Sorry, mate! Top seeds end Australian hopes
MELBOURNE, Australia - Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur faced the best in the business and could be excused for wishing they had skipped work when a half million other Aussies took a day off.
Nations:Australia Belarus Poland Russia People:Venus Williams Novak Djokovic Svetlana Kuznetsova Nikolay Davydenko Mikhail Youzhny Dinara Safina Activities:2010 Australian Open
2010-01-25
Russian gas cutoff energizes nuclear comeback
Milan, Italy - Europe's natural gas crisis is causing a nuclear fallout of sorts.
Nations:Italy Russia Ukraine Germany U.K. Algeria People:Angela Merkel Activities:2008 Russia Gas Dispute 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-01-16
U.S., China kick off global round of rate cuts
NEW YORK - The United States and China kicked off what is likely to be a global round of interest rate cuts, part of a barrage of measures deployed around the world to fight a deep economic slowdown.
Nations:China South Korea U.S. Belarus Ukraine Pakistan People:Barack Obama John McCain Activities:Global Financial Crisis
2008-10-29
Russia's gains in Georgia may leave it more isolated
Paris - Russia thirsts to once again be a great power - a lesson the West is learning in Georgia. On Monday, Russia's parliament voted unanimously to recognize the independence of Georgian rebel regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia - the flashpoints of recent fighting. Also, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired a warning shot about another frozen ethnic conflict in Moldova.
Nations:France Russia Afghanistan Estonia Belarus Ukraine People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Vladimir Putin Activities:2008 Georgia War Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-08-26
11 charged in connection with credit card fraud
BOSTON - Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, have been charged in connection with the hacking of nine major retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Nations:Ukraine U.S. Estonia Belarus Latvia Turkey Source:(AP)
2008-08-05
US drops China from list of top human rights abusers
The United States dropped China from its list of the world's worst human rights violators, but added Syria, Uzbekistan and Sudan to its top 10 offenders in an annual report released Tuesday.
Nations:Uzbekistan China Mauritania Belarus Kyrgyzstan Nigeria People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:Darfur Genocide Crisis China-U.S.
2008-03-11
Djokovic beats Tsonga for Aussie title
Novak Djokovic started making peace with the crowd as soon as he lifted the trophy. After beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) Sunday night to win the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title, Djokovic knew a little public relations was in order.
Nations:Australia Belarus Ukraine People:Novak Djokovic Shahar Peer Arnaud Clement Marat Safin Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Jankovic Activities:2008 Australian Open
2008-01-27
Bush discusses civilian deaths in Iraq
President Bush pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday to move on stalled measures deemed critical to political reconciliation, while al-Maliki made clear his unhappiness about the killing of Iraqi civilians by private U.S. security contractors.
Nations:Myanmar Iraq North Korea Belarus Lebanon Zimbabwe People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Condoleezza Rice Activities:2007 Blackwater Scandal
2007-09-25
Federer advances to match-up with Roddick
Top seed Roger Federer withstood a few anxious moments before defeating Spain's Feliciano Lopez in four sets to book a quarter-final berth against old foe Andy Roddick at the U.S. Open on Monday.
Nations:Belarus Germany South Korea Spain People:Shahar Peer Tommy Haas Svetlana Kuznetsova Nikolay Davydenko James Blake Tomas Berdych Activities:2007 U.S. Tennis Open
2007-09-04
Gay sizzles, Kluft sparkles on golden night
Tyson Gay sizzled and Swedish superwoman Carolina Kluft sparkled on Sunday night, both scattering sporting gold on the athletics world championships.
Nations:Belarus Ukraine Spain People:Asafa Powell Activities:2007 World Athletics Championships
2007-08-27
Russia, China and allies play war game
BEIJING — Russia , China and four former Soviet Central Asian republics have sent some 6,500 troops to participate in a multinational war game, in which they've deployed paratroops, 80 aircraft and hundreds of armored combat vehicles to suppress an Islamic uprising, similar to one that occurred in Uzbekistan in 2005.
Nations:Uzbekistan China Pakistan Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:2007 SCO Drills
2007-08-11
Putin comments escalate U.S.-Russia missile shield row
President Vladimir Putin froze Moscow's commitments under a European arms control pact on Thursday, escalating a row between the United States and Russia over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in eastern Europe.
Nations:Russia North Korea Kazakhstan Belarus Moldova Ukraine People:Condoleezza Rice Vladimir Putin Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Russia Putin Admin.
2007-04-26
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