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MASTERS WATCH: Adam Scott, Masters champion
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Adam Scott has become the first Australian to win the Masters, beating Argentina's Angel Cabrera on the second playoff hole.
Snedeker, Cabrera tied for lead at Masters
The longest, strangest day at the Masters for Tiger Woods began with a text message from his agent Saturday morning to meet with Augusta National ...
Pope taps cardinals to advise on governing, reform
Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, ...
A list of papal advisers on Curia reform
Pope Francis on Saturday named eight cardinals to a panel that will help advise him running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, or Curia
Woodside shelves $47 billion Australian LNG plant
Woodside Petroleum's chief executive said he is confident that a major gas field off the northwest Australian coast will be exploited despite the ...
Asian stock markets mixed as gains cashed up
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as investors turned cautious and took profits from recent rallies in spite of evidence pointing to an improving ...
China's Xi offers to reduce friction over hotspots
With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that no one country ...
Calvin Smith Jr. wins 400 at Australian IAAF meet
Calvin Smith Jr. won the 400-meter race at the IAAF Melbourne World Challenge on Saturday to add to some family racing history in Australia.
Ellen DeGeneres wows audience for Aussie filming
Ellen DeGeneres was applauded by a rapturous Aussie audience like a cherished part of the family as she introduced her Australian-born wife, Portia ...
Lion takes on AirAsia with record jet orders
Indonesia's top discount carrier, which catapulted into the global aviation spotlight with record deals to buy Airbus and Boeing planes, is taking the ...
Ellen DeGeneres brings TV show to Australia
Ellen DeGeneres is so excited to be Down Under, she's even tweeting that way. The talk show host's Twitter account had an upside-down message Friday ...
Raikkonen fastest after second Malaysian practice
Kimi Raikkonen continued his surprisingly strong start to the Formula One season, posting the fastest time in the second practice at the Malaysian ...
Australian PM apologizes for forced adoptions
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament to the thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by ...
Australian minister quits over party ballot fiasco
Another Australian government minister quit Friday in the fallout from a bungled leadership ballot that reinforced perceptions of a crisis in Prime ...
Chinese company looking for missing tycoon
A Chinese tycoon with ties to mining companies in the United States, Australia and Africa is missing and a newspaper says he has been detained by ...
Asia stocks mixed after Cyprus vote on bailout
Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Cypriot lawmakers rejected a tax on bank deposits that would have partly funded an emergency bailout ...
Myanmar president welcomes closer Australia ties
Myanmar President Thein Sein welcomed closer ties with Australia on Monday as he asked for continued support through his country's transition to ...
Dublin tourists lead icy St. Patrick's Day parade
Never mind the fickle Irish weather. A chilly, damp Dublin celebrated St. Patrick's Day with artistic flair anyway Sunday as the focal point for a ...
Lotus' Raikkonen wins F1's Australian GP
Kimi Raikkonen won Formula One's season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, jumpstarting Lotus' bid to challenge the series' bigger teams for the ...
Antarctica concerns grow as tourism numbers rise
Across most of Earth, a tourist attraction that sees 35,000 visitors a year can safely be labeled sleepy. But when it's Antarctica, every footstep ...
The Boss plays a note of caution on economic sway
Bruce Springsteen is playing a note of caution about his political influence over Australian economic policies. Springsteen and his E Street Band ...
Australia gets first Aboriginal government leader
Australia has its first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government, a development welcomed by the prime minister as a historic moment for the ...
F1's Vettel, Alonso take opposing approaches
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel and his chief rival Fernando Alonso head into this weekend's season opener with opposing views about ...
Button surprised by Hamilton's McLaren criticisms
McLaren driver Jenson Button says former teammate Lewis Hamilton could not be more wrong in his criticisms of the team and how it treats its drivers.