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'September 11' group sends threats to embassies

A group calling itself “September 11” sent terror threats to the British High Commission and American and Australian embassies in New Zealand warning it had 55lbs of cyanide to use against US interests if Iraq was attacked, police said today.

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Alinghi Team beats Oracle BMW to win Louis Vuitton Cup

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Alinghi in a different class as they race to second win

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New hull has America’s Cup in a stir

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Italy runs out of puff as clouds gather

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Swiss yacht cruises to challenge final

Heavy winds hit America’s Cup

HEAVY winds and high seas have forced the postponement of racing in the America’s Cup challengers semi-finals, with Swiss syndicate Alinghi just one win away from reaching the final.

Sat, 14 Dec, 2002

Ship of fools

THE BOATS, if these computer-sculpted splinters can be called watercraft at all, are utterly charmless.

Wed, 11 Dec, 2002

Conner to race boat which sank during testing

DENNIS CONNER’S America’s Cup team said yesterday they would use a boat which sank to the ocean floor only four months ago for their sudden death challengers quarter-final against Britain’s GBR Challenge.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2002

Battle of the high rollers

THEY MAY have been jousting there for the last two months, jostling, sandbagging and sprinting to see whose latest boat has the edge, and whose despite the millions invested in research and development may yet be ‘off the pace’, but the real 2002/3 America’s Cup story starts to unfold in earnest next Tuesday.

Wed, 25 Sep, 2002

America’s Cup teams try to peek under rival skirts

IT used to be the sea breezes on distant tree boughs that gave the first clues of impending drama at the America’s Cup, but now the early excitement comes from the competitors’ efforts to peek under their rivals’ skirts.

Fri, 13 Sep, 2002