THE Marcus Stephen-led government has been returned to power with an increased majority in the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru, according to provisional results after a snap weekend election
THAI authorities have seized more than one thousand fake Asian and Western passports and arrested a man in one of the biggest anti-counterfeiting operations in recent years, police said
THE leader of a group of East Timor rebels accused of trying to assassinate President Jose Ramos-Horta in February is preparing to surrender and may give himself up early this week, a United Nations spokeswoman said
THOUSANDS of Chinese shouting support for the Beijing Games turned a central Seoul plaza into a sea of red flags as the Olympic torch ended its South Korean leg amid a huge police presence
A SPECIAL Olympic flame has arrived at Mount Everest base camp, as Beijing Games organisers attempt to bring the symbol to the top of the world`s highest mountain
DRUNKEN mums and dads are turning primary school fetes into all-day booze sessions, with Margaritas, Bacardi Breezers, scotch and cokes, and barrels of beer, police say
FORMER AFL star and recovering drug addict Ben Cousins was among Australians who visited Hellfire Pass on Anzac Day to pay tribute to victims of the Thai-Burma Railway
