Stay in New South Wales, where police will resume a search at first light for a seven-year-old boy feared drowned near Wagga Wagga. The boy was playing with two friends in the shallows of the Murrumbidgee River when he was swept away by the current.

 

Overseas, and the Arab League has voted to impose sanctions against Syria in response to the continuing violence against anti-government protesters. They include a travel ban on top Syrian officials, a freeze on Syrian government assets and a ban on investments in the country. Nineteen of the league's 22 members voted in favour of the sanctions.

 

Hundreds of people in Pakistan have been setting fire to US flags to protest against the NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Funerals have been held for the soldiers who were killed when NATO helicopters struck two checkpoints near the Afghan border on the weekend. The incident has heightened already tense relations between Pakistan and the United States.

 

Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors of a bridge collapse on Indonesia's Borneo Island. Four people died and another 19 were injured in the accident. Several cars and a bus plunged into the Mahakam River when the bridge gave away.