Young sailor Dekker’s dreams dashed
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Just four months ago Laura Dekker was a carefree 13-year-old with an extraordinary dream — to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. On Tuesday, police hauled her home — clutching a suitcase and guitar — from a mystery trip to the Caribbean, and child care workers sought to remove her from her father’s custody.
Continental opens service linking Honolulu & Fiji
NZ church’s Joseph and Mary billboard stirs debate
Russia hails Nauru recognizing Abkhazia, S.Ossetia
3 dead after tropical cyclone hits Fiji
SUVA, Fiji — Thousands of Fiji villagers fled to shelters as a tropical cyclone battered the South Pacific nation, causing flooding, damaging homes and power lines, and killing three people, officials said Tuesday.
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Australian regulators OK Delta, Virgin Blue plan
Japan to give US base relocation plan next week
Report: Indonesian colonel says reporters killed
Sinopec, Exxon sign deal for Papua New Guinea gas
NZ man caught by river rescue dilemma
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — As his wife floundered screaming for help in murky river water, a frantic New Zealand man was forced to abandon a bid to rescue his teenage son to save his partner from drowning, he said Monday.
Police: Woods, wife unavailable for interview
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Police: 911 tapes of Woods’ crash expected Sunday
Police: 911 tapes of Woods’ crash to be out Sunday
Police to talk to Woods about early morning crash
Police to talk to Woods about accident
There are plenty of vivid details from the car crash that sent Tiger Woods to the hospital:
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New Zealanders mark 30-year-old air tragedy
Police chief: Woods’ wife helped after accident
Freed foreign journalists in Kenyan hospital
Freed foreign journalists arrive in Kenya
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two foreign journalists freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia arrived in neighboring Kenya Thursday.
Freed foreign journalists leave Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two foreign journalists freed after more than a year in captivity flew to neighboring Kenya, Somalia’s national security minister said Thursday.
Woman gets frostbite, leaves Antarctic ski odyssey
Woman duped out of $50K in Internet love scam
6.8-magnitude quake rattles Tonga
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga, sending panicked residents into the streets at night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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