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Counter terrorism drill in downtown Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Police Department's Counter Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau conducted a counter terrorism excersie in downtown Los Angeles, California.
Sky's the conduit as 'carmageddon' hits Los Angeles
UNITED STATES In the movies it has been hit by meteors and attacked by aliens but now Los Angeles is preparing for what officials are describing as ''carmageddon''.
Jolie stunt double sues News Corp
Phil Milford A British stunt double for actress Angelina Jolie sued News Corp. alleging the media company hired private investigators to access her mobile phone voice-mail messages to seek information for news...
Drunk driver jailed for 51 years for death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart
The young motorist convicted of murder for driving drunk in the car crash that killed Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart has been sentenced to 51 years to life in a US jail.
Rupert Murdoch divorces Wendi Deng
Peter Mitchell He was the billionaire mogul and she was the beautiful former executive at his giant Asian media company Star TV who, when faced with a pie-throwing assailant, jumped to her feet and defended her man.
Murdoch's friends shocked by divorce news
Andrew Hornery Rupert Murdoch and his third wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, had been living as a married couple until a few weeks ago.
Adelaide-raised accountant to be sentenced for al-Qaeda crime in NYC
Peter Mitchell The dual Australian-US citizen, who lived in the New York borough of Brooklyn, was, according to prosecutors, on a covert mission to aid al-Qaeda.
Oldest man in history dies at age 116
Kanoko Matsuyama and Terje Langeland Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in recorded history, has died at the age of 116.
WikiLeaks: Whistleblower or traitor?
Nick O'Malley, Washington Hailed as a courageous whistleblower and reviled as a common traitor, Bradley Manning, the young US soldier who provided WikiLeaks with more than 250,000 pages of secret US documents, finally faces a...
US businessman freed on eve of Xi-Obama summit
Andrew Jacobs An American engineer and entrepreneur whose inability to leave China for the past five years has been a low-grade irritant for US-Chinese relations was allowed to return home to Los Angeles on...
Hope high on low-key talks
Nick O'Malley The so-called ''shirt-sleeves'' summit to begin between US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a glamorous estate in California on Friday will be the first of its kind in...
Summit to avoid 'inevitable' US-China tensions
Nick O'Malley The so-called "shirt-sleeves" summit to begin between President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a glamorous estate in California on Friday will be the first of its kind in half...
Cameron push to tackle radicals
Henry Chu British Prime Minister David Cameron has launched an inquiry into whether universities, prisons, Islamic charities and the internet have been allowed to become a ''conveyor belt'' of Islamist...
Boy's graffiti in ancient temple sparks ding-dong over Chinese tourism
Barbara Demick BEIJING: "Ding Jinhao was here."
Disneyland worker charged over Toontown blasts
A 22-year-old Disneyland worker has been charged after two explosions which triggered the evacuation of part of the California theme park, officials say.
Journalists tear-gassed in Ugandan media crackdown
Robyn Dixon JOHANNESBURG: What happens when the president doesn't like what the media say?
World watches as Bradley Manning finally faces trial
Nick O'Malley Washington: Hailed as a courageous whistleblower and reviled as a common traitor Bradley Manning, the young US soldier who provided Wikileaks with over 250,000 pages of secret US documents, finally...
Land reform first stage to peace
Chris Kraul FARC and Colombian government clear hurdle to resolving dispute.
Record number try to take guns on US planes
Airport security staff in the US uncovered a record 65 firearms on passengers boarding planes last week, surpassing the previous record of 50 firearms.
Aussie choreographer: 'Michael Jackson abused me'
Australian dance choreographer Wade Robson says Michael Jackson was a paedophile who sexually abused him and "many others", but denied his belated allegations were a made up attempt to reap money...
