2011 U.S. Open: Serena Williams Powers Into Quarterfinals

2011 U.S. Open: Serena Williams Powers Into Quarterfinals


2011 U.S. Open: Serena Williams Powers Into Quarterfinals

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Serena Williams beat Ana Ivanovic in straight sets at windy Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova upset seventh-seeded Francesca Schiavone, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.


Straight Sets: In an Upset, It's Pavlyuchenkova

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:49 AM PDT

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova pulled off a stunning upset by outhitting seventh-seeded Francesca Schiavone to reach the quarterfinals on Monday.


Man City to probe 'cancer email'

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:41 PM PDT

Manchester City are to investigate claims chief executive Garry Cook sent an email to defender Nedum Onuoha's cancer-suffering mother mocking her illness.


Gladiators' training school discovered in Austria

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Archaeologists in Austria say they have discovered a large, well-preserved school for Roman gladiators.


Police found Moat suicide notes

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Suicide notes by gunman Raoul Moat were found by police after he went on a "murderous rampage", an inquest hears.


Italian Minister Gives Austerity Assurance

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:04 AM PDT

Italy's industry minister has dismissed widespread calls for Rome to speed up its timetable for passing budget-tightening measures, rebutting criticism that the Italian government's austerity package isn't tough enough to dig the country out of the euro-zone debt crisis.


Pakistan Detains 3 al Qaeda Suspects

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Pakistani intelligence officers working with the CIA arrested three members of al Qaeda, including a top operative believed to have been instructed by Osama bin Laden to target American economic interests, Pakistan's army said.


French Court Won't Make Chirac Attend Trial

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:59 PM PDT

Paris court grants dispensation to former French president from attending his corruption trial for medical reasons.


Euro-Zone Rescue Faces Delay in Slovakia

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:39 AM PDT

Slovakia's Parliament speaker said he will do all he can to delay a vote on widening the role of a critical euro-zone rescue fund—one stumbling block in a growing list of potential disruptions that is vexing European policy makers and unsettling markets.


Zoellick: Inflation Is China's Pressing Concern

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:30 AM PDT

World Bank President Robert Zoellick, on a visit to China, said inflation remains Beijing's most pressing immediate concern.


Gadhafi Sought Chinese Arms in July

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:18 AM PDT

The Gadhafi regime sent representatives to China to meet with state-controlled arms manufacturers in July, a Chinese official said—a revelation that could complicate relations between Beijing and Libya's opposition National Transitional Council.


Police testify in Mubarak trial amid clashes

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:22 PM PDT

Police witness "not aware" of order to fire on protesters as scuffles break out at trial of Egypt's former president.


Strauss-Kahn may play role in French left's campaign

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:18 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who is back home in France with his career in tatters after a sex-assault scandal, is likely to take a role in the left's 2012 election campaign, a political ally said on Monday.


Obama Challenges Congress in Labor Day Speech

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:13 PM PDT

"We're going to see if congressional Republicans will put country before party," President Obama said in a boisterous A.F.L.-C.I.O. rally in Detroit on Monday.


City Room: Bloomberg Again Addresses Aide’s Arrest

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Mr. Bloomberg is again asked whether he misled New Yorkers last month in his announcement of the resignation of Stephen Goldsmith.


Giants’ Eli Manning Searching for Comfort Zone With New Center

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:37 AM PDT

After playing most of his N.F.L. career with center Shaun O'Hara, Giants quarterback Eli Manning must get used to taking snaps from David Baas.


Sister tells of dog attack on boy

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:50 AM PDT

The sister of a six-year-old boy who was attacked by a neighbour's dog tells how the animal "just went mad" in their garden.


Ethiopia arrests 29 over bomb plots

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:42 AM PDT

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has arrested 29 people, including nine opposition party members, for plotting to carry out bomb attacks in the Horn of Africa nation, a senior security official said on Monday.


Civilians killed in Yemen air attack

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Deaths and injuries reported after mosque is mistakenly shelled and hospital also targeted by fighter jets in Abyan.


Abbas Affirms Palestinian Bid at U.N.

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:20 PM PDT

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority that he was going to seek membership for a state of Palestine, not instead of talks with Israel but in addition to them.


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