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Israel identifies Australian at heart of spy saga
Israel on Tuesday for the first time identified the Australian-Israeli at the heart of an espionage saga that has tested ties between the close ...
Williams unveils new car for F1 season
Williams driver Pastor Maldonado unveiled the team's new car on Tuesday, saying he believed the FW35 could close the gap on its Formula One rivals.
New Zealand plans logo-free cigarette packs
Strict against smoking already, New Zealand plans to make tobacco companies remove their logos from cigarette packs but will wait until a challenge ...
2 charged in Papua New Guinea 'witch' killing
Papua New Guinea police have charged two people with the grisly killing of a woman who was tortured and burned alive in front of hundreds of people, ...
Asia stocks mixed, Japan's Nikkei up as yen falls
Japan's benchmark stock index jumped Monday after Group of 20 finance officials refrained from directly criticizing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ...
Report: Assange sees legal defense in politics
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange regards his bid to become an Australian senator as a defense against potential criminal prosecution in the United ...
Israeli premier defends Israel in prisoner scandal
Israel's prime minister on Sunday defended the actions of his country's security forces following a public uproar over the mysterious death of a man ...
Asia stocks fall on slumping German economy
Disappointing news about Germany's economy sent Asian stock markets down on Friday. Europe's biggest economy contracted a worse-than-expected 0.
Israeli spy saga raises press freedom questions
Foreign reports about the mysterious death of an Australian-Israeli Mossad agent in an Israeli prison two years ago have sparked a rare backlash ...
Australia's Tinto post $3 billion loss for 2012
Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto PLC posted a $3 billion loss for 2012 after taking a $14 billion writedown from its aluminum business and the ...
Israeli-Australian Prisoner X's death strains ties
He was known as Prisoner X, his crimes unknown. For months he languished in an Israeli prison until he was he was found dead in his cell in an ...
Asia stocks rise amid positive US company news
Stock markets in Asia moved higher Thursday on the heels of positive corporate news and resilience in U.S. consumer spending. Japan's Nikkei 225 index ...
Asia stocks up on strong US corporate earnings
Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after strong U.S. corporate earnings sent the Dow close to its record high. Japanese shares faltered, however, as ...
WADA urges football to conduct more EPO tests
The World Anti-Doping Agency urged football Tuesday to conduct more blood doping tests and intelligence operations to unmask cheating players.
Wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer retires
After a 10-year winning streak in wheelchair tennis, Esther Vergeer felt she had nothing left to prove. The 31-year-old Dutchwoman retired Tuesday, ...
Zimbabwe faces crayfish crisis in water ecosystem
Scientists in Zimbabwe say a fresh water crayfish brought from Australia is breeding out of control in the northern Lake Kariba, devouring the food ...
Japan's Nikkei jumps on weaker yen
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 led Asian stocks higher Tuesday as the yen weakened after a possible candidate for Bank of Japan governor voiced support for easier ...
Team braves wet, cold retracing Shackleton's steps
It's been lauded as one of the greatest survival stories of all-time. Nearly 100 years later, a group of British and Australian adventurers have ...
Czech Republic beats Australia in Fed Cup
Petra Kvitova saved a match point before clinching victory for defending champion Czech Republic over Australia in the Fed Cup first round series on ...
Bulgaria to brief EU ministers on bus bombing
Bulgaria will brief other EU nations on the results of the probe that linked the Shiite group Hezbollah to last year's bus bombing that killed five ...
Czech Republic leads Australia 2-0 in Fed Cup
Defending champion Czech Republic took a commanding 2-0 lead over Australia in their Fed Cup first-round series after Petra Kvitova and Lucie Safarova ...
Aftershocks hamper relief in tsunami-hit Solomons
Strong aftershocks rattled the Solomon Islands on Friday, hampering relief efforts to tsunami-ravaged villages and forcing the South Pacific nation's ...