SYDNEY — Australian rockers Men at Work lost their final court bid on Friday to prove they did not steal the distinctive flute riff of their 1980s hit "Down Under" from a children's campfire song. The High Court of Australia denied the band's bid to appeal a federal court ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An Australian investment banker accused of attaching a fake bomb to a teenager's neck as part of an extortion plot once worked for a company with ties to the victim's family, according to federal court documents released Tuesday.

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New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman and Chief Justice James Spigelman of the Supreme Court of New South Wales are establishing a system for reciprocal cooperation and consultation between their respective judicial systems.

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Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, this week announced a $9.5 million contract to provide engineering services to support the Australia Department of Defence Land 200 communications modernization program.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court indicated Monday it could prohibit foreign investors from using U.S. securities law and American courts to sue an Australian bank for fraud.

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