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153 killed in Madrid plane crash
17:45:53, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The Spanish prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has declared three days of national mourning for the 153 victims of the country's worst air disaster in 25 years.
Worst air crash in 20 years kills 153 in Spain
08:08:04, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A Spanish tourist jet carrying 172 people careered off a Madrid airport runway and broke up in flames, killing 153 people in the country's worst air crash in more than 20 years.
Australian mountains claim three lives
08:24:18, 18 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Police have released details of three men who have died in separate accidents in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.
Missing climbers' families angry at foreign ministry
08:24:22, 18 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The family of one of six Australian climbers rescued from a blizzard in New Zealand have criticised the Australian foreign ministry handling of the incident.
Australian brewer fined after worker's death
18:20:47, 5 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian beer brewing giant Fosters has been fined $US1.01 million over the death of a worker at its Melbourne factory in 2006.
Cruise ship passengers hurt in storm off NZ
22:32:50, 31 July 2008, Radio Australia News
About 40 passengers on board a cruise ship have been hurt after the vessel rolled sharply in a severe storm off the New Zealand coast.
Confirmation three killed in military crash off Guam
22:20:14, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
At least three crew members from a United States B-52 bomber have been confirmed dead after the aircraft crashed off the coast of Guam on Monday.
Rescuers find survivors of Solomons boat accident
17:29:35, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Rescuers have found five people who were on board a boat when it sank near Lata in south-eastern Solomon Islands on Monday.
US military aircraft crashes off Guam coast
22:33:54, 21 July 2008, Radio Australia News
At least six crew members are missing after a United States military bomber crashed near Guam in the central Pacific.
US navy aircraft crashes of Guam coast
19:39:25, 21 July 2008, Radio Australia News
At least six crew members are missing after a United States military bomber crashed near Guam in the central Pacific.
Immunity for Samoan RAMSI officer to be determined
18:20:39, 17 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Solomon Islands' attorney general will determine if a Samoan police officer serving with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), should have immunity from criminal prosecution.
Temporary fishing ban around Philippines ferry
17:55:37, 5 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Philippine health and fisheries authorities have imposed a temporary fishing ban in the waters surrounding a capsized passenger ship in the central part of the country.
Samoan PM says Solomons' accident 'an embarrassment'
19:31:35, 2 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The prime minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sailele, says he is embarrassed over the involvement of two officers from his country's police force in a fatal accident in Solomon Islands.
Chemicals stop Philippines ferry recovery
14:01:46, 27 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Search and retrieval operations for the passengers and crew of a capsized ferry in the central Philippines have been temporarily halted.
Man survives yacht crash off New Zealand
19:48:04, 23 June 2008, Radio Australia News
An American sailor is lucky to be alive after his yacht crashed into an island off New Zealand.
Solomon Opposition demands RAMSI personnel trial
08:09:20, 18 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The Solomon Islands' Opposition is again raising the issue of legal immunity granted to RAMSI personnel, after a deadly accident on the weekend killed a local woman.
Solomons police to question injured RAMSI officer
21:23:53, 17 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The Solomon Islands police force is sending investigators to Australia, to question a RAMSI policeman injured during a fatal car crash at the weekend.
Indian commission to review Bhopal incident
10:29:27, 30 May 2008, Radio Australia News
The Indian government says it will set up a commission to examine some of the grievances of victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak which killed more than 15,000 people.
Sydney Harbour boat crash kills five
23:36:02, 1 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's prime minister, Kevin Rudd, says the boat accident on Sydney Harbour that left six people dead is every parent's worst nightmare.
Five killed in Sydney Harbour crash
11:00:18, 1 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Five young people are dead and nine have been injured after the overloaded small boat they were in was hit by a trawler in Sydney Harbour, on Australia's east coast, early Thursday morning.
Inquest to probe safety in Australian skydiving industry
22:05:24, 30 April 2008, Radio Australia News
An inquest into a plane crash in the north-eastern state of Queensland will investigate the lack of flight safety rules for the Australian skydiving industry.
Accidents claim 20,000 lives; China
22:07:11, 18 April 2008, Radio Australia News
China says workplace and traffic accidents claimed nearly 20,000 lives in the country over the first three months of this year.
Fatal train crash in Malaysia
02:22:22, 10 April 2008, Radio Australia News
At least two people died when a train plunged down a ravine and into a fast-flowing river in Malaysia's east.
Military light plane crash in Vietnam
01:44:13, 9 April 2008, Radio Australia News
A military light transport plane has crashed in Vietnam killing five crew.
Princess Diana's sons welcome 'unlawful killing' verdict
11:34:45, 8 April 2008, Radio Australia News
Princes William and Harry, the sons of Princess Diana, say they agree with a jury verdict that their mother and her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed were unlawfully killed in 1997.
![The walk event took place in heavy rain, which has caused the postponement of several other events. [Getty]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/oly_walk_getty_210808.jpg "The walk event took place in heavy rain, which has caused the postponement of several other events. [Getty]")
![It was Usain Bolt's race, making the 100m and 200m double. [Getty]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/oly_bolt3_getty_200808.jpg "It was Usain Bolt's race, making the 100m and 200m double. [Getty]")
![New Zealand's Tom Ashley beat France's Julien Bontemps and Israel's Shahar Zubari for the gold. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/oly_ashley_afp_200808.jpg "New Zealand's Tom Ashley beat France's Julien Bontemps and Israel's Shahar Zubari for the gold. [AFP]")
![Theresa Tona defends against Vietnam's Thi Ngoc Truc Tran in the opening rounds of the Beijing taekwondo competition. [Jason Pini/Team PNG]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/oly_tona_jpini_200808.jpg "Theresa Tona defends against Vietnam's Thi Ngoc Truc Tran in the opening rounds of the Beijing taekwondo competition. [Jason Pini/Team PNG]")
![Itte Detenamo of Nauru competes in the men's +105kg Group B weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/nauru_detenamo_rtr_190808.jpg "Itte Detenamo of Nauru competes in the men's +105kg Group B weightlifting competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. [Reuters]")
