Like lightning, Bolt sets record in Olympic 200m
BEIJING - Arms churning high, face twisted in pain as he sprinted toward the finish line, Usain Bolt kept glancing at the clock. The win in the Olympic 200 meters was a given, his second gold medal of the Beijing Games assured. This was now about a world record. About racing against history.
Nations:Jamaica Netherlands People:Usain Bolt Michael Phelps Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AP)
2008-08-20
Russian pin-up vaulter dazzles after China woe
BEIJING (Reuters) - Russian athletics pin-up Yelena Isinbayeva dazzled the Bird's Nest crowd on Monday with a flamboyant, world-record breaking display of pole vaulting, after a morning dominated by Chinese disappointment.
Nations:Jamaica Kenya People:Yelena Isinbayeva Liu Xiang Dalai Lama Michael Phelps Yao Ming Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-18
China weeps as main track hope limps out
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese fans were stunned into silence and tears as national hero and 110 meters hurdles Olympic champion Liu Xiang hobbled out of the Games injured on Monday.
Nations:Jamaica People:Liu Xiang Dalai Lama Michael Phelps Yao Ming Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-18
Tropical Storm Fay moves in on Florida Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. - Key West stores were shuttered and crews cleared sidewalks in some areas of newspaper boxes that could become airborne in high winds as Tropical Storm Fay headed for Florida after claiming as many as 35 lives in the Caribbean.
Nations:U.S. Cuba Source:(AP)
2008-08-18
Beijing to tighten security after fatal attack
BEIJING (Reuters) - Olympic organizers vowed to tighten security in central Beijing on Sunday after a U.S. tourist was killed in a stabbing attack.
Nations:Russia Venezuela Pakistan New Zealand People:George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-10
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
NHA TRANG, Vietnam - Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row.
Nations:Venezuela Colombia Mexico El Salvador Argentina Russia People:Riyo Mori Melanie Brown Donald Trump Activities:2008 Miss Universe Source:(AP)
2008-07-14
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
BOGOTA, Colombia - Military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a film crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.
Nations:Colombia Israel U.S. People:Hugo Chavez Activities:2008 Colombian Hostage Rescue Source:(AP)
2008-07-05
Betancourt: Rescue in Colombia was 'impeccable'
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.
Nations:Colombia U.S. People:Nicolas Sarkozy John McCain George W. Bush Activities:2008 Colombian Hostage Rescue Source:(AP)
2008-07-02
Eyeing tourism, Haiti battles its violent reputation
PortAuPrince, Haiti - Kidnappings, gang violence, drug trafficking, corrupt police, flaming road blockades. The reports out of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere are enough to keep the most adventurous traveler away.
Nations:Dominican Republic Jamaica Brazil Cuba Mexico U.S. Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-06-21
Food Prices: Hunger Strikes
As the sun sets over Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum, a sweet smell wafts through a small house where Malahasen Juma is cooking dinner for her eight children: a handful of onions, chopped and tossed into a pot of steaming maize porridge and leftover vegetables. Until recently Juma would spice up suppers with beef or fish stews. But not now. "Everything is more expensive," she says. "The children need milk, but I cannot afford that. Meat is a luxury now, not a necessity. We are just living at God's mercy."
Nations:India Somalia Uganda Myanmar China Niger People:Ban Ki-moon Robert Zoellick George W. Bush Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-06-11
Clinton wins Puerto Rico but Obama gains delegates
Hillary Rodham Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that pushed Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination.
Nations:U.S. People:Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama John McCain Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-06-01
Oil surpasses $126 per barrel ahead of US driving season
Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities.
Nations:Venezuela Colombia Australia Switzerland People:Hugo Chavez Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis
2008-05-09
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