Strauss support for Cook & Swann

Strauss support for Cook & Swann


Strauss support for Cook & Swann

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 07:06 AM PDT

England captain Andrew Strauss gives his support to under-pressure pair Alastair Cook and Graeme Swann ahead of Wednesday's third Test with Pakistan at The Oval.


Pipe bomb made safe in Bellaghy

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:48 PM PDT

A pipe bomb has been removed by the Army after being found in Bellaghy in County Londonderry.


Lebanon gives Palestinians rights

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:44 PM PDT

The Lebanese parliament finally passes a law allowing the 400,000 Palestinian refugees living in the country to work legally.


Bobby Thomson, Who Hit Epic Homer, Dies at 86

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:24 PM PDT

Thomson's 1951 "shot heard round the world" endures as perhaps the most dramatic play in baseball history.


Romania expels Russian diplomat

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT

Order comes one day after Moscow asks Romanian diplomat to leave Russia for "spying".


Karzai issues security deadline

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:37 PM PDT

Private security companies in Afghanistan given four months to disband.


In Afghanistan, Kerry says Karzai must lead 'tangible' effort against corruption

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:38 PM PDT

KABUL -- The arrival of Sen. John F. Kerry has come to signify a crisis in Kabul.


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DNA tests on chess champion's corpse exclude paternity

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:47 PM PDT

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A DNA test on former chess champion Bobby Fischer's corpse has shown that he was not the father of a Filipino girl, as claimed by his former lover, an Icelandic paper reported on Tuesday.


Firefighters tackle flats blaze

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Fire crews have been tackling a major blaze at a new build block of flats in the west end of Glasgow.


Questions to Judge Suggest Blagojevich Jury Is Divided

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Jurors asked what to do if they could not agree on some of the 24 corruption charges against the former governor.


Charges Dismissed Against 6 Somalis

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:22 PM PDT

A judge on Tuesday dismissed piracy charges against six Somali nationals accused of attacking a Navy ship off the coast of Africa, concluding the U.S. government failed to make the case their alleged actions amounted to piracy.


News Corp. Donates $1 Million to G.O.P. Governors

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

The News Corporation, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, contributed $1 million to the Republican Governors Association this summer, Bloomberg News reported this week.


Source: Rediscovered tapes show 9/11 suspect being questioned

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:43 AM PDT

Two videos and an audiotape of a terrorism interrogation that were found by the CIA in 2007 show September 11 suspect Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, a knowledgeable U.S. source told CNN on Tuesday.


Colombia crash survivor: 'It was a miracle from God'

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:58 AM PDT

Aires Airlines Flight 8250 was seconds away from landing at San Andres airport on a small island off the coast of Colombia early Monday. The pilot had turned on the seat belt sign and told passengers to stay in their seats. Passengers could see rain and lightning outside their small cabin windows, but nothing was amiss. Everything seemed calm. Normal. Routine.


Boy, two, shot in neck by father

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:19 AM PDT

A 29-year-old man is released on bail after shooting his two-year-old son with an air rifle in an apparent accident.


Army recruits killed in Baghdad attack

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:34 AM PDT

Recruits killed in Iraq attack


Lilly Halts Alzheimer's Drug Trial

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:29 AM PDT

The drug maker stops another late-stage clinical trial, representing yet another failure in efforts to treat the disease.


Scrutiny and Skepticism Follow Karzai’s Order on Security Contractors

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:40 AM PDT

The scale of the Afghan president's order and the short timetable struck many as a political gesture aimed to remind power brokers and foreign allies of his leverage.


Mother Killed 2 Children Before Sinking Car, Police Say

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:25 AM PDT

A woman in South Carolina has confessed to smothering her two children with her bare hands and driving their bodies into a river, the police said.


Geithner Affirms U.S. Role as Mortgage Backer

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:25 AM PDT

The Treasury secretary said continued government support was important "to make sure that Americans can borrow at reasonable interest rates to buy a house even in a downturn."


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