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  • Ricky Ponting

    Column: Sport loses one of its toughest in Ponting

    The cricket ball that hit Ricky Ponting in the mouth surely regretted it. It probably wanted to curl up into a ball and cry. Because Ponting was ... 

  • Kimbra Lee Johnson

    Gotye wins big at Australia's Aria music awards

    Gotye has taken home album of the year at Australia's Aria music awards for his internationally acclaimed "Making Mirrors." The album features the ... 

  • NJ spruce lights up as Rockefeller Center tree

    An 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy was transformed into a beacon of shimmering glory Wednesday when New York City Mayor ... 

  • 'Dexter,' 'Chuck' star Yvonne Strahovski onstage

    Yvonne Strahovski is making her Broadway debut this fall, which is pretty cool, especially since she's never actually caught a Broadway show before. 

  • Asia stocks fall as talks over US budget stall

    Lack of progress in negotiations for a deal to avoid a U.S. budget crisis before a January deadline sent Asian stock markets lower on Wednesday. 

  • Asia stocks post slight gains after Black Friday

    Asian stock markets posted slight gains Monday after the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season in the U.S. topped expectations, offsetting ... 

  • Bryce Courtenay

    Best-selling Australian author Courtenay dies

    Best-selling Australian author Bryce Courtenay, whose first and final books drew on his tough early-life experiences in Africa, has died of stomach ... 

  • Australian author Bryce Courtenay dies of cancer

    Australian best-selling author Bryce Courtenay has died of stomach cancer. He was 79. His publisher Penguin Group said Friday that the South ... 

  • Australians find drugs worth $246M in steamroller

    Australian police seized 237 million Australian dollars ($246 million) worth of cocaine and methamphetamine found inside a steamroller shipped from ... 

  • How Asia sees Obama's pivot to the Pacific

    A lot has happened in Asia while the United States was off fighting its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most of it can be summed up in one word — ... 

  • US budget hopes boost Asia stocks

    Asian stocks rose Tuesday as investors gained confidence that President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress will reach a budget deal to avert tax hikes ... 

  • Madeleine Pulver

    Aussie fake-bomb plotter sentenced to 13½ years

    An Australian investment banker who admitted chaining a fake bomb to a Sydney teenager as part of a bizarre extortion plot was sentenced to 13 years ... 

  • Asia stocks up amid optimism over US budget

    Asian stock markets rose Monday, registering optimism after negotiations late last week between President Barack Obama and leaders of Congress raised ... 

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton

    US or China? Clinton says Australia needn't choose

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assured Australians they do not have to choose between the United States, their most important security ally, ... 

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bob Carr, Stephen Smith, Leon Panetta

    Panetta: Don't jump to conclusions about Allen

    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cautioned Wednesday against reaching early conclusions about the veracity of allegations against the top U.S. 

  • INXS

    INXS gives up touring after 35 years on the road

    Australian rockers INXS are giving up touring after 35 years. Drummer Jon Farriss announced the end of the band's remarkable run of performances ... 

  • Clouds part, solar eclipse darkens north Australia

    From boats bobbing on the Great Barrier Reef, to hot air balloons hovering over the rainforest, and the hilltops and beaches in between, tens of ... 

  • John Allen

    General investigated for emails to Petraeus friend

    The career of Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is now in jeopardy due to the investigation of the David Petraeus sex scandal. 

  • Leon Panetta

    Panetta: Admin deciding on post-2014 troop levels

    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday the Obama administration is nearing a decision in the next few weeks on how many U.S. troops would remain ... 

  • Asian stocks fall on US economy fears

    Uncertainty over whether Washington will be able to work out a spending and taxation deal that is crucial to keeping the U.S. economic recovery on ... 

  • Global markets shaken by US fiscal cliff fears

    World stocks mostly fell Friday as fears persisted over the so-called U.S. "fiscal cliff" that's seen as a big threat to the economic recovery. 

  • New Zealand won't sign 'Kyoto 2' climate treaty

    New Zealand's government said Friday that it would not sign on for a second stage of the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, a stance that angered ... 

  • Asian stocks sink on US fiscal cliff fears

    Most Asian stock markets sank Friday, weighed down by fears over the so-called U.S. "fiscal cliff" that's seen as a big threat to the economic ... 

  • Australia abandons mandatory Internet filter plan

    The Australian government has abandoned its 5-year-old pledge to mandate a filter blocking child pornography and other objectionable Internet content. 

  • Malaysians lose bid to halt rare earths plant

    Malaysian activists lost a court battle Thursday to halt Australian miner Lynas Corp. from firing up a rare earths plant that has sparked health and ... 

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