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Campbell, 1st black Olympic decathlon winner, dies
Milt Campbell, who became the first African-American to win the Olympic decathlon in 1956 and went on to play pro football and become a motivational ...
Serena: Matter of time until No. 1 again
In the midst of the Williams sisters' first bustling visit to Africa, Serena wasn't quite sure which country she was in Saturday. But she's certain ...
China teen leads by 2, goes for Masters bid
Guan Tianlang of China is one round away from becoming the first 14-year-old to play in the Masters. Guan overcame some early nerves and a difficult ...
Aussie PM's stock rises a bit with smack at rival
For a moment on the floor of Parliament, Australia's political landscape seemed upside down. Prime Minister Julia Gillard, whose party is widely ...
Australia gives $104 million to fighting malaria
Australia will spend more than 100 million Australian dollars ($104 million) over the next four years to help reduce deaths from malaria in the ...
US women can expect subtle changes under Sermanni
Tom Sermanni doesn't come with a guitar. And forget about bursting into song when he meets the U.S. women's soccer team for the first time, as ...
Dad says Australian extortionist almost succeeded
The father of a teenager who spent 10 hours in a Sydney mansion with a fake bomb chained around her neck revealed Wednesday he might not have called ...
Poll: Australians split over PM's sexism judgment
Australians appear to be split over Prime Minister Julia Gillard's judgment that her main political rival is sexist. In a fiery speech to Parliament ...
An Aussie in New York _ Anthony Warlow in 'Annie'
At a restaurant one recent night, Anthony Warlow posed a rather strange question to some fans. A couple from Atlanta who had just seen the new ...
WADA chief says UCI must 'take blinkers off'
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency believes cycling's world body must remove the officials who presided over the drug-tainted Lance Armstrong ...
Armstrong removes Tour titles from Twitter bio
Having won seven Tour de France titles is no longer part of Lance Armstrong's Twitter profile. As late as Monday night, Armstrong's bio on the social ...
Ex-wife: Aussie fake-bomb plotter had mental woes
An Australian investment banker who admitted chaining a fake bomb to a teenager was reeling from the breakdown of his marriage, drinking heavily and ...
Rwanda gets Security Council seat amid Congo probe
Rwanda was among five nations elected to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, amid an ongoing investigation by a U.N. panel of its role in ...
Persecuted Hazaras flee Pakistan; some die trying
As he knelt in prayer to mark one of Islam's holiest days, Ali Raza Qurban saw a childhood friend and dozens of others die in a suicide attack on ...
Dictionary follows Aussie PM in defining misogyny
Australia's prime minister did not define "misogyny" wrong in a blistering attack on a male rival — the dictionary did. Prime Minister Julia Gillard's ...
IOC to wait for UCI before acting on Armstrong
The IOC will wait for cycling's governing body to act on Lance Armstrong's doping case before it considers taking away his Olympic bronze medal from ...
Asia stocks fall as China easing hopes dim
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Monday as hopes dimmed for aggressive moves by China to stimulate its slowing economy. China's consumer price ...
Decade after attack, tears for dead, hope for Bali
A decade after bombs ripped through two Bali nightclubs, Friday was filled with reminders of what was lost in this tropical paradise, and what was not
Threat looms over Bali bombing 10th anniversary
A decade after twin bombs killed scores of tourists partying at two nightclubs on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, survivors and victims' families ...
Asia stocks fall after Spain gets downgrade
Asian stock markets fell Thursday after Spain, the fourth-largest euro economy, was slapped with a two-notch credit downgrade and the U.S.
Indonesia warns of threat before Bali anniversary
Indonesian police on Wednesday warned of a possible terrorist threat targeting dignitaries planning to commemorate Friday's 10th anniversary of the ...
Mike Tyson gets Australian visa after NZ rejection
Australia granted Mike Tyson a visa Wednesday, one week after New Zealand barred the former heavyweight boxing champion from entering that country due ...
Asia stocks up despite global growth warnings
Asian stocks markets shrugged off yet another dismal prediction about global economic growth to mostly post solid gains Tuesday. The gains in Asia ...
Gulf airline Etihad partners with Air France-KLM
Rapidly expanding Gulf carrier Etihad Airways has agreed to jointly market some of its flights with Air France-KLM in what could be the beginning of ...