AFP - Australian Cadel Evans was given cause for both optimism and alarm after the opening stage of the Tour de France which left some of his potential yellow jersey rivals in the race's driving seat.
Poland's first married couple start action group
Poland's first married gay couple have started a new UK political action group, specifically designed to help their peers back home. Andrew Gilliver news. PinkPaper.com 3 July 2009 Poland's first married gay couple have started a new UK political action
AFP - Britain's David Millar has a reputation for being laid-back, but the Garmin team rider is hoping his new, relaxed attitude on the bike transforms to big results on this year's Tour de France.
Chestnut chows down 68 hot dogs; sets record
Setting a world record, Joey Chestnut won Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday, solidifying himself to many as the greatest gustatory athlete of all time.
2 killed in fireworks truck blast in North Carolina
One person was killed and four others were critically injured Saturday when a truck carrying fireworks on North Carolina's Outer Banks exploded, officials said.
Emergency OAS meeting on Honduran coup
Thousands of protesters demanding the return to power of ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya pushed through riot police at Tegucigalpa's airport and surrounded the terminal Saturday, but there were no reports of violence.
Liberty's crown open for first time since 9/11
Monument in New York Harbor closed since 9/11 attacks Thirty people make climb to rreopend crown 'This is a celebration of America,' Interior secretary says NEW YORK (CNN) -- Thirty people joined National Park Service rangers Saturday in climbing to the
WITNESS: Battling to borrow money in sanctions-hit Sudan
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Reuters - Andrew Heavens is a reporter and photographer who has worked with Reuters since 2005, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and now Khartoum, Sudan. His African career followed 10 years of reporting for newspapers in Britain and the United States. In the following story, he recounts his experience of U.S. economic sanctions on the country whose president Omar Hassan al-Bashir is accused of masterminding human rights abuses in Darfur.
Returning Asians to fill talent gap, boost innovation
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Reuters - "Go East" is a message being heeded by many Asian professionals in the United States and Europe who see brighter job prospects in a region that is expected to outperform the rest of the world for economic growth.
In Moldova, Helping Women in Jeopardy
The answer is: Moldova. The question is: What is the most destitute country in Europe? And the category is: Needless Suffering. That?s how it might go if this were the game show Jeopardy. But life in a place like Moldova is far from a game. A former
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