'Our Girls': A Tennessee church reaches out to Haitian children after the quakeEDITOR'S NOTE — They were "our girls" — the children of a Haitian orphanage, taken to heart by a Tennessee church. But then an earthquake struck, and the congregation sprang to action. The second of two parts. KNOXVILLE, Tenn ...

Australia opened a fresh probe into an alleged navy sex betting ring on Friday after an initial investigation was scrapped because of bias. Opening submissions told of a "predatory culture" on HMAS Success, where sailors are accused of maintaining a list -- known as The Ledger -- that put dollar values on ...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Thursday insisted Indonesia's president was not offended after reports that an MP fell asleep during a landmark parliamentary address. Rudd said he did not know whether opposition lawmaker Peter Slipper dozed off during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's 40-minute speech, but said visiting leaders ...

Indonesia's president confirmed Wednesday that a suspected Bali bombing mastermind with a 10-million-dollar bounty on his head had been killed, as Australia lauded Jakarta's drive to fight extremists. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told a luncheon in Australia's parliament house that Al-Qaeda-trained bomber Dulmatin was killed during a ...