U.S. Sprinter Allyson Felix Wins Gold in 200 Meters

U.S. Sprinter Allyson Felix Wins Gold in 200 Meters


U.S. Sprinter Allyson Felix Wins Gold in 200 Meters

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:32 PM PDT

Allyson Felix of the United States won her first individual Olympic gold medal, finishing the women's 200 meters in 21.88 seconds.


Thirteen drug gang members jailed

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Thirteen people involved in a multi-million pound drugs distribution gang are jailed.


Sex games: It's on at the Olympics

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:50 AM PDT

The face of the Olympics is well known the world over: athletes winning, losing, straining every sinew of their bodies in the pursuit of podium glory. But behind the scenes there is another story of the athletes' lives and the use of their bodies, one that centers on their time staying at the Olympic Village.


N.K. to Aussies: We're not 'naughty'

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:05 PM PDT

An Australian newspaper found itself the focus of a 14-paragraph denouncement in the state-run North Korean media agency, KCNA.


N. Korea to Australian paper: We're not 'naughty,' you are

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 04:20 AM PDT

An Australian newspaper found itself the focus of a 14-paragraph denouncement in the state-run North Korean media agency, KCNA.


Censure of Standard Chartered Draws Harrumphs in London

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:43 PM PDT

British authorities are circling the wagons around Standard Chartered bank, accused in New York of money laundering.


Rebels ring city with bombs

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:03 PM PDT

The Syrian government and rebel groups on Wednesday offered opposing accounts about who controls the volatile neighborhood of Salaheddine in the city of Aleppo.


Sands CEO says Jewish group defamed him, seeks $60 million

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:58 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson on Wednesday filed a $60 million defamation lawsuit against a U.S. Jewish political organization, accusing the group of spreading false allegations that he approved prostitution at his Macau resorts.


African leaders fail to agree on Congo force

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:03 PM PDT

KAMPALA (Reuters) - African leaders failed on Wednesday to agree on the make-up of a proposed neutral force to tackle the insurgency in eastern Democratic of Congo, diplomats at a regional meeting said.


Gunmen kill family of five in Acapulco

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:53 PM PDT

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a house and shot dead a family of five, including a grandmother, a 3-year-old boy and a pregnant woman in the Mexican resort of Acapulco on Wednesday, prosecutors said.


Samsung checks child labour claim

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Electronics maker Samsung is sending a team to check on allegations that one of its Chinese suppliers employs underage workers.


Samsung checks child labour claim

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Electronics maker Samsung is sending a team to check on allegations that one of its Chinese suppliers employs underage workers.


Bolt secures place in 200m final

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Usain Bolt eases into Thursday's 200m final to keep alive his hopes of completing the sprint double at the London Olympics.


Blair is "deeply worried" UK may leave EU: paper

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:49 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a German newspaper he was "deeply worried" Britain might opt to leave the European Union in a referendum, particularly if too many powers were transferred to Brussels without democratic legitimacy.


Incentive to Slow Climate Change Drives Output of Harmful Gases

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Manufacturers have ramped up production of a common air-conditioning coolant, counting on a windfall for destroying a byproduct under a United Nations program.


City Room: Home, Sweet Skyscraper?

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:16 AM PDT

Tell us which skyscraper you would like to live in.


England players deny Twitter link

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:19 AM PDT

The England team deny having any involvement with a Twitter account which acts as a parody of Kevin Pietersen.


Ex-GM Workers Protest in Colombia

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:05 PM PDT

A small group of former workers for General Motors Co. in Colombia on Wednesday began their second week of a hunger strike, during which they have sewn shut their mouths shut.


Colombia captures drug cartel leader

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:04 PM PDT

Colombian authorities have captured the leader of a criminal group that once worked for Pablo Escobar, a police spokesman said Wednesday.


Sex games: It's on at the Olympics

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:09 PM PDT

The face of the Olympics is well known the world over: athletes winning, losing, straining every sinew of their bodies in the pursuit of podium glory. But behind the scenes there is another story of the athletes' lives and the use of their bodies, one that centers on their time staying at the Olympic Village.


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