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Bendigo players in Vic Country

BENDIGO dominates the Victoria Country squad that will contest next month's Under-19 National Cricket Championships in Adelaide. The Victoria Country Squad features four players who either started their careers or are still playing in Bendigo – Brayden ... >> view original

Roman Polanski 'relieved' after Poland refuses to extradite him

Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski said on Friday he was grateful and relieved after a Polish court rejected a US request for his extradition over a 1977 child sex conviction. The case of the Polish-born Polanski, now 82, remains an international ... >> view original

One-child rule is gone in China, but trauma lingers for many

BEIJING: Three years after she became a national symbol of the abuses of China's strict family planning policy, Feng Jianmei finally had a second daughter in August. Feng had a stillborn child in 2012 after local officials in Shaanxi province induced ... >> view original

Two more Brazilian Pan Am athletes sought for sex assault

Two more Brazilian athletes are wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a Toronto woman during the Pan Am Games. The two soccer players attended the closing ceremony on July 25 after winning a bronze medal, then spent their last night in town ... >> view original

US to send special forces to Syria, truce sought after peace talks

VIENNA/WASHINGTON The United States disclosed plans on Friday to station its first ground troops in Syria for the war against Islamic State, saying dozens of U.S. soldiers would be sent as advisers to groups fighting the militants. Washington announced ... >> view original

Interior Minister: 27 Dead in Club Fire in Bucharest

A survivor of a fire that occurred in a club in Bucharest, is led away from the scene wrapped in a thermal blanket early Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. A heavy metal band's pyrotechnical show sparked a deadly fire Friday at a Bucharest nightclub, killing ... >> view original

Counter to previous statements, Israel returns terrorist bodies

Israel transferred the bodies of five terrorists from the Hebron area to the Palestinians on Friday, as well as the body of the terrorist who pretended to be a candy salesman whose family lives in the northern West Bank. Elior Levy ... >> view original

Dozens killed in rocket attack near Damascus by Syrian government forces

At least 40 people were killed and about 100 wounded when Syrian government forces fired missiles into a marketplace in a town near Damascus, a conflict monitor and a local rescue group said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which ... >> view original

China's Supersonic Ship Killer is Making US Navy's Job Harder

This undated picture taken in August shows a submarine of China People's Liberation Army taking part in a marine training session in the South China Sea. (Agence France-Presse). Hong Kong: Increased interactions between the Chinese and U.S. Navy in ... >> view original

Turkey arrests would-be bombers from crossing border to Syria

Would-be bombers have been arrested carrying explosives as they tried to cross the border from Turkey into Syria, Turkey's president says. Just a day-and-a-half before Turks go to the polls, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the arrest during a ... >> view original