THE international airport in New Delhi, the Indian capital, was the scene of a major security scare overnight but no incidents were confirmed.

WALL Street shares fell hard overnight as investors sought cover after a series of big job-slashing announcements that highlighted the weak economic outlook.

OIL prices tumbled to their weakest levels in nearly four years overnight as investors fixated on mounting signs of recession in the global economy.

A CRUISE ship carrying 122 people ran aground on the coast of Antarctica today and was to be evacuated within hours by the first of several rescue vessels heading to its aid, Argentine officials said.

A BRITISH schoolteacher has been suspended after making his pupils do push-ups as a punishment for arriving late to class, Britain's main teaching union said today.

THE dollar opened marginally firmer after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said more government funding was needed to prevent home foreclosures.

POLICE are looking for the driver of a car which was involved in a crash where a passenger died in Tasmania's north.

A 23-YEAR-OLD man from the Brisbane suburb of Kuraby who fell from a car on November 29, died last night, police said.

POLICE divers and a cadaver dog will search a creek in Sydney's west for the remains of a 57-year-old woman who went missing five years ago.

FAST-food giant Burger King has been attacked for a new ad campaign featuring "whopper virgins" - poor villagers in remote parts of the world who have never tasted burgers.