http://bigpondnews.com/rssfeed/TopStories/ Priority Top Stories articles. en Mon, 21 May 2012 23:44:03 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Thomson_breached_privilege_-_Brandis_752761.html George Brandis says Craig Thomson's speech to the federal parliament was an 'elaborate fabrication'. Mon, 21 May 2012 23:21:05 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Thomson_breached_privilege_-_Brandis_752761.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Melbourne_seige_continues_752709.html A dangerous criminal holed up in a Melbourne home has fired again at police as a siege enters its second day Mon, 21 May 2012 21:12:17 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Melbourne_seige_continues_752709.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Sisters_in_hiding_found_-_great_grandma_752743.html Police have found four sisters who have been in hiding amid a custody dispute, says their great grandmother. Mon, 21 May 2012 22:28:42 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Sisters_in_hiding_found_-_great_grandma_752743.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Afghans_will_not_stand_alone_-_Obama_752655.html US President Barack Obama has promised the international community will not abandon Afghanistan. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:30:40 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Afghans_will_not_stand_alone_-_Obama_752655.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Yemen_attack_kills_nearly_100_soldiers_752680.html A suicide bomber has killed almost 100 soldiers at a military parade rehearsal in Yemen's capital. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:46:55 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Yemen_attack_kills_nearly_100_soldiers_752680.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Thousands_fight_for_flood_compo_752711.html More than 3000 people joining a legal battle for compensation over the 2011 Qld floods. Mon, 21 May 2012 21:23:23 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Thousands_fight_for_flood_compo_752711.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Thomson_entitled_to_day_in_court_-_PM_752726.html Julia Gillard maintains the parliament should not act as 'judge and jury' against federal MP Craig Thomson. Mon, 21 May 2012 21:46:40 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Thomson_entitled_to_day_in_court_-_PM_752726.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Leader_of_Zetas_arrested_in_north_Mexico_752684.html Mexican authorities have arrested one of the men they believe is behind a mass killing in Cadereyta. Mon, 21 May 2012 20:01:38 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Leader_of_Zetas_arrested_in_north_Mexico_752684.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Student_in_US_webcam_case_gets_30_days_752738.html A US man has been sentenced to 30 days prison and fined for spying on his roommate's gay encounter. Mon, 21 May 2012 22:21:20 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Student_in_US_webcam_case_gets_30_days_752738.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/UN_official_warns_of_Syria_third_party_752723.html A UN official warned 'of a third party' involved in the Syrian crisis as 20 people died in violent clashes Mon, 21 May 2012 21:36:52 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/UN_official_warns_of_Syria_third_party_752723.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Utoya_Island_survivors_recall_terror_752678.html The trial of Anders Breivik has heard emotional testimony from survivors of the Utoya Island massacre. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:42:50 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Utoya_Island_survivors_recall_terror_752678.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Early_Afghan_withdrawal_for_NZ_troops_752710.html New Zealand's troops serving in Afghanistan will be coming home a year earlier than planned. Mon, 21 May 2012 21:23:09 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Early_Afghan_withdrawal_for_NZ_troops_752710.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Paris_Berlin_make_Greece_euro_pledge_752654.html Germany and France have pledged to do whatever is necessary to keep Greece in the euro fold. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:26:02 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Paris_Berlin_make_Greece_euro_pledge_752654.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Lockerbie_bomber_gets_subdued_burial_752698.html Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi has been buried with little fanfare near the Libyan capital. Mon, 21 May 2012 20:25:53 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Lockerbie_bomber_gets_subdued_burial_752698.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Bus_with_students_goes_off_Albania_cliff_752662.html A bus carrying university students has gone off a cliff in southern Albania, killing 11 people. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:36:32 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Bus_with_students_goes_off_Albania_cliff_752662.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/21/Thomson_says_hes_a_victim_of_lynch_mob_752573.html Federal MP Craig Thomson has used his addressed to Parliament to deny allegations of misusing union funds. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:24:51 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/21/Thomson_says_hes_a_victim_of_lynch_mob_752573.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Jackson_denies_Thomsons_claims_752707.html Kathy Jackson has denied Craig Thomson's claims that she used HSU funds for personal use. Mon, 21 May 2012 21:11:06 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/22/Jackson_denies_Thomsons_claims_752707.html http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/21/Qantas_cuts_500_maintenance_jobs_752536.html Qantas has flagged more job losses may be on cards after confirming it would cut 500 maintenance positions. Mon, 21 May 2012 07:17:15 GMT http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/21/Qantas_cuts_500_maintenance_jobs_752536.html