The winner of this year's Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger, has labelled the Federal Government's asylum-seeker policy "illegal and immoral".

Authorities say more remains have been discovered at the Cleveland home of a convicted rapist, raising to at least 10 the number of bodies that have been found there.

General Motors tonight scrapped plans to sell off its Opel and Vauxhall European car business to a Canadian parts firm.

NASA technology that allows the Hubble telescope to focus on distant stars now offers LASIK eye surgery patients customized options for fine-tuned night vision, superior image contrast and sight even beyond 20/20.

2691 spammers were reported via the Anti-Spam group in October 2009. Bear in mind that this is only the spam reported via the group and not the full extent of spam hitting Newsvine.

Switzerland's biggest Jewish groups have described a far-right push to ban the construction of minarets as a ''threat'' to religious harmony and the integration of Muslims.

It probably is best not to fiddle with switches or controls when riding in the back seat of an air force plane.

A trademark ruling that a Malteser cannot be mistaken for any other chocolate ball "sends a shiver down the spines" of the owners of big brands, an appeal hearing has been told.

POLICE are using Twitter and YouTube to track criminals, directly contacting wanted people as well as posting their photographs online.

Cambodia's "jungle woman", whose case gripped the country after she apparently spent 18 years living in a forest, has been hospitalised after refusing food, her father and a doctor said on Friday.

Frogs learn to recognise the smell of their enemies while they are still developing as embryos, say scientists.

An English countryside church is proving to be a popular place for couples to marry - in Japan.

A TRANSSEXUAL has won a written apology from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the distress she experienced as a result of having to travel on a passport that identified her as a man.

Khalid Shaikh, former CEO of YouSendIt, has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of mail fraud after allegedly launching four denial-of-service (DOS) attacks against the company's servers, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Police were called to a parking lot in Hyde Park on Halloween night after a security guard reported finding internal organs on the ground.

United States President Barack Obama has said he will overturn a 22-year-old law barring foreigners infected with HIV-AIDS from entering the country.

Councillors in a rural town have staged a mass resignation after becoming tired of criticism from a blogger.

THE King of Jordan's sister has appealed to the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, to stop the ritual slaughter of conscious animals for halal meat in Australia, saying it was not necessary under Islamic principles.

Before all the talk of embezzlement and bikies taking over, and before the allegations of vandalism, abuse and computer hacking, the Enmore Spiritualist Church was just your average suburban home where people performed seances and channelled the dead.

A luckless Indian romeo is suing Lynx after he failed to land a single girlfriend during seven years of using their products.

Up to six bodies, many of them badly decomposed, have been found in the United States home of a convicted rapist arrested on Saturday, police say.

There has been a breakthrough in the fight against the deadly Hendra virus following the development of a treatment which shows great potential to save the lives of people who become infected with the virus.

A father from Herefordshire is to have a portrait of his dead son tattooed on his chest using the child's ashes.

The Catholic Church in Poland is investigating claims of a miracle after a piece of communion wafer was reported to have been transformed into human heart tissue after falling into water during a mass.

An Adelaide public school has come under fire for reaching a deal with the world's largest manufacturer of guided missiles to fund a new curriculum.