Australia / Antarctica News Headlines

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pilot skill, international cooperation and a lot of luck were to thank for the successful evacuation from a remote Antarctic outpost of a U.S. researcher in apparent need of urgent surgery, an Australian official said on Friday. The perilous evacuation in the middle of the Antarctic winter, with the continent …

Hacking group Anonymous on Friday claimed to have shut down a computer server belonging to Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO, reportedly briefly closing down access to its public webpage.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A mass of small volcanic rocks nearly the size of Belgium has been discovered floating off the coast of New Zealand.

A former Qantas worker found guilty of producing a do-it-yourself jihad manual had his conviction reinstated by Australia's High Court Friday, with judges ruling he had extremist intentions.

An Australian woman has admitted taking the ashes of her late father -- an Olympic silver medallist -- trackside to the London Games and scattering them over the triple jump run-up.

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The United States lead the Olympicmedal standings after Day 13 of the London Games on Thursday. Results Table Rank* Country G S B Total 1. U.S. 39 25 26 90 2. China 37 24 19 80 3. Britain 25 13 14 52 4. Russia 12 21 23 56 5. South Korea 12 7 6 25 6. Germany 10 16 11 37 7. France 8 9 12 29 8. Hungary …

* U.S. record 40th successive victory in Olympic competition * Australia's Cambage scores 19 in first half, none after (Adds quotes, details) LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The powerhouse U.S. women'sbasketball team fought off a strong challenge by rivalsAustralia to win their London Olympics semi-final 86-73 onThursday and …

LONDON (Reuters) - Australia won the bronze in the Olympic women's water polo on Wednesday, beating Hungary 13-11 after the Australians almost allowed the medal to slip through their fingers when a last gasp steal by the Hungarians pushed the match to extra time. A backshot in the last three seconds from Hungary's Dora …

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Australia won the bronze in theOlympic women's water polo on Wednesday, beating Hungary 13-11after the Australians almost allowed the medal to slip throughtheir fingers when a last gasp steal by the Hungarians pushedthe match to extra time. A backshot in the last three seconds from Hungary's DoraAntal …

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Australia won the Olympic bronzemedal in the women's water polo event on Thursday. Results Table Australia beat Hungary 13-11 (2-1, 5-3, 3-4, 1-3 1-0, 1-0 AET)OT

LONDON (Reuters) - The powerhouse U.S. women's basketball team fought off a strong challenge by rivals Australia to win their London Olympics semi-final 86-73 on Thursday, which put them in position to win a fifth consecutive gold medal. The victory also extended the U.S. team's Olympic winning streak to 40 games, a run …

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The powerhouse U.S. women'sbasketball team fought off a strong challenge by rivalsAustralia to win their London Olympics semi-final 86-73 onThursday, which put them in position to win a fifth consecutivegold medal. The victory also extended the U.S. team's Olympic winningstreak to 40 games, a run …

Team USA gained a trip to the Olympic semifinal round last night largely on the shoulders of five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, who hit six three-pointers en route to 20 points on the evening to pace the Americans to an overwhelming 119-86 victory over Australia at the “Marshmallow” – the London Games’ basketball faci …

A rescue air mission to evacuate a person with a medical emergency from Antarctica was due to land back in Christchurch, New Zealand, at 2 a.m. EDT today (Aug. 9), according to Reuters.

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Men's bmx quarter-finals results. Results Table Heat 1 1. Raymon van der Biezen (Netherlands) 3 points Q 2. Edzus Treimanis (Latvia) 12Q 3. Quentin Caleyron (France) 19Q 4. Khalen Young (Australia) 19Q 5. Morten Therkildsen (Denmark) 20 6. Emilio Andres Falla Buchely (Ecuador) 23 7. Kurt Pickard …

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Australia edged out two-time former champions Hungary to claim the Olympic Games four-man kayak gold medal on Thursday in their first ever team title in the sport.

DORNEY, England (Reuters) - The Australian men's kayak four, surf lifesavers before taking up the sport, ended Europe's stranglehold on Thursday when they grabbed gold at the Olympic canoe regatta to drive their faltering country up the medal table. The men's crew of Tate and David Smith, Murray Stewart and Jacob Clear …

DORNEY, England, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The Australian men'skayak four, surf lifesavers before taking up the sport, endedEurope's stranglehold on Thursday when they grabbed gold at theOlympic canoe regatta to drive their faltering country up themedal table. The men's crew of Tate and David Smith, Murray Stewart andJacob Clear …

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Men's taekwondo featherweight 58-68kgpreliminaries results. Results Table Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (Iran) beat David Boui (Central African Republic) 7-2 Rohullah Nikpah (Afghanistan) beat Michal Loniewski (Poland)12-5 Diogo Silva (Brazil) beat Dmitriy Kim (Uzbekistan) 3-2 GP Mohammad Abulibdeh …

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Women's taekwondo 57kg Preliminaryround results. Results Table:Hou Yuzhuo (China) beat Diana Lopez (U.S.) 1-0 SDP Suvi Mikkonen (Finland) beat Bineta Diedhiou (Senegal) 9-6 Marlene Harnois (France) beat Yeny Contreras Loyola (Chile)14-3 Hedaya Wahba (Egypt) beat Robin Cheong (New Zealand) 17-6 …

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Germany won the Olympic gold medal inthe women's canoe sprint K2 500m on Thursday. Germany finished with a time of 1:42.213 at Eton Dorney toclaim it's ninth gold medal of the games. Results Table1. Franziska Weber/Tina Dietze (Germany) 1 minute 42.213seconds 2. Katalin Kovacs/Natasa Janics (Hungary) …