Tag: Human Interest
French Spiderman pleads not guilty
A stuntman, known as the French Spiderman, has denied putting lives at risk by scaling a Sydney building.[MORE]
Aussies urged to eat more camels
The Camel Industry Association is working on a plan to make camel meat a regular addition to the Australian dinner table.[MORE]
Shark alert sounded from Noosa to Hervey Bay
The Sunshine Coast Rescue helicopter has alerted lifeguards to a large group of tiger sharks spotted just north of Noosa.[MORE]
200-year-old beer salvaged from shipwreck
Divers salvaged the world's oldest drinkable beer from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, just days after work began to retrieve dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, local officials said.[MORE]
Australian attacked by shark in Solomons
A 34-year-old man from New South Wales is in a stable condition after being attacked by a shark in the Solomon Islands. [MORE]
Massive traffic jam returns to China
A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres has reappeared in northern China, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck.[MORE]
Netanyahu, Abbas hold private peace talks
Israeli and Palestinian leaders have spent several hours meeting alone in the first day of direct talks on Middle East peace. [MORE]
Zsa Zsa Gabor to be preserved by plastination
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband wants to plastinate the Hollywood star's body and put it on show after her death.[MORE]
High house prices drive ex-miner underground
A retired Chinese coal miner has found an underground solution to the country's sky-high housing costs, by carving out a new home beneath the shack he lives in, state media reported.[MORE]
Boy at home bitten by police dog
An eight-year-old boy is in a Brisbane hospital after being bitten by a police dog.[MORE]
'Animal' Blair opens up on sex and politics
Tony Blair's memoirs reveal intimate details about his wife and describe the sexual shenanigans of other politicians.[MORE]
Lantern find sheds light on Roman in the gloamin'
An intact Roman lantern made of bronze, believed by experts to be the only one of its kind in Britain, has been unearthed in a field by a metal-detecting enthusiast.[MORE]
Authorities assess beaches after croc sighting
Authorities will decide today if it is safe to re-open Broome's Gantheaume and Cable Beaches after a crocodile sighting. [MORE]
Hicks's ex-lawyer wins justice award
The man who was David Hicks's lawyer, Stephen Kenny, has won a Justice Award.[MORE]
Japanese police hunt rogue monkey gang
Hundreds of police and officials in Japan have been deployed to catch a band of monkeys responsible for attacking more than 60 people.[MORE]
Big bill for world's slowest pub crawl
A New Zealand pub has been painstakingly moved 40 metres up an Auckland hill to make way for a road tunnel.[MORE]
Tiger cub makes public debut at Cairns zoo
A "miracle" tiger cub born at a far north Queensland zoo six weeks ago has made his public debut.[MORE]
Outback town gathers for yabby races
Hundreds are expected at an outback Queensland town for its International Yabby Races.[MORE]
Cairns dad wins far north's father of the year
A Cairns father of five, who has helped to care for nearly 200 foster children, has been named far north Queensland's Father of the Year. [MORE]
ED staff break down describing horrific dog attack
Staff from a Melbourne hospital have broken down in the Victorian Coroners Court, as they recalled their attempts to save a 22-month-old girl who was fatally mauled by the family dog. [MORE]
Chick to chic: the pet that keeps giving
Forget celebrities with their chihuahuas and toy poodles, the latest pet accessory is straight off the farm. [MORE]
Dignified silence a thing of the past
Which has more dignity, to maintain a sober public silence in the face of grief/accident/misfortune, or to tell all to A Current Affair? [MORE]
Boozy baboons terrorise South Africans
Residents in the South African city of Cape Town say they are being terrorised by a group of drunken baboons.[MORE]
Italian doctors brawl in delivery room
Italy's health minister has apologised to a woman after doctors began to fight each other in the delivery room as she was about to give birth.[MORE]
Hunter Valley horseman killed in coal train accident
Tributes are flowing for a respected horseman and drover who was killed by a coal train in the Hunter Valley in the early hours of this morning.[MORE]
