A timeline of events since a rock fall trapped two Australian miners: —April 25: A 2.1 magnitude earthquake triggers rock fall at 9:23 p.m. in the century-old Beaconsfield Gold Mine on southern Australian island state of Tasmasina. Of 17 miners underground, 14 escape unhurt. Three are trapped. —April 26: Remote-controlled …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – The first person infected in a cluster of bird flu cases in a family in Indonesia may have come into contact with sick or dead chickens before possibly passing the virus on to relatives, a World Health Organization official said Thursday. The woman grew vegetables and sold …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Take pity on the Afghan bride. Or maybe just as appropriate — take pity on the groom. Centuries of pageantry and tradition combined with a recent 26-year high in gold prices are taking a toll on the amount of jewelry a bride here can expect to wear …

BEIJING – The ruins of a 2,000-year-old walled city have been found in a reservoir on China’s northeastern border with North Korea, China’s official news agency reported Wednesday. The mud-covered ruins were exposed when the water level in the Yunfeng Reservoir was lowered for repairs, Xinhua News Agency said, citing …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was discharged from a hospital in New Zealand on Thursday following surgery to relieve pressure in his head following a fall, his publicist said. Fran Curtis said in a brief statement that Richards would remain an outpatient at The Ascot …

ATHENS, Greece – Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said Tuesday that “there should not be hasty movements that will lead us to a confrontation” over his country’s nuclear program and promised “every possible cooperation” if the issue was dealt with by the IAEA, rather than by the U.N. Security Council. “There …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday are Cisco Systems Inc., Symantec Corp. and Walt Disney Co. Big Five Sporting Goods Corp. (BGFV) is seen posting a first-quarter profit of 18 cents a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson First …

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – A judge on Wednesday threw out the burglary conviction of a black Korean War veteran who was wrongfully convicted in segregationist Mississippi after he tried to enroll at an all-white university. Clyde Kennard was convicted of purchasing $25 worth of chicken feed he knew to be stolen …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Elvis impersonators can relax: No one’s coming after their bespangled jumpsuits. At least not anytime soon. “It’s not even on the radar screen right now,” said Robert F.X. Sillerman, the head of the entertainment company that owns the legal rights to Elvis Presley’s name. CKX Inc. took …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told a special European Parliament committee Tuesday he had no information that CIA agents interrogated Al Qaeda suspects at secret prisons in Europe and operated flights over European territory. EU lawmakers, however, accused him of giving evasive answers to their investigation …