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SHANGHAI – China claimed its third gold medal and fourth overall in diving at the world championships, with Li Shixin winning the men’s 1-meter competition. Li’s teammate, He Min, claimed the silver medal on Monday, giving the host country four medals in three diving events so far. Pavlo Rozenberg of Germany took the bronze. Li [...]

TOMOHON, Indonesia –  A volatile volcano in central Indonesia has erupted again, spewing ash almost 2,000 feet (600 meters) into the air. Monitoring official Farid Ruskanda says Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island erupted twice within a half-hour Monday afternoon. Mount Lokon has been dormant for years but rumbled back to life late last week. On [...]

TOKYO –  Japan took a welcome break from months of tragedy on Monday, basking in its unlikely victory at the Women’s World Cup. Joyous fans decked out in the national team’s dark blue uniforms hugged and sang in Tokyo as they watched their team lift the winner’s trophy on live broadcasts from Germany. It was [...]

BATH, New York – A tour bus traveling from Washington, D.C., to Niagara Falls crashed in a wooded median in western New York on Sunday afternoon, killing two people and injuring 35, state police said. The crash happened on Interstate 390 at 4:15 p.m., and a preliminary report indicates that a tire blowout might have [...]

BRISBANE, Australia –  A 21-year-old rugby player has died two days after he was injured in a tackle during a Brisbane club match. The family of Halley Appleby made the decision Monday to turn off the life support system which was allowing the University of Queensland player to breath. The cause of Appleby’s death has [...]

SYDNEY  -  A civil court judge has ordered swimmer Nick D’Arcy to pay at least 180,000 Australian dollars ($190,000) in damages to former Commonwealth Games champion Simon Cowley, who was injured in a bar room fight in 2008. D’Arcy was convicted in a criminal court in 2009 of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm to Cowley, [...]

CAIRO – Egypt’s prime minister named 12 new Cabinet members Sunday in a reshuffle under pressure from protesters demanding a purge of remnants of the former regime, state television reported. A lawyer for Hosni Mubarak, meanwhile, said the ousted president had suffered a stroke and was in a coma,a claim that was quickly denied by [...]

SYDNEY –  Australia rugby coach Robbie Deans says he is not surprised by the storm of criticism leveled at his team after its 32-23 loss to Samoa on Sunday, saying his players share the fans’ disappointment. The Wallabies have been accused of arrogance and complacency in naming a weakened team for the first test of [...]

SYDNEY – Australia rugby coach Robbie Deans says he is not surprised by the storm of criticism leveled at his team after its 32-23 loss to Samoa on Sunday, saying his players share the fans’ disappointment. The Wallabies have been accused of arrogance and complacency in naming a weakened team for the first test of [...]

JOHANNESBURG – Millions of children around the country are singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to former South African President Nelson Mandela, to celebrate his 93rd birthday. More than 12 million school pupils sang a special version of the song, written for the anti-apartheid leader, before lessons began Monday. Mandela Day, inaugurated in 2009 and falling on the [...]