Law & Crime
Australian court sentences 5 men in terror plot
SYDNEY — An Australian court Monday sentenced five Muslim men to prison terms of 23 to 28 years after convicting them of preparing for terror attacks on unspecified targets by stockpiling explosive chemicals and firearms.
Indian set on fire in latest Australia attack
SYDNEY — A man of Indian descent s recovering in hospital on Saturday after a group of men set him on fire in the Australian city of Melbourne, police said, the latest in a string of similar attacks.
Indian man's burnt remains found on rural Australian road
The partially burnt remains of an Indian national have been discovered on a rural road in Australia, escalating a row between Delhi and Canberra over the treatment of Indian students in the country.
Outrage as Indian student killed in Australia
The governments of India and Australia have condemned the murder of an Indian student in the city of Melbourne over the weekend.
UK House Prices Continue with the Upward Trend – Halifax
The latest information on UK house prices was revealed today, on October 6th, in a report by Halifax, a British building society.
'Australian Fritzl' raped daughter for 30 years, fathered 4 with her
An Australian man has been charged with incest after he allegedly raped his daughter almost daily and fathered her four children over a 30-year period.
Jaycee Lee Dugard abductor Phillip Garrido 'wanted cute blonde girl'
Phillip Garrido selected the pretty blonde girl with the gap-toothed grin as his prey during a "child shopping" trip because she looked "cute" , his wife Nancy has told investigators in California.
Australian tycoon's family 'perplexed' by McCann investigation
Rhonda Wyllie and Melissa Karlson, the widow and daughter of an Australian property tycoon, have said that they are "perplexed" by reports linking their luxury yacht to the Madeleine McCann investigation.
Australia charges four more over alleged terror plot
MELBOURNE — Australia on Wednesday charged four more men with planning a suicide assault on a Sydney army barracks, prompting an angry outburst from one of them, as details emerged of the alleged plot.
Australian police detains 4 for plotting suicide attack at army base
Australian police arrested four men linked to a hardline Somali group on Tuesday, charging them with planning a commando-style suicide attack on a military base and underlining that the country remains a target for Islamists.
Thai red tape delays moves to bring Luke Mitchell's killers to justice
IT could be a year before the fugitive suspects in the shocking good Samaritan murder are brought back to Melbourne to face justice. The wanted men have been at large in Thailand for two months since flying out within hours of the death of Luke Mi...
Tasered man 'burst into flames'
A man in Western Australia was engulfed in flames when police officers fired a Taser stun gun at him. The police say they used the Taser on Ronald Mitchell, 36, when he ran at them carrying a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter.
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called for calm and Indian students led "vigilante" patrols on Wednesday after a second night of protests in the wake of attacks on foreign students in Sydney and Melbourne.
Indian students strike back in Australia
Hundreds of Indian students protested and launched violent reprisals overnight in Australia's biggest city, in the latest flare-up in racial tensions in recent weeks, police said.
An Australian court has sentenced an American man to four-and-a-half years in prison over the death of his bride on their scuba-diving honeymoon on Great Barrier Reef.
Every day, on an average, four Indians are victims of crimes such as robbery and assault in Victoria, according to statistics released by the state’s top cop.
THE U.S. COPYRIGHT BLACKLIST MAY BACKFIRE
The Special 301 Report does more than just anger U.S. allies. It also calls into question their ongoing support for U.S. international intellectual property policies such as the negotiation of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the proce...
Australian PM condemns 'scum' people smugglers
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's prime minister denounced people smugglers who set hopeful refugees adrift in rickety boats as "scum" and pledged Friday to step up efforts to thwart them, after one vessel exploded at sea and killed three people.
Jury hears closing arguments in Perth Amboy fatal stabbing trial
A jury heard closing arguments Thursday in the trial of a Perth Amboy man accused of fatally stabbing another man in 2007. On Tuesday, they will begin to consider whether it was a deliberate slaying, as authorities allege, or an act of self-defense.
Off duty policeman assaulted in Perth hotel
A 29-year-old man has been charged with assaulting an off-duty police officer at a hotel in the Perth suburb of Wembley.