South America
Sewage clogs Rio's Olympic waterways
BRAZIL'S waterways are full of rubbish and untreated sewage and could pose a health threat to Olympic athletes, officials warn.
Dead baby found alive 10 hours later
A NEWBORN baby came back from the dead more than 10 hours later when her father came to collect her in a box from the morgue and heard a sound.
Jet skids off runway in Buenos Aires
AN AUSTRAL jet with 96 passengers aboard skidded off a runway at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport Friday after landing in a storm.
Welcome to the kidnap capital of the world
FIVE people are kidnapped and held to ransom here every day. The murder rate is on par with a war zone and law and order is failing so badly that even the criminal gangs are scared.
Mass turtle deaths puzzle scientists
SCIENTISTS are searching for answers as hundreds of sea turtles are washing up dead on the beaches of Central America.
Venezuela downs plane full of cocaine
A MEXICAN plane forced down and destroyed in Venezuelan territory earlier in the week was full of cocaine, President Nicolas Maduro says.
Crowds seek blessings for human skulls
EACH November Bolivians crowd local cemeteries to display the decorated human skulls they keep at home, seeking to have the beloved craniums blessed.
'Britain is violating Assange's rights'
BRITAIN is "violating" Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's human rights by refusing to let him leave London, according to Ecuador's president.
Body 'emerges from grave waving arms'
WATCH THE VIDEO: A WOMAN got the shock of her life at a cemetery in Brazil when a body emerged from a grave and started waving its arms around.
Poet 'not poisoned' under dictator
EXPERTS who examined the remains of poet Pablo Neruda have found no evidence he was poisoned to death during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Mysterious ocean lights? Call Mulder!
IT glows. It moves. And it's forming a 300km long spiral pattern in the South Atlantic . So what exactly is being captured by satellite cameras over the coast of Argentina?
From billionaire to bankrupt in 12 months
LAST year he was valued at $36 billion with a Mercedes parked in his living room. Now he's bankrupt with his luxury yacht sold for scrap. Where did it all go wrong for Eike Batista?
Don't stress. Join The Break Club
FORGET The Fight Club. There's a much better way of exerting pent-up anger and frustration - The Break Club. WATCH VIDEO
Residents run from tide of caramel
A FIRE at a sugar warehouse in Brazil has been put out after unleashing a flood of caramel that threatened nearby homes.
Mum 'sold' virginity of 12 daughters for $200
SHE won't win mother of the year. A Colombian woman has been arrested after she was caught selling the virginity of her 12 young daughters for just $200 each.
Cop an eyeful of this lads!
COPS on riot duty in Rio had one perk as they waited for violent protests on nearby streets - a view worth fighting for.
Dozens hurt in Argentina train crash
NEARLY three dozen people have been hurt, five seriously, after a train reportedly failed to stop at a Buenos Aires railway terminal.
Bolivian thieves steal Virgin's jewels
THE Virgin of our Lady of Copacabana, known as the mother of the nation in Bolivia, has become the latest religious icon to be stripped by thieves.
Four guilty of sadistic gay murder
FOUR Chilean men have been found guilty of first-degree murder for killing a gay man and carving swastikas into his body.
Married after 80 years living in sin
THEY have lived together for 80 years, had eight children, and now with the groom aged 103 and the bride, 99, decided to marry.
Gang threatens 'World Cup of terror'
A POWERFUL Brazilian crime syndicate has threatened to launch terror-style attacks during the World Cup next year.
Man announces death on Twitter
A CHEMIST has stunned social media users after programming a grim Twitter message to announce his own death.
High-rise apartments collapse, 11 missing
Rescuers are searching for 11 people missing in the catastrophic collapse of a 22-storey high-rise in an exclusive Medellin neighbourhood.
Scores dead as truck drives off cliff
AT least 49 people have been killed when the truck they were in careened off a cliff in the southeastern Peru province of La Convencion.
Woman gives birth in waiting room
A MEXICAN hospital director was fired on Friday after a video of a woman giving birth on the waiting room floor was posted online.
Death squad ex-pres tweets from jail
INCARCERATED for authorising death squads and corruption, former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is not permitted to make public statements.
Tribe killing itself over loss of land
THE suicide rate of Brazil's tiny Guarani Indian tribe is 34 times higher than average as it struggles to cope with the loss of its land.
Man legless after amputation bungle
A BRAZILIAN hospital says a patient has been left legless after going into an operation to amputate his right leg and having doctors remove his left.
'Dalmatian Man' and his 42 Dalmatians
AFTER watching the 1996 Disney movie 101 Dalmatians, Nelson Vergara began fantasising about rescuing and taking care of as many dogs as possible.
Argentina president to have head surgery
DOCTORS will perform surgery on Argentine President Cristina Fernandez to remove blood from inside her skull and relieve pressure on her brain.
Argentine president has blood on brain
ARGENTINE president Cristina Fernandez's has been ordered to take a month's rest after doctors found blood on her brain from a head injury.
Pope meets priest tortured by junta
POPE Francis has met with a priest whose kidnap and torture by Argentina's military junta led to accusations that the future pope failed to help.
Party prison: Inmates never want to leave
THERE is a swimming pool, restaurant, overnight accommodation for guests and even places to drink. But this is no resort for tourists, it's a prison.
Transgender girl first to swap identity
A SIX-year-old girl has become the first transgendered person in the world to change their identity without resorting to the court system.
Peru hit by 7.0-magnitude quake
AN offshore earthquake with a reported magnitude of 7.0 shook much of Peru overnight, breaking windows and leaving cracks in building walls.
Mudslides bury 13 on Bolivia highway
AT least 13 people have died in a mudslide along a stretch of highway in central Bolivia's Yungas region.
Human and Mother natures blamed
HUMAN nature is sharing the blame with Mother Nature in Mexico for the destruction spawned by twin storms on opposite coasts.
Bundchen's bodyguards shoot snappers
THREE former body guards of Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen and US football star husband Tom Brady have gone on trial for shooting photographers.
End of the road for the Kombi
IT CARRIED hippies through the 1960s and hauled surfers in search of killer waves but the long, strange trip of the Volkswagen van is ending.
Aussie flag burned as spying anger grows
Thu Nov 21 13:22:09 EST 2013 DEMONSTRATORS in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta have burnt an Australian flag in protest over alleged espionage claims.
Eating nuts cut death rates: study
Thu Nov 21 12:31:15 EST 2013 A DAILY handful of nuts can cut death rates significantly, particularly for heart disease and cancer, a new study shows.
PNG to raise manus concerns
Thu Nov 21 10:10:33 EST 2013 PNG foreign minister will raise concerns with Australia his people are not benefiting from the Asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island.
Gates grant for UK graphene condoms bid
Thu Nov 21 09:19:33 EST 2013 SCIENTISTS have received a $A106,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a more desirable condom.
Chris Hemsworth expecting second baby
Thu Nov 21 08:39:02 EST 2013 AUSTRALIAN actor Chris Hemsworth and his Spanish actress wife Elsa Pataky are expecting their second child in 2014.
Suicide bomber kills 11 soldiers in Egypt
Thu Nov 21 07:47:01 EST 2013 SOLDIERS fighting against Islamic militants in Sinai have been attacked by a suicide bomber, which has left 11 dead and 37 injured.
World News Update, what you need to know
Thu Nov 21 07:45:24 EST 2013 WORLD News Update, what you need to know
Finance News Update, what you need to know
Thu Nov 21 07:28:18 EST 2013 FINANCE News Update, what you need to know
Russia bails five more in Greenpeace case
Thu Nov 21 07:05:46 EST 2013 FIVE more Greenpeace activists have been granted bail in Russia, while the group's lawyer is hopeful an Australian being held will also soon be released.
Obama honours Clinton, Oprah with award
Thu Nov 21 06:03:22 EST 2013 THE Medal of Freedom has been awarded to 16 recipients, including Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey, at a star-studded ceremony at the White House.
McDonald's sorry over rap lyrics
Thu Nov 21 03:24:22 EST 2013 MCDONALD'S has apologised to a man in Wales after an explicit X-rated song was played in the restaurant where he was eating with his 20-month-old grandson.
Double Nobel winner Fred Sanger dies in UK
Thu Nov 21 02:10:22 EST 2013 SCIENTISTS have praised biochemist Fred Sanger, who has died in Britain aged 95 and who was twice awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Woman's pants locked for 12 years
FOR 12 years, a man reportedly locked his girlfriend's pants shut with a "chastity belt" each morning in fear that she would be unfaithful.