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A 26-year-old man, who was distraught because his girlfriend broke up their four-year relationship, shot at passing cars in a Hollywood intersection before being gunned down by police on Friday morning.

An American teenager kidnapped in southern Philippines five months ago escaped from his captors and is now in the custody of the U.S. Embassy in Manila, local officials announced on Sunday.

Pakistani officials have announced that they are releasing the three wives and several children of slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

South Korea's military are securing three Christmas tree towers near the border with North Korea after Pyongyang warned Seoul on Sunday not to light these up.

The Tourism & Transport Forum Australia (TTF) is calling on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to bring to British Prime Minister David Cameron's attention their concern on the U.K. government's plan to increase passenger duty on British travelers by April.

Part of a pipeline running to an oil refinery in Homs, Syria blew up Thursday causing thick black smoke to hover about the city where protest against President Bashar al-Assad started in March.

Australia's Defense Minister Stephen Smith said the country can only export uranium to India and not to Pakistan, which is also seeking the same access to the nuclear material.

A search team from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority found Thursday the wreckage of a Cessna plane missing since Wednesday and said its lone pilot was dead.

A letter that arrived at the Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany Wednesday was found to contain an explosive device after it passed through a mail room security X-ray.

The father of a suspected murder victim of fugitive Malcolm Naden has appealed to police not to catch him dead.

South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill arrived in Mount Gambier Thursday to meet local mayors and protesters opposed to his plan to sell rights to harvest timbers from the area's forests.

Police and detectives are searching the dense bushland near Nowendoc for traces of the state's most wanted man, Malcolm Naden, on Thursday, a day after one officer approaching a campsite in the area was shot in his shoulder by an unidentified shooter.

Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev has called for a repeat of Sunday's parliamentary elections, saying the results were tainted by widespread reports of fraud.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who tried to sell the appointment to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama in 2008, was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for corruption.

A Victorian man has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment and 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia for violating the country's blasphemy law.

A 26-year-old veterinarian from Sydney was gored to death by a wild elephant while taking photo of the animal in a wildlife reserve in Borneo island, Malaysia on Wednesday.

Six Koreans and 17 Filipinos were charged with animal cruelty and illegal gambling for conducting dog fights at a house in Cavite province, Philippines and broadcasting it live online for bettors.

An Australian businessman was sentenced Tuesday by a Chinese court to 13 years imprisonment for bribery and embezzlement.

A Japanese whale hunting vessel set off Tuesday for the Antarctic seas beefed up by Coast Guard patrol boats in anticipation of another fierce interference from Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling ships and activists.

Chinese police said Tuesday that a Coca-Cola yogurt drink that killed a boy last month was deliberately laced with pesticide ingredients and was not contaminated at the soft drink maker's factory.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard bared that a task force has been formed to deal with the kidnapping of a citizen in southern Philippines.

Police found Tuesday the body of a missing barge master off Cape York peninsula in the northern tip of Queensland.

Police in Indonesia are not allowing the head of Research in Motion (RIM) in the country to leave Jakarta for being one of the suspects who triggered a stampede during a bargain sale of BlackBerry smartphones inside a mall.

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has placed four northern highland provinces under a state of emergency to stop violent protests against a U.S. mining firm that injured dozens of people and forced an airport to shut down.

Former world cycling champion Gary Neiwand has pleaded guilty to flashing before two women but will remain temporarily free on an extended bail to continue his counseling treatment.

A 53-year-old Australian married to a Filipino was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay on Monday evening.

Panic struck residents and an airport was forced to shut down when a volcano erupted and blew ash 2,000 meters into the air in the eastern Indonesian island of North Maluku on Sunday.

A crack in the concrete catchment of a desalination facility of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has leaked 45 tons of highly radioactive water, according to TEPCO, operator of the plant.

The owner of the Rivers Australia chain will appear in court on Wednesday in connection with the charges of indecent assault filed against him by a former employee.