Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith will visit Sri Lanka to discuss the growing asylum seeker issue on Monday.
A US Army spokesman says the Texas shooting spree suspect has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care at a military hospital.
Job ads have dropped for the first time in three months signalling employment growth may be slowing down, according to a survey.
R&B singer Usher's divorce from his wife is final.
The Kangaroos are into the final of the Four Nations rugby league tournament after beating France 42-4 in Paris.
Japan's space agency wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.
Hundreds of women will rally outside Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Brisbane office on Monday to protest the federal government's maternity services reforms.