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SIX people, including one infant, were missing while two others had been rescued late yesterday after a float plane crashed off Western Canada's rocky coast. One female passenger and the pilot of the DeHavilland Beaver aircraft were flown to an...

Philippines�A week after the slaughter of civilians in the southern province of Mindanao, Australia on Monday reissued its advisory against traveling in the Philippines, citing the �high threat of terrorist attack and the high level of serious crime.� �On 23...

Thanks to the aggressive marketing tactics and an urge to see the world fuelled by the fantastic travel documentaries one sees in the TV channels like Discovery or the Nat-Geo, everyone nowadays wants to travel and see the world. And,...

President Obama welcomes Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to Washington Monday for talks on Afghanistan and climate change, the White House said. Rudd's visit to the White House begins a week in which Obama plans to announce his strategy for...

Paula Deacon, 57, fell into the River Seaton at Hessenford on Saturday night. It is believed that she was crossing a bridge when heavy rain and strong winds caused her to lose her balance. Police and fire fighters carried out...

Previously, Nick was placed in jail and given a term of probation and community service to follow after being behind the wheel of a vehicle that put the passenger in a coma.

Noam Shalit, 'Nothing new'   Photo: Dudi Vaaknin Captive soldier's parents continue rounds of talks with ministers in hopes of garnering support for impending prisoner exchange deal. After meeting with Minister Katz, father Noam says, 'There is nothing new… When...

The country’s ex-military chief has said he plans to run for the presidency in January elections in a bid to unseat his former boss Mahinda Rajapakse. Sarath Fonseka is considered a war hero for having crushed Tamil Tiger rebels who...

With President Obama scheduled on Tuesday to explain his new Afghan strategy — calling for up to 35,000 additional American troops to battle insurgents, stabilize the government and help train Afghan security forces — senators of both parties laid out...

A 2002 memo written to then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned him that plans to depose Iraq's Saddam Hussein were illegal, sources say. Citing unnamed sources, The Mail on Sunday reported that the "smoking gun" memo -- which the Chilcot...