Veteran Venkatsai Laxman was given a chance to extend his international career after being named Friday in India's squad for two home Tests against New Zealand. Olympics-Women's canoe sprint K1 200m semi-final results
LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Women’s canoe sprint Kayak Single(K1) 200m semi-final results. The top qualifiers were New Zealand’s Lisa Carrington with40.528, Hungary’s Natasa Douchev-Janics with 40.570 and Russia’sNatalia Lobova with 41.413. Results TableSemifinal 31. Natasa Douchev-Janics (Hungary) 40.570 seconds Q 2. Marta Walczykiewicz (Poland) 40.905 Q 3. Teresa Portela (Portugal) 41.562 Q 4. Alana Nicholls (Australia) 41.595 5. Darisleydis Amador (Cuba) 41.949 6. Silke Hoermann (Germany) 42.005 7. Emilie Fournel (Canada) 43.030 8. Yulia Borzova (Uzbekistan) 44.426 Semifinal 21. …
Syrian troops battle rebels near Damascus, Aleppo
Syrian government forces fought rebels outside the capital Damascus and in the northern city of Aleppo on Friday as more civilians streamed across the border into neighboring Turkey to escape the civil war in their country. Ethiopian Air to get Africa's first Boeing 787
Ethiopian Airlines next week takes delivery of Africa’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and the airline’s chief executive says the plane will first be used on routes around the continent.
Australian court upholds terror manual charge
A former Qantas worker found guilty of producing a do-it-yourself jihad manual had his conviction reinstated by Australia's High Court Friday, with judges ruling he had extremist intentions. Baghdad at 1,250: a far cry from past glories
Baghdad was once the capital of an empire and the centre of the Islamic world, but at 1,250 years old, the Iraqi city is a far cry from its past glories after being ravaged by years of war and sanctions. EYES ON LONDON: Bolt not done, dinged gold medal
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: 3 US troops killed by man in Afghan army uniform
A man in an Afghan army uniform shot and killed three American service members on Friday morning in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military command said, the third attack on coalition forces by their Afghan counterparts in a week. The Taliban claimed the shooter joined the insurgency after the attack.
UK offers new funding to Syria's rebels
Britain's government offered 5 million pounds (US$7.8 million) to Syria's rebel forces Friday to pay for communications equipment and medical supplies in an effort to bolster ties to the country's opposition. How long can Spain take the financial heat?
Imagine the interest rate on your mortgage going up and up until you can barely meet the monthly installments. How long do you hold on, scrimping and saving, before you throw in the towel?
More on the agenda for 'legendary' Usain Bolt
As far as Usain Bolt is concerned, it's a done deal. Sinai buildup shifts tenet of Egypt-Israel peace
Egyptian troops, light tanks, armored vehicles and attack helicopters are pouring into the Sinai desert to root out increasingly aggressive Islamic militants in the most significant easing to date of a key provision in the landmark 1979 peace treaty with Israel: The demilitarization of the peninsula. Bizarre rock 'ice shelf' found in Pacific
A huge cluster of floating volcanic rocks covering almost 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 square miles) has been found drifting in the Pacific, the New Zealand navy said Friday. Antarctic cooperation, luck come to rescue of U.S. researcher
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Pilot skill, international cooperation and a lot of luck were to thank for the successful evacuation from a remote Antarctic outpost of a U.S. researcher in apparent need of urgent surgery, an Australian official said on Friday. The perilous evacuation in the middle of the Antarctic winter, with the continent just emerging from its six-month-long night and temperatures of -35 Celsius (-31 Fahrenheit), was completed on Thursday with the arrival in New Zealand of an A319 Airbus carrying the member of a U.S. government expedition. …
UK reviewing LIBOR practices amid global scandal
Britain’s financial regulator on Friday launched a quick review of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR), the interest rate index that has been subject of a global scandal, raising questions on how it is regulated and calculated.
Pro-Islamist elected to head Libya assembly
Libya's newly empowered top legislative body has elected as its president late a veteran opponent of Moamer Kadhafi's ousted regime who is seen as pro-Islamist. Mourners gather for Ghanaian president's funeral
World leaders and mourners are gathering for the funeral of Ghana's late president. Kenyan justice slapped down after gun threat
There are signs that the rule of law is strengthening in Kenya.
Barclays shares get lift from chairman appointment
Investors and analysts reacted positively Friday to Barclays’ appointment of its new chairman, Sir David Walker, an industry veteran who has called for curbs on the banking industry’s excesses.
25,000 displaced by unrest in Sudan's Darfur: UN
The United Nations said Friday that 25,000 people have been displaced in Sudan's Darfur region after unrest that began 10 days ago with the killing of a government official. 
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