(AAP) - A previous government's decision to use private security firms to guard Australian military bases was taken to "put more teeth at the front", Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says.

(AAP) A leading criminologist has warned of a major escalation in gang-related violence if state governments push ahead with anti-bikie laws.

(AAP) - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Australia didn't ban the radical Islamist organisation allegedly behind a plot to attack a Sydney military base because it could have tipped off the group.

(AAP) - Labor had no alternative but to refer the OzCar affair to a Senate privileges committee for investigation of possible contempt, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

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By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton departed North Korea early Wednesday with two American journalists whose release was his key mission.

(KPL) The imitation products were destroyed on 4 August, Luang Prabang province, following the seizure of more than 1,000 dozens of fake shampoo and five dozens of toothpaste, worth more than 8.5 m

(KPL) The construction work of the fourth Lao-Thai Friendship Mekong River Bridge is still put on hold thanks to Thailand’s inability to disburse money for this huge undertaking, said a local offic

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 5 (Bernama) -- The Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) will open a special counter in the city of Kuala Lumpur on Saturday for shopkeepers and traders to report on the losses and damages

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korean media outlets, whose outputs and their timing are strictly dictated by the state, made repeated blunders while reporting on former U.S.