
According the BBCLATESTNEWS Asafa Powell has been ruled out of the individual 100 meters at the World Championships in Daegu with a groin injury. The 28-year-old sprinter, fastest man in the world this year, had been expected to be one of the main challengers to defending champion and compatriot Usain Bolt at the event in [...]
Aug 25 2011 | Posted in
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According to BBCLATESTNEWS an American drone crashed in southwestern Pakistan near the paramilitary base on Thursday close to the Afghan Border. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the wreckage of the aircraft had been recovered. An official from Pakistan’s paramilitary Frontier Corps in Quetta, the province’s main town, confirmed the incident. “Some [...]

According to BBCLATESTNEWS The project is the first time the genome of a species belonging to the kangaroo family has been sequenced. It has allowed researchers to pinpoint a cluster of genes they believe are responsible for the animals’ unusual form of locomotion. Marsupials and placental animals, which include humans, diverged from a common ancestor [...]

As President Barack Obama called for members of Congress to put their country before politics as the US economy stutters, David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff, said there was now a real risk of the world’s largest economy going into recession. “If you’re looking for something positive it will have to be from the [...]
Aug 20 2011 | Posted in
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According to BBCLATESTNEWS A series of units had performed aerobatic stunts since the early days of the force, including The Black Arrows, The Blue Diamonds, The Red Pelicans and The Yellow jacks. The teams were amalgamated after concerns were raised that pilots were spending too much time on stunts rather than combat training. [...]
Aug 20 2011 | Posted in
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According to BBCLATESTNEWS His first public visits to Russia in nearly a decade, kim will meet president Dmitry Medvedev and will spend time in the country far East and Siberia. Kim made his last public visit to Russia in 2002, when he met then-President Vladimir Putin in the far eastern city of Vladivostok. He has [...]
Aug 20 2011 | Posted in
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According to BBCLATESTNEWS President Asif Ali Zardari called MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Friday to immediately rejoin the ruling coalition. “Elements behind the recent spurt in violence are those who want to drive a wedge between the PPP and MQM,” the president was quoted by his spokesman Farhatullah Babar as telling Mr Hussain. The call [...]

We look back at Clijsters’ decisive win last year at Flushing Meadows. Kim Clijsters won the US Open for the second year running by thrashing Vera Zvonareva 6-2 6-1 in the final. Clijsters was in dominant mood as she added the 2010 crown to her triumphs in 2005 and 2009. Having not played from 2006-2008, [...]
Aug 18 2011 | Posted in
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According to BBCLATESTNEWS Flamingo forward Ronaldinho has been recalled to the Brazil squad for next month’s friendly against Ghana at Craven Cottage after a nine-month absence. There was no place for Chelsea midfielder Ramires, but there was room for Santos’ versatile Brazil Under-20 international Danilo. Brazil squad: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Jefferson (Botafogo), Fabio (Cruzeiro); [...]

According to BBCLATESTNEWS A religious leader is charged with a string of sexual offences against some of his students. Mohammad Masroor, 48, of Toronto, faces 13 charges and is believed to have traveled extensively around the world, raising fears there are other victims. He was arrested Aug. 10 in a case involving five people, both [...]
Aug 18 2011 | Posted in
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