Tag: World
Over 70 migrants feared killed on crossing to Europe
13 hours, 41 minutes ago
More than 70 people were feared to have died in the sea south of Malta in one of the worst disasters involving clandestine migrants in the Mediterranean…
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35 African migrants die on boat crossing to Spain
1 day, 14 hours ago
Up to 35 African migrants are believed to have died after spending three days at sea while attempting to reach Spain, Red Cross officials said today…
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Armed gang rob financiers on yacht
2 days, 13 hours ago
A daring heist saw an armed gang target a luxury yacht off a Mediterranean island with German financiers on board robbed of a large cash sum, officials said today…
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Australia's secret weather weapon helps win gold medals
3 days, 18 hours ago
BORIS has never been to an Olympics before. Never hoisted a sail, never even set foot aboard a boat. Until now, in fact, Boris has been kept well and truly under cover…
International Sailing Summit for Paris
4 days, 12 hours ago
The leaders from the sailing industry are once again convening to network and share ideas for promoting participation in sailing…
Nearly 350 rescued near Italian island
5 days, 13 hours ago
The Italian coastguard have rescued nearly 350 boat people near the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, a spokesman says…
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Ashby rides on a wave of success
6 days, 14 hours ago
Given the present state of Lake Eppalock, it is hard to imagine how Bendigo has produced an Olympic silver medallist in sailing…
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Land yacht set to blow record away
1 week ago
Richard Jenkins hopes the perfect gust will blow his high-tech buggy to 120mph and into the record books. If he succeeds, it will mark the end of a decade-long quest for the wind-powered landspeed record…
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Jury rejects protest over Danish 49er sailing gold
1 week, 1 day ago
A sailing jury has rejected a new Spanish-Italian protest against the 49er class gold medal given to Denmark, saying its decision on earlier protests was correct…
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Search for WWII ship Centaur being considered
1 week, 2 days ago
A search for the sunken World War II hospital ship Centaur has moved a step closer with state and federal governments showing interest in seeing the mystery solved…
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