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.


Noramfaizul's family to get RM200,000 in group insurance claim

Noramfaizul's family to get RM200,000 in group insurance claim


Noramfaizul's family to get RM200,000 in group insurance claim

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:22 AM PDT

The family of BernamaTV cameraman Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, killed in Somalia on Friday while covering on a humanitarian mission, will receive RM200,000 in group insurance claim.

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Nibong Tebal MP lodges MACC report against Penang CM, MPPP, PDC

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:21 AM PDT

Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (Kita) Penang chairman Tan Tee Beng has lodged a report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) asking the commission to investigate Penang chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) and Penang Development Corporation (PDC) regarding a RM5mil car park at the foot of Penang Hill.

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Widow of Bukit Kepong policeman seeks pension payment

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT

Sharifah Aminah Syed Ali, 83, the widow of a policeman who had served at the Bukit Kepong police station after the 1950 massacre, has sought a pension payment for her husband's service.

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Japan's Honda to recall 936,000 vehicles globally

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:02 AM PDT

Japan's Honda Motor is recalling 936,000 cars worldwide, mostly its popular Fit subcompact, called Jazz overseas, due to defective power window switches, the company said Monday.

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Why the name change?

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:48 AM PDT

Tracing back the history of the name Chee Wen, some people claimed that Soong Chee Wen was a corrupt official and it made no difference even if the name was replaced. For me, the key problem is not the background of Soong Chee Wen but "why the name change is taking place".

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Singapore's Lee denies calling Islam 'venomous'

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:17 AM PDT

Singapore's outspoken former leader Lee Kuan Yew on Monday denied calling Islam a "venomous religion" after leaked US diplomatic cables set off a furore in the multiracial city-state.

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Villagers worried about two tigers on the prowl

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:12 AM PDT

A villager's claim of having come across two tigers several days ago has about 400 people, especially those rearing livestock, living in fear in Kampung Padang Tembak and Kampung Wang Pinang here.

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Businesswoman acquitted and discharged for human trafficking

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:12 AM PDT

A businesswoman was acquitted and discharged by the Sessions Court here today on two counts of trafficking in two Indonesian women last year without calling for her defence.

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Talks fail for surrender of Kadhafi bastion

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:09 AM PDT

Negotiations for the surrender of Moamer Kadhafi's forces in the Libyan town of Bani Walid have failed and will not resume, an official said, opening the way for a military attack.

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Rais calls for SOP on overseas humanitarian mission

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:07 AM PDT

A standard operating procedure (SOP) should be created to serve as a guideline for all parties, including media practitioners, before embarking on or taking part in any humanitarian mission abroad, said Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

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Depression Lee brings flash floods to Louisiana

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:07 AM PDT

Storm Lee grew weaker and was chugging along as a tropical depression Monday, but it still threatened to bring flash floods and tornados to the southern United States.

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Jury to be chosen for Jackson doctor trial

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:57 PM PDT

Jury selection will begin this week for the long-awaited trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, accused of manslaughter over the pop icon's shock 2009 death at the age of 50.

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North Korea's Kim does not trust China: US cable

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:56 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il expressed distrust of his country's major economic prop China during a 2009 meeting with a visiting South Korean businesswoman, according to a US diplomatic cable.

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Myanmar, NKorea traded rice for arms: US cable

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:56 PM PDT

Myanmar's regime has allegedly exported rice and other agricultural commodities to North Korea in exchange for arms, according to a US diplomatic cable released by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

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Discounts for passengers after man dies mid-flight

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:52 PM PDT

An Australian airline Monday said it had offered discounts on future travel to some passengers after a man died on their 11-hour flight from Singapore to New Zealand.

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Wife of Briton kidnapped in Philippines

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:48 PM PDT

Gunmen have kidnapped the Filipina wife of a British national in the southern Philippines, the second abduction of a woman married to a European in three months, police said Monday.

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US oil giant tried to cover up spill: China paper

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:47 PM PDT

One of China's most influential newspapers on Monday accused the US oil giant behind a huge spill off the country's east coast of trying to cover up the disaster.

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Grim search after 27 die in Japan typhoon

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:46 PM PDT

Rescue teams on Monday carried out a grim search for the missing after a typhoon pummelled western Japan leaving at least 27 people dead and at least 50 unaccounted for, local authorities said.

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The death of Noramfaizul

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:09 PM PDT

Just like having a tour to hell, they were actually risking their lives when they travelled in Mogadishu on a small truck.

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Khairy accepts PAS' challenge for debate on 'independence heroes' issue

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 10:36 PM PDT

Umno Youth Chief Khairy Jamaludin has accepted the challenge for debate thrown by PAS over the controversial Bukit Kepong incident and who the real heroes of independence are.

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