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Fare game - dirty cabs, dodgy drivers and worse
Cab drivers untrained, unlicensed
Drivers with no taxi licence and no training are regularly carrying passengers in Melbourne, according to two industry groups.
Keating questions Rudd
Former PM challenges Kevin Rudd's 20-year defence blueprint.
Goodwill fosters security
The global financial crisis confirms the lessons of history: Australia's future lies with our Asian neighbours.
Air France jet 'broke up on impact'
Crash jet carrying 228 'fell vertically into sea'.
Emotional return for crash survivor
A French official plane carrying the girl thought to be the only survivor of the crash of a Yemenia Airbus A310 arrives in Paris from Comoros.
26-year high: US jobless rate soars
Hopes US economy may be on mend suffer setback after jobs result.
I want custody of kids: Debbie Rowe
Michael Jackson's ex says she will fight for custody of two children she had with tragic pop icon.
Brumby leaps to defence of embattled CFA chief
Victoria's most senior CFA officer has come under attack at the Bushfires Royal Commission for neglecting key responsibilities of his job on Black Saturday.
I was no al-Qaeda ally, Saddam told FBI
iPhone app disabled after teen porn appears
Explicit photographs distributed to iPhone users in a controversial new app approved by Apple.
Prison authorities' silence: Escapes cover up claim
Corrective Services accused of culture of "cover up" as the sixth inmate breaks free in the last three months.
Herald investigation: The $8m gravy plane
Ex-MPs claim an astonishing 20,000 taxpayer-funded flights worth more than $8 million.
Escaped python strangles toddler to death
Owner frantically stabs 2.5-metre pet python to get it to release head of two-year-old girl in Florida.
Miracle girl clung to debris for 13 hours
Baya Bakari, who can "barely swim", says she could hear voices around her in the water.
Annabel Crabb: We're tired of too much sex
Sex sells, I know. But Sydney's major roads are fast becoming an exercise in burlesque orienteering.
Geller, ex-bodyguard tell of Jackson drug abuse
Two of Michael Jackson's former confidants, medium Uri Geller and ex-bodyguard Matt Fiddes, say they tried in vain to keep the pop superstar from abusing painkillers and other prescription drugs suspected of leading to his death - but others in the singer's circle kept the supplies flowing.
Girl raped in Sydney lane: police
14-year-old alleges she was raped in car after being taken in Leichhardt.
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Australia shares fall 1.9 pct on U.S. jobs gloom
PRECIOUS-Gold inches up as dollar eyed; ETF unchanged
TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - Gold inched up on Friday andhovered above $930 per ounce, with investors keeping an eye onthe dollar, which rose the previous day when bleak U.S. jobs dataenhanced the currency's safe-haven appeal and hurt bullion. FUNDAMENTALS
US STOCKS-Wall St sinks on bleak June payrolls report
* June payrolls data fuels worry about recovery
Nikkei falls 1.3 pct after bleak U.S. jobs data
TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average fell1.3 percent on Friday after data showed U.S. employers cut farmore jobs than expected in June, and revived caution about theoutlook for the global economy.The Nikkei <.N225> fell 124.46 points to 9,751.69. The broader Topix <.TOPX> index fell 1.1 percent to 913.68.
FTSE falls 2.5 pct on U.S. jobs, euro zone data
* Energy stocks weigh as crude oil falls 3.6 percent * Miners track cheaper metals; drugmakers, banks slip
Europe shares down after U.S. jobless tally rises
* FTSEurofirst 300 down 1.8 percent * ECB holds rates; U.S. jobless well above forecast
Aussie near 2-wk lows; bonds soar on U.S.jobs data
SYDNEY, July 3 (Reuters) - The Australian dollar wassubdued near two-week lows on Friday as appetite forhigher-yielding currencies and riskier assets took a beatingafter a bleak U.S. jobs report, while government bonds jumpedon safe-haven inflows. * U.S. employers shed nearly half a million jobs last monthand the unemployment rate jumped to its highest in nearly 26years, adding to a growing view that economic recovery will beslow. [ID:nN01210643]
FOREX-Dollar up as jobs data raises doubts about recovery
* Dollar rises, weak U.S. jobs data raises risk aversion * ECB holds key rate at record low 1.0 percent as expected
FOREX-Dollar inches up, China watched, payrolls awaited
* Dollar inches up from near 3-week low vs euro * Sources say China wants FX reserve proposals debated at G8