Egypt's top satirical poet dies at 84

AHMED Fouad Negm, Egypt's "poet of the people" whose sharply political verses in colloquial Arabic skewered the country's leaders and inspired protesters from the 1970s through the current uprisings, has died at the age of 84. Negm died on Tuesday...

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Economic growth staying solid

AUSTRALIA'S economic growth is expected to have picked up a little as the non-mining sectors of the economy start to recover. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release national accounts data on Wednesday. Gross domestic product...

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Egypt's top satirical poet dies at 84

AHMED Fouad Negm, Egypt's "poet of the people" whose sharply political verses in colloquial Arabic skewered the country's leaders and inspired protesters from the 1970s through the current uprisings, has died at the age of 84. Negm died on Tuesday...

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Sri Lankan military 'executed 17 in 2006'

SRI Lankan security forces executed 17 local workers in 2006 and the government has protected the killers, a French aid group says. Action Against Hunger said in a statement on Tuesday that it had compiled a report with information implicating...

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Seven policemen killed in India blast

City parking spaces slashed MORE city car parking spaces will be lost under a plan for new bicycle lanes in Elizabeth St in a council bid to make the CBD more bike-friendly. Women carry Christmas workload THE Christmas countdown is on...

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US home prices rise just 0.2 per cent

A MEASURE of US home prices rose only modestly in October, adding to signs that prices have stabilised after big gains earlier this year. Real estate data provider CoreLogic said on Tuesday that prices increased 0.2 per cent in October from...

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