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Samantha Stosur is looking towards one more great challenge — her win over Justine Henin has put her into the final eight, in the French Open tennis, for the second year in a row – going on to a quarter-final this time against the top-seeded Serena Williams (USA) (2.6.10). … Read More »
Australia has pulled out an Asia card to boost its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup, deposited on Friday (14.5.10) along with those of eight competitors. … Read More »
COMMENTARY: Battle lines are being drawn in France over the proposal of President Nicolas Sarkozy to ban the wearing of the full face veil, the burqa or niqab, anywhere in public.
The same debate is going on in Belgium – a distraction from a fresh political crisis there. … Read More »
One of the hardest battles of the First World War, at Fromelles in Northern France, will be much in the mind of crowds commemorating Anzac Day, this Sunday.
Reburials have been taking place since January this year, at the new war cemetery near the town, to honour 203 Australians whose remains were discovered in 2008; and a new coin from the Royal Australian Mint has been issued in remembrance. … Read More »
Savage storms pounding the French and Spanish Atlantic coasts (28.2.10) have brought rough weather also to Belgium and the Netherlands, penetrating into Germany.
A national catastrophe has been declared in France, where the Winter gales have caused 45 deaths, with at least another five reported elsewhere.
Pictures midlandsweather.org, BBC
More than eighteen people have died with several others severely injured, in Monday’s (15.2.10) peak hour train crash at Brussels. … Read More »
Australian professional rider and Tour de France hope Robbie McEwen is expected to miss that major cycling event this July after a bad fall (27.5.09), during a road race in Belgium. … Read More »