http://www.mail.com/locations/318-oceania.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/318-oceania.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html LONDON (AP) — A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, a U.K. inquest was told. The case is being treated as an apparent suicide. Nurse Jacintha Saldanha was discovered hanging by a scarf from a wardrobe in her nurses' quarters Dec. 7 by a colleagu... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html 2012-12-14T03:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1760654-autopsy-nurse-hoax-thursday.html LONDON (AP) — The result of an autopsy on the nurse involved in a prank call for information about the former Kate Middleton's hospital stay will be revealed Thursday, London police said. Scotland Yard said on Wednesday the cause of Jacintha Saldanha's death will not be released until a Westminster Coroner's Court hearing. Saldanha answered the phone when... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1760654-autopsy-nurse-hoax-thursday.html 2012-12-13T03:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760350-hands-heritage-wary-chinas-reach.html GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN, France (AP) — Life in this French village revolves around wine. The backyards of its tidy houses nurture the grapes that have made Burgundy famous the world over. At an auto repair shop, everyone seems to have an opinion about the recent sale of a local vineyard to a Macau casino magnate. "It's a piece of French heritage that's heading ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760350-hands-heritage-wary-chinas-reach.html 2012-12-13T00:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1760490-signs-point-toward-watson-ryder-cup-captain.html In the two months since a stunning loss in the Ryder Cup, the PGA of America talked about doing things differently when selecting its next captain. Tom Watson certainly would break the mold. Golf Digest reported on its website Tuesday night that the PGA of America plans to pick Watson, celebrated worldwide as an eight-time major champion and revered in Sc... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1760490-signs-point-toward-watson-ryder-cup-captain.html 2012-12-12T11:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757646-asia-stocks-gain-unfazed-nkorea-rocket-launch.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday as a German business confidence survey alleviated concerns that Europe's largest economy might fall into recession. Investors brushed off North Korea's latest test launch of a long-range rocket. The ZEW indicator of economic sentiment defied expectations by rising to plus 6.9 points, from minus 15.7 in Nov... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757646-asia-stocks-gain-unfazed-nkorea-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-12T02:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760010-bhp-sells-australia-gas-stake-to-petrochina.html BEIJING (AP) — BHP Billiton Ltd. said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its stake in a proposed Australian gas project to Chinese state-owned energy producer PetroChina for $1.6 billion. PetroChina is Asia's biggest oil producer by volume and, along with other Chinese energy companies, has been acquiring assets abroad to profit from increased Chinese demand... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760010-bhp-sells-australia-gas-stake-to-petrochina.html 2012-12-12T01:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1758252-us-to-ryder-cup-captain.html The PGA of America is bringing a mystery guest to the "Today" show — its next Ryder Cup captain. Golf Digest reported on its website Tuesday night that it would be Tom Watson. An organization that is not shy about giving rock-star treatment to the Ryder Cup, the PGA of America said it would reveal the next U.S. captain during a segment Thursday of NBC's m... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1758252-us-to-ryder-cup-captain.html 2012-12-12T01:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757514-isolated-bad-apple-maps-directions-lead-to-desert.html SYDNEY (AP) — The city of Mildura is not at the end of a dirt road in the Australian bush, in tire-choking desert sand far from food and water. Unfortunately, Apple's much-maligned mapping application thinks it is. More than two months after Apple's CEO apologized for errors in its Maps service, Australian police say the app is "potentially life threateni... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757514-isolated-bad-apple-maps-directions-lead-to-desert.html 2012-12-11T11:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1757682-experts-stations-royal-hoax-call-illegal.html SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian radio station behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated could face criminal charges for airing the conversation, legal experts said Tuesday. Last week's prank was widely condemned days after it aired, after the still-unexplained death of a nurse who answered the p... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1757682-experts-stations-royal-hoax-call-illegal.html 2012-12-11T11:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1755274-australian-djs-apologize-royal-hoax-call.html SYDNEY (AP) — They say they expected a hang-up and a few laughs. Instead, the Australian DJs behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated were deeply apologetic Monday as they described how their joke ended up going too far. The phone call — in which they impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prin... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1755274-australian-djs-apologize-royal-hoax-call.html 2012-12-10T21:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755084-govt-building-felled-nz-quake-built.html SYDNEY (AP) — A six-story office building that collapsed and killed 115 people in New Zealand's devastating earthquake last year was poorly designed by an inexperienced engineer, inadequately constructed and should never have been issued a building permit, a government report said Monday. The Canterbury Television (CTV) building crumbled to the ground dur... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755084-govt-building-felled-nz-quake-built.html 2012-12-10T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1754086-chinas-money-changes-landscape-australia.html GUNNEDAH, Australia (AP) — Tony Clift's family has plowed the rich black soil of Australia's Liverpool Plains for six generations. The thought of selling never crossed his mind — until a Chinese company came to town. Shenhua Watermark Coal offered to buy farms at unheard-of prices. The decision wasn't easy, Clift says. His pioneer ancestors settled the la... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1754086-chinas-money-changes-landscape-australia.html 2012-12-09T23:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1753992-australian-radio-chair-station-reviewing-policy.html LONDON (AP) — The reverberations from the death of a nurse who accepted a hoax phone call about the ill Duchess of Cambridge spread through two countries Sunday, as Australian authorities said London police had contacted them about a possible investigation. The Australian radio station behind the call also announced an immediate review of its broadcast pr... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1753992-australian-radio-chair-station-reviewing-policy.html 2012-12-09T16:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1752688-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/entertainment/celebrity/1752688-anger-australian-radio-station-royal-hoax.html 2012-12-08T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1751488-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 04:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1751488-uk-hospital-nurse-involved-kate-hoax-call-dies.html 2012-12-08T04:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1750968-hospital-nurse-involved-kate-hoax-call-dies.html LONDON (AP) — A nurse who fell victim to a prank telephone call seeking information about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has died, the London hospital where she worked reported Friday. The King Edward VII hospital said nurse Jacintha Saldanha took the hoax call by two Australian radio disc jockeys who impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1750968-hospital-nurse-involved-kate-hoax-call-dies.html 2012-12-07T16:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1750184-ap-interview-jackson-cast-discuss-the-hobbit.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Many fans are eagerly anticipating a return to the fictional world of Middle-earth with next week's general release of the first movie in "The Hobbit" trilogy. Director Peter Jackson and the film's stars speak to The Associated Press about making "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey": — Jackson on shooting at 48 frames per sec... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1750184-ap-interview-jackson-cast-discuss-the-hobbit.html 2012-12-07T06:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1747956-hr-block-2q-loss-narrows-revenue-rises.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — H&R Block's fiscal second-quarter loss narrowed, helped by cost-cutting efforts. Revenue climbed mostly because of a strong tax season in Australia. The nation's largest tax preparation company typically turns in a loss in the August-to-October period because it takes in most of its revenue during the U.S. tax season. H&R Block's q... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1747956-hr-block-2q-loss-narrows-revenue-rises.html 2012-12-06T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1747218-rare-tornado-kills-3-zealands-largest-city.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An unusually destructive tornado swept through neighborhoods around New Zealand's largest city Thursday, killing three people and forcing 250 more to evacuate damaged and powerless homes. The small tornado hit Hobsonville and Whenuapai, western suburbs of Auckland, during a midday storm that also uprooted trees, damaged buil... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1747218-rare-tornado-kills-3-zealands-largest-city.html 2012-12-06T06:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1744752-aussies-crank-call-to-kates-hospital.html LONDON (AP) — Two Australian radio disc jockeys apologized Wednesday after impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles in a prank call and getting a London hospital to tell them all about Kate Middleton's condition. The King Edward VII hospital in London acknowledged that the Australian radio station made the hoax call to the hospital in the early... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1744752-aussies-crank-call-to-kates-hospital.html 2012-12-06T00:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746798-rupert-murdochs-mother-elisabeth-dies-age-103.html SYDNEY (AP) — Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, a prominent Australian philanthropist and mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has died at age 103. News Ltd., the Australian media company headed by her son, confirmed her death. She died peacefully on Wednesday surrounded by family members in her garden estate outside Melbourne. She had been hospitalized in Septemb... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1746798-rupert-murdochs-mother-elisabeth-dies-age-103.html 2012-12-05T23:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745618-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 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745618-ioc-strips-4-medals-2004-athens-olympics.html 2012-12-05T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745814-athletes-lose-medals-armstrong-decision-pending.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, while Lance Armstrong can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games a little while longer. The International Olympic Committee executive bo... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745814-athletes-lose-medals-armstrong-decision-pending.html 2012-12-05T19:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741436-un-calls-israel-to-open-nuclear-facilities.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to quickly open its nuclear program for inspection and backing a high-level conference to ban nuclear weapons from the Middle East which was just canceled. All the Arab nations and Iran had planned to attend the conference in mid-December in Helsinki... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741436-un-calls-israel-to-open-nuclear-facilities.html 2012-12-04T05:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1741390-australia-lowers-key-interest-rate-to-3-percent.html SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point Tuesday, taking it to its lowest level since the global financial crisis, as slower growth in China, uncertainty over the U.S. outlook and stubbornly weak conditions in Europe undermine the Australian economy. The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to lo... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1741390-australia-lowers-key-interest-rate-to-3-percent.html 2012-12-04T04:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1739072-asia-stocks-us-manufacturing-report.html BANGKOK (AP) — A weaker-than-expected U.S. manufacturing report sent Asian stock markets down Tuesday. U.S. manufacturing shrank in November to its weakest level since July 2009. The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its index of manufacturing conditions fell 49.5 from October's 51.7. Numbers above 50 signal growth, while those below indica... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1739072-asia-stocks-us-manufacturing-report.html 2012-12-04T04:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1739372-archer-daniels-midland-raises-offer-graincorp.html NEW YORK (AP) — Agribusiness conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland Co. is increasing its buyout offer for GrainCorp by almost 4 percent and disclosed it has already added to its stake in the Australian grain handler. Under the revised bid disclosed Monday, it would cost ADM about $2.33 billion to buy the rest of the Australian company. ADM said that it owns... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1739372-archer-daniels-midland-raises-offer-graincorp.html 2012-12-03T21:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1737852-zealand-forget-kyoto-write-climate-deal.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand's climate minister staunchly defended his government's decision to drop out of the emissions pact for developed nations, saying it's an outdated and insufficient response to global warming. Other key issues at the conference, now starting its s... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1737852-zealand-forget-kyoto-write-climate-deal.html 2012-12-03T00:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734274-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 hardware — an Olympic medal. But for how much longer? The fate of Armstrong's medal will be addressed when the International Olympic Committee executive board meets next week in Lausanne, Switzerland. Twelve years afte... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1734274-ioc-ready-to-take-armstrongs-olympic-bronze.html 2012-11-30T16:33:00Z