Russia's gas war with Ukraine spreads deeper into Europe
Twelve European countries are now without any gas from Russia after Austria,
Slovakia and the Czech Republic announced this morning that their supplies
had halted altogether. Slovakia declared a state of energy emergency.
Net tightens around China's richest man as wife is detained
The net is tightening around China?s richest man with the detention of his
wife amid a police investigation into possible financial offences by the
businessman who founded the country?s biggest appliance chain.
Girl mauled to death by pack of dogs
A three-year-old girl was killed and her 16-month-old sister seriously injured
when they were savaged by a pack of dogs at a home in a small country town
in eastern Australia this morning.
Woman burnt to death in 'sorcery murder'
A young Papua New Guinea woman has been burnt to death in what authorities
fear is the latest sorcery killing in the remote and lawless interior of the
country.
Comment: Gazprom is not a market player, it?s a political weapon
The bust-up between Russia and Ukraine that threatens to gum up the gas
supplies of much of Southern and Eastern Europe hardly comes as a surprise.
It is almost part of the new year ritual and somehow always seems to strike
during a cold spell. Across the Continent, radiators run cold.
TF: Sustain. Tourism 
