It is thought that the women were researching North Korean refugees

Two US journalists arrested by North Korea near its border with China are to face trial, North Korea's state media has reported.

Euna Lee, a Korean-American, and Laura Ling, a Chinese-American, who work for Current TV, were detained on 17 March.

The North said it had decided to charge the women after completing an inquiry into their "crimes" - although the precise charges remain unclear.

The Port Jackson shark is a common species on Australia's south coast

Police in Australia say they are "dumbfounded" by the dumping of a live shark on the doorstep of a newspaper in Victoria state.

The two-foot (60cm) creature was found lying at the front door of The Standard in Warrnambool city under cover of darkness after midnight on Wednesday. ...

Police released it into the harbour after carrying it in a bucket of water borrowed from a McDonald's restaurant.

(Const. Jarrod Dwyer) said the newspaper had no idea why anyone would leave the shark there to die.

"They had no ideas of any person that wished them any harm or wished to send them any type of message, so we're a little dumbfounded," he said.

This NYT article suggests that Pakistan really isn't playing to win against the Taliban, which is now only about 110 kilometres from Islamabad and appears to be inexorably extending its presence.

Melissa Fung and Graeme Smith talked about their respective experiences in Afghanistan and the conditions under which Canadian reporters work there at a Canadian Journalism Foundation event on Tuesday.

Esther Enkin, CBC's executive editor of news operations, explains her organization's policy on covering kidnappings -- a topic that has gained prominence with the release of two Canadian diplomats taken hostage in Africa.