Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Three people are dead and more are missing after massive storms flooded rivers, uprooted trees and tore into beaches along Australia's east coast. Storms continue to batter southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Erosion at Sydney's Collaroy Beach has forced the evacuation of multi-million dollar homes, which are now in danger of collapsing. In Tasmania, where major flood warnings have been issued for seven rivers, two...

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Wife of Bangladeshi anti-terrorism policeman stabbed, shot dead

Three assailants riding a motorcycle stabbed and then shot Mahmuda Aktar, 33, while she was on her way to put her son onto a school bus near her home in the southeastern port city of Chittagong, police said. BRIEFCASE 1 Wife of a cop known for battling Islamist extremism shot dead. 2 Assailants riding bike stabbed and then shot Mahmuda Aktar. 3 Government launches security crackdown on militant groups. The...

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In Mercedes Hit-And-Run, Teenage Driver To Be Tried As An Adult

The teenager accused in the Delhi Mercedes hit and run case had surrendred in court days after the accident. NEW DELHI:In the first prosecution under the amended Juvenile Justice Act, the teenager accused in the Mercedes hit-and-run case in Delhi will face trial as an adult.The Juvenile Justice board's order came while allowing the plea of Delhi Police seeking to try the offender - who was 17 at the time - as an adult, as...

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