Top Stories: The news that Alinghi and the SNG's appeal has been unsuccessful will not come as much surprise to those who've followed recent events closely. During the last few weeks, even Alinghi appear... Yachting World Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:41:07 -0500Speedskater Claudia Pechstein's manager says that Switzerland's highest court has cleared her to compete at a World Cup event as she prepares her appeal against a blood doping ban. Manager Ralf Greng... The Miami Herald Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:29:33 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the defending America's Cup champion, Alinghi of Switzerland, to hold the world's most prestigious yachting race in the Unite... Reuters Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:02:25 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the defending America's Cup champion, Alinghi of Switzerland, to hold the world's most prestigious yachting race in the Unite... Reuters Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:02:00 -0500CAIRO (Kyodo) Comedian Kampei Hazama crossed the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul from the European side Monday, entering Asia about one year after departing Osaka last December on a jogging-and-sailing t... Japan Times Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:57:51 -0500T he Persian Gulf is out as the site of the America’s Cup, and the yachting showdown between Swiss and American crews in giant multihulls is headed to Valencia, Spain, in February. A New York a... Boston Herald Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:56:46 -0500In a not unexpected decision, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has declined to uphold the Appeal lodged by SNG in respect of the Venue and Rules issues. Accordingly the Match will ... Sailing News Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:46:22 -0500A body has been discovered next door to an Auckland police station.Detectives arriving for work at the Avondale station found the body in bushes in the grounds of Deaf New Zealand. Inspector Cornelius... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:25:22 -0500CHENNAI: McNally Bharat Enginering has bagged a project worth Rs. 330 crore from Steel Authority of India (SAIL). The project involves providing turnkey solutions for a new coal handling plant in coke... The Hindu Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:19:56 -0500Hanover Finance investors will take part in a crucial vote today, to determine whether they acquire shares of uncertain value in Allied Farmers, or face the prospect of receivership.Allied has offered... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:21:05 -0500The Department of Labour has issued a stern warning to business owners after the sentencing of those involved in the Icepak coolstore explosion at Tamahere near Hamilton.Hamilton senior station office... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:21:04 -0500A former Wellington principal now faces more than 40 charges of child abuse.Richard Joel was originally arrested in October and charged with 20 child abuse charges, but police laid a further 21 charge... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:21:04 -0500A stunning victory for Central Districts in the Plunket Shield match against Wellington at the Basin Reserve.Openers Peter Ingram and Jamie How have put the home side's bowlers to the sword, combining... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:21:02 -0500Otaki MP Nathan Guy says plans to upgrade State Highway 1 between Wellington Airport and Levin will have huge benefits for the whole Kapiti Coast, but the mayor of Kapiti disagrees.More than $2 billio... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:21:01 -0500Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 10 a.m. A New York appeals court has unanimously upheld a lower court's order that Persian Gulf port Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, cannot host the America's Cu... Sign on San Diego Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:57:06 -0500Send us an event report Helensburgh Sailing Club will once again be running our very successful Winter series early in 2010. There will be two races each day, run back to back, off the club with star... Yachts And Yachting Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:09:04 -0500Send us an event report Hyde Sails is continuing its international expansion with a new distributor in the Whitsundays, Australia. Following the establishment of its base in Brisbane, Hyde Sails... Yachts And Yachting Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:09:01 -0500Police are urging people receiving an email about supposed 'car-jackings' to delete it rather than forwarding it to friends and family as the email is an urban myth.It has been doing the rounds for so... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:43:56 -0500SYDNEY - New Zealand maxi Alfa Romeo has claimed an edge over Sydney to Hobart rival Wild Oats XI in the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour. A twisted spinnaker two-thirds of the way through ... New Zealand Herald Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:44:01 -0500Send us an event report Wireless marine electronics experts Tacktick are on the move to new offices on 18th December 2009. After more than 10 years in their present location Tacktick will be moving ... Yachts And Yachting Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:21:11 -0500Send us an event report Just forty miles separates top seven yachts after 4,500 miles of ocean racing With just over 200 nautical miles to go before the finish in Geraldton and only a few miles ... Yachts And Yachting Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:27:25 -0500MEMPHIS — Josh Pastner was compiling scouting reports on high school basketball players when he was 13, recruiting blue chippers for his father's Houston summer league team when he was 14 and co... Lexington Herald-Leader Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:17:27 -0500The 2nd edition of the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show (ADYS), the Middle East's only annual exhibition devoted to the superyacht and megayacht sectors, is to be staged at the spectacular Yas Marina, which was t... AME Info Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:23:56 -0500(RTTNews) - Coal India Ltd., or CIL, said it was exploring the possibility of developing coking coal mines jointly with Steel Authority of India Ltd., or SAIL, and Tata Steel to secure coking coal su... Quote.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:18:53 -0500ICAP Leopard, the 100ft super-maxi owned by Helical Bar PLC chief executive Mike Slade, is about to arrive in Australia to begin preparations for the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race. Having already taken lin... Yachting World Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:57:54 -0500The stock erased all its gains and slipped into the negative to settle at Rs 210, down 1.5%. The counter clocked volumes of 1.82 million shares as compared to the two-week daily average traded volumes... Business Standard Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:17:06 -0500A fire Monday morning at a Baltimore marina damaged two boats and caused a fuel spill in the Middle Branch, authorities said. The fire broke out on a boat at the marina in the 3100 block of Waterview ... Baltimore Sun Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:14:43 -0500Tenacity and patience are clearly characteristics on which Neville Crichton, owner and skipper of the 100 foot supermaxi Alfa Romeo , places great value Alfa Romeo shadowed Wild Oats XI for most of th... Sailing News Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:08:17 -0500Sail Melbourne Day 2. What a difference a day makes. After the strong breeze and heavy seas of day one, today was a completely different picture at Sail Melbourne with light winds and very little swel... Sailing News Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:42:20 -0500Send us an event report Race Week will add spice to Summer sailing and serve as Rolex US-IRC National Championship When it comes around again next summer, the seventh biennial New York Yacht Clu... Yachts And Yachting Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:22:57 -0500Send us an event report 100ft super-maxi preparing for the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart race ICAP Leopard, the 100ft super-maxi racing yacht owned by Helical Bar PLC chief executive Mike Slade, is... Yachts And Yachting Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:22:56 -0500The flying of the tino rangatiratanga flag on Waitangi Day is causing a flurry in the Labour Party.Leader Phil Goff says there are bigger issues to worry about while his colleague Shane Jones says the... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:35:01 -0500The superbug MRSA has been identified in Christchurch Hospital.The Canterbury District Health Board says MRSA has been positively identified in five patients in a surgical ward.Hospital interim genera... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:34:59 -0500A market research giant is cutting staff just two weeks out from Christmas.Colmar Brunton is closing its North Shore call centre in Auckland. About 50 staff are being made redundant.Unite Union nation... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:10:58 -0500The Otago Rugby Union has taken the unusual step of appointing an Australian coach to their Air New Zealand Cup team.Former Queensland Reds coach Phil Mooney has been signed on to oversee the team for... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:10:56 -0500The Ministry of Health has asked tobacco companies to stop providing incentives to retailers.It has sent the companies letters informing them that the Smoke-free Environments Act bans any gifts or cas... NZ City Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:10:55 -0500Ekaterina Ivanova has branded Ronnie Wood an “evil goblin”.The 20-year-old Russian waitress – whose turbulent relationship with the Rolling Stones rocker ended last week – has blasted the 62-y... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:42:38 -0500A section of the Auckland International Airport is being evacuated after an emergency alarm was triggered.An airport spokesman says it is unclear what has triggered the alarm and they have rolled out ... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:42:36 -0500Leona Lewis believes in aliens.The ‘Bleeding Love’ singer is concerned for the future of the planet and believes it will only be saved when occupied by other “life forms”.She told The Sun news... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:42:33 -0500Around-the-world Reference Tour of the SolOceans. Since her departure from the Bay of Concarneau on Saturday 12 December at 1.00pm (1200 UT), Liz Wardley (Skipper Sojasun) has quickly crossed the Bay ... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:35:39 -0500The NZ Team to contest the Don Brooke Memorial at the Barfoot and Thomson 50th 12ft Skiff Inter-Dominions has been named. A fleet of 16 boats contested the selection trials with some tight racing on t... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:35:38 -0500The 'Most Significant Involvement of a Female' trophy has not been awarded every year and is only awarded for exceptional people. Lisa Simonov take a bow! ... [... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:35:38 -0500Nicole Kidman took her husband Keith Urban and daughter Sunday Rose along with to set of her new movie ‘Nine’ so she wouldn’t have to be apart from her family. NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:15:14 -0500The Desert Road is having an early white Christmas, with snowfall overnight.However, it is just a light dusting and not enough to close the section of State Highway 1 through the central North Island. NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:15:11 -0500Chris Brown is furious major US stores are refusing to stock his latest album.The ‘I Can Transform Ya’ singer - who was convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in February, leaving her... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:15:09 -0500It could be a merry Christmas for retailers after all. Much to Paymark's surprise, spending for the start of December is up almost seven percent from the same time last year.According to the Eftpos co... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:15:08 -0500Scuttlebutt is published each weekday with the support of its sponsors, providing a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with a North American focus. Scutt... Scuttlebutt Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:29:25 -0500ICAP Leopard, the 100ft super-maxi racing yacht owned by Helical Bar PLC chief executive Mike Slade, is about to land in Australia. Whilst ICAP Leopard will be hoping for more moderate conditions than... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:44:53 -0500Clipper 09-10: Day 23 Cape Town to Geraldton, Western Australia. The first of the fleet is expected into Geraldton on Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning. ... [... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:44:53 -0500Whilst their competitors line up for the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour today, the Etihad Stadium Supermaxi crew have got their own action happening on both sides of the ditch to get their... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:44:52 -0500Extreme Sailing Series Asia. In Singapore fourteen young sailors got the ride of their life this morning as they stepped onboard two Extreme 40s with some of the world's best sailors at the Marina Res... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:44:52 -050018ft Skiffs Syd Barnett Jr. Memorial Trophy was sailed on Sunday 13th December 2009 on Sydney Harbour. Thurlow Fisher-City crewed by newly crowned NSW champions Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Trent Ba... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:44:52 -0500Prime Minister John Key will officially open a memorial to Sir Peter Blake in Auckland this afternoon.The exhibition, entitled Blue Water Black Magic - A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake, opens at the Marit... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:24:55 -0500Johnny Depp can’t understand why he wins awards.The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor – who was recognised with a career achievement award at the Bahamas International Film Festival last night ... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:24:54 -0500An Auckland man has been jailed for at least 17 years for murder of his 11-week-old daughter.Azees Mahomed was also sentenced on two counts of causing baby Tahani grievous bodily harm and failing to p... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:24:53 -0500Jude Law and Sienna Miller are moving in together.The pair – who have rekindled their romance after splitting up in 2006 when the actor had an affair with his children’s nanny – are so “in lov... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:24:52 -0500The long-awaited decision on Wellington's Transmission Gully has been announced and the alternative route north of Wellington will be built.The NZ Transport Agency Board has opted for developing the W... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:24:50 -0500Sir Elton John is recording a dance album.The music legend has reportedly sparked a bidding war between record companies who are desperate to release his new music – which he has worked on with Aust... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:24:49 -0500Rolex Sydney Hobart Showdown - With at least six 100 foot Super Maxi's competing for Line Honours, the 2010 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race is likely to become one of the most historic ever. However the real... Sailing News Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:52:33 -0500Hugh Grant has confessed he was drunk when he bought a painting of Elizabeth Taylor by Andy Warhol for £2 million in 2001 which he eventually sold for £13 million. NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:15 -0500Two people are missing and two are dead after Cyclone Mick ripped through the Fiji islands overnight.The category two cyclone is moving away from the area after pounding it with winds reaching up to 1... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:14 -0500North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams insists he never sent a text to the Prime Minister at 3.30am over the past four months and has produced the records to prove it.Mr Williams has been accused of sendin... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:10 -0500Keira Knightley has posed nude for a portrait.The ‘Atonement’ star has reportedly been visiting London’s Halcyon Gallery to be painted naked by artist Mitch Griffiths for a new exhibition.A sour... NZ City Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:09 -0500 | 
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