Korean Air exec resigns over nut dispute

A TOP executive of Korean Air Lines has resigned amid mounting public criticism after she delayed a plane over how she was served macadamia nuts.

COMPANY officials said on Tuesday Chairman Cho Yang-ho had accepted the resignation of Cho Hyun-ah, his eldest daughter and an executive vice president.

The junior Cho was under public fire following media revelations a recent Korean Air Lines flight from New York to South Korea returned to the gate because she ordered a senior crew member off the plane.Cho was angered she was served bagged macadamia nuts instead of nuts on a plate.The airline had apologised for inconveniencing passengers. But it also said it was "natural" for Cho to fault crew's ignorance of procedures.

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Canada soldier hit in 'terror attack' dies

ONE of two Canadian soldiers hit by a car in an apparent terrorist attack has died of his injuries.

QUEBEC provincial police said he died early on Tuesday.

The soldier's name was not released at the request of the family.The other soldier's injuries were described as less serious.The suspect was shot by police, and later died, after he struck the two members of the Canadian military with his car in a city near Montreal.An official familiar with the case identified the suspect as Martin Rouleau, 25, of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and said he was influenced by radical Islamists.Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman David Falls said on Monday the suspect "was known to federal authorities" and "authorities were concerned that he had become radicalised".One neighbour told reporters that Rouleau stopped wearing jeans and started wearing a tunic and that he had changed over the past year and was alone a lot.Another neighbour said Rouleau converted to Islam a little over a year ago.A Quebec business database shows Rouleau started a water-pressure cleaning company in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu in 2012 with two other people.Police declined to provide details, citing the investigation.Quebec police shot the man after two Canadian Forces members were struck by the motorist on Monday in a mall parking lot near Montreal.The suspect died a few hours after being shot.Quebec provincial police Lieutenant Michel Brunet said earlier that police ended up shooting the man after a car chase in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, about 42 kilometres southeast of Montreal.After the man hit the two soldiers, he fled the scene in his vehicle, triggering a police chase that ended with the man losing control and his car rolling over several times.Brunet said the man exited the car and was shot.Brunet said they found a knife on the ground but he could not say if the suspect had it in his hand when police fired their weapons.Television images showed a large knife in the grass near the flipped-over car.Brunet said he didn't know if the soldiers were wearing uniforms at the time they were struck.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was briefed about the incident by the head of Canada's police force, the head of the military and his national security adviser.Harper said earlier on Monday in parliament that he was aware of the reports and called them "extremely troubling"."First and foremost our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families; we're closely monitoring the situation and obviously we will make available all of the resources of the federal government," Harper said.The Islamic State group has urged supporters to carry out attacks against countries, including Canada, that are participating in the US-led coalition fighting the militants who have taken over large swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria.It was not known whether the suspect in the Quebec attack had any ties to Islamic militant groups.

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UK sham weddings 'on industrial scale'

A UK vicar conducted hundreds of sham weddings so foreign nationals could stay in the country, a London court has been told.

REVEREND Nathan Ntege, 55, is accused of marrying almost 500 bogus couples at a church in Thornton Heath, south-east London.

The jury at Inner London Crown Court was told on Tuesday that Ntege was the "lynchpin" of a group that facilitated a "matrimonial conveyor belt" at St Jude's with St Aidan Church."The weddings that form the subject of this case were neither conducted correctly or legally and their sole purpose was to facilitate an industrial scale abuse of the system of immigration control within the UK," prosecutor Edward Lucas told the court.He said that many of the marriage involved EEA (European Economic Area) nationals - mainly Bulgarian - marrying non-EEA nationals so the latter could attempt to seek to remain in the UK.Immigration officers became suspicious because of the "inordinate number of weddings that were taking place at the parish church", which rose from six a year to six a day.Lucas said the weddings were "somewhat farcical".He spoke of several brides sharing the same wedding dress and queuing up at the back of the church waiting to get married.Speaking about one bride, he told the jury: "It is possible to see the back of her bra in the photos where it is apparent that she couldn't do the dress up at the back because it was too small for her."There were six other defendants in the dock as the prosecution case was opened for the 12-week trial.All the defendants deny all of the charges.

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Brisbane man charged after plane diverted

I have got a f---ing headache

THE cop was sure all at the scene of the Charleville truck blast were dead until he saw a figure wrapped in a blanket blink and heard: "I have got a f---ing headache.''

Senator wants penalty rates scrapped

QUEENSLAND'S newest Liberal Senator, who called for the ABC to be dismantled and payroll tax abolished during his maiden speech, now wants penalty rates gone.

Support for trading times changes

SMALL businesses are ­demanding a single southeast Queensland trading zone to end the confusing array of rules that force neighbouring shops to open and close at different times.

Palmer's keeping it in the family

CLIVE Palmer has tried to conceal the apparent preselection of Senator Glenn Lazarus' wife despite websites appearing to confirm she will be a state candidate in Buderim.

Traffic jam maps just an app away

AVOIDING traffic jams will soon be easier, with real-time traffic congestion maps and alerts on the verge of being available for Brisbane residents' smartphones.

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UK beheading-accused refuses to appear

A UK defendant accused of beheading a grandmother with a machete in her back garden has refused to appear via video link at a London court.

NICHOLAS Salvadore, 25, is alleged to have killed Palmira Silva, 82, in the garden of her home in Edmonton, north London, last Thursday.

On Tuesday he declined to appear at a first Crown Court hearing via video link from Belmarsh prison in south east London.Bernard Richmond QC, for the defence, told the court: "I am instructed that he (Salvadore) does not wish to come into the video link room even with his legal team. He wants to be present in court."Jobless Salvadore, of Gilda Avenue, Enfield, north London, is charged with murdering Silva and assaulting a police officer.No application was made for bail and judge Brian Barker QC remanded the defendant in custody.Silva reportedly moved to London from her native Italy with her husband six decades ago.They married and had a daughter, Celestina, and a son, Rino.An array of floral tributes were left outside the family's restaurant, Silva's Cafe, after the attack.

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US job openings near 13-year high

I have got a f---ing headache

THE cop was sure all at the scene of the Charleville truck blast were dead until he saw a figure wrapped in a blanket blink and heard: "I have got a f---ing headache.''

Senator wants penalty rates scrapped

QUEENSLAND'S newest Liberal Senator, who called for the ABC to be dismantled and payroll tax abolished during his maiden speech, now wants penalty rates gone.

Support for trading times changes

SMALL businesses are ­demanding a single southeast Queensland trading zone to end the confusing array of rules that force neighbouring shops to open and close at different times.

Palmer's keeping it in the family

CLIVE Palmer has tried to conceal the apparent preselection of Senator Glenn Lazarus' wife despite websites appearing to confirm she will be a state candidate in Buderim.

Traffic jam maps just an app away

AVOIDING traffic jams will soon be easier, with real-time traffic congestion maps and alerts on the verge of being available for Brisbane residents' smartphones.

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Attenborough returns to Great Barrier Reef

I have got a f---ing headache

THE cop was sure all at the scene of the Charleville truck blast were dead until he saw a figure wrapped in a blanket blink and heard: "I have got a f---ing headache.''

Senator wants penalty rates scrapped

QUEENSLAND'S newest Liberal Senator, who called for the ABC to be dismantled and payroll tax abolished during his maiden speech, now wants penalty rates gone.

Support for trading times changes

SMALL businesses are ­demanding a single southeast Queensland trading zone to end the confusing array of rules that force neighbouring shops to open and close at different times.

Palmer's keeping it in the family

CLIVE Palmer has tried to conceal the apparent preselection of Senator Glenn Lazarus' wife despite websites appearing to confirm she will be a state candidate in Buderim.

Traffic jam maps just an app away

AVOIDING traffic jams will soon be easier, with real-time traffic congestion maps and alerts on the verge of being available for Brisbane residents' smartphones.

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Google's EU antitrust woes extended

I have got a f---ing headache

THE cop was sure all at the scene of the Charleville truck blast were dead until he saw a figure wrapped in a blanket blink and heard: "I have got a f---ing headache.''

Senator wants penalty rates scrapped

QUEENSLAND'S newest Liberal Senator, who called for the ABC to be dismantled and payroll tax abolished during his maiden speech, now wants penalty rates gone.

Support for trading times changes

SMALL businesses are ­demanding a single southeast Queensland trading zone to end the confusing array of rules that force neighbouring shops to open and close at different times.

Palmer's keeping it in the family

CLIVE Palmer has tried to conceal the apparent preselection of Senator Glenn Lazarus' wife despite websites appearing to confirm she will be a state candidate in Buderim.

Traffic jam maps just an app away

AVOIDING traffic jams will soon be easier, with real-time traffic congestion maps and alerts on the verge of being available for Brisbane residents' smartphones.

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Pregnancy news is splendid: Charles

I have got a f---ing headache

THE cop was sure all at the scene of the Charleville truck blast were dead until he saw a figure wrapped in a blanket blink and heard: "I have got a f---ing headache.''

Senator wants penalty rates scrapped

QUEENSLAND'S newest Liberal Senator, who called for the ABC to be dismantled and payroll tax abolished during his maiden speech, now wants penalty rates gone.

Support for trading times changes

SMALL businesses are ­demanding a single southeast Queensland trading zone to end the confusing array of rules that force neighbouring shops to open and close at different times.

Palmer's keeping it in the family

CLIVE Palmer has tried to conceal the apparent preselection of Senator Glenn Lazarus' wife despite websites appearing to confirm she will be a state candidate in Buderim.

Traffic jam maps just an app away

AVOIDING traffic jams will soon be easier, with real-time traffic congestion maps and alerts on the verge of being available for Brisbane residents' smartphones.

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Famous UK doctor on voyeurism charges

Booze laws hit trouble with LNP's own study

AN LNP-dominated parliamentary committee has warned the Newman Government's plan to make certain offenders undergo drug and alcohol counselling could lead to fresh problems for police.

Neighbours haunted by screams

NEIGHBOURS who woke to see flames engulfing a Slacks Creek home, killing 11 people, have told an inquest of hearing a woman scream for her children.

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Jackie Chan's son held in China drug bust

The son of Jackie Chan, Jaycee (pic), has been detained in Beijing on drug-related charges. Source: AAP

THE actor son of Hong Kong action superstar Jackie Chan has been detained in Beijing on drug-related charges, the latest high-profile celebrity to be ensnared in one of China's biggest anti-drug crackdowns in two decades.

JAYCEE Chan, 31, was detained last Thursday together with 23-year-old Taiwanese movie star Kai Ko, Beijing police said late on Monday on their official microblog, identifying them only by their surnames, ages and nationalities. It was unclear why the detentions were announced several days later.

Police said both actors tested positive for marijuana and admitted using the drug, and that 100 grams of it were taken from Chan's home.Jaycee Chan's management, M'Stones International, apologised to the public on his behalf for the "social impact" caused in a statement on their website. It said they would "supervise his rehabilitation and help him return to the right path".The detentions follow a declaration in June by President Xi Jinping that illegal drugs should be wiped out and that offenders would be severely punished. In Beijing alone, more than 7800 people have been caught in the crackdown, police said.A string of celebrities have been among those detained, including Gao Hu, who acted in Zhang Yimou's 2011 movie The Flowers of War.Last week, 42 Beijing performing arts associations and theatre companies signed a pledge to not hire any actors connected with drugs in an event organised by the capital's Narcotics Control Office and the Beijing Cultural Bureau.Chinese state broadcaster CCTV aired footage of a police search of the younger Chan's home in Beijing in which he is depicted, his face pixelated, showing officers where he stashed bags of marijuana. Police said they acted on a tip-off from the public.Chan is accused of accommodating drug users, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of three years' imprisonment - a far more serious charge than that of drug consumption. Two other people detained in the same case were accused of selling drugs while Ko is accused of drug consumption.China named the elder Chan an anti-drug ambassador in 2009. Ko, the Taiwanese star, was part of an anti-drug campaign two years ago, CCTV reported, showing footage of the campaign in which he joins other celebrities in a chorus declaring: "I don't use drugs."Illegal drug use has ballooned in China in recent decades, after being virtually eradicated following the 1949 communist revolution. Narcotics began to reappear with the loosening of social controls in the late 1980s.

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Tassal hooks 23 per cent profit rise

Booze laws hit trouble with LNP's own study

AN LNP-dominated parliamentary committee has warned the Newman Government's plan to make certain offenders undergo drug and alcohol counselling could lead to fresh problems for police.

Neighbours haunted by screams

NEIGHBOURS who woke to see flames engulfing a Slacks Creek home, killing 11 people, have told an inquest of hearing a woman scream for her children.

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Transpacific grounds trucks after SA crash

THE company which owns the truck involved in a fatal crash in Adelaide has grounded its entire national fleet as it conducts an internal investigation.

THE Transpacific truck smashed into three stationary cars on Monday afternoon at traffic lights at Glen Osmond and Cross roads at the start of the South Eastern Freeway.

The 56-year-old male driver of one of the cars died, while two female drivers, aged 41 and 49, and the 28-year-old male truck driver remain in a critical condition at Royal Adelaide Hospital.Police on Tuesday said they were investigating whether brake failure had caused the crash at the "high risk location".Transpacific chief executive Robert Boucher said the company had taken the decision to ground its fleet to ensure its vehicles were roadworthy."This is not a decision we have taken lightly, however we believe it is the right thing to do given the serious nature of Monday's accident," he said in a statement."The driver had undergone thorough safety training prior to being cleared to drive our truck."Mr Boucher said Transpacific had fully co-operated with police, providing them with access to the company's trucks and maintenance records.Police have said it appeared the driver of the sewage truck was travelling at considerable speed before the crash.Meanwhile, a woman has died following a crash where two cars collided at Nuriootpa on Tuesday afternoon, taking the state's road toll to 56.Police say the crash happened on the Sturt Highway and one of the drivers, a woman from Yorke Peninsula, died at the scene.The other driver was airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital and remains in a serious, but non-life threatening condition.

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Physically-fit children brainier: study

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NEIGHBOURS who woke to see flames engulfing a Slacks Creek home, killing 11 people, have told an inquest of hearing a woman scream for her children.

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ALEX and Tucker were happily engaged and planning their wedding. But one day she received a call from her fiance's "dad", telling her he had passed away.

Secret $7 GP fee deal to be exposed

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Newman's worst traffic offender

ONE of Campbell Newman's most senior ministers is also his worst traffic offender, clocking up speeding and red light fines with his Sunday driving.

Bikie extradited to face kill charge

PATCHED Mongol and Gold Coast cage fighter Wade Yates-Taui will be extradited from the US this week, charged with the unlawful killing of a Bandidos associate.

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Aust, Indonesia to discuss terror threat

Neighbours haunted by screams

NEIGHBOURS who woke to see flames engulfing a Slacks Creek home, killing 11 people, have told an inquest of hearing a woman scream for her children.

'My fiance faked his death to avoid marrying me'

ALEX and Tucker were happily engaged and planning their wedding. But one day she received a call from her fiance's "dad", telling her he had passed away.

Secret $7 GP fee deal to be exposed

EXCLUSIVE: Time is ticking for the government. If it doesn't resolve the $7 GP fee stalemate, doctors will go public with a secret compromise proposal.

Newman's worst traffic offender

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Bikie extradited to face kill charge

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Home Depot profit climbs 14 per cent

Neighbours haunted by screams

NEIGHBOURS who woke to see flames engulfing a Slacks Creek home, killing 11 people, have told an inquest of hearing a woman scream for her children.

'My fiance faked his death to avoid marrying me'

ALEX and Tucker were happily engaged and planning their wedding. But one day she received a call from her fiance's "dad", telling her he had passed away.

Secret $7 GP fee deal to be exposed

EXCLUSIVE: Time is ticking for the government. If it doesn't resolve the $7 GP fee stalemate, doctors will go public with a secret compromise proposal.

Newman's worst traffic offender

ONE of Campbell Newman's most senior ministers is also his worst traffic offender, clocking up speeding and red light fines with his Sunday driving.

Bikie extradited to face kill charge

PATCHED Mongol and Gold Coast cage fighter Wade Yates-Taui will be extradited from the US this week, charged with the unlawful killing of a Bandidos associate.

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