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German police have detained two American soldiers in connection with a fire at a town hall in western Germany that investigators believe was arson, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday.

The Australian Greens are calling for the government's billion-dollar GST fuel windfall to be spent on solving the nation's petrol sniffing crisis.

Suspended death sentence for ex-banker BEIJING -- A former president of state-owned Bank of China's Hong Kong branch received a suspended death sentence yesterday for embezzlement in an apparent effort by ...

VETERANS, organisers and spectators said today's Victory in the Pacific parade in Sydney was disappointing because of poor public support.

Departing... Speaker meets West Bengal counterpart The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anton Tabone, received Hashim Abdul Halim, Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, at the Palace in ...

A U.S. Marine Corps fighter jet missed its bombing target and dropped a bomb near a tower at a military range in remote northern Australia, damaging the building and igniting a gas cylinder, officials said ...

While some still are still holding top eight hopes for the Warriors, utility Nathan Fien is a little more realistic.2.7

Japan's Cabinet formally approved a decision to impose 15 percent retaliatory tariffs on US steel imports.2.7

Police at the West Australia border town of Eucla have arrested seven illegal immigrants from Pakistan.4

Mudslides caused by torrential rains have trapped more than 1,200 tourists in a scenic spot in southwestern China, cutting off traffic and electricity and flattening houses, Xinhua news agency said on ...2.7

The video of the "Aussie jihadist" was chilling for what else it showed, writes Craig Skehan.4

McGuinness, chairwoman of the Melbourne Writers' Festival board of directors. Photo: Marina Oliphant After 20 appearances, the Melbourne Writers' Festival is taking stock, its chairwoman Jan McGuinness tells ...4

CHRISTMAS will come early this year for millions of Australian shareholders as a record $13 billion in dividends is expected to be announced over the next few weeks of the profit reporting season.4

Great divide ... an Israeli family who is refusing to leave its Netzarim settlement gazes out at the Palestinian territories.3.5

Dissent within the ranks is disturbing for John Howard and it's not clear how much he is willing to concede, writes Shaun Carney.3.5

FOR most of the nation, it's like another world. But it seems almost impossible these days to shock the people of Mutitjulu -- a small Aboriginal community in the shadow of Australia's greatest natural ...4

Commercial & Ind. - Residential - Property Law Careers Report Careers Report Home - Careers - Job Skills - Labour Law Business Network Business Network Home - Network News - Network Profile Budget 2005 Budget ...2.7

A Labor push for education to be included as an issue in a national anti-terrorism summit has been dismissed by independent schools as an overreaction.4

WHEN Janet Green was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, her first thoughts were not for herself but for her young daughter, Laura, who had just started school.4

It is very disheartening that investors and otherwise sensible journalists continue to fall for the Rupert Murdoch charisma machine and ignore the obvious fact that News Corp is a nothing but a badly performing ...4.5

Australia's vice-chancellors have labelled as "flawed" the contentious ranking of university performance to determine eligibility for $250 million in Federal Government funding.4

AN Australian commander's fatally flawed decision to lay a minefield in Vietnam in 1967 cost the lives of at least 60 of his own men and maimed hundreds of others, new research has revealed.4

THE University of Wollongong has been rated the nation's top university for teaching - putting it in line for a $50 million government funding windfall.

Irish jockey Bobby Molloy after steering Classic Benbara to victory at Sandown. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo The Ireland-Australia jumping series that ends with the Dominant Steeplechase at Moonee Valley today is ...4

MEET Dubai Excellence. The blueblood thoroughbred half-brother to arguably the best horse the world has seen in a decade.4

Chihuahuas Lola and Emlie wear capes crafted from the same Australian ostrich skin as the interior of their owners' 1933 Pierce Arrow convertible sedan at 2003's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Pat and Katie ...

In Dilmah, Merrill Fernando drives an ethos straddling cut-throat capitalism and philanthropy.4

Smoke from forest fires in Indonesia spread to more cities in Malaysia Friday, as millions prayed in mosques and temples for rain to wash away the hazardous haze, which has created the country's worst pollution ...1.3

CONMEN posing as government industrial relations inspectors are demanding money from New South Wales businesses, the State Government said today.4

Bomb damage caused by a US fighter during an exercise in northern Australia was a reminder of the inherent risks of military training, Defence Minister Robert Hill says.3.8

Late news proved to be good for the All Blacks today with captain Tana Umaga cleared to play in tomorrow's Bledisloe Cup and Tri Nations clash against Australia.5

Three people were injured, with one taken to hospital, after a large branch broke off a tree and fell to the ground at the 87th U.S. PGA Championship Anti-smoking ad campaign really stinks LONDON - The new ...2

KALGOORLIE, WA, Aug 12 Asia Pulse - The pilgrimage of mining types leaving the resources mecca of Diggers and Dealers in Kalgoorlie left behind the usual headaches, rumours and, more importantly, the beginning ...2.7

JAYANT Patel represented "the worst of the ugly American" during his two-year reign at Bundaberg Base Hospital, an inquiry heard today.4

Insurance companies are expected to report another round of bumper profits, helped by dry weather and good investment markets.4.5