Petrol tanker crashes causing traffic jam on iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge

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• Petrol tanker crashes causing traffic jam on iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge
• Greek PM scraps referendum on Greek debt plan
• Beatings 'regular' in US judge's home, says daughter
• Asteroid to narrowly miss Earth
• US report blasts China, Russia for cybercrime
• Splits deepen in Greece over referendum on Euro debt deal
• New UK visa rules for students will hit Indians hard
• Storm forces many US schools to use up snow days early

Petrol tanker crashes causing traffic jam on iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge Posted: 04 Nov 2011 04:20 AM PDT A head-on collision involving a tanker and five cars injured three people and shut down most of the lanes on Sydney Harbour Bridge on Friday, local media reported. Says a paramedic at the scene: "Of the patients that are involved, three of them were deemed to be critical. The Careflight rescue helicopter arrived on the scene and with the medical assistance were able to intubate the patient."

Greek PM scraps referendum on Greek debt plan Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:35 PM PDT Ignoring increasing calls to step down, Greece's prime minister says he is seeking emergency talks with the Opposition and warns that an early election would force Greece into leaving the euro currency.

Beatings 'regular' in US judge's home, says daughter Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:57 PM PDT The daughter of a Texas judge who secretly caught him on video beating her as a teenager in a row over a computer game said today that corporal punishment was a regular feature in her home.

Asteroid to narrowly miss Earth Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:54 PM PDT An asteroid, bigger than an aircraft carrier, will have a date with Earth early on Tuesday but to the relief of the planet's inhabitants, it poses no danger.

US report blasts China, Russia for cybercrime Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:02 PM PDT Cyberattacks by Chinese and Russian intelligence services, as well corporate hackers in those countries, have swallowed up large amounts of high-tech American research and development data, and that stolen information has helped build their economies, U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded.

Splits deepen in Greece over referendum on Euro debt deal Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:49 PM PDT Hours after Prime Minister George A Papandreou of Greece emerged from a meeting with Europe's leaders, pledging to hold a referendum on a new European debt deal, key ministers in his government rebelled against the idea on Thursday, deepening rifts within his government that could force its collapse.

New UK visa rules for students will hit Indians hard Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:36 PM PDT Delighted that new stringent student visa rules were "beginning to bite", the UK Home Office on Wednesday said a further tightening of the system was on the cards from April even as British universities said the rules were damaging reputation abroad.

Storm forces many US schools to use up snow days early Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:12 AM PDT With the start of winter still weeks away, the Millburn School District in New Jersey used the last of its three allotted snow days on Wednesday, with three of its seven schools still without power, Internet or phone service since the weekend snowstorm.

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