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Sydney - A train carrying iron ore derailed in the remote Pilbara region on Australia's east coast, spilling 80 freight cars and millions of dollars worth of ore onto the tracks, news reports said Friday.
The freight train, owned by giant miner Rio Tinto Ltd, was bound for Dampier Port, tore up 800 metres of track when it came...
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Sydney - Most Australians don't know that Australia Day marks the arrival of white settlers from Britain on January 26, 1788, an opinion poll published Tuesday showed.
Only 44 per cent of those asked were able to say the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney was what was commemorated.
A quarter of respondents to the...
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Results on Thursday at the 1.1 million-dollar Medibank International (x indicates new result):
Women, semi-finals
Elena Dementieva, 3, Russia, def. Serena Williams, 1, US, 6-3, 6-1
Dinara Safina, 2, Russia, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
Men, quarter-finals x Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 3,...
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Applications are in from Mongolia, Croatia and even the Vatican City for a dream job on offer in an advertising campaign run by Australian tourism authorities.
The successful applicant gets a six-figure pay packet and rent-free luxury accommodation for six months as the caretaker of a paradise island on the Great Barrier...
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Kim Ledger, father of dead Australian actor Heath Ledger, Monday described his son's posthumous Golden Globe award as "bitter-sweet."
Ledger, who was 28 when he died of an accidental prescription drug overdose in New York a year ago, won the award for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
"I was just so elated,...
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Collated results on Friday at the 700,000-dollar Hopman Cup (x indicates new result).
Final
Dominika Cibulkova, Slovak Republic, def. Dinara Safina, Russia, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 6-4
Dominik Hrbaty, Slovak Republic, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)
Slovak Republic def. Russia, 2-0
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Dominik Hrbaty and Dominika Cibulkova clinched a third Hopman Cup title for the Slovak Republic as they swept Russia 2-0 in the Friday final.
Hrbaty finished off a six-hour tie as Marat Safin sent a return out, with the 31-year-old Slovak earning a 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) victory.
That scoreline, added to Cibulkova's opening...
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Dominik Hrbaty and Dominika Cibulkova led the Slovak Republic to a third Hopman Cup title on Friday with a storming 2-0 victory over Russia.
It marked the second honour at the team competition for veteran Hrbaty, who outlasted longtime friend and rival Marat Safin 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).
Teenaged Cibulkova began the win with an...
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Dominika Cibulkova put her brain into neutral and let her instincts take over for a nail-biting 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 6-4 victory against Dinara Safina to give the Slovak Republic a 1-0 lead over Russia in the Friday final of the Hopman Cup.
The 19th-ranked Cibulkova notched her first ace of the evening to produce a match point, which was...
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Richard Gasquet knocked out former tennis classmate Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 to reach his fourth semi-final in six months at the Brisbane International on Friday.
Tsonga, last year's Australian Open finalist, will face off on Saturday against Czech Radek Stepanek, who defeated Swede Robin Soderling 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Tsonga,...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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