Trapped Chile miners 'are alive'

Trapped Chile miners 'are alive'


Trapped Chile miners 'are alive'

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT

All 33 Chilean miners trapped underground since a tunnel collapse 17 days ago are alive, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera says.


Most prefer French left to Sarkozy for 2012: poll

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:19 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - More than half of France's voters would prefer a candidate from the political left to conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for the 2012 election, a survey said on Sunday.


Federer wins Cincinnati Masters

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:18 PM PDT

Roger Federer beats Mardy Fish in three sets in the Cincinnati Masters final to win his first tournament since the Australian Open in January.


Soldier shot in Afghanistan named

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:42 PM PDT

A UK soldier shot dead in Afghanistan while guarding a meeting between local elders and coalition troops is named as L/Cpl Jordan Dean Bancroft.


Ferguson BBC boycott under review

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's boycott of giving post-match interviews to the BBC will come under Premier League scrutiny next month.


Yemen forces kill 7 militants after Qaeda attacks

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:46 AM PDT

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Yemeni troops killed seven militants on Sunday, a day after seven suspected al Qaeda fighters were shot dead following a string of attacks in south Yemen, a security official said.


Two arrested during RBS protest

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:22 AM PDT

Two women are arrested after climate change protesters lead a charge on the Royal Bank of Scotland's Edinburgh headquarters.


Iron Maiden rock the album chart

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Iron Maiden's 15th studio album, The Final Frontier, tops the UK charts, giving the band the fourth number one of their career.


Hanson win hits Casey Ryder hopes

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Peter Hanson wins the Czech Open to boost his automatic qualification hopes for the Ryder Cup but leave Paul Casey relying on a wildcard pick.


Pledges to Pakistan top $800m

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:28 AM PDT

At least six million people made homeless and 20 million affected by the floods.


North Korea demands reparations from Japan for colonization

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:44 AM PDT

North Korea is demanding reparations from Japan for colonizing the Korean peninsula for more than three decades in the early 1990s, after Tokyo once again apologized to South Korea earlier this month.


4 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 07:35 AM PDT

Four U.S. troops were killed Sunday in Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said.


Fulham 2-2 Man Utd

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:22 AM PDT

Brede Hangeland makes amends for an own goal with a late header to rescue a point for Fulham and spoil Manchester United's 100% start to the season.


Wyclef Jean contests poll ruling

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:57 AM PDT

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean says he will launch a legal challenge to a ruling barring him from standing in Haiti's presidential election.


Trapped Chilean miners alive, send message

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Thirty-three miners trapped underground for more than two weeks after a cave-in said they are all alive in a message tied to a drill, Chilean authorities said on Sunday.


Karzai Defends Contractor Phaseout

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:33 AM PDT

Afghanistan's president said that the firms are "looting and stealing from the Afghan people" and acting as an impediment to the development of Afghan security forces.


Man killed by gunshot to the head

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:31 AM PDT

A post-mortem examination carried out on a 24-year-old man who was killed in a Nottingham garden reveals he died from a single gunshot to the head.


Call to prevent killer's appeal

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Scotland's justice secretary agrees to meet the father of a murdered schoolgirl amid calls for her killer to be denied a right to appeal.


Berlusconi ally pushes for early elections

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:30 AM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's main coalition ally said early elections were the only way out of Italy's political crisis, as the premier and his estranged partners kept up an acrimonious war of words.


Priest says prayed for Sarkozy heart attack over Roma

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 09:18 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Several churchmen joined the chorus on Sunday criticizing President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to expel dozens of Roma from France, with one priest praying for Sarkozy to be divinely struck by a heart attack.


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