U.S. crime-fighters failed in a bid to keep alleged Internet pirate Kim Dotcom behind bars on Wednesday when a New Zealand court freed him from jail and instead put him under effective house arrest and banned him from using the Internet. The court, in upholding a bail application by the German founder of file-sharing website [...]
Brisbane’s elite Anglican Church Grammar School led an outpouring of public mourning yesterday after a popular teacher and his toddler son plunged to their deaths from the city’s Story Bridge in the early hours of Monday morning. Police were last night piecing together what happened before and after Jason Lees, 40, a “much-loved” master and [...]
Australian surfwear retailer Billabong International on Friday said it would cut 400 jobs worldwide and shut down up to 150 stores to help repair its debt-laden balance sheet. The sports apparel maker also announced the partial sale of Nixon, a watches and accessories brand. It has entered into definitive agreements with Trilantic Capital Partners (TCP) [...]
Jury selection was due to start on Monday in the capital murder trial of an Alabama man suspected of killing his new wife during an Australian honeymoon scuba diving trip in order to get life insurance money. Prosecutors accuse Gabe Watson of drowning his 26-year-old wife Tina in 2003 by turning off her oxygen supply, [...]
Australian authorities on Monday pleaded with hundreds of people who had chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood waters to vacate their homes. The level of the Balonne River in the town of St. George, in the eastern state of Queensland, swelled to 13.63 meters at lunchtime on Monday, breaking [...]
Protesters attacked another Sryian embassy on Sunday, angry that Russia and China vetoed a resolution before the UN Security Council that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down over his military crackdown on dissidents. About 40 men ransacked the Syrian embassy in the Australian capital, Canberra. Windows were smashed and plants were strewn [...]
Heavy rains left thousands stranded in eastern Australia on Saturday as authorities warned of more flooding and urged several communities to flee to higher ground. About 16,500 people are isolated because of flooding in New South Wales, with evacuation orders in place for several communities, the New South Wales Emergency Services said. In the neighboring [...]
Some 246 survivors have been rescued in the aftermath the sinking of a passenger ferry off the east coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities said Friday. More than 100 people remained unaccounted for. The survivors arrived by five vessels at the city of Lae. Many were undergoing medical tests, according to Capt. Nurur Rahman, rescue [...]
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