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THE Swedish National Criminal Police today issued an international arrest warrant for Julian Assange, the founder and chief editor of the WikiLeaks website, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Mr Assange had filed an appeal earlier today against a […] […]

A MAN has been stabbed with a syringe during an attempted robbery near Newcastle. Police are hunting two attackers who set upon the 32-year-old victim after demanding his wallet as he walked along Fowler Street, […] […]

STOCKHOLM—A lawyer for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he’s appealing a Swedish court order for his client to be detained for questioning on rape allegations—an order that could trigger an international arrest warrant. Swedish lawyer […] […]

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—An explosion ripped through New Zealand’s largest coal mine Friday with about 30 people underground, officials said. Five workers, dazed and slightly injured, stumbled to the surface, while more than two dozen were […] […]

POLICE have rescued four Philippine teenage girls who were being made to perform sex acts for live broadcast on the internet, a child rights group that is caring for them said today. A mother-of-two who […] […]

AIRLINE passengers are threatening to unleash chaos at American airports during the busy Thanksgiving period next week with a campaign of mass disobedience against increasingly invasive security procedures. Two internet campaigns, one calling for a […] […]

NEW YORK, USA — Former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is yet to receive a new date to appear in court to answer to drug and gun charges. Coke was scheduled to appear in […] […]

AFGHAN troops backed by Australians have found more than 70 weapons caches in an operation that coalition commanders say demonstrates the growing competence of Afghan security forces. The operation codenamed Sur Garabe was planned and […] […]

AIRPORT authorities in Namibia found a suspected bomb inside a suitcase that was about to be put on a plane bound for Germany. Germany’s Federal Crime Office (BKA) said that the suspicious baggage was seized on Wednesday […] […]

STOCKHOLM—A Swedish prosecutor requested a court order Thursday to detain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for questioning on suspicion of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. Assange has denied the allegations, which stem from his encounters […] […]