LEADERS meeting with PM Lucas Papademos to consider demands by Greece's creditors for tougher austerity measures.

PROTESTERS and police have fought pitched battles at security headquarters in Cairo as deadly clashes raged into a fourth day.

ARAB leaders and officials have attacked the UN after Russia and China blocked a resolution condemning the Damascus regime.

CALL it a woman's intuition but she had more than a nagging suspicion her sister's new boyfriend was hiding a secret.

The family of Jane Sheahan has spoken of their distress after the Roma mother's body was found two days after she was swept away in flood waters.

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has cruised to an easy victory in Nevada, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party's volatile presidential nominating race.

Andrew Wight, writer-producer of most successful Australian movie of 2011, was one of two men killed in NSW crash

RIDERS and adrenalin junkies flocked in record numbers to the Hillside Dirt Jam at Wamboin and the reason they did is simple, says organiser Cam White.

AN AUSTRALIAN Federal Police officer with top secret security clearance resigned in June last year after it was found he failed to disclose dealings with a motorcycle gang

A GROUP of 20 to 30 men broke into the Syrian embassy in O'Malley at 9.40pm last night, terrorising staff and causing extensive damage to the building.

JULIA Gillard will try to quell bubbling discontent about Labor leadership at today's caucus brainstorming session.

A CANBERRA bus driver caught skimming money from the till multiple times over five years eventually resigned, confidential documents show.

SUPPORTERS of a proposed Islamic Museum for Canberra have vowed to push ahead with the scheme despite a land application for the project being rejected.

TWO men killed in a helicopter crash were believed to be working on a new project for Oscar-winning director of Avatar, James Cameron.

A TRIO from The Chaser will begin filming a new comedy series this week for Seven, the network which once took them to court.

BUSINESS began perfectly for a new-look Australian one-day side at the MCG which inflicted another crushing defeat on India.

MORE than 20 MPs failed to show at PM Julia Gillard's special caucus meeting as speculation continued her leadership was crumbling.

AS a 15-year-old walked free fter allegedly causing severe burns to another youth, A-G Greg Smith appears determined to spare more juveniles detention.