NAPLAN stress causes vomiting, insomnia

STRESS-RELATED vomiting and insomnia are affecting children in the lead-up to the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), a new study shows. In the landmark University of Melbourne study, for which 8353 teachers and principals...

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Violation of Gaza truce a sin: cleric

A LEADING Islamic cleric in the Gaza Strip has ruled it a sin to violate the recent ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group that governs the Palestinian territory - according a religious legitimacy to the truce and giving the Gaza government...

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Driver dies as US band's bus overturns

SWISS police say a bus carrying the Marcus Miller Band, an American jazz group, has overturned - killing the driver and injuring several musicians. Police in the central canton (state) of Uri said the German-registered private bus tipped over...

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China in first aircraft carrier landing

CHINA has conducted the first landing of a fighter jet on its new aircraft carrier in a move that extends Beijing's ability to project its growing military might in territorial disputes. The Chinese-made J-15 made the successful landing on the...

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Newman says rest of LNP MPs are loyal

QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman has refused to say whether he's checking his MPs loyalties after one defected to Katter's Australian Party (KAP). Veteran MP Ray Hopper, the member for the rural seat of Condamine, resigned from the Liberal...

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Merkel defends snip with angry Jews

ANGELA Merkel sought to ease the concerns of Germany's Jews over a disputed ruling against circumcision. Ms Merkel became the first chancellor to address the Jewish community's annual council meeting in a bid to ease concerns about the ruling....

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Europe mulls Greece 'haircut' in 2015

EUROZONE finance ministers are considering a possible "haircut" for Greece in 2015, a German newspaper reports, in a bid to reduce the recession-wracked country's debt mountain. Other eurozone countries and institutions like the European Central...

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