Bono's one-time Sydney holiday home sells for record $55.4 million May 2nd, 2013 - 08:00h (CET +01.00) SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Sydney harborfront mansion has been sold for a record-setting A$54 million ($55.4 million) to a Chinese-born businessman, reinforcing the city's growing status as a hot property destination, newspapers said on Thursday. On t... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bono's, onetime, sydney, holiday, home, sells, record, $554, million, Top Keywords

Apple rolls out iPad mini in Sydney to shorter lines Nov 2nd, 2012 - 02:00h (CET +01.00) SYDNEY (Reuters) - Apple fans lined up in Sydney, Australia, to get their hands on the iPad mini on Friday, but the device, priced above rival gadgets from Google and Amazon.com, attracted smaller crowds than at the company's previous global rol... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apple, rolls, ipad, mini, sydney, shorter, lines, $554, million, Top Keywords

Sydney FC in Italy in bid to sign Del Piero Sep 3rd, 2012 - 20:50h (CET +01.00) Representatives from Australian club Sydney FC have arrived in Italy in a bid to sign former Italy and Juventus great Alessandro Del Piero. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sydney, italy, sign, piero, sydney, shorter, lines, $554, million, Top Keywords

Aussie media admit London on par with Sydney Aug 13th, 2012 - 05:00h (CET +01.00) Australian media lavishly praised the London Olympics Monday, saying it came close to Sydney, as sports chiefs Down Under began dissecting what went wrong after the country's below-par medal haul. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : aussie, media, admit, london, sydney, shorter, lines, $554, million, Top Keywords

Australian Adams wins Sydney's City2Surf Aug 12th, 2012 - 04:40h (CET +01.00) Australian Liam Adams won Sydney's biggest road running race for the second consecutive year on Sunday despite blustery conditions, finishing the 14-kilometre (8.7 mile) City2Surf in just over 41 minutes. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : australian, adams, wins, sydney's, city2surf, shorter, lines, $554, million, Top Keywords

Beauty agenda: Lakmé Fashion Week, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Sydney Jul 28th, 2012 - 03:20h (CET +01.00) Fashion weeks in destinations ranging from Mumbai to Sydney makes August an exciting month for beauty junkies, with special guests at Lakmé Fashion Week including beauty expert Kapil Bhalla -- who has worked with top celebrities such as Shilpa Shett... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : beauty, agenda, lakmé, fashion, week, mercedesbenz, festival, sydney, million, Top Keywords

Sydney navy base opened to cruise ships Jul 15th, 2012 - 07:40h (CET +01.00) A strategic Sydney naval base is to be used to dock large cruise liners, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday, just months after the government advised against it on security grounds. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sydney, navy, base, opened, cruise, ships, festival, sydney, million, Top Keywords

Industrial music scares off pesky Sydney bats Jun 12th, 2012 - 06:30h (CET +01.00) A huge colony of fruit bats that live in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens are such a pest that desperate officials have taken to blaring industrial noise and banging sounds to scare them off. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : industrial, music, scares, pesky, sydney, bats, festival, sydney, million, Top Keywords

Sydney's 'Angel of The Gap' dies May 14th, 2012 - 22:30h (CET +01.00) An Australian man known as the "Angel of The Gap" for his efforts to save scores of would-be suicides from throwing themselves from one of Sydney's most scenic look-outs has died aged 86. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sydney's, 'angel, gap', dies, sydney, bats, festival, sydney, million, Top Keywords

Man stabbed at Sydney airport May 1st, 2012 - 04:10h (CET +01.00) Australian police were on Tuesday hunting a man who stabbed a chauffeur in front of shocked passengers at Sydney airport in a carjacking gone wrong. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stabbed, sydney, airport, dies, sydney, bats, festival, sydney, million, Top Keywords