
Melbourne: Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday joined the dubious list of world leaders on whom shoes have been thrown, as a protester shouted "That is for Iraqi dead" live on national TV. The irate man threw two shoes at Howard while he was answering questions about his decision to send troops to Iraq, while participating in ABC's Q&A programme. "It's all right, don't worry. Forget it, forget...

12:14 AM, Oct 26, 2010

Deputy PM Julia Gillard will replace Kevin Rudd as Australia's Prime Minister after defeating him at a Labour Party ballot meeting. ...

09:53 AM, Jun 24, 2010

Wellington: Former Australia coach John Buchanan has been named New Zealand's director of cricket, a new position which will govern most high-performance aspects of the sport in New Zealand. The 58-year-old was confirmed in the position Friday and will take up his role in May, New Zealand Cricket said. NZC said Buchanan will establish New Zealand's new high-performance program, implement a consistent coaching philosophy across the country, build a talent...

07:55 PM, Jan 15, 2008

Cape Town: Sachin Tendulkar and Dale Steyn fought out a titanic battle before India took a two-run first innings lead on the third day of the third and final Test against South Africa at Newlands on Tuesday. Tendulkar, Test cricket's all-time leading run-scorer, made 146 in an Indian total of 364, while Steyn, the world's number one fast bowler, took five for 75. With the series between the world's two...

03:14 PM, Nov 25, 2007

John Howard telephoned Rudd to concede his defeat. ...

05:46 PM, Nov 24, 2007

Poll says Aussies don't want a PM who doesn't look good naked. ...

08:18 PM, Nov 13, 2007

The US Prez makes another infamous Bushism as the world listens in. ...

03:48 PM, Sep 09, 2007

Australia possesses 40 per cent of the world's reserves of Uranium. ...

01:01 PM, Aug 16, 2007

Aussie PM says Haneef is not the sort of person to be an honorary Australian. ...

12:38 PM, Aug 06, 2007

The Australian Prime Minister said it was “better to be safe than sorry.” ...

01:40 PM, Jul 30, 2007

Politics in Australia is hotting up over the Haneef case ...

10:39 AM, Jul 25, 2007

Indonesia is next on the hit list of the Islamic terrorists after UK. ...

04:12 PM, Jul 09, 2007

Australia's PM John Howard supports the Indo-US nuclear deal, opening the doors for potential uranium sales to India. ...

07:36 PM, Mar 31, 2007