Sydney - An Air Emirates flight to Dubai returned to Perth Thursday and made an emergency landing in the east coast Australian city after experiencing a "technical issue."

The Airbus 340-500 carrying 122 passengers landed safely two and a half hours after taking off from Perth.

Malcolm Bradshaw - spokesman for the Westralia Airports Corp, the owner of Perth's airport - said there had been a "technical issue" aboard Flight EK425. He could not confirm reports the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.

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Sydney  - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday chided Wall Street investment banks for their "obscene failures" and promised to provide the world with a new set of rules for corporate governance.

"As a government and as a nation, we must respond to the twin evils which are at the root of this malaise - greed and fear," Rudd said.

He offered to draw up new banking regulations that could become "a template for the rest of the world" in dealing with what he called "extreme capitalism."

The prime minister also pledged to limit the pay of bank bosses.

Sydney, Oct 15 : For the next six weeks, travellers entering or leaving Melbourne Airport shall be ‘virtually stripped’ – for security purposes.

Transport security authorities are trialling the new "X-ray backscatter" body scanner, dubbed as a "virtual strip search," at Melbourne airport.

The new imaging technology, called the new millimetre wave imaging scanners, creates an image of an unclothed body.

While the testing will be entirely voluntary during the trial, it is currently being tested to see how the new scanners would affect the flow of passengers through the security point.

Sydney - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday chided Wall Street investment banks for their "obscene failures" and promised to provide the world with a new set of rules for corporate governance.

"As a government and as a nation, we must respond to the twin evils which are at the root of this malaise - greed and fear," Rudd said.

He offered to draw up new banking regulations that could become "a template for the rest of the world" in dealing with what he called "extreme capitalism."

The prime minister also pledged to limit the pay of bank bosses.

Sydney - Australia on Wednesday placed further sanctions on Iran but dropped plans to hold President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to account for his anti-Semitic pronouncements.

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Canberra was "deeply concerned" at Iran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment and other activities as required by multiple UN Security Council resolutions.

Australia has repeatedly urged Iran to cooperate with inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to show it is only using uranium for peaceful purposes.

Smith announced financial sanctions on individuals and organizations deemed essential Iran's nuclear and missile programmes.