Filipino held by Aussie police in tea mix-up cleared
A Filipino tourist was cleared of wrongdoing Thursday after spending five days in custody after Australian officials mistook packets of tea for amphetamines.
Seventh-seeded Li bundled out of 2nd round at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS – Australian Open semi-finalist Li Na of China was bundled out of the second round of the Indian Wells hardcourt tennis tournament on Friday by British qualifier Elena Baltacha.
US city schools locked down after Australia online threat
CHICAGO – A vague threat apparently posted by an Australian on two social networking sites led to the lockdown on Wednesday of all schools in the busy Midwestern US city of Minneapolis, officials said.
Aquino sees appointment of ‘loyal’ chief justice
Liberal Party presidential candidate Sen. Benigno “Noynoy’’ Aquino III said Tuesday that President Macapagal Arroyo’s appointment of her most loyal military officer as head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines could be a precursor to her appointment of an avidly loyal magistrate as the next chief justice.
Nadal says he’s fit and raring to go for Indian Wells
MADRID—Former world number one Rafael Nadal, who retired injured during his Australian Open quarter-final in January, says he is fit for the Indian Wells tournament which gets underway in California on Wednesday.