EUROPE

• Three scientists win Nobel Physics Prize

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  Japan's Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa, and Yoichiro Nambu of the US have won the Nobel Physics Prize for work on fundamental particles of matter. read more...

• OxBridge say podcasts a recruiting tool

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  What's playing on your iPod? If you're an aspiring university student, Oxford and Cambridge hope it's them. read more...

• Govts don't understand markets: Leeson

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  Govts and central banks do not understand markets, so it is foolish to trust them to resolve the current global financial crisis, rogue trader Nick Leeson said. read more...

• Panic reigns on world markets

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  Governments scrambled for emergency measures to protect savers, shore up confidence in banks and shield them from a potentially catastrophic cash exodus today amid more panic on global stock markets. read more...

• UK granny jailed for huge cocaine haul

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  A sickly British grandmother has been jailed for 13 years for smuggling almost STG1 million ($A2.46 million) worth of cocaine into the country. read more...

• Serb Karadzic wants indictment dismissed

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is planning to ask for the UN war crimes indictment against him to be dismissed. read more...

• Pizza Hut tries for a pasta revamp in UK

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  Pizza Hut, one of the world's biggest fast food names, is trying to overhaul its image in Britain by changing its menu in favour of pasta dishes. read more...

• 'Credit Crunch' chocolate launched

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  British department store Selfridge's has launched a new chocolate treat - the "Credit Crunch" - for shoppers looking for comfort food amid the international financial crisis. read more...

• 'Angolagate' trial opens in Paris

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  Members of the French elite, who include a president's son, went on trial in Paris for illegal arms sales to Africa in a high-profile case dubbed Angolagate. read more...

• One bad job 'caused atom smasher crash'

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  A poor soldering job on one of 10,000 connections is the most likely cause of the failure that sidelined the world's largest atom smasher. read more...

• Russia vow to finish Georgia withdrawal

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  Russia has accused "forces in Georgia" of seeking to provoke a new conflict, but vowed to complete a withdrawal on schedule following the August war. read more...

• EU moves to restore banking confidence

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  European finance ministers are preparing their first measure to reassure savers unnerved by the financial crisis by ramping up minimum bank deposit guarantees. read more...

• Rabbi addresses Catholic synod

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  A rabbi who addressed a synod of Catholic bishops said his presence sent a "signal of hope" after a history of "blood and tears" between Christians and Jews. read more...

• Nobel Prize goes to AIDS research

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won the Nobel Medicine Prize. read more...

• Britt's father to provide DNA to police

  Tuesday, 7th October,2008

  Britt Lapthorne's father will provide Croatian police with a DNA sample in a bid to determine whether a body found in the sea off Dubrovnik is his daughter. read more...