Jiangxi Copper rose 1.7% in Hong Kong and 1.9% in Shanghai, while in Sydney, Fortescue Metals Group and BHP Billiton advanced 3.8% and 0.7%, respectively.
Oil Search declined 2.2% in Sydney, while Woodside Petroleum sank 5.8% after delivering disappointing production guidance for fiscal 2012.
The 31-year-olds, ranked 35 and 37 respectively, have both won tournaments this year -- the Finn winning the Apia International in Sydney in January while Melzer took the Memphis title the following month.
Both players are in form with wild card entrant Henin reaching the final at Brisbane a fortnight ago in her first tournament back, while Dementieva won the Sydney International last week after beating world number one Serena Williams in the final.
James Rawson, Neil Robinson and Stefan Trofan, who won silver in the class three in Sydney, lost 3-0 to Germany, while Arnie Chan and Scott Robertson, in the class 5, were beaten 3-0 by Korea.
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She partnered Li Ju to victory in Sydney four years ago, while Zhang, 22, the world singles number one, was making her Olympic debut.
Perkins, where a team of amateur sailors applied some key lessons in teamwork while surviving and winning a recent treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race.
Japan's Nikkei ended February with an 11% gain, while benchmarks in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul and Sydney finished the month higher by 6.3%, 5.9%, 3.8% and 0.8%, respectively.
She defeated Indonesia's Raema Lisa Rumbewas, who was second in the 48kg class at the 2000 Sydney Games, while Mabel Mosquera of Colombia took bronze.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a German woman died while walking in 40-degree temperatures in Cape Otway, Victoria.
While shadow foreign-affairs spokesman, he popped up at art gallery openings in Sydney, bookshop debates and almost any venue guaranteed to draw a crowd.
While pulling weeds in his son's garden at Palm Beach, north of Sydney, he fell backwards over a cliff, landed on rocks and cut his head.
The 37-year-old marathon world record holder was due to run in 2000 but tore his Achilles tendon while winning 10, 000m gold at the Sydney Olympics.
While many holiday revellers spend Christmas tucking in to a bird with all the trimmings, Sydney locals eat from a cold menu of seafood and prawns before heading to the beach on Christmas Day.
Wozniacki will now head to Sydney to get in some match practice ahead of the Australian Open, while Russian-born Pervak goes into the second round at Brisbane for the first time in four attempts.
Flags in her trademark salmon and black colors fluttered over Sydney's iconic harbor, while the capacity crowd ensured Randwick Racecourse was filled the rafters.
Kinkade's career started while she was still in university, working for free on weekends at the major commercial networks and local newspapers in Sydney.
For sure, the boundaries are being blurred, as both codes seek to encroach on each other's territory. (Last year, for instance, the Sydney Swans won last year's AFL grand final, while the Melbourne Storm took the honours in rugby league, which would have been unthinkable twenty years ago).
Those who aren't lucky enough to be in South Africa will head to bars or pubs to watch the games while others will go to stadiums or watch on giant screens in public places like Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro or Sydney's Darling Harbour.
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