TOLL Tasmania has today pleaded guilty to charges of failing to provide a safe system of work.

Swiss prosecutors have launched a probe into alleged remarks by Turkey's EU affairs minister denying the Armenian genocide, a crime under Swiss anti-racism laws, ATS news agency said on

A Special CBI court on Wednesday sentenced five accused, including a woman, to 10 years' imprisonment in the Kiliroor sex scandal case of 2004 in which a minor girl was sexually abused by luring her by offering roles in television serials. Judge T. S. P. Moosath found the accused guilty under Section 376(2-G) (gang rape) 120-B (conspiracy) and also for charges of abetting the crime. The judge also slapped fine amounts ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 on them and ordered that the money realised as penalty be given to the victim's family. Four of the accused - Praveen, Manoj, Kochumon and Prasanth were found guilty for rape while the woman, Latha Nair was also found guilty. All the accused are in their early mid-thirties. The case came to light after the girl died after giving birth to a child in a hospital in Kottayam district in November 13, 2004. Related Articles Kerala: Kannur airport to be operational by 2015 Toppling UDF govt in Kerala not on agenda: CPIM Black...? Then line up here, dont jig! TN a victim of Centre's 'persistent indifference' SC invokes spl powers, okays irregular admission of 4 medicos Related Images The victim had died due to certain health complications, which she developed after the delivery, the prosecution said. The court, however, had acquitted the seventh accused in the case. The first accused, also a woman and a relative of the victim, had turned approver in the case. According to the prosecution, the accused solicited the minor girl from Kiliroor village in Kottayam district,offering her a role in television serials. She was sexually abused by various persons at different places, they said. The case was referred to CBI on a plea by the victim's parents, who alleged that state police investigation would not be fair as some ˜VIP had also abused their daughter. Though the ˜VIP angle had then given a political significance in the case, the CBI inquiry did not come across any evidence to corroborate that allegation.

THIEVES broke into a womans home and stole about £20,000 worth of jewellery.

A 22-year-old Melbourne man has been found dead in his hotel room while holidaying in Laos.

A US lawmaker in Virginia is calling on the US Air Force to reverse a decision to remove a Latin reference to God from a logo.

UPDATE: Victorian man, 22, has died in Laos while a search is reportedly under way for his missing girlfriend.

While the so-called “beauty contests” are good for the ego, nobody earned any of the 1,140 delegates needed to win the race on Tuesday, Romney's team said. read more

Facing criticism from religious-affiliated institutions, the Obama administration promised on Tuesday to explore ways to make a new health insurance requirement more flexible.

Pictures emerge of the Costa Concordia captain sharing oysters and crab meal with young dancer.

Europe's economic problems have sparked a deterioration in demand for commodities, BHP Billiton said last night, as it reported a 5.5pc slide to $9.94bn (£6.25bn) in attributable half-year profits.

The country's largest telecom company Bharti Airtel on Wednesday reported 22 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,011 crore for the October- December quarter due to higher interest outgo and costs related to the roll-out of 3G network. This is the eighth straight quarter for which Bharti Airtel has reported a decline in net profit. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,303 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2010, Bharti Airtel said in a statement. Shares of Bharti Airtel fell by 3.15 per cent to Rs 367 on the BSE in early trade. Bharti Airtel said the roll-out of its 3G network resulted in a higher amortisation cost of Rs 164 crore for the quarter, while its net interest cost rose to Rs 116 crore during the reporting period, the company said. Related Articles Bharti shares fall sharply by 6 per cent after Q3 results 2G: ED registers money laundering case against Marans 2G verdict will have no impact on foreign investments: Moily Uninor to bid for 2G spectrum; exit option not ruled out India hangs up on investor confidence, says Time Related Images The company's total reveunes rose to Rs 18,477 crore in the October-December quarter from Rs 15,772 crore in the year-ago period, registering a growth of 17 per cent. "I am pleased that investments in branding and networks continue to be our focus in India, as we enhance customer experience for voice quality and cater to the ever increasing demand for data. These investments are resulting in healthy growth of mobile revenues." "Customer milestone and are now one of the fastest growing telecom companies in the continent," Bharti Airtel chairman and managing director Sunil Bharti Mittal said. The company's overall customer base stood at 243 million across 19 countries. Monthly average revenue per user (ARPU), a key metric for telecom carriers, from Bharti's Indian operations rose to 187 during the reporting quarter from 183 in the September quarter. As of December 31, 2011, Bharti Airtel has a net debt of USD 12.72 billion. The revneue from African operations rose by 16.1 per cent year-on year to USD 1.05 billion during the quarter, it said.

A FIFA decision awarding the UAE full points from an Olympic football qualifying match against Iraq has made life even tougher for the Olyroos.

The benchmark FBM KLCI closed Wednesdays trade nearly 1% higher at 1,553.18 as aggressive buying by investors pushed the index to a six-month high.

Merrill Lycnh retains its underperform call on MM with a target of Rs 645. Despite an 8% beat in realizations on sales mix, profit, adjusting for the reversal of forex charges, grew just 1%, which was well below street estimates.

"Including all our two wheelers, we are having a market share of six per cent (across the country) now. This year we are aiming to reach at least 10 per cent," India Yamaha Motor Zonal Business Head (South) Roy Kurian said. 

Finance minister George Osborne has vowed to fight an "anti-business culture" in Britain, warning that a row over executive pay and bonuses threatens the country's fragile economic recovery."Let me say something about the row over bonuses and pay," Osborne said in a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses."Of course rewards for failure are unacceptable -- and those who believe in the free market are the first to say so. But a strong, free market economy must be built on rewards for success."

When Rotorua's Rongo Tahata was told he was entitled to an inheritance worth millions of dollars he knew it was too good to be true, but he was worried others might not.Mr Tahata recently received a letter claiming to be from a...

Michael Hasenstab, whose Franklin Templeton Global Bond Fund owns billions in Irish and Hungarian bonds, is drawing comparisons to the giants of the mutual fund industry.

Companies including Macy's, Adidas and HSN have partnered with Intel to create high-tech shopping experiences to give more in-store options.

CUT-PRICE retailer comes away from CES with big ideas on lower prices. Turn my TV into an all-in IPTV? Yes please...

Source:Securities Technology Monitor and SourceMedia, IncIn adapting to the possibility of using new business entity identifiers, financial firms should do a lot more work than haphazardly adding a new code to their operating systems, says financial technol...

Having played football friendlies in more than 100 countries across the world, the Austrian Sports Journalists' team was in Muscat this week to play a local club.

US President Barack Obama had earlier said that the companies which provide jobs at home would get bigger tax breaks.

Charles Dickenss 200th birthday, which falls on February 7, has been commemorated with a Google doodle.

Google finally brings its desktop browser, Chrome, to certain Android smartphones and tablets.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock and three other directors will step down as the struggling company ploughs ahead with an internal overhaul, including discussions on dealing with its stakes in China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan.

Looking for a career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you can find it in apps.

JAKARTA: After pulling the plug on more than a million online porn sites, Indonesia's Communications Minister, Tifatul Sembiring, has now set his sights on Twitter.

JAKARTA: After pulling the plug on more than a million online porn sites, Indonesia's Communications Minister, Tifatul Sembiring, has now set his sights on Twitter.

A hundredth international century still eludes Sachin Tendulkar but his Inidan side cruised to a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka.

The Breakers will have to do something they haven't done for some time this week - pack their bags.The North Shore-based side has played their last four games at home, all sellouts, but they take to the road this weekend for the...

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear Howrah Manchester? May be a long distance train from Kolkata? Or is it how Sir Alex says œHurray Manchester� in a typical Scottish accent? Howrah Manchester is the name of one of the franchises in the highly anticipated Premier League Soccer, starting [...]

Kiwi favourite Mike Harris and Wallabies tourist Ben Lucas will audition for Quade Cooper's vacant Queensland Reds flyhalf spot.

PHILADELPHIA: Kobe Bryant passed former team-mate Shaquille O’Neal for fifth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list on Monday but Philadelphia spoiled the moment with a 95-90 victory over Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers.

Goalie Martin Brodeur stopped 30 shots for the 117th shutout of his career, though it was his first this season for the Devils.

Supporters of the University of North Dakota's nickname turned in about 16,000 signatures Tuesday night to cap a petition drive.

Tiger Woods reveals he's been talking to golf's powerbrokers about a rule to ban the long putter.

When Tony Romo tees it up as Tiger Woods Pro Am partner this week, the Cowboys QB may have to endure a little heckling. Woods caddie, Joe LaCava, grew up in Connecticut and is a big Giants fan.

LLEYTON Hewitt's dedication to Australia's Davis Cup cause has cost him the chance to chase valuable rankings points next week.

CAN Barack Obama's campaign recapture the glamour of four years ago? Yes it can, say America's top fashion designers.

ARIES (March 20-April 18): Being shown an easier way to do things should be cause for celebration, not embarrassment. You don't get extra credit for being hard on yourself. TAURUS (April 19-May 19): You may be tempted...

Gregg Allman, Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes are all Allman Brothers, and they're all up for Grammys.

Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.

LOS ANGELES: Socialite, celebrity TV and Web site favorite Paris Hilton has been released by Las Vegas police after her arrest for possessing cocaine on Friday night, her lawyer said on Saturday.

The song ‘All Is Well’ in the Blockbuster movie 3 Idiots showed Ranchodas Shamaldas Chanchad aka Phunsukh Wangdu a.k.a Aamir Khan trying to fix a helicopter like device, which ultimately records the suicide of a classmate in its maiden flight. This

NEW YORK (AP) - A wine steward who plucked artwork off hotel and gallery walls in a bicoastal spree admitted Tuesday to stealing a $350,000 drawing in New York, resolving charges here after serving jail time in California.An art-loving thief who stole to decorate his own apartment, according to prosecutors, ...

The singer has revealed the stage plans for her upcoming world tour - the Born This Way Ball.

No more action-packed movies, says Kareena Kapoor, who has done daredevil stunts in the spy thriller Agent Vinod, which is her boyfriend Saif Ali Khan's home production. 

Chuck Norris doesn't endorse presidential candidates -- he anoints political saviors.

Several studies worldwide have been following infants born prematurely into childhood and adulthood, and are beginning to yield results.

Soy isoflavone supplements did not decrease breast cancer cell proliferation in a randomized clinical trial, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Lead researcher Seema A. Khan, M.D., professor of surgery at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, said the results of this study are consistent with the findings of previous studies that were designed to test cancer prevention benefits of dietary supplements. "Simply put, supplements are not food...

Piri Weepu has defended his decision to bottlefeed his daughter after footage of the All Black bottle-feeding her was cut from an anti-smoking advertisement.The two-second glimpse of the Rugby World Cup star feeding his 6-month-old...

(Reuters) - The Obama administration plans to spend an additional $156 million over the next two years to help find an effective treatment for Alzheimer's, a fatal brain-wasting disease that affects more than 5 million Americans.

Drug addicts have inherited abnormalities in some parts of the brain which interfere with impulse control, said a British study.

A coalition of groups in the mental-health sector are calling on governments to improve Canadians' access to psychological health care.

Chinese folk artists prepare for the Chinese Lantern Festival which traditionally marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations.

Drug maker Merck swung to a profit amid fewer acquisition-related and restructuring charges, and it also reported a modest increase in revenue.

Differences in systolic blood pressure between arms could be a useful indicator of the likelihood of vascular risk and death, scientists have said.

œMen in Black� was flickering on the screen, and Laura Cossolotto and her husband were enjoying a rare night at the movies in their home town of Centerville, Iowa, when her brother-in-law rushed into the darkened theater. Read full article >>