Authorities hunted the seas between Malaysia and the Philippines on Tuesday for two fishing boats controlled by heavily armed men who kidnapped 20 hostages from a Malaysian diving resort on Sunday. A Sydney-based couple who escaped abduction by gunmen in Malaysia were suffering from shock and fatigue, their son said yesterday. Wahid purges his Cabinet in bid to strengthen grip Six months ago, Indonesia's first democratically elected president, Mr Abdurrahman Wahid, patched together an unwieldy Cabinet of National Unity to satisfy the diverse political and geographic interests he owed for his position. Now it's black labourers who are the targets Supporters of Zimbabwe's ruling party have stepped up their terror campaign against the political opposition and switched the target of their intimidation from white farmers to black farm labourers. The furore over Government claims there was no 'stolen generation'.
Chips are down Losing the antitrust action.
Cult killers The Ugandan mass murder. It's your city, so have your say on how it's run and how it looks. The mandatory sentencing debate. Sharks Where to fish for facts on sharks in Australia. How the new tax is shaping up for a July introduction.