NorgdomPeace the theme as Baghdad hosts film festival
1pointsBaghdad's first major cinematic event in two years got underway with the start of the city's four-day international film festival, screening 63 short movies with peace as the theme.
Malaysian referee pulls out red card, then a gun
1pointsA Malaysian referee took out his gun and fired warning shots in the air after a local soccer match turned unruly following the suspension of a player, a newspaper said
Christmas spirit takes a battering
1pointsWHETHER it's drug dealers shooting at Santa in Rio, a father selling off a present to punish his son in Canada, or Manila authorities banning carols, Scrooge would have a field day this Christmas.
Colosseum to light up for death penalty freeze
1pointsRome's historic Colosseum, where thousands of Christians were put to death during the Roman Empire, will be lit on Christmas evening to celebrate a death penalty freeze voted by the UN General Assembly.
Carols leave bad taste
1pointsThe top 10 of festive songs poking fun at psychiatric problems was published in a magazine for patients using mental health clinics.
David Hicks 'has learned his lesson'
1pointsWITH just five days to go before David Hicks is released from Adelaide's Yatala prison, the man who put him behind bars has said the five years he spent in Guantanamo Bay will "probably" deter him from committing future offences.
Wild weather causes chaos for Christmas
1pointsAN entire community will be isolated on Christmas Day and other towns in the state's northwest are bracing for a Christmas Eve dash from their homes to escape floodwaters.
Boy dies after misdiagnosis
1pointsAN eight-year-old boy was sent home by two Sydney hospitals before dying of meningitis a week before Christmas.
ACCC probes Christmas fuel price spike
1pointsPetrol companies are under investigation for increasing oil prices out of step with international price movements in the lead-up to Christmas.
Strike could disrupt flights
1pointsQANTAS passengers' new year holiday plans could be in ruins after 1700 licensed aircraft engineers voted in favour of industrial action against the airline.
Greenpeace welcomes whaling backdown
1pointsJapan's position to spare 50 humpback whales this hunting season is a significant backdown, Greenpeace says.
Teens charged over alleged letterbox beating
1pointsTwo teenage boys have been charged by police after allegedly beating a man with a letterbox attached to a metre-long pipe at Lisarow on the New South Wales central coast.
Off Newcastle's Stockton Beach
1pointsAMAZING pictures of a white pointer shark frolicking off a NSW beach have emerged - as an endangered pregnant grey nurse shark was killed in nets off Bondi.
Shot 'multiple times'
1pointsA man has been shot multiple times in the leg and abdomen on a busy shopping strip in Sydney's south west this morning, police report.
Bondi shark attack man 'invented story'
1pointsWith its big surf, great arc of sand and bronzed lifeguards, Bondi Beach is the perfect place to enjoy the laid-back, sun-loving Australian way of life. So there was horror among locals and tourists alike when a man claimed he had been mauled
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