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Sri Lanka remembers 40,000 who perished in 2004 tsunami
Sri Lanka held remembrance ceremonies in various parts of the island nation to mark the fourth anniversary of the devastating tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004, that claimed over 40,000 lives and displaced more than half a million people..    An island-wide two-minute silence was observed Friday morning as friends and relatives of those...

Sri Lanka remembers 40,000 who perished in 2004 tsunami

Big ones gunning for UEFA Cup successBy DB Peters
Often described as a cup of losers, this season's UEFA Cup has its fair share of winners in Thursday's first-round first-leg matches. Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam is one of only a handful of clubs that has won all three European club competition (European Champions' Cup or Champions League, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup). After being...

Big ones gunning for UEFA Cup successBy DB Peters

Tiring Pennetta pounds through over stricken Bali opponent
Third-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta shook off her own jet-lag to reach the quarter-finals of the Commonwealth Bank Classic on Thursday despite a distracting injury timeout from opponent Anastasia Rodionova. US Open quarter-finalist Pennetta was fuming as the 77th-ranked Russian took a 4-0 lead in the second set, then began feeling...

Tiring Pennetta pounds through over stricken Bali opponent

Dibaba's historic distance double - no luck for Jamaica
Tirunish Dibaba of Ethiopa completed the first Olympic women's long distance gold medal double on Friday with an emphatic 5,000 metres triumph at the Beijing Games. Dibaba, 22, ran away from her rivals on the last lap to win a slow-paced race a week after she dominated the 10,000m gold with the second best time in event...

Dibaba's historic distance double - no luck for Jamaica

Federer out to repair season, finds Ginepri waiting
Roger Federer will begin resuscitating his summer after last week's Canadian crash out, as the opening day of the Cincinnati Masters was hit by a pair of late injury defections on Monday. The Swiss superstar learned the name of his opening opponent in Tuesday's second round, as US player Robby Ginepri overcame Swedish veteran...

Federer out to repair season, finds Ginepri waiting

Tropical Storm Dolly is Being Monitored While Heading For Gulf Of Mexico
Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the Caribbean is approaching Yucatan Peninsula and maybe it will head toward southern Texas. Local emergency management officials are monitoring it but aren’t excessively alarmed, saying the tropical storm doesn’t pose a threat yet to the upper Texas Gulf Coast. The emergency management coordinator for the...

Tropical Storm Dolly is Being Monitored While Heading For Gulf Of Mexico

Lambeth Conference Gathers Bishops
Anglican bishops from all over the world were gathering in Canterbury for the opening of the Lambeth Conference on Wednesday, with the once-in-a-decade meeting appointed to be eclipsed by discussions regarding the position of women and homosexuals. The 650 bishops will have three days dedicated to prayer and contemplation led by...

Lambeth Conference Gathers Bishops

Young Catholic Pilgrims Gather At World Youth Day
World Youth Day began Tuesday, with tens of thousands of young Catholics from all around the world. 100,000 individuals waited for a Mass opening the event which is considered by the Roman Catholic Church the biggest gathering of young people in the world.The official start of the 6-day-festival was at midnight when a huge countdown...

Young Catholic Pilgrims Gather At World Youth Day

Venus in orbit after fifth Wimbledon title
Venus Williams may be heading into tennis orbit after winning her fifth Wimbledon title.    'It puts you in the stratosphere, to be honest, just because of what this tournament means,' said the American who came third time lucky against her younger sister Serena in the weekend title match at the All England club.    'If I'd had...

Venus in orbit after fifth Wimbledon title

Sick Woman Dies in the Hospital, Being Ignored
A woman suffering from a psychiatric disease died on the floor, inside Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, on June 19. A video tape that recorded the tragic event was handed over to the attorneys of the New York Civil Liberties Union.          The death of Esman Green, 49, was graphically revealed yesterday when the...

Sick Woman Dies in the Hospital, Being Ignored

North Korea Blows Up Nuclear Plant Tower
In an attempt to prove its commitment to halt its nuclear weapons program, North Korea destroyed a water cooling tower that was part of its Yongbyon nuclear plant where it processed weapon-grade plutonium. The move comes a day after Kim Jong II’s regime submitted a detailed inventory of nuclear plants and materials, which was...

North Korea Blows Up Nuclear Plant Tower

8 People Killed and 25 Wounded After a Suicide Attack in Pakistan
A Pakistani military bus transporting medical corps staff to work in the city of Rawalpindi was attacked by a suicide bomber Monday, at 7.30 AM, outside the gate of the army's National Logistics Cell on a road connecting the Royal Artillery Bazar to the General Headquarters in the nearby garrison city. Some media reports said...

8 People Killed and 25 Wounded After a Suicide Attack in Pakistan

Red Moon Tonight
Look to the sky tonight as you will witness a rare and amazing astrological event. According to the Shanghai Observatory, on the 28 of August we should be able to see a full lunar eclipse. This is not just any lunar eclipse, for tonight the moon will turn bright red as the earth and sun align on either side. It is the...

Red Moon Tonight

Cunard line expects huge demand for Queen Elizabeth 2 tickets
 ­ The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is due to be decommissioned from service in 2008.  The vessel's owner, Cunard Lines, says it expects demand to be high for tickets on the ship's last scheduled voyage before it leaves for Dubai where it will converted into a floating hotel and museum. "Many fans will take the opportunity to...

Cunard line expects huge demand for Queen Elizabeth 2 tickets
 

Fourteen wounded after car crashes into New York Hanukkah party
  Fourteen people, including several children, were hospitalized Thursday after an elderly man lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a Hanukkah celebration in Long Island, New York. Police said a 78-year-old man drove his car through a storefront where Chabad-Lubavitch of the Five Towns was holding its Hanukkah Wonderland...

Fourteen wounded after car crashes into New York Hanukkah party

Bollywood directors rush to make movies on Mumbai attacks
 Filmmakers in Bollywood, India's prolific film industry based in Mumbai, have registered about 30 titles for movie projects about the November terrorist attacks, a news report said Thursday. 26 Taj, Operation 5 Star Mumbai and Bird's Point of View: Taj Terror are some of the titles that have been registered by film-makers planning...

Bollywood directors rush to make movies on Mumbai attacks

US hoping to improve on a third place
At the 2009 Confederations Cup, the United States will be anxious to test their progress on the international stage along the way to the 2010 World Cup. Getting to the world's showpiece event shouldn't be a problem - the US are champions of their region and figure to make their sixth consecutive finals appearance in South Africa - but...

US hoping to improve on a third place

False Earthquake Urges People to Be More Prepared
The Great Southern California Shake Out is a weeklong event that is meant to teach people how to act during a big earthquake. The education program starts today at 10 a.m. when 5.2 million residents of California will have to roll under the tables and spend two minutes holding its leg tightly. The organizers of the events say that it’s...

False Earthquake Urges People to Be More Prepared

After 21-month campaign, it's election day in the United States
 Election day finally arrived Tuesday for the record throngs of US voters planning to cast their presidential ballots for either Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain. Obama held a significant lead in opinion polls as state officials braced for an unprecedented turnout and massive lines at polling places in an election...

After 21-month campaign, it's election day in the United States

Chicago braces for 1 million-strong crowd; Romney wants cold night
 As Chicago braced for a throng of 1 million people at a public park in anticipation of Democrat Barack Obama's victory Tuesday, Republicans Monday were wishing them bad weather and a cliff-hanger election. "I hope the million or so people who are planning to gather in Chicago have a long, cold night," quipped Mitt Romney,...

Chicago braces for 1 million-strong crowd; Romney wants cold night

Shot at Trick-or-Treat Halloween Tradition
On Friday during Halloween trick-or-treat a 12-year-old boy was shot and killed from inside a house while he was accompanied by his family. The incident took place in South Carolina and his father and brother were injured by the gunfire too, according to the authorities.Quentin Patrick is the prime suspect in the murder of the boy, as a...

Shot at Trick-or-Treat Halloween Tradition

Spin doctors run wild after debates, but who listens?
Behind the scenes after a US presidential election debate, so-called spin doctors wrestle to impose their own side's interpretations of what the country just heard. Campaign specialists evaluate and parse every event, comment and speech. Their prime goal is to make an impression on the US media, which are covering the longest and...

Spin doctors run wild after debates, but who listens?

Man Kills His Wife Inside Hospital Then Shots Himself
The authorities released a report announcing that a man shot and killed his wife inside a hospital, in her bed. The 88-year-old man then shot himself.  Michael Mastronardy, police chief, stated that the man was in a critical condition and immediately after he had shot his 87-year-old wife he was taken to the trauma center at Jersey Shore...

Man Kills His Wife Inside Hospital Then Shots Himself

Citigroup puts off lawsuit against Wachovia, Wells Fargo
Banking rivals Citigroup and Wells Fargo have postponed for a day legal action over their tug-of-war for Wachovia, the United States' fourth-largest bank, it was disclosed Tuesday. Citigroup on Monday filed a lawsuit against rival Wells Fargo & Co and Wachovia for 60 billion dollars in punitive and compensatory damages after a...

Citigroup puts off lawsuit against Wachovia, Wells Fargo

Casino Bus Crash Kills 7 and Injures 30 Others
California Highway Patrol has released a statement saying that seven people were killed and 30 others were wounded last night after a bus which was carrying casino-bound gamblers had got off the road near Colusa County town of Williams and rolled over. CHP Dispatcher Terry Troth said that "the (bus) was northbound on Lonestar Road...

Casino Bus Crash Kills 7 and Injures 30 Others

Palin, Biden fight over change mantle and war on terror
US vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden clashed over the centrality of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during a fast-paced debate Thursday night, in which both reached out to middle-class Americans and touted their own running mate as best able to bring about change for the country. In a highly anticipated debate...

Palin, Biden fight over change mantle and war on terror

Palin, Biden fight over change, economy, war on terror
US vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden clashed over the centrality of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during a fast-paced debate Thursday night, in which both reached out to middle-class Americans and touted their own running mate as best able to bring about change for the country. In a highly anticipated debate...

Palin, Biden fight over change, economy, war on terror

Palin answers critics in one-time debate with Biden
Sarah Palin, the running mate of Republican White House hopeful John McCain, has erased some of the doubts over her fitness for the top job after a fast-paced and wide-reaching debate with Joe Biden, vice presidential pick of Democrat Barack Obama. Coming into Thursday night's debate, Palin, a one-term governor of Alaska, had faced...

Palin answers critics in one-time debate with Biden

Man Saves His Dog by Punching a Shark
A swimmer from Florida hit a shark after the animal had bitten the his dog. The swimmer saved his dog, but his courage is nevertheless, unquestionable. It seems that Greg LeNoir wasn’t scared at all about the shark’s attack and that was what gave him the strength to punch it. The man was swimming on Friday together with his puppy, Jack,...

Man Saves His Dog by Punching a Shark

Barack Obama Raised $9 Million for the Democratic Party
With the help of actress Barbara Streisand, the leader of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama, raised $9 million for his party and his presidential campaign on Tuesday night when he partied along with many Hollywood celebrities. The party split into two glamorous events. A reception and dinner which cost $28,500 each at the Greystone...

Barack Obama Raised $9 Million for the Democratic Party

McCain, Obama drop campaigning for attack commemoration
 The US presidential election campaign was put on ice Thursday out of respect for the seventh anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. The nominees participated in some of the formal commemoration activities at the sites where 19 hijackers crashed passenger planes into the symbols of US financial and military might on that September...

McCain, Obama drop campaigning for attack commemoration

New York holds somber 9/11 anniversary, dead remembered
Ground Zero in New York relived on Thursday the tragic event that changed the city with the horrific terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center seven years ago. A minute of silence was held at 8:46 am, the exact moment when the north tower of the center's 110-storey twin buildings was first hit by a commercial plane hijacked by...

New York holds somber 9/11 anniversary, dead remembered

Man Shot to Dead by a Fresno Co. Deputy
The police believe that a Sheriff Deputy from Fresno County shot and killed a suspect after being threatened with a knife. The witnesses who saw the event said that this could have been a case of suicide cop because they had heard the suspect screaming at the cop to kill him.The suspects’ family friends said that after seven months of...

Man Shot to Dead by a Fresno Co. Deputy

US relay lose world record over Pettigrew doping - reforms adjourned
The 4x400 metres world record from a United States quartet was on Tuesday nullified by the world governing body IAAF because one of the team-members, Antonio Pettigrew, recently confessed to drug abuse at the time. Pettigrew was on the US team which ran the record of 2 minutes 54.20 seconds in 1998. He recently admitted to substance...

US relay lose world record over Pettigrew doping - reforms adjourned

One People Killed and Other Six Wounded after Shooting in Hartford
On Saturday evening people in Hartford celebrated the end of the annual West Indian and festival which takes place in the North End and where most of the Hartford’s West Indian population lives. Unfortunately, during the festival one person was killed and six people, including a child, were wounded during a shooting.Authorities have...

One People Killed and Other Six Wounded after Shooting in Hartford

Worker at “Girls Gone Wild” Was Charged with Criminal Sexual Act
Matthew O’Sullivan, 37, of Los Angeles, California, was charged with first-degree criminal sexual act on Wednesday. O’Sullivan is an employee at the company that produces the video series of “Girls Gone Wild.” His accusations came after he had groped a woman aboard a bus outside a New York bar called Nubar. On Tuesday night, the “Girls...

Worker at “Girls Gone Wild” Was Charged with Criminal Sexual Act

Two Burned After Truck Overturns On LA Freeway
Two people were taken to hospital in order to be treated for critical burn injuries Sunday night after their rental truck upturned and burst into flames on a main freeway interchange in downtown Los Angeles. Brian Ballton, spokesperson for Los Angeles Fire Department, stated that a Ryder truck caught fire Sunday on southbound Interstate...

Two Burned After Truck Overturns On LA Freeway

Monsignor from Harlem is Facing Abuse Charges
Monsignor Wallace A. Harris, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Harlem, has been accused of sexual abuse of a minor. He was asked to step down by the Archdiocese of New York after everyone had found out that monsignor Harris had abused a minor 20 years ago.Still, the pastor denied the charges, as the archdiocese said Sunday in a...

Monsignor from Harlem is Facing Abuse Charges

McCain chides Obama for missed troop visit as race goes negative
Barack Obama's celebrated overseas trip has left the Democratic presidential candidate open to accusations of taking victory for granted, and of wowing international audiences when he should be focussing on the problems of ordinary US voters. His Republican rival John McCain this week turned to mocking Obama's celebrity treatment...

McCain chides Obama for missed troop visit as race goes negative

McCain raps Obama for missed troop visit, race goes negative
Barack Obama's celebrated overseas trip has left the Democratic presidential candidate open to accusations of taking victory for granted, and of wowing international audiences when he should be focussing on the problems of ordinary US voters. His Republican rival John McCain this week turned to mocking Obama's celebrity treatment...

McCain raps Obama for missed troop visit, race goes negative

Obama turns attention back to economy, McCain talks up energy
Home from a week-long trip to Europe and the Middle East, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama turned his attention back to the struggling US economy and met Monday with a collection of top economic officials. Republican rival John McCain spoke of his own plans to combat surging energy prices at a townhall meeting...

Obama turns attention back to economy, McCain talks up energy

Veteran from WWII Dies after Army Apologies
Samuel Snow, 83, black veteran from World War II, died after he had arrived to Seattle to receive an apology from the Army because he had been wrongfully convicted on rioting charges. Snow died several hours after the ceremony took place. The ceremony was honoring him and other 27 soldiers who were convicted on the same charges. While...

Veteran from WWII Dies after Army Apologies

Police Catches Man Having 0.491% Blood Alcohol Level
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Police Catches Man Having 0.491% Blood Alcohol Level

Terrible Lightning Stroke Boston Leaving 10 People Hospitalized
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Terrible Lightning Stroke Boston Leaving 10 People Hospitalized

25,000 People Marching In The AIDS Walk
About 25,000 people marched through Golden Gate Park Sunday in the 22nd annual AIDS Walk San Francisco, raising the astonishing amount of $4,512,934 to overcome the AIDS pandemic, event organizers said.Volunteers at the finish line welcomed the participants who took the streets of San Francisco, walking 6.2 mile in Golden Gate Park.Since...

25,000 People Marching In The AIDS Walk

Bush visits California wildfires
US President George W Bush Thursday toured areas of California devastated by wildfires over the past three weeks and was briefed by fellow Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other officials. Bush did not speak to reporters before the briefing or the aerial tour which took him above the Trinity National...

Bush visits California wildfires

Bush confirms attendance at Olympic opening ceremony
US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics this August, the White House confirmed Thursday, setting aside months of uncertainty over his intentions. Whether world leaders would attend the August 8 event has been the subject of much speculation since the beginning of the year, given protests...

Bush confirms attendance at Olympic opening ceremony

Gay Parade Prepared in San Francisco
San Francisco is preparing for the 38th annual gay pride parade, when big crowds are expected to celebrate their recently approved right to marry. As gay marriage became legal earlier this month, Friday was the city’s busiest day for weddings. The San Francisco county clerk said he had 259 marriage license appointments and 284...

Gay Parade Prepared in San Francisco

Firefighters Put Up With Big Sur Blazes
Progress was made on Friday in what concerns the wildfires that have affected approximately 300 square miles of California, while the famous resort areas of Big Sur have been devastated by a 27,000-acre wildfire. Firefighters tried to face the disaster breaking out at the well-known coastal resort. A lot of restaurants, houses and...

Firefighters Put Up With Big Sur Blazes

Investigators Raid Mayor Dixon’s Home
Maryland state prosecutors raided the home of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon yesterday, as part of an investigation regarding her financial dealings during her tenure as City Council president. Arriving at 6:30 a.m., the investigators’ team left Mayor Dixon’s house with six cardboard boxes and a large cooler on wheels seven hours...

Investigators Raid Mayor Dixon’s Home

Puerto Ricans Celebrate “Day Parade” with Music and Flags
On Sunday, Fifth Avenue became the perfect place for celebration in the sounds of salsa and cheers and the colours of thousands of white and blue flags. Thousands of Puerto Ricans celebrated their ethnic pride, an event also known as the National Puerto Rican Day Parade which takes place every year on Fifth Avenue in New York...

Puerto Ricans Celebrate “Day Parade” with Music and Flags

Man Shoots Bride and Groom at Arkansas Wedding
A bride, a groom and two other people were wounded in a shooting at a creekside wedding in rural Pope County, the Associated Press reports. The stranger who shot them was arrested after being chased by outraged guests, a sheriff’s official said Sunday. The shooting happened at Piney Creek on Rushing Road, just north of...

Man Shoots Bride and Groom at Arkansas Wedding

“Day of Silence”: Students to Protest Harassment of LGBT Youths
Thousands of students decided to skip classes today to protest on the “National Day of Silence” and to participate at events marking the 93rd anniversary of the American Genocide. The “Day of Silence” should spread a message of tolerance toward their colleagues with different sexual orientation. 199 schools in North Carolina,...

“Day of Silence”: Students to Protest Harassment of LGBT Youths

Little Dog “Panchito” Returned to Its Owners
Puddles had died, Panchito is alive. The former mayor of Alice, Tex. took the dog which belonged to Grace Saenz-Lopez and gave him a new name, claiming Puddles had died. After a trial, the original owners, Rudy Gutierrez and Shelly Cavasos, got their pet Shih Tzu back. “I think a lot of this is just plain ridiculous,” the...

Little Dog “Panchito” Returned to Its Owners

Pope Makes First US Visit
Pope Benedict XVI made his first papal visit to the United States, on Wednesday, his 81 birthday. He is due to meet U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House and U.S. Roman Catholic bishops at a Washington basilica on Wednesday, his 81st birthday, Reuters reports. According to Bush’s spokeswoman Dana Perino, more than...

Pope Makes First US Visit

Boy, 13, Accused of Murder
Minghui Yu, 24, a Colombia University student, was struck by a car and killed near the institution on Friday. The investigations lead the police officers to a suspect, a 13-year-old boy, who was arrested and afterwards charged with second-degree manslaughter. Police said he was arrested late Saturday, but didn’t release his...

Boy, 13, Accused of Murder

Chelsea Clinton Speaks on Behalf of Hillary’s Campaign
Former first-daughter, Chelsea Clinton, spoke Monday on behalf of her mother Hillary Clinton’s campaign in front of hundreds of students from North Carolina State University, Peace Collage and the University of North Carolina. During the town hall meeting, Chelsea answered to several questions concerning her mother’s campaign, but...

Chelsea Clinton Speaks on Behalf of Hillary’s Campaign

A Dead Fetus Found in a Jet Aircraft Toilet
A Continental Airlines flight landed Sunday afternoon at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, carrying on board a dead fetus in a trash bag. He was found in one of the plane’s rest rooms after all passengers had disembarked. The New York-to-Houston flight arrived in Houston just before 5 p.m. on Sunday, about 30 minutes...

A Dead Fetus Found in a Jet Aircraft Toilet

There's Plenty of Water but Nobody Drinks It
In the small town of Alamosa, Colo., water is contaminated with salmonella bacteria. This was found after drinking water engineers for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Joey Talbott had made a test on the water in Almosa on Tuesday, March 25. Contaminated water can’t be used for drinking, washing dishes...

There's Plenty of Water but Nobody Drinks It

Amber Alert Canceled for the Two Missing Homestead Girls
After two little girls were reported missing Sunday, the South Florida police canceled the amber alert for Vanessa Rivas, 3, and Frida Gonzales, 7, as they were found safe in Hialeah Gardens, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel informs. The police stated the amber alert was issued Sunday, after the girls were last seen at about 1...

Amber Alert Canceled for the Two Missing Homestead Girls

Pomeranian Dog’s Theft Alerts Naperville
Naperville police was alerted Friday morning when a two-month-old Pomeranian dog was stolen from a pet store. Sgt. Ken Keating said the theft occurred at about 11.40 a.m. when a man aged 18 to 22 entered the store and asked for more information about the puppy, the Chicago Tribune informs. The dog’s recuperation can be easier...

Pomeranian Dog’s Theft Alerts Naperville

Four Construction Workers Killed in NY Crane Collapse
A giant crane collapsed Saturday afternoon at a construction site on Manhattan’s East Side, killing four construction workers and injuring more than 10 other people, officials report. Mayor Michael Bloomberg named the crush one of New York City's worst construction accidents. “It is a tragic event,” he said in a news conference....

Four Construction Workers Killed in NY Crane Collapse

Man Made Flood to Be Released in the Grand Canyon
A man made flood will be set up in the Grand Canyon by federal agencies. Such controlled floods had been released before in 1996 and 2004 and their main purpose is to refresh the canyon’s ecosystem. The flood release will begin Wednesday morning as a three-day torrent of water will be released from Glen Canyon Dam on the Arizona-Utah...

Man Made Flood to Be Released in the Grand Canyon

Three "Miracle Babies" Born in Long Island
Identical triplets were born Wednesday at North Shore University Hospital on Long Island – and such an event happens once in 200 million births. According to the Washington Post, the three boys, Logan, Eli and Collin Penn were delivered by Doctor Victor Klein, a specialist in multiple births and high-risk pregnancies. This is...

Three "Miracle Babies" Born in Long Island
 

Enigmatic Serena Williams says she's good to go in Sydney
 Serena Williams arrived in Australia on Thursday vowing to begin her tennis year in style and playing down any talk of the injuries which plagued her in late 2008. The self-absorbed three-time Australian open winner will take her place in the field at next week's Medibank International after weeks of speculation about her fitness -...

Enigmatic Serena Williams says she's good to go in Sydney

Kiefer injury crisis casts pall over Hopman Cup
 German Nicolas Kiefer was rushed to hospital for treatment of an ankle injury suffered as the Slovak Republic backed into a fifth final at the Hopman Cup teams event on Thursday. The 31-year-old fell victim to the worst possible luck as he suffered a freak mishap while leading Slovakia's Domink Hrbaty 3-1. The Europeans,...

Kiefer injury crisis casts pall over Hopman Cup

Djokovic hopes to turn his luck in Sydney
 Only hours after a first-round upset in Brisbane on Tuesday, Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic was set to head to Sydney to tune his tennis at the Medibank International. The world number three was granted a late wildcard into the men's and women's event which starts on Sunday, one week prior to the Open. The Serb crashed...

Djokovic hopes to turn his luck in Sydney

Djokovic demeaned in disaster start to 2009 season
Novak Djokovic's upcoming defence of his Australian Open title was plunged into disarray on Tuesday as the Serb crashed out 6-4, 6-4 in his opening match at the Brisbane International. The world number two was upset in his first match of the season and now has no chance to gain ranking ground this week on Roger Federer, who...

Djokovic demeaned in disaster start to 2009 season

Hewitt hip holds up in Australia loss
 Lleyton Hewitt and partner Casey Dellacqua both made successful injury comebacks at the Hopman Cup on Monday as Australia went down to Germany 2-1 in the eight-nation team event. The Slovak Republic hammered the defending champion and five-time holder the US through singles victories from teenager Dominika Cibulkova and...

Hewitt hip holds up in Australia loss

Hewitt hip holds up in Australia loss to Germany
 Lleyton Hewitt and partner Casey Dellacqua both made a successful injury comeback at the Hopman Cup on Monday as Australia went down to Germany 2-1 at the eight-nation team event. Hewitt made a resounding return after summer hip surgery, winning his singles over Nicolas Kiefer 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-2. Dellacqua, who had to...

Hewitt hip holds up in Australia loss to Germany

Laver to be honoured on 40th anniversary of Grand Slam success
  Legend Rod Laver will be honoured for his part in tennis history next month as the Australian Open brings together the great man and those he defeated on the 40th anniversary of his tennis Grand Slam. It was 1969 when the man they called the Rockhampton Rocket won all four majors in the same calendar year, the last man to achieve...

Laver to be honoured on 40th anniversary of Grand Slam success

Dokic's dream teeters with loss in wild card playoffs
 Jelena Dokic will have to fight to keep her tennis dream alive after losing to a Brisbane teenager Tuesday in the wild card playoffs for next month's Australian Open. Former world number four Dokic lost on the second day of play at Melbourne Park, falling to Monica Wejnert 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. "She's probably the highest...

Dokic's dream teeters with loss in wild card playoffs

Armstrong to race Australia's Tour Down Under
US cyclist Lance Armstrong will make his official comeback to professional road racing in January at the Tour Down Under in Australia, organizers of the Adelaide stage race said Wednesday. Armstrong announced his retirement after winning the Tour de France a record seven times in 2005 but has said he would try for an eighth triumph in...

Armstrong to race Australia's Tour Down Under

Qantas Airplane Rupture In The Fuselage. The Investigation Continues
An exploding cylinder might have made a hole in the fuselage of a Qantas Airways plane while it was flying on Friday, therefore the crew had to make an emergency landing in the Philippines. No passenger was injured.`”We've likely had a cylinder event,'' said today Neville Blyth, senior transport safety inspector at the Australian...

Qantas Airplane Rupture In The Fuselage. The Investigation Continues

Australian Court Bans Japanese Whaling in Antarctic Waters
An Australian court on Tuesday ruled Japanese whaling in the Antarctic illegal but admitted it had no power to stop it. The Federal Court, in a hearing brought by the Humane Society International, declared the Japanese in contravention of Australian environment protection legislation because they were killing and injuring minke and...

Australian Court Bans Japanese Whaling in Antarctic Waters
 

2010 World Cup organizers: "Plan B is dead"
The critics have been silenced, organizers of the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa said on Wednesday. "Plan B is dead," Danny Jordaan, head of the World Cup local organizing committee told reporters in Johannesburg in a year-end review of preparations for the tournament. Jordaan was referring to speculation earlier...

2010 World Cup organizers: "Plan B is dead"

The 2009 Confederations Cup
In 2010 South Africa hosts the world's premier footballing event, the World Cup, for the first time, yet there are still many who doubt whether South Africa will be ready to host the huge event. Infrastructural problems, an alarmingly high crime rate and delays with the building of stadiums are some of the obstacles that need to be...

The 2009 Confederations Cup

DFB: Germany has no Euro 2012 plans
Germany is not available to host Euro 2012 if Poland and Ukraien are stripped of the event, the German football federation DFB said on Tuesday. "This is not an issue. We respect the hosts and fully support them. There has been no query from UEFA either," DFB general secretary Wolfgang Niersbach told Deutsche Presse-Agentur...

DFB: Germany has no Euro 2012 plans

Big ones gunning for UEFA Cup success
Often described as a cup of losers, this season's UEFA Cup has its fair share of winners when the first round kicks off with first leg matches on Tuesday and Thursday. Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam is one of only a handful of clubs that has won all three European club competition (European Champions' Cup or Champions League, Cup Winners'...

Big ones gunning for UEFA Cup success

Blatter hopes to include Olympic football in calendar
The president of football's governing body, Joseph Blatter, said Thursday that he hoped that the Olympic football tournament would be integrated into the international match calendar. Blatter's call follows problems involving several European clubs, who were reluctant to release their players for the tournament and were told by the...