A taxi passenger hit by golf ball at 2am tells of the terrible pain from her fractured skull.

Fur may fly over Brereton claim Bingle knew of Fevola marriage before affair.

THE Test cricket vice-captain, Michael Clarke, has won some influential support for his decision to leave the team on tour in New Zealand and rush home to his fiancee, Lara Bingle.

Grief-stricken mother of Gurshan Singh Channa says she cannot understand how anyone could have hurt her child.

St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt will play tomorrow night.

Ben Cousins admitted to hospital suffering strong abdominal pain.

Two days after experts said her calf was dead, she squatted in a corner and gave birth without any help.

Carla Bruni has done little to end speculation about her relationship with Nicolas Sarkozy.

Geelong footballer Mathew Stokes was a 'carrier' not a 'courier' of cocaine, his lawyer tells court.

A proposed plan for compulsory purchase of land for private housing developments in NSW is "Soviet-style command" by the state government, the opposition says.

Australian officials have cleared Macarthur Coal's planned takeover of Gloucester Coal, which would see Singapore's Noble Group take a 24.6% stake in Macarthur.

The federal government has demanded Sydney Airport "lift its game" after the competition watchdog rated it Australia's worst large airport.

A woman accused of setting her husband's penis on fire will stand trial for the man's murder.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has taken a swipe at Lara Bingle's legal team as the nude photo saga continues to drag on.

Bad weather threatens to prevent Australia's top Winter Paralympic medal hopes from getting any practice on the course they'll compete on this weekend.

The Australian dollar was slightly higher at noon on Friday as it traded in a tight range in the wake of the release of jobs figures on Thursday.

A $10 million fund to support new and existing businesses in bushfire-ravaged areas has provided a boost for the rebuilding of Marysville, locals say.

The police officer who arrested an Aboriginal man who subsequently died in police custody has apologised to the man's family at an inquest.

Last-placed Western Australia need a paltry 106 to upset Sheffield Shield finalists Queensland after dismissing the Bulls for 285 in their second innings.

A half-century to Victorian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade stretched the Bushrangers' lead to 160 over Tasmania on day three of the Sheffield Shield game at the MCG.

Biotech Starpharma Holdings Ltd says the first trial of its VivaGel vaginal microbicide in sexually-active women has shown Vivagel to be safe.

A "predatory culture" on board HMAS Success saw young female sailors routinely bullied and coerced to have sex with senior sailors, an inquiry has heard.

Australia's spy agency ASIO has launched a campaign for recruits as the organisation continues to grow.

The total value of credit and charge card transactions, including advances, fell by 22 per cent in January, RBA figures released show.

The United States accused China and Iran of increasing human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe.

The United States has accused China and Iran of increasing human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide.

Speculation was mounting that Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf within the next month, but just where and when remained a mystery.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was to seal a series of multi-billion dollar arms deals Friday during a visit to India aimed at boosting ties with Moscow's old Cold War ally.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest with rival Iyad Allawi to keep his job, as results from Iraq's elections were set to flow in on Friday.

A Japanese whaling ship with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist aboard on Friday sailed into Tokyo port where he was expected to face arrest for trespassing on the vessel, an AFP reporter saw.

A homemade bomb placed outside a store in northwestern Pakistan where locals watch movies has exploded, killing four people including a child, officials said.

Hambali, the alleged Bali bomb mastermind who is suspected of links to Al-Qaeda, has filed a petition seeking his release from Guantanamo.

A Toyota executive says the company is "mystified" by a report that a US man's Prius accelerator became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control.

Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao puts his WBO title on the line Saturday against Ghana's Joshua Clottey at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released.

Australian Robert Allenby started the first round at the WGC-CA Championship like a race car but finished in a proverbial ambulance on Thursday.

Trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey is battling a northerly current that is threatening to sweep him past the top of the North Island.

Claims by Aussie tour operators of high hotel prices at next year's Rugby World Cup in NZ have been have been dismissed as a "beat-up" to drive prices down.

Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters in April, two people with knowledge of his plans have told The Associated Press.

St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt recalled for tomorrow night's NAB Cup grand final, but vice-captain Lenny Hayes remains sidelined with a calf strain.

Australia's top drivers will this season have $2 million worth of added incentive to pull out all the stops in the four classic V8 races of the year.

Cameron White and Chris Rogers will be rushed back into the Victorian team for the Sheffield Shield final, but Aaron Finch all but guarantees he will not be one of the players dropped to make way for them.

Socceroo boss Pim Verbeek is weighing up his future.

Valleys of Neptune is the first stop on a 10-year trip into uncharted Hendrix territory. Michael Dwyer meets the tour guide.

After six years in a hit TV series, Emilie de Ravin is ready to think about what else showbiz holds for her.

It has a few entertaining moments that never redeem the unwieldy whole.

A glum Dennis Quaid plays a small-town baseball coach with a killer pitching arm.

Julian Casablancas is sober and solo, writes Andrew Murfett.

Apple has been dealt a severe blow having been told that it no longer has a monopoly on the letter "i" as part of the name for its products.

A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship.

The Large Hadron Collider is to close for a year to repair mistakes made in construction.

YouTube's first major move away from being a video-sharing site and towards an online TV destination begins early tomorrow morning when it begins streaming free live Indian Premier Cricket League matches.

A vague threat apparently posted by an Australian on two social networking sites led to the lockdown of all schools in the busy midwestern US city of Minneapolis, officials said.