World news: Daughter claims rapist dad fathered her ten children

An Argentine woman has accused her father of sexually abusing her for 30 years and having 10 children with her, including one who killed himself after learning the truth about his "grandfather".

Elvira Gomez, 43, said she did not report the alleged abuse until her father Armando Gomez, 62, was recently arrested for robbery.

"I felt that I was a worse than a prisoner for 30 years because I couldn't even talk with anybody. He raped me, beat me for any reason, didn't let me approach other people and always had a loaded gun. He told me, 'I'm going to go to prison, but I'm going to kill you first'," Ms Gomez said according to the newspaper Clarin.

DNA tests reported this week confirmed that nine of her 10 children were with her father. Tests could not be carried out on her remaining son because he is dead.

Ms Gomez, from the village of Nicanor Molinos in Santa Fe, said she did not have the courage to report the abuse until now because "since I was a girl he beat me with whatever he had in his hand: a rod or a machete which cut me all over. I spent days in bed".

Her mother died when she was 20 months old, she said.

Obamas wish royal couple well

Barack and Michelle Obama sent a goodwill message to Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton today during an interview about their own private lives.

"Hopefully you will be as happily married as Barack and I," the United States First Lady said.

Agents foil bomb plot

Undercover agents foiled a plot by a Somali-born teenager to carry out a car bomb attack at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon, prosecutors said today.

The "bomb" turned out to be a dummy supplied by the agents as part of a sting.

Superjumbo flies again

A QANTAS A380 superjumbo will return the sky and head for London today for the first time since the airline's fleet was grounded after a mid-air engine explosion.

The Australian airline said the flight carrying about 350 passengers was taking off from Sydney this morning bound for Singapore, then London, with Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce expected to be aboard for the first leg in a bid to reassure customers about the plane's safety.

South Korea mourns marines

Dignitaries placed white chrysanthemums on a funeral altar today as South Korea honoured two marines killed in an artillery attack by the North.

The marines' commander vowed "thousand-fold" retaliation at the funeral, as the country geared up for military manoeuvres with the US.

Troops corner gunmen from drugs gang

Brazil: Soldiers and police exchanged gunfire with drug gang members, pinning them down in a massive Rio de Janeiro slum complex. About 800 troops are supporting a huge police offensive at the Alemao complex of shanty towns.Taiwan: Voters flocked to the polls for local elections, hours after a gunman opened fire on a campaign rally in a Taipei suburb, killing one man and wounding the son of a former vice-president.