Saints be praised: there'll be one miracle tomorrow

The bookies have made themselves scarce in the Mary MacKillop stakes. They must have realised the fix was in last Sunday when Saint Kevin, the lapsed Catholic and aspirational Anglican, dropped in to Mother Mary's namesake chapel in North Sydney.

Solicitor calls on fans to give Cooper benefit of doubt on burglary rap

WALLABIES star Quade Cooper says he wants to continue playing professional rugby while his lawyers prepare to reveal the truth behind his pending burglary charge.

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Inside information from flower seller who had run of five-star hotels

A security expert has detailed the lead-up to the bombings, writes Lindsay Murdoch in Jakarta.

Arrest of suspect hastened deadly bombing

THE arrest of a key figure in the Indonesian terrorist network weeks before the deadly Jakarta hotel bombings is believed to have prompted the terrorists to bring forward their attack.

Porn Case Adjourned

A SYDNEY magistrate is expected to deliver his verdict in the Vivian "Rex" Little child pornography case next Friday, having adjourned the case yesterday.

Laptop Fails To Yield Vital Clues On Bali Blasts

Police hopes of extracting vital clues from the laptop computer owned by the alleged mastermind of the Bali bombing have been dashed. But Indonesian investigators said yesterday that despite this setback, the brief of evidence against Imam Samudra would establish that he played a major role in the October 12 bombing of two nightclubs, in which 88 Australians died.