Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska had a bizarre moment in her first round clash at the Australian Open when her racquet snapped mid-point.

A Swedish neo-Nazi has been jailed for the theft of the infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign from the Auschwitz Nazi death camp.

Roger Hall cruises the Baltic and relishes his time in fascinating ports of call without having to think about about much else.

A foreign rowing official who was caught by police driving over 80 km/h over the speed limit has had the charges dropped.

In a world of spirits that aim to be the biggest tasting and most highly flavoured, vodka has always been something of an enigma.

A brilliant day for the Kiwis at the RS:X World boardsailing championships in Denmark.

To anyone who pictures Warsaw as a cold, grey, conservative city, yesterday offered an antidote.

Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the country and forced Sunday's early election.

Protesters say President Lech Kaczynski and his wife should not be buried in Wawel Cathedral -normally reserved for poets and kings.

Russian authorities insist that pilot error was behind the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

Thousands of Poles lined the streets of Warsaw as the coffin of President Lech Kaczynski was taken to the presidential palace after his death alongside at least 95 others in a plane crash in Russia.

Poland is confronting the worst political disaster since WWII after its president, his wife and dozens of top officials were killed in a plane crash.

Acting Prime Minister Bill English has joined the list of international leaders offering condolences to Poland.

Some of NZ's first national standards-based student reports have been issued by a Hamilton school amid concerns from its principal.