Archive for: August, 2011

Jamaica Asafa Powell misses the 100 meters

Jamaica Asafa Powell misses the 100 meters

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 [...]

US drone Crashes near Afghan border in Pakistan

US drone Crashes near Afghan border in Pakistan

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 [...]

How to the kangaroo got its hop

How to the kangaroo got its hop

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 [...]

United State politicians must act to avert recession

United State politicians must act to avert recession

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 [...]

Brief history of the Red Arrows

Brief history of the Red Arrows

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.   [...]

Kim Jong-il North Korean leader travels to Russia to meet Medvedev

Kim Jong-il North Korean leader travels to Russia to meet Medvedev

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 [...]

President Zardari invites MQM to rejoin the government

President Zardari invites MQM to rejoin the government

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 [...]

2010 US Open wins by Clijsters

2010 US Open wins by Clijsters

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, [...]

Brazil makes returns: Ronaldinho

Brazil makes returns: Ronaldinho

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); [...]

Imam charged sex case in Toronto

Imam charged sex case in Toronto

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 [...]

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