The bus strike that crippled Sydney and Newcastle is over but union and NSW
government negotiators haven't resolved a dispute over working conditions.

Authorities have intercepted another asylum seeker vessel, bringing the tally for
the year to 56.

National testing results have painted an alarming picture of children in the most
remote parts of Australia struggling to read, write, spell and count.

Sagar Kulkarni
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (PTI) With consensus eluding climate
talks, Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh arrived here

Sagar Kulkarni
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (PTI) As negotiators struggled to
finalise a draft for the climate summit, Prime Minister of

Singh, during his talks with Wen, expressed the hope that
they would be able to take their strategic partnership
further.

The BASIC countries have agreed to reduce the intensity
of their emissions and indicated flexibility over agreeing to
international review mitigation actions funded by

The rich nations are expected to make a Strong pitch for
limiting the global temperature rise to two degrees Celsius,

Betwa Sharma
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (PTI) Amid last ditch efforts to
salvage the climate summit, the Danish government has come out

Till midnight last, the new text was being added. At 2:00
am (local time) Friday on the last day of the conference, a
meeting of 25 country-parties continued to negotiate on the