Rockets hit southern Beirut

26 May 2013, 16:01 PM

Middle East | Four people were wounded when two rockets exploded in the Shiite-majority Hezbollah heartland of south Beirut, hours after Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah pledged to back Syria's President Assad. Read more

Sydney's lederhosen out for football final

Sydney's lederhosen out for football final

26 May 2013, 14:07 PM

Australia | The Champions League final has been marked by German football fans in Sydney who braved the cold night - some in leather shorts - to take in the match in true German style. Read more

Live betting odds to be banned: PM

Live betting odds to be banned: PM

26 May 2013, 16:56 PM

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced she wants live odds to be banned during sports broadcasting. Read more

Suspected Maoist rebels kill 28 in India

Suspected Maoist rebels kill 28 in India

26 May 2013, 16:10 PM

Asia-Pacific | At least 28 people, including a local leader of India's governing Congress party, have been killed in an attack by suspected Maoist rebels. Read more

The indigenous history of our railways

The indigenous history of our railways

26 May 2013, 14:43 PM

Australia | The Ghan is Australia's epic railway journey - three thousand kilometres across the desert between Adelaide and Darwin. Read more

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Features

Sports milk?

Sports milk?

In Conversation: Meet the researcher who says chocolate milk can be just as good as performance drinks after a bout of exercise.

Drinks more spin than substance

Comment & Analysis

The best medicine

The best medicine

Everyone enjoys a chuckle - but what's the purpose of laughter? Academic Tamara Watson sheds some light.

Laughter is processed by the brain

Comment & Analysis

Vaccination

Vaccination

No parent wants to watch their child get sick, especially from a preventable disease, for which there are vaccinations available, writes Saman Shad.

Watch Jabbed on Sunday at 8.30pm on SBS ONE

Comment & Analysis

Sweden riots

Sweden riots

What's happening in Stockholm is clearly a symptom of Sweden's failed effort to integrate its massive immigrant population, writes Elias Groll.

Stockholm braces for more riots

National

Pell urged to be open at sex abuse inquiry

Pell urged to be open at sex abuse inquiry

26 May 2013, 4:23PM

Cardinal George Pell will be the final witness in the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse when he gives evidence on Monday. Read more

Finance

Van Rompuy seeks to help jobless youth

Van Rompuy seeks to help jobless youth

25 May 2013, 8:14PM

In a letter to the EU's heads of state and government, Van Rompuy says he aims to put the fight against unemployment high on the agenda Read more

Sport

More Magpies AFL crowd racism emerges

More Magpies AFL crowd racism emerges

26 May 2013, 1:15PM

Footage has emerged of another Collingwood AFL fan making racist remarks during Friday night's match against Sydney. Read more

Science & Technology

What music does for students

Striking a chord: what can music really do for students?

26 May 2013, 10:00AM

Comment: There's good research out there that indicates some very strong reasons why space should be made for music in schools.
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Odd News

Ohio kidnap hero gets free Maccas

Ohio kidnap hero gets free Maccas for year

24 May 2013, 8:34AM

Charles Ramsey, the man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women captive in a Cleveland house, will get free Maccas for a year.
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