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There are calls for a fresh election to be held to resolve the West Australian Senate result, following revelations that nearly 1,400 votes have gone missing. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has asked former Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Keelty to investigate the "serious.... |
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To this day, Pat Guthrie vividly remembers the summer of 1954. His father purchased a battery radio for the princely sum of £16. It was also the year he listened to his first All-Ireland hurling final radio commentary, leading 60 years later to his book which chronicles the careers of RTE’s radio sports commentators. |
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Reformation Day is a public holiday in Slovenia. It's dedicated to the Reformation and Protestant movement which gave the first printed book in Slovenian language. |
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Today is Thursday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2013. There are 61 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. On this date: In 1795, English poet John Keats was born in London. |
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By Online Editor 09:49 am GMT+12, 31/10/2013, Australia. Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop says she is eager to normalise relations with Fiji after years of mistrust. Bishop made the comments after she met with Fiji’s foreign minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola in Sydney this week. |
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Australia’s new government have been busy meeting key allies throughout the Asia-Pacific region in the lead up to this week's Indian Ocean Rim Association for regional cooperation meeting in Perth. The Indian Ocean Rim Association for regional cooperation meeting begins in Perth later this week. |
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Rome, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis called on putting an end to violence, promoting reconciliation and consolidating peace in Iraq, a country attacked by the United States and the United Kingdom in 2003. After ending his speech, in which he issued the peace call in Iraq, the Pope met a.... |
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The Vatican knows nothing of the possible wiretapping of Pope Francis, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said told Radio Vatican on Wednesday, commenting on an article in the Panorama weekly, which is due to come out tomorrow. |
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NNA - (Vatican Radio) - Pope Francis appealed for peace in Iraq on Wednesday. The Holy Father made his appeal at the close of his weekly General Audience on Wednesday, before greeting Iraqi civil authorities and representatives of the various religious groups which, said Pope Francis, "constitute the richness of the country. |
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Nearly eight million people in Madagascar were expected to vote for a new president, in an election postponed several times and widely expected to break the country’s five-year political impasse. Since late 2008, the “Big Island” has been mired in a political crisis that has had a severe impact on the economy and social indicators. |
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Plus, fears of a new ‘gas war’ as Gazprom pressures Ukraine to pay its bills, and a Polish archbishop may face trial for abusing boys in the Dominican Republic. |
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