The South Sydney Rabbitohs have ended a 43-year-old title drag with a convincing win against the Canterbury Bulldogs in the NRL grand final. A record crowd of more than 80,000 packed Sydney's Olympic Stadium for the 30-6 victory. A man of the Match Sam Burgess played most of the game with a broken cheek bone. 

 

Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong appeared to be withdrawing from some protest sites. About 1,000 protesters still remained at main demonstration sites in the city's financial district. The government had given protesters a deadline of this morning to clear the streets. 

 

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 317 will resume today after a 4-month pause. A ship fitted with specialists, underwater equipment and two other vessels will concentrate on a refined search area about 1,800 kilometers off the West Australian coast. The plane with 239 people onboard disappeared seven months ago.