IRAQI security forces found about 100 badly decomposed bodies in a mass grave north of Baghdad, the US military said today, one of the largest such finds in the country for months
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has wound up a fence-mending visit to the Solomon Islands after announcing boosted aid funding and a commitment to the Australian-led assistance mission there
SINGAPORE should brace for an attack if an alleged extremist leader who escaped from custody has fled the city-state and rejoined his comrades, elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew has warned
VIETNAMESE rescue workers have recovered four bodies from a capsized oil tanker and are trying to contain an oil spill that hit beaches at a southern resort
BURMA`S pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken today in a convoy from the home where she is under house arrest, apparently to meet with visiting UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, witnesses said
THE Dalai Lama, Tibet`s exiled spiritual leader, says he backs China`s right to host the Olympics after Beijing reportedly charged he was trying to sabotage the Games
FORMER British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been admitted to London`s St Thomas` hospital where she is in a "stable" condition, its spokeswoman said today
A MAN whose charred body was found in a burnt-out car behind a Melbourne sports ground died from multiple stab wounds, a post-mortem examination has found
THE Roman Catholic church in the United States paid out $A665 million last year for child sex abuse cases involving members of the clergy, or 54 per cent more than the previous year
A KEY advisor to Barack Obama quit overnight after calling Hillary Clinton a "monster`` and sparking a new Iraq war policy row, as the hyper-competitive Democratic White House race took another nasty twist
Political marriage ... Obama and running mate Biden greet each other`s wives at their first joint rally / AP
COACH Phil Mooney branded the mistake-riddled Reds ponderous after they were thumped 34-16 by the adventurous Stormers at Suncorp Stadium
ST KILDA claimed the 2008 AFL pre-season title with a deserved if scrappy five-point win over Adelaide at AAMI Stadium
