Feb 16, 2012 09:00:00 +1100
Hundreds of inmates died as a fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras, with many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells as the blaze took hold.
Qantas jobs fearsQantas is expected to announce hundreds of job cuts when it releases its half-yearly results later today.
Magnet linkThai investigators may have found a link between bomb blasts in Bangkok and New Delhi, two of three plots to shake world capitals this week.
'Element of racism'Proposed legislation to extend the Northern Territory intervention is slammed by two of Australia's most senior former judges.
Why is Australia in such a wretched state of mind? One word: Debt.
An estimated 7 million Australians are struggling with literacy levels.
Is it taking time for the country to get used to the idea of a woman in The Lodge?
The RBA did a favour to first home buyers by leaving the official cash rate on hold.
Coal fired power stations are really solar power stations! They are consuming solar energy that was laid down millions of years ago. We cannot keep doing it. Wind and solar now, and as the vast majority of us are not prepared to savagely cut back our consumption, we should also be looking at the new generation of nuclear power stations.
Keith Harvey on questions over the business case for clean coal, via Facebook
Top shot
A species of chameleon, recently discovered on the African island nation of Madagascar, perches on a scientist's fingertip.
Growing pains
by Science Online's Anna Salleh, staff
New findings about how colonies of ants transport resources could help understand the growth of cities.
Long road ahead
By Michael Atkin, ABC News Online Investigative Unit
There will be no business case for developing clean-coal power plants in the next 20 years, a key federal government adviser says.
New footage
Fresh video emerges of the Unions ACT boss telling protesters that Tony Abbott wanted to pull down the Tent Embassy.
Closing the Gap
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has released the Government's latest report on Closing the Gap on Indigenous Disadvantage.
Living it up
On the back of a strong dollar and rising inflation, Australian cities now rank among the world's 20 most expensive places to live.
Being 'Gay Magda'
Magda Szubanski tells Radio National's Fran Kelly she hopes her coming out will help 'unearth' support for gay rights.
Snappy designer skins
By Kristy O'Brien
Science comes to the aid of breeders wanting to produce better crocodile skins for the fashion industry.
'Nobody told them'
Disability advocates have recounted distressing tales of women who learn they have been sterilised years after the fact.
Men at risk
Online gambling companies are increasingly targeting young men with disposable incomes, Australian researchers say.
What if nobody wins?
What happens if none of the Republican presidential candidates is a winner by convention day?
Four Corners
Catch up on this week's Four Corners, which has prompted renewed focus on Labor's leadership tensions.
As it happened
By Monique Ross
Look back on all the action from the Grammy Awards, which were bittersweet in the wake of Whitney Houston's death.
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North Korea awards the title of Generalissimo to late leader Kim Jong-il on the eve of what would have been his 70th birthday.
ABC's Jim Middleton on whether Chinese politics is of greater importance to Australia's future than the Republican primaries.
Financial planners hope a push for industry reforms will benefit both them and the consumer.
Hundreds of stolen works by celebrated Dutch artist Karel Appel are discovered in a storage shed.
40 million watch the Grammys, drawn in by the death of Whitney Houston and Adele's comeback performance.
Crime syndicates in South-East Asia hinder the fight against malaria by selling fake pills.
Many Syrian Australians want the Assad regime removed despite the prospect of sectarian civil war.
Is the Scrabble dictionary as controversial as The Satanic Verses?
While much of Europe is drowning in debt, business in booming in Bavaria.
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