Love is in the air from Bondi to Mount Fuji
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Australians seeking love on Valentine's Day speed-dated in deckchairs on Bondi Beach, while Japanese trekked through snow in search of romance and Filipinos sang syrupy ballards.
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SPEEDY Sete Gibernau might be on pole for today&#39;s Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island but the fans have turned out for Italian hotshot Valentino Rossi.
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Japanese sociologists and psychiatrists have come up with the best pick-up line in the world. The line &quot;Rainen no kono hi mo issho ni waratteiy-oh&quot; means &quot;This time next year, let&#39;s be laughing together&quot;.
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Japan&#39;s imperial family finally had good news yesterday when it announced that the emperor&#39;s only daughter is to marry. The news was greeted with joy in Japan, where many had worried
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When the trade winds blow, as they often do in the hills and valleys on the northwest coast of Maui, any semblance of commotion is hard to distinguish, and noise is easily muffled. It is a combination that provides a tranquility easily embraced. There are, however, exceptions. Like the resounding statements that were delivered Thursday and yesterday ...
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People held candles and white roses on the tsunami-hit island of Phuket, tearfully embracing as they grieved, in a poignant symbol of the mood which darkened New Year celebrations across the globe.
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To gaze across Hong Kong&#39;s harbor at the city&#39;s glittering skyscrapers and soaring peaks is to take in one of the world&#39;s most spectacular urban vistas.
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Princess Nori and her fiance, Yoshiki Kuroda, looked at each other at the press conference, as if to let their exchange of smiles tell how they felt about each other.
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Choosy Antarctic female fur seals go to great lengths to find the right mate.
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To gaze across Hong Kong's harbor at the city's glittering skyscrapers and soaring peaks is to take in one of the world's most spectacular urban vistas.
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She married in Arizona on a Saturday. On Sunday, her groom took a plane to New York and his new job. On Monday, she set off in the U-Haul truck for the 2,000-mile drive to meet him.
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Peter Lonard recounted a story two days before the Australian Open started last week about how he&#39;d had a seminal golfing moment on Sydney&#39;s The Australian Golf Course, his favourite course.
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This picture was taken on the same day that they got engaged.
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ÂIÂm on cloud nine...even higher, actually,Â Preity Zinta sounds like sheÂs on top of the world. SheÂs currently in  Thailand shooting a shampoo ad.
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"The Complete Stories" (Pantheon Books, 528 pages, $27.50), by David Malouf: Australia is often a backpacker's destination of choice when otherwise lost. Its Ayers Rock and glittering Sydney are so far away and seasonally upside down that it must be the place to find a sense of purpose in the unsure time between adolescence and age.
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THE resilience of this Australian team is remarkable. To a man, there is a steeliness of resolve and a pride that overwhelms, even intimidates, an opponent.
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By The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb.