Crowd trouble mars Melbourne Park fiesta
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Crowd trouble and police ejections cast a shadow across Melbourne Park on Tuesday, diverting attention from world-class sport at the Australian Open.
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This city's Carnival season got off to a rough start when thunderstorms and chilly temperatures canceled or postponed most of Friday's parades.
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A greyish landmark turns into a colorful mess with the addition of a half-million plastic balls.
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MELBOURNE cricket fans were given a late Christmas present yesterday with a perfect start to the MCG Test. A Boxing Day crowd of 61,557 enjoyed ideal conditions, which included a smooth playing surface on the newly laid turf.
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MARK COLVIN: Melbourne - Australia&#39;s home of Rugby Union. Doesn&#39;t sound quite right, does it? And indeed this afternoon the Australian Rugby Union decided that the AFL-mad Victorian capital was not ready to
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There was a fierce and fascinating contest played out here yesterday but only between two rival sets of Australia supporters, the internet-roused travelling fans from the Fanatics and Waving the Flag collectives, to see who could deafen the greater number
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There were several reasons for the sellout crowd (67,584) at the Brazil-Mexico game at Gillette Stadium last Wednesday and for the traffic problems that caused many fans to arrive late or miss the match entirely.
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Australasia News, BRISBANE, Australia : Nine people have been arrested over a riot in an Aboriginal community in northern Australia triggered by anger at the death of a local man in police custody, but a top official has warned that violence could flare
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The performance of two fire eaters got a little too hot for Johnson City police, who cited them as a safety hazard at the annual Blue Plum Festival.
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Tens of thousands flocked to a religious rally in the Philippine capital's main park on Sunday in a show of defiance against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her supporters in the lower house of Congress.
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With a large turnout on Monday's finale, more than a million revellers will have attended west London's Notting Hill Carnival, a three-day celebration of Caribbean culture and music, police say.
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A man was killed and two people were seriously injured in a shooting in the centre of Australia&#39;s second biggest city Melbourne Monday, police said.
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Plans for this celebration began when the St. Louis Cardinals began distancing themselves from the rest of baseball at midseason, but the party couldn&#39;t begin until
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There could be some discord during the Tournament of Roses Parade as demonstrators promise to raise issues during the holiday spectacle that has been going on for more than a century.
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A million revelers in Australia staked out prime spots along Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge foreshore Monday, ushering in 2008 with a massive fireworks display
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The celebration can&#39;t last long in the nation&#39;s capital. The real work is just beginning now that the Montreal Expos are on the way: The city government must race against time to approve funding for a new stadium.
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Hundreds of thousands of revelers took to the streets Monday for the climax of the Notting Hill Carnival, a loud, proud and raucous celebration of Caribbean cultures.