A man from far north Queensland spent a lonely New Years Eve trapped in his car at
the bottom of a cliff.

A man will undergo surgery for a bullet wound after a police officer shot him in the
arm following a car chase in southern Queensland.

A boat carrying 58 suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted by the Australian
navy just north of Ashmore Islands.

(ATTN: UPDATES with Lee's telephone call to a South Korean unit in Somali waters,
additional remarks, details from 5th para)

SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Yonhap) -- The government on Friday approved a set of new laws
calling for drastic changes in the country's labor union system, which passed in

(ATTN: ADDS comments from analysts, N. Korean statement on economic reconstruction;
RECASTS lead, headline; RESTRUCTURES; TRIMS)
By Sam Kim

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout; ADDS details, background; RECASTS lead, headline)
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea ushered in 2010 on Friday by expressing

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Yonhap) -- Parliament approved Friday a set of bills calling for
drastic changes to the current labor union law, despite opposition from labor and

SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea called for dialogue in improving relations
with the United States and reaffirmed its stance toward a nuclear-free Korean

Baku, January 1 (AzerTAc). Londoners will have an opportunity to closely familiarize themselves with Azerbaijan`s culture.