Australian scientist spots gigantic iceberg headed for NZ

An Australian scientist has described how he became the first person to spot a gigantic iceberg which is headed for New Zealand.

• Chile mine disaster exposes old family feuds

  While a fire warms their campsite, the icy feeling between Cristina Nunez Macias and her mother-in-law is as palpable as the cold Atacama desert.

• Basque separatists declare ceasefire

  The Basque separatist group ETA announced another cease-fire Sunday, suggesting it might turn to a political process in its quest for an independent homeland.

• Miliband brothers fighting for top Labour post

  The unusual spectacle of two brothers fighting for the soul of the defeated Labour Party...

• Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38

  Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala - some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.

• Victoria flood waters continue to rise

  The Australian army has been on stand-by to help evacuate residents in northern Victoria, if, as expected, flood waters continue to rise.

• Torrential rain causes chaos in Victoria

  Bad weather caused chaos in Australia's southern states on Saturday, with major flooding in Victoria state.

• Shoes, eggs hurled at Tony Blair

  Protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair during a public signing of his memoir in Ireland's capital.

• Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash

  The tremor from the eruption - the strongest so far - could be felt eight kilometres away.

• Samoa tsunami: One year on

  It was a year ago this month that a major earthquake started a tsunami in the South Pacific.

• David Cameron shows off new baby

  Prime Minister David Cameron took a few minutes out of his paternity leave to introduce his new daughter to Britain's media.

• Explosion hits Hare Krishna temple in UK

  Firefighters say an explosion has ripped through a Hare Krishna temple in central England.

• Head teacher Derek Slade abused students – guilty verdict

  A former head teacher at a notoriously strict boarding school has been found guilty of abusing students.

• Suicide bombers kill 43 in Pakistan

  A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban has killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding.

• Hurricane Earl heads toward Cape Cod

  A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl is steaming toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer.

• UPS plane crash near Dubai airport

  A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board has crashed shortly after takeoff outside Dubai.

• Plans to shift Kiribati locals to Christmas Island

  There is plenty of room on Christmas Island; the prison is so free and easy you just walk on in; even the criminals are happy.

• Hurricane Earl closes in on North Carolina

  Hurricane Earl is closing in on the coast of North Carolina, where authorities have told thousands to leave their homes.

• Trapped Chilean miner has both wife and mistress waiting above

  Drilling on the escape tunnel for the 33 trapped Chilean miners has just started again

• Forget the moon, let's colonise Mars - Buzz Aldrin

  The second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, says New Zealand should take part in colonising Mars.

• Oldest rescue dog set to retire

  Val the dog has had a remarkable career helping to find survivors of natural disasters.