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Adam Scott to be busy Down Under in November

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:26:39 -0400

SYDNEY - Masters champion Adam Scott has entered November's Australian Open at Royal Sydney, meaning he'll play at least three times in four weeks Down Under - and possibly all four.

Dotcom 'in tears' after Megaupload files deleted

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:34:05 -0400

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was "in tears" after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site.

Tahiti coach: It's 'impossible' to beat Spain

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:02:24 -0400

RIO DE JANEIRO - Only rarely will a coach talk as frankly as Tahiti's Eddy Etaeta, acknowledging in public what everyone knows.

Australia celebrates another trip to World Cup

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:53:57 -0400

SYDNEY - Hundreds of fans greeted members of Australia's national football team at downtown Sydney's Circular Quay on Wednesday after the Socceroos qualified for next year's World Cup in Brazil with a 1-0 win over Iraq.

Australian jailed for life for rape, murder

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:04:13 -0400

MELBOURNE, Australia - A serial sex offender was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping and murdering an Irish woman while he was free on parole after previous convictions for raping five women.

Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:01:17 -0400

SYDNEY - Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex.

Australia books World Cup berth with win over Iraq

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:14 -0400

SYDNEY - Australia qualified for the 2014 World Cup by beating Iraq 1-0 on Tuesday, with Josh Kennedy heading home the winner in the 83rd minute to reward a bold substitution by coach Holger Osieck.

FIFA rules opening Nigerian goal an own-goal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:15 -0400

RIO DE JANEIRO - FIFA says Nigeria's opening goal of the Confederations Cup will be ruled an own-goal by Tahiti captain Nicolas Vallar.

Scientists discuss new photo-taking satellite

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:13 -0400

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - Nearly 120 scientists and engineers from around the world are meeting in South Dakota this week to discuss operational and technical issues with collecting images from the Landsat 8 satellite.

Australia, SKorea, Iran qualify for World Cup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:12:42 -0400

SYDNEY - Having everything to play for on Tuesday, Australia, Iran and South Korea all secured berths at the 2014 World Cup on a dramatic final day of Asian qualifying. They join Japan which was the first nation to qualify.

Australia, South Korea, Iran qualify for World Cup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54:14 -0400

Australia, Iran and South Korea won spots at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil on a dramatic final day of Asian qualifying Tuesday.

The Spanish question: how many goals vs Tahiti?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:51:26 -0400

RIO DE JANEIRO - There's one big question hanging over Spain's team at the Confederations Cup: how many goals will the World Cup champions score in their upcoming match against tiny Tahiti, the representative for Oceania.

Guam senators question kids' cultural show cost

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:32:28 -0400

HAGATNA, Guam - Guam senators are questioning spending $127,000 of taxpayer money to create a children's cultural television show.

Baker named AP chief for Malaysia, Singapore

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:55:16 -0400

BANGKOK - Mark Baker, photographer and acting bureau chief for The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Malaysia and Singapore.

Missed chances against Tahiti trouble Nigeria

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:44:10 -0400

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - Nigeria scoring six goals in its first Confederations Cup match suggested that the impact from chaotic preparations had been minimal.

Nigeria rolls to 6-1 win over Tahiti at Confed Cup

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:06:07 -0400

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - Nigeria rolled to a 6-1 victory at Confederations Cup on Monday over Tahaiti, which was making its debut at a major FIFA tournament.

Tahiti does The Paddle

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:29:11 -0400

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - Tahiti's paddling fishermen have been a symbol of the Pacific paradise for decades. Now welcome the paddling players celebrating the most high-profile goal the national football team has ever scored.

Survivors sue StarKist parent firm over drowning

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:24:23 -0400

HAGATNA, Guam - The parent company of StarKist Tuna is being sued by the family of a man who drowned aboard a company fishing boat three years ago.

Nigeria leads Tahiti 3-0 at halftime at Confed Cup

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:59:23 -0400

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - Nigeria jumped out to a 3-0 lead over Tahiti at halftime on Monday in the Confederations Cup.

Skipper says Socceroos not doing the samba yet

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:18:15 -0400

SYDNEY - Skipper Lucas Neill says his Australian squad's full focus is on beating Iraq in their last Asian qualifier to guarantee direct entry to next year's World Cup, so the Socceroos aren't practicing the samba yet.

Stakes high as Asian qualifying reaches last games

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:24:38 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea - Five nations around the vast Asian confederation are bracing for the joy or heartbreak that is coming their way on Tuesday in the last games of continental World Cup qualification.

Man survives plunge from 15th floor in New Zealand

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:26:09 -0400

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - A man was recovering in a hospital Monday after surviving a plunge from the 15th floor of his New Zealand apartment building.

Tahiti debuts at major football tournament

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:04:27 -0400

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - From a tiny island in the South Pacific to the enormous country of Brazil, a group of men from Tahiti is preparing to play some of the best football teams in the world.

2 key Iraq players retire ahead of Australia match

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:41:34 -0400

SYDNEY - Iraq captain and leading goal scorer Younis Mahmoud and midfielder Nashat Akram, a veteran of more than 110 games for his country, have announced their immediate retirements just days ahead of the team's Asian confederation World Cup qualifier against Australia.

Google begins launching Internet-beaming balloons

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:16:44 -0400

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online.