BBC World News Headlines

Syria army renews assault on Homs

The Syrian army resumes heavy shelling in the restive city of Homs as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due in Damascus for talks.

Police in Maldives take state TV

Police in the Maldives have taken control of the state broadcaster amid protests, as the president prepares to address the nation.

'BBC journalists' held in Iran

Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country.

Trendnet flaw hits home net cams

Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including live video from children's rooms.



About the World-Wide Bulletin

The World-Wide Bulletin is located in the School of Communication at the University of the Sunshine Coast in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland, about one hour’s drive north of Brisbane.

Our mission is to strive for excellence in the production of carefully researched and well written articles of international interest.

The University of the Sunshine Coast hosts one of Australia's most innovative and practical journalism programs. All our journalism staff are experienced industry professionals. They know the world of journalism is changing rapidly at present. Whereas journalists once specialised in print, radio or television, technological change and the advent of the internet and world wide web have seen the industry move towards a multi-skilled approach wherein a journalist must be able to report the same story for more than one medium.

One of our aims is to help our students graduate "work ready" in a range of different media - print, broadcast and the web. They should develop high-level practical skills, an ability to think for themselves, and a solid base of general knowledge.

For that reason we built on our commitment to the development of advanced writing skills and created a special course, Online Journalism, which directly supports the World-Wide Bulletin project and its regionally oriented sister site the Sunshine Coast Bulletin.

The University of the Sunshine Coast is Australia's newest university. It was established in 1996 and we currently have about 8500 students. We are located in one of Australia's fastest growing residential and tourism regions. The climate is subtropical and we are only a few minutes drive from sparkling azure-green Coral Sea surf beaches which are rated among the best in the world.

The campus is nestled on the edge of a natural reserve close to the bottom of Buderim Mountain. A colony of kangaroos has taken up residence on our campus and overseas visitors are spellbound as they watch the large marsupials hop around from courtyard to courtyard, often with baby joeys in their pouches.