The wreck of the sunken Tongan ferry Princess Ashika has been found a week after it
went down, but wild weather and deep seas have stopped divers from reaching it.

Explosives used in last month's terrorist attacks on two Jakarta hotels were
smuggled inside by a hotel florist who disguised the weapons as flowers, police say.

The Senate has approved a federal government request to refer the fake OzCar email
affair to an upper house inquiry.
The vote on Wednesday was passed 34 to 32.

An Afghan police officer has been shot dead and another wounded by Australian
soldiers after they failed to stop at a security checkpoint.

Beijing appears to have dropped claims of spying against Stern Hu but the Australian
could still face up to seven years in jail after he was officially arrested for

Debris, body parts and plane wreckage are all that remain of possibly Papua New
Guinea's worst air crash disaster that was a tragic end for nine Australians making

Oxford, August 11, SPA -- Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, Imam and
Speaker of the Makkah-based Holy Mosque, has called on the followers

Three more swine flu-related deaths have been recorded in Queensland, authorities say.
A 78-year-old woman, who died at Caboolture Hospital, and a 52-year-old man, who

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New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has said
government cannot terminate the services of its employee,
accused of misconduct, without giving him an opportunity to