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Millions flow in to aid organisations as Australians dig deep

Tom Arup Australians donate more than $2.5 million to Haiti recovery effort in four days, a rate aid groups are comparing to the response to the Boxing Day tsunami.

Arab Spring 'luring jihadis'

Tom Whitehead, London The last 18 months of upheavals in the Arab world have spawned a new generation of British-born terrorists after al-Qaeda moved into unstable countries and began training potential bombers, Britain's...

Jet downing a Syria attack on NATO, Turkey to claim

Colum Lynch, New York Turkey suggested it would ask its NATO allies to consider Syria's downing of a Turkish jet to be an attack on the entire alliance, and is seeking to galvanise support at the United Nations for a...

Journalists go to men on women's issues

Paul Farhi, Washington New analysis of campaign coverage finds women aren't even the principal news source on a topic they would presumably know best: women's issues.

Ban on 'pro-gay' NGOs

Uganda Uganda announced a ban on 38 non-governmental organisations for promoting homosexuality.

Syrian rebels strike back in Homs

David Enders Rebels have launched an offensive to recapture the Baba Amro neighbourhood in Homs.

Syrian colonel defects in MiG fighter jet as world explores a way out for Assad

Ruth Pollard in Amman A Syrian air force colonel has become the country's first senior military officer to defect in his aircraft, seeking asylum in Jordan after making an emergency landing in his MiG-21 fighter jet.

Gaza's children live and die on contaminated water

Ruth Pollard Too contaminated to drink and never in continuous supply because of daily power shortages, the water in Gaza is causing chronic health problems and contributing to high rates of child mortality.

Russia vows to deliver Syrian arms

Ruth Sherlock, Beirut A defiant Moscow announces that a cargo ship would deliver weapons to Syria under the Russian national flag despite being forced to abandon its voyage when Britain withdrew insurance cover.

Are Assange's fears justified?

Philip Dorling There has been a predictable storm of media commentary following Julian Assange's dramatic bid to seek political asylum at Ecuador's London embassy.

Minor tweaks makes bird flu more lethal

Five genetic tweaks made a deadly strain of bird flu, that can infect humans, spread more easily, according to a study that the US government had sought to censor fearing it could be used by...

Bloody Saturday: more than 100 reportedly killed in Syria

More than 100 people were reported killed yesterday in violence across Syria, as Turkey downplayed the Syrian shooting down of a Turkish plane while President Bashar al-Assad formed a new cabinet...

Militia attacks and abuses pushing Libya toward chaos

Ruth Pollard Instability has plagued the nation since the revolution that ended Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule

Argentina demands talks on Falklands

British Prime Minister refuses to take part in 'game of global Monopoly'.

Lone, fragile future beckons the Greeks

At the beginning of last year, they were both in work. By the end of it, they were both unemployed. Now, like many young city people, Vasso Simu and Panagiotis Vovos have been forced by what Greeks...

Anxieties aplenty at leaders' beach retreat

Paul McGeough World leaders transport their security bubbles to a remote Mexican hideaway.

Reporting for booty: Secret Service log reveals boozy misconduct, following prostitution claims

The United States has released a log of allegations of improper conduct made against Secret Service employees during the past decade, including a description of an agent who appeared under the...

Greece's moment of truth

Dario Thuburn Greeks face a stark dilemma in today's elections that will be watched around the world, between voting against austerity or in favour of a party more likely to keep their country in the eurozone.

The election that could change the global economic landscape

Ballots have opened nationwide in Greece for a critical general election that will determine whether the debt-laden country will complete painful austerity reform or see its eurozone future...