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Lost Michelangelo drawing found

THE Vatican said overnight it had discovered a lost drawing by Renaissance master Michelangelo of a design for the dome of St Peter's Basilica.

Extremist can't challenge transfer ruling

A CONVICTED British al-Qaeda activist who was attacked with hot oil and boiling water by fellow inmates cannot challenge a ruling preventing him being moved to another prison, a judge said overnight.

Czech power plant protest

GREENPEACE protesters overnight climbed the chimney of what they say is the Czech Republic's most polluting coal-fired power plant on the eve of an international climate change conference in Bali.

'Lyrical Terrorist' spared jail

A WOMAN who called herself The Lyrical Terrorist and penned poems with titles including How to Behead was spared jail today, after being convicted under British anti-terrorism laws.

Australia third last in environment table

AUSTRALIA has come third last in an international index that ranks national efforts to fight climate change.

Australia failing to protect climate

AUSTRALIAN has come third last in a new study that assesses how much or how little 56 countries have done to protect the climate.

China blocks toxic US potato chips

CHINA has stopped the import of a batch of barbecue-flavoured Pringles potato chips from the US because they contained a carcinogenic additive.

Burma crackdown killed 20, say activists

AT least 20 people were killed in Burma's crackdown on pro-democracy protests in September, twice as many as its junta has admitted, Human Rights Watch said in a report.

Tanker leaking thousands of tonnes of oil

A LARGE oil tanker was gushing thousands of tonnes of oil off South Korea's west coast today after being hit a barge, South Korea's maritime ministry said.

Dead canoeist's wife faces arrest - reports

POLICE will arrest the wife of the canoeist who reappeared five years after he was presumed drowned when she returns to Britain from Central America, according to media reports today.