
Lance Armstrong will be banned from cycling by USADA after saying he won't ... - Washington Post

Even more brutal leader takes over Mexico's Zetas
Report: Iran opposition leader has cardiac tests
An Iranian news agency is reporting the country’s main opposition leader has returned home after medical examinations for a heart ailment.
Isaac aims for Hispaniola, projections downgraded
Myanmar press still fighting for true freedom
Australia's Victoria state bans coal seam gas "fracking"
PERTH (Reuters) – Australia’s southeastern state of Victoria on Friday put a hold on hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to produce hard-to-reach gas deposits, and a halt on new coal seam gas exploration licenses. The moratorium would remain until a national regulatory framework for regulating coal seam gas and hydraulic fracturing was put in place by Australia’s federal government, state energy and resources minister Michael O’Brien said in a statement. …
China deports Myanmar refugees amid fighting - group
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has forcibly returned scores of ethnic Kachins who have fled Myanmar because of civil war, putting them at risk of armed violence and abuse by Myanmar’s army, a human rights group said on Friday. Up to 10,000 Kachins have sought refuge in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan after fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Myanmar’s government flared up in the middle of 2011 following a 17-year truce, according to aid groups. Diplomats say the conflict in Kachin state is one of the biggest tests for Myanmar’s new civilian government’s reform …
Court bans sales of some Apple, Samsung products in South Korea as patent war unfolds
SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean court ruled Friday that technology rivals Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. both infringed on each other’s patents, and ordered a partial ban of their products in South Korea. Each side was also ordered to pay limited damages.
China plays down golden Paralympic expectations
USADA to strip Lance Armstrong of 7 Tour de France titles, ban star from cycling for life
AUSTIN, Texas – With stunning swiftness, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday night it will strip Lance Armstrong of his unprecedented seven Tour de France titles after he dropped his fight against drug charges that threatened his legacy as one of the greatest cyclists of all time.
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