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Golf superstar Tiger Woods says he is taking an "indefinite break" from the sport as he admitted for the first time to being unfaithful to his wife and asked for forgiveness.

Six people, including two policemen and two soldiers, have been killed in a car bombing south of Baghdad, an Iraqi interior ministry official said.

The international vice president of the Church of Scientology has responded to allegations that his church is a criminal organisation, describing them as "unsubstantiated rumours".

A 98-year-old woman in the US state of Massachusetts has been charged with murder after she allegedly suffocated her 100-year-old nursing home room-mate.

The New South Wales Education Department is being sued over a drowning death in 2006.

A man has died after falling from a first-floor balcony in New South Wales's upper Hunter Valley.

Pope Benedict XVI has apologised once again for the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, this time directing harsh words to Irish clergy.

The Rural Fire Service (RFS) says crews from Queensland and the ACT will help New South Wales firefighters try to gain the upper hand over more than 90 fires burning across the state this weekend.

Retail sales in the United States have risen for the second straight month, boosting hopes that a major component of US economic activity is rebounding.

Michael Jackson next month will receive a posthumous Grammy for lifetime achievement, organisers of the music industry's top awards said.

Golfer Tiger Woods, fighting to fend off intense media scrutiny over allegations he cheated on his wife, has won a court order banning publication in Britain of any photos or video showing him nude or having sex.

A senior Al Qaeda leader is believed to have been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, a US official said.

Vandals have stolen the corpse of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos.

Nicaragua's Concepcion volcano has erupted, spewing gas and smoke almost 150 metres into the air and dumping ash on three nearby villages.

A Sydney police officer has been seriously injured during day one of a 48-hour nationwide operation targeting alcohol-fuelled violence.

Emergency services have failed to find the source of a suspected gas leak that closed part of a Sydney International airport terminal last night.

European leaders have pledged to provide 7.2 billion euros ($11.5 billion) over the next three years to help developing nations adapt to climate change.

Flights have been delayed after part of Sydney International airport's departure terminal was evacuated following a suspected gas leak.

The pilot who crash-landed a Garuda jet in 2007 killing 21 people, including five Australians, has been freed by an Indonesian Court.

A Thai man convicted in Cambodia this week for spying has been granted a royal pardon.