Europe and Asia sweep medals as U.S. falters (Reuters)

Europe and Asia sweep medals as U.S. falters (Reuters)

Europe and Asia sweep medals as U.S. falters (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:05 PM PST

Reuters - Lindsey Vonn and Shani Davis, two of the performers who helped rescue the Vancouver Olympics from a slew of bad publicity, were relegated to bit-part roles on a day of upsets and drama at the Winter Games on Saturday.


New blood test will show women's egg levels: report (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:06 PM PST

File photo of pregnant women looking at works of art at the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. Women will soon be able to tell how many eggs they have in their ovaries in a simple hormone test that Australian researchers said Sunday could revolutionise family planning and fertility treatment.(AFP/File/Kirill Kudryavtsev)AFP - Women will soon be able to tell how many eggs they have in their ovaries in a simple hormone test that Australian researchers said Sunday could revolutionise family planning and fertility treatment.

Partying Vancouver really in the Games groove (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:51 PM PST

Reuters - For a city widely described as ambivalent before the Winter Games started, Vancouver was doing a pretty good imitation of a city which had fallen completely and utterly in love with the Olympics in the first week and planned to celebrate the fact in style.


Ohno Wins Bronze, Sets American Record

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:36 PM PST

Apolo Anton Ohno finished third in the 1,000 meter short track event and became the most decorated American Winter Olympian ever.


Dutch Skater Upsets Shani Davis

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:21 PM PST

Dutch speedskater Mark Tuitert won the gold medal in the men's 1,500 meter, upsetting American skater Shani Davis, the world-record holder in the event.


Luge-Track Probe Reaches Impasse

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:33 PM PST

Vancouver's Olympic organizing committee and the International Luge Federation appear to have reached a stalemate in determining where the responsibility lies for the construction of the track where a Georgian athlete died.


Saturday Snapshots From the Olympics

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:46 PM PST

The U.S. men's curling team defeated Sweden, Norway and Switzerland's hockey teams face off, and Georgia mourned the death of 21-year-old luger Nodar Kumaritashvil, who died during training runs.


Partying Vancouver really in the Games groove

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:48 PM PST

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - For a city widely described as ambivalent before the Winter Games started, Vancouver was doing a pretty good imitation of a city which had fallen completely and utterly in love with the Olympics in the first week and planned to celebrate the fact in style.

Karzai demands 'no civilian deaths'

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:12 PM PST

Afghan leader's plea comes as joint Afghan-foreign coalition battles Taliban in Marjah.


INTERVIEW - Censorship at heart of Tibet/China issue - Dalai Lama

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:52 PM PST

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, said the United States and other countries could help his campaign for a free Tibet by promoting an open society in China.


Checkpoint misery epitomizes a Mideast divide (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

In this photo taken Dec. 15, 2009 at Israel's Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank, Palestinians move through cage-like passages and turnstiles to reach jobs, family, doctors or schools. Palestinians call it a daily humiliation. Israel says the stringent security procedures are needed to filter out violent militants. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - The journey to Jerusalem, for tens of thousands of Palestinians, begins in a dank, trash-strewn hangar.

DR Congo orchestra brings Mozart to heart of Africa (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:09 PM PST

Musicians of the Congolese Symphony Orchestra perform Handel's Messiah in Kinshasa. In Kinshasa, the cradle of the Congolese rumba, two hundred members of a church congregation have established an orchestra playing Handel, Mozart and Beethoven.(AFP/Junior D. Kannah)AFP - In Kinshasa, home of the swaying Congolese rumba, 200 people at a local church have succeeded in creating a concert hall orchestra to bring Handel, Beethoven and Mozart to the heart of Africa.

Thaksin ruling could further enflame Thai unrest (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:02 PM PST

Supporters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather for a protest rally Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Supporters of Thaksin demonstrated in the capital's business district, one week ahead of a potentially explosive court decision on whether the government will confiscate the vast assets of the one-time prime minister. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - A court ruling on whether Thailand's deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra should lose his fortune for alleged corruption could become the latest flash point in four years of sometimes-violent political unrest that has exposed deep divisions in Thai society.

INTERVIEW - Censorship at heart of Tibet/China issue - Dalai Lama

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:19 PM PST

By Lisa Baertlein


Ohno Wins Bronze, Sets American Record

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:36 PM PST

Apolo Anton Ohno finished third in the 1,000 meter short track event and became the most decorated American Winter Olympian ever.


INTERVIEW - Censorship at heart of Tibet/China issue - Dalai Lama

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:49 PM PST

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, said the United States and other countries could help his campaign for a free Tibet by promoting an open society in China.


China school denies link to Google attack - Xinhua

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:49 PM PST

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A prestigious Chinese university and a lesser-known vocational school have denied a report they were the source of recent cyber attacks on Internet giant Google and other U.S. corporations, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.


Philippine troops kill 6 al-Qaida-linked militants (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:43 PM PST

AP - Philippine marines killed six al-Qaida-linked militants early Sunday in an assault on a rebel encampment on a southern island and were investigating whether one of the dead was a top insurgent leader, a senior military commander said.


Women's super-G: Austria revels in gold as Vonn takes bronze (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:14 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Andrea Fischbacher of Austria put down a flaming run to win the Olympic super-G today, reviving the lagging spirits of a nation that watches skiing the way Americans watch the Super Bowl.


Sudan signs ceasefire with Darfur JEM rebels

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:19 PM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan agreed a ceasefire with Darfur's most powerful rebel group on Saturday as part of an agreement to "heal" the war in the western region, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said.


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