Prosecutors claim that more than a month before he charged into Hanukkah celebrations with a machete, Grafton Thomas used his mobile phone to search the internet: "Why did Hitler hate the Jews?"
The government of Cyprus has said it has "full confidence in the justice system and the courts" after a British teenager was found guilty of lying about being gang-raped.
Thousands swarmed to beaches on Australia's east coast yesterday to escape fierce wildfires bearing down on several seaside towns, as the government readied naval vessels and military helicopters to aid firefighting and evacuations.
The US ambassador to Iraq and other staff were evacuated from their embassy in Baghdad for their safety yesterday, Iraqi officials said, as thousands of protesters and militia fighters thronged the gates in fury at US air strikes in Iraq.
West Virginia's governor has fired 34 prison officer trainees who were photographed giving a Nazi salute and also sacked their instructor.
Large crowds thronged Sydney harbour to watch Australia's famous New Year's Eve fireworks, even as smoke from deadly wildfires turned skies in nearby coastal towns blood-red.
