http://www.mail.com/int/locations/310-sydney.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/310-sydney.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076296-search-ends-2-australians-lost-cruise-ship.html SYDNEY (AP) — Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company said Friday as authorities called off the search for the couple missing for two days. Surveillance video showed the couple going over the railing about the same time with a brief pause between them, N... Fri, 10 May 2013 14:06:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076296-search-ends-2-australians-lost-cruise-ship.html 2013-05-10T14:06:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1927912-soliman-threatens-legal-action-doping-report.html SYDNEY (AP) — Australian boxer Sam Soliman has threatened legal action after a German newspaper reported that he failed a drug test taken before his win over former WBA champion Felix Sturm in their IBF middleweight title eliminator last month. Federation of German Professional Boxers president Thomas Puetz told the daily Bild that Soliman's urine sample ... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:42:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/1927912-soliman-threatens-legal-action-doping-report.html 2013-03-03T05:42:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1925002-us-overloading-pilot-error-downed-ny-helicopter.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. safety authorities on Friday said a fatal crash at a New York City heliport in 2011 was likely due to overloading and the pilot's failure to recover from an unexpected flight motion. Three people suffered fatal injuries when the helicopter plunged into the East River shortly after takeoff. The victims included Sonia Marra, a British w... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:10:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1925002-us-overloading-pilot-error-downed-ny-helicopter.html 2013-03-01T17:10:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1913706-asian-stocks-fall-amid-unease-us-budget.html BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Tuesday amid anxiety about impending U.S. government spending cuts and the uncertain outcome of Italy's general election. Oil dropped below $93 a barrel on concern about possible setbacks in all the major economic regions. Japan's Nikkei 225 plunged 2.2 percent to 11,410.51 as the yen's recent weakness, which has bo... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:29:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1913706-asian-stocks-fall-amid-unease-us-budget.html 2013-02-26T05:29:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/1885606-wheelchair-tennis-star-esther-vergeer-retires.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — 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, ending one of the most amazing careers in any sport. "I'm hugely proud of my performances, my titles, and can look back on my career with a great feeling," Vergeer said at the ABN... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/1885606-wheelchair-tennis-star-esther-vergeer-retires.html 2013-02-12T13:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1841946-flower-eating-goat-cleared-vandalism.html SYDNEY (AP) — Gary the flower-eating goat's graze with Australian police has ended with his comedian owner getting the last laugh in court. A Sydney judge ruled Wednesday that neither the goat nor his owner could be found guilty of vandalism over an August incident when Gary decided to snack on a flowerbed outside a city museum. Police at the time leveled... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1841946-flower-eating-goat-cleared-vandalism.html 2013-01-24T01:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1837496-ap-global-football-10-quotebox.html Mike McGrath, Wardles/The Sun, England. "A rare defeat for Barcelona meant a window of opportunity for another team to take top place. Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo have been waiting to pounce." Tom Timmermann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States. "It's going to take a bit more than a tie in a Cup match and a ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1837496-ap-global-football-10-quotebox.html 2013-01-22T13:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1828170-lance-armstrong-stripped-olympic-bronze-medal.html LONDON (AP) — On the day he went public with an admission of doping after years of denials, Olympic officials disclosed one more embarrassment for Lance Armstrong: He was stripped of a bronze medal won at the 2000 Sydney Games. The International Olympic Committee sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night asking him to return the medal, just as it said... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1828170-lance-armstrong-stripped-olympic-bronze-medal.html 2013-01-17T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1803492-briton-killed-fall-australia-waterfall.html SYDNEY (AP) — Police in Australia say a 20-year-old British tourist has died after falling from a waterfall west of Sydney. Police said in a statement Monday that the man was walking with friends at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains when he slipped over the edge of the fall on Sunday. Police retrieved the man's body on Monday, but did not release his ... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/1803492-briton-killed-fall-australia-waterfall.html 2013-01-07T09:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/1752696-anger-australian-radio-station-royal-hoax.html LONDON (AP) — It started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy. The sudden death of a nurse who unwittingly accepted a prank call to a London hospital about Prince William's pregnant wife Kate has shocked Britain and Australia, and sparked an angry backlash Saturday from some who argue the DJs who carried out the hoax should be held responsible. ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/1752696-anger-australian-radio-station-royal-hoax.html 2012-12-08T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/1751480-uk-hospital-nurse-involved-kate-hoax-call-dies.html LONDON (AP) — The news that Prince William and the former Kate Middleton were expecting their first child — joyous news for a couple looking forward to starting a family — immediately turned bittersweet with the simultaneous announcement that the duchess was being hospitalized for acute morning sickness. Then there was an invasion of her privacy by two disc jockeys who imper... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/1751480-uk-hospital-nurse-involved-kate-hoax-call-dies.html 2012-12-08T04:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1745528-ioc-strips-4-medals-2004-athens-olympics.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests. Lance Armstrong, meanwhile, can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games for a little while longer. The International Olympic Committee ex... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1745528-ioc-strips-4-medals-2004-athens-olympics.html 2012-12-05T22:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1739142-doping-ethics-cases-top-agenda-ioc-board.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Four months after the highs of the London Olympics, the IOC is turning to less uplifting matters: drug-tainted medals from past games, ethics violations in ticket sales and suspension of national Olympic bodies. The fate of Lance Armstrong's bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games and doping cases involving five medalists from... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/1739142-doping-ethics-cases-top-agenda-ioc-board.html 2012-12-03T09:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/1734250-ioc-ready-to-take-armstrongs-olympic-bronze.html LONDON (AP) — His seven Tour de France titles erased from cycling's record books, Lance Armstrong still holds claim to one piece of sports silverware: an Olympic medal. But for how much longer? Twelve years after Armstrong won bronze in the road time trial at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the IOC wants the medal back because of his involvement in a wide-reach... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/1734250-ioc-ready-to-take-armstrongs-olympic-bronze.html 2012-11-30T17:08:00Z