for life after a judge ruled that he committed "a particularly heinous crime," and reoffending is a real danger if he comes out of jail. The boy, who cannot be named under Queensland law, killed a high school student in a random knife attack at a shopping plaza.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 18, 2011
A teenager who murdered a 15-year-old boy was detained for life after a judge ruled that he committed "a particularly heinous crime," and re-offending is a real danger if he comes out of jail.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 18, 2011
Anti-rape campaigners are raising a howl over Facebook's refusal to remove pages that glorify and make fun of rape and violence against women.
Windsor Genova
Oct 18, 2011
Bad news for the Australian boy facing charges of possessing illegal drug in Bali. Indonesian prosecutors said he will be processed at the island's notorious Kerekoban Jail, where fellow Australians are also serving time.
Windsor Genova
Oct 18, 2011
A man who tried to abduct a 16-year-old girl in Mount Claremont is being hunted by the police, ABC News reports. The teenage girl was jogging along Stephenson Avenue near Challenge Stadium just after 6:00 pm Sunday night when a man suddenly emerged from the bushes and grabbed her from behind.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 17, 2011
Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett may have temporarily banned Samsung Electronics from launching its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, but Aussies have found a way to go around the ban. They ordered the gadget online.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 17, 2011
The Tank Cave in Southern Australia claimed the life of another diver after police recovered Sunday the body of a 40-year-old man in a portion of the dark and labyrinthine underwater cave.
Windsor Genova
Oct 17, 2011
Versions of the "Occupy Wall Street" protest in New York were staged in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan over the weekend with similar protesters in Sydney and Melbourne demonstrating in Martin Place and City Square.
Windsor Genova
Oct 17, 2011
iPad 2-manufacturer Apple only won half of the battle with Samsung Electronics when it was granted by Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett on Thursday a temporary injunction that stops the South Korean firm from launching the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 14, 2011
The American hacker who illegally accessed email messages of Hollywood celebrities apologised to his victims, who included Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis and Christina Aguilera.
Windsor Genova
Oct 14, 2011
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Bali, Indonesia Thursday and the 14-year-old Australian boy detained at the police headquarters in Denpasar, the island's capital, was unhurt.
Windsor Genova
Oct 13, 2011
Police in California arrested Wednesday a suspect wearing body armor and possessing several weapons after six people were shot dead inside a hair salon in Seal Beach.
Windsor Genova
Oct 13, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama has not given up the fight to create 1.9 million more jobs in the country despite the Republican block of his $447-billion jobs bill in the Senate on Tuesday night.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 12, 2011
The New Lambton teenager who cut a cat's paw and buried it in the backyard of a Hamilton South home last month appeared at the Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday for his trial.
Windsor Genova
Oct 12, 2011
American prosecutors charged two Iranians on Tuesday for plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. using a hit squad from Mexico's drug cartel.
Windsor Genova
Oct 12, 2011
Authorities and the family of a 64-year-old Mosman Park man who went missing while swimming at Cottesloe Beach on Monday feared he was attacked by a great white pointer based on the tear on his bathers found by police divers.
Windsor Genova
Oct 11, 2011
Adelaide-based filmmaker Cyan Films and Family First MLC are offering assistance to the family of an Iranian actress sentenced to jail and lashing in Iran for doing an Australian movie illegally and inappropriately.
Windsor Genova
Oct 11, 2011
Australia is joining the global trend toward recognizing same-sex marriages. Outgoing South Australian Premier Mike Rann is the latest senior public official to back the proposal to legalise gay and lesbian unions.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 10, 2011
While outpourings of sympathy for Steve Jobs's family continue, not everyone is sad of the demise of the technology innovator who died on Wednesday at age 56.
Windsor Genova
Oct 07, 2011
Russian authorities are helping track down the mastermind of a uranium and plutonium smuggling syndicate that tried to sell the fissile material to a North African country for possible use in a "dirty bomb."
Windsor Genova
Oct 07, 2011
Australians are waiting for the decision of Federal Court Justice Annbelle Bennett on the legal dispute between Apple and Samsung over the release of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 07, 2011
A 21-year-old New Zealand man, Kane Tupuolamoui, gets 13 years in prison for his "colossal" bashing of an Irish man in Sydney three years ago. The judge considered Tupuolamoui's guilty plea but stressed that he had fled to Darwin after the bashing.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 07, 2011
The death of Apple founder Steve Jobs on Wednesday may have shaken the world, particularly the technology world. However, it is not expected to heal the worsening rift between the company that Jobs grew into a $75-billion empire and rising competitor Samsung Electronics of South Korea.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 06, 2011
The patent war between Samsung and Apple escalated on Wednesday with France and Italy becoming additional battlefronts as the Korean technology giant petitioned French and Italian courts to stop the sale of the newly-released iPhone 4S in the two European countries.
Windsor Genova
Oct 06, 2011
Amanda Knox is finally home in Seattle, Washington Tuesday, 30 hours after her conviction for murdering a roommate in Perugia, Italy was overturned by a jury and two judges due to weak evidence.
Windsor Genova
Oct 05, 2011
Members of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) reiterated they will not return to work on Brisbane Airport Link unless a safety audit is carried out to ensure their safety and the structure's stability following the death of a co-worker last Thursday.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 04, 2011
A six-member Italian jury and two judges acquitted Monday, American Amanda Knox and her former lover for killing her British roommate in the Italian university town of Perugia in 2007.
Windsor Genova
Oct 04, 2011
The "Occupy Wall Street" protest in New York continued on Tuesday even as similar demonstrations were held in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and other major cities in the U.S.
Windsor Genova
Oct 04, 2011
Following his findings that Facebook are able to track users after they log out of the social network, Australian technology blogger Nik Cubrilovic, in cooperation with 10 public interest groups, has sued the firm. The Commission's decision is expected to send a statement to both the social network and its users.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 03, 2011
Samsung plans to launch an upgraded version of the 7-inch Galaxy Tab in Australia before Christmas, Smarthouse reports.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 03, 2011
