| World is watching Palm Island death: Smallwood Queensland Indigenous rights campaigner Gracelyn Smallwood says the government needs to introduce a Bill of Rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. abc.net.au |
NATO accused of killing 10 Afghan civilians An Afghan official said that 10 election campaigners had been killed in an airstrike by international forces in the relatively peaceful north of the country. abc.net.au |
France burqa ban passes last legal hurdle France's top legal authority has approved a law banning full-face veils in public, the last hurdle for the ban, which has been criticised as stigmatising Muslim women. abc.net.au |
Red Shirts demand prisoner release Thousands of Thai anti-government activists have gathered in Bangkok to demand the release of protesters detained for their role in crippling demonstrations and bloody clashes with the military. abc.net.au |
European bid to freeze deepwater drilling collapses A bid to freeze deepwater drilling in Europe in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster has collapsed under pressure from the multi-billion North Sea oil industry. abc.net.au |