Twenty years ago,a diplomatic and humanitarian crisis began when a Norwegian freighter rescued more than 400 refugees from a sinking boat in the Indian Ocean.
In August 2001,a political crisis was sparked when Norwegian cargo ship MV Tampa was refused entry to Australian waters after rescuing asylum seekers from a distressed fishing boat.
WITH the sun setting on London,Olympic officials are readying to pass the baton to Rio de Janeiro,which will host South America's first ever Games in 2016.
The gambling industry's titans are locked in a battle for the high-roller dollar. Will James Packer come out on top?
ALMOST three decades after he first feasted on corn-raised American beef as a visiting official from China's hog-farming region of Hebei,Xi Jinping was set to return to Muscatine,Iowa today to sink his teeth into tenderloin,spring rolls and bacon-wrapped scallops.
WASHINGTON:Rick Santorum's clean sweep of three mid-west contests for the Republican presidential nomination has magnified doubts over frontrunner Mitt Romney's conservative credentials,while guaranteeing a long and bloody battle ahead.
WASHINGTON:Israel's Foreign Minister was travelling to Washington yesterday amid signs that the US and its Middle East ally hold diverging views on how best to resolve the standoff over Iran's disputed nuclear program.
WASHINGTON:Challengers to Mitt Romney's seemingly unstoppable march to the Republican Party's presidential nomination were busy campaigning in the next states on the primary calendar as Mr Romney sailed to an easy win in Nevada's weekend caucuses.
IRAN is developing a missile capable of hitting the east coast of the US,according to an Israeli government minister,intensifying western anxiety over the regime's nuclear ambitions.
NEWT GINGRICH'S portrayal of Mitt Romney as the candidate of Wall Street money was bolstered by the release of the latest political donor records,which revealed the top four contributors to a political action committee (PAC) allied to the Romney campaign were hedge-fund managers.
MIAMI:The animosity that marked Florida's Republican primary is set to continue with Newt Gingrich pointedly declining to congratulate winner Mitt Romney,instead rallying supporters with a battle cry that characterised the contests ahead as''people power''versus Mr Romney's''money power''.