Woman Sets Out to Row Across Pacific
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A 26-year-old French woman set out in a row boat Wednesday on a 4,900-mile solo voyage to Polynesia, hoping to trace Thor Heyerdahl's epic Pacific crossing six decades ago aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki.
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A British explorer has left London for Toronto ahead of her bid to become the first woman to trek solo to the North Pole.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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Sydney, Australia - Possible strong winds and heavy seas could play a role in the 60th Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organisers said on Saturday, on the eve of the start of the annual blue-water classic that runs to the island state of Tasmania.
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INDIAN WELLS, California  - Former champion Martina Hingis cruised but top seed Maria Sharapova had to work a little harder to secure opening victories in the women's event at the Pacific Life Open on Friday.
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Maria Sharapova, ranked No. 2 on the WTA Tour, will return to Japan next month to play in the Pan Pacific Open.
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Ellen MacArthur remains on record pace as she passes the halfway mark of her round-the-world attempt.
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FALMOUTH, England  - Britain's Ellen MacArthur  became the fastest person to sail solo round the world Monday,  completing her gruelling journey in just over 71 days and 14  hours and smashing the record set last year.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A US Navy aircraft carrier battle group is heading from Hong Kong to the shores of Sumatra. The first of many Air Force C-130 cargo planes has landed in Indonesia with a load of blankets, plastic sheeting, and medicines.
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British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur set sail in an attempt to set a new solo round-the-world record.
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Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur left Cornwall on Saturday afternoon to begin her bid for a new world record.
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By Anita Clark, The Wisconsin State Journal  Mar. 10--Three computer whizzes from UW-Madison are headed to Tokyo this weekend to pit their brains -- and endurance -- against competitors from around the world.
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Tidal waves like those that wreaked havoc across Asia can travel at hundreds of kilometres (miles) per hour and even gain strength as they cross the ocean -- often causing disastrous results far from their origin.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - A 36-year-old businesswoman was believed to be the first woman to walk around Australia on Friday after striding into her hometown of Melbourne to complete her 16,700-kilometre trek in 365 days.
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FALMOUTH, England  - Ringed by a flotilla of fans,  Britain's Ellen MacArthur sailed home to a rapturous welcome  Tuesday after breaking the record for sailing solo round the  world.
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Environmental group Greenpeace's  anti-whaling ship Esperanza sailed into Sydney Harbour on  Friday to re-supply after protesting against Japanese whalers  in the Antarctic and heads on from there to Japan to pursue its  protest.
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Environmental group Greenpeace's anti-whaling ship Esperanza sailed into Sydney Harbour on Friday to re-supply after protesting against Japanese whalers in the Antarctic and heads on from there to Japan to pursue its protest.