ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian and Jordanian forces clashed along the border overnight in an incident that highlighted international concerns that the civil war in Syria could ignite a wider regional conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up efforts to tackle the worsening Syria crisis on Saturday when she arrived in Turkey for talks with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and members of the Syrian opposition. … EYES ON LONDON: Synching in the pool, Ray's return
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: Olympics-Women's canoe sprint K1 200m final - results
LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Lisa Carrington won theOlympic gold medal in the women’s canoe sprint k1 200m at the2012 London Games on Saturday. Carrington finished with a time of 44.638 at Eton Dorney inLondon to claim New Zealand’s fifth gold medal of the games. Ukraine’s Inna Osypenko-Radomska won the silver with a timeof 45.053 and Hungary’s Natasa Douchev-Janics won the bronzewith a time of 45.128. New Zealand now have 13 medals at the games with Ukrainecollecting their 13th and Hungary collecting their 16th.Results Table 1. Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) 44.638 seconds 2. …
New Zealand take first women's canoe gold
DORNEY (Reuters) – New Zealand's Lisa Carrington stormed through the field to take victory in the inaugural K1 200 on Dorney Lake on Saturday to add to her world championship title and give her country its first women's Olympic gold medal in sprint canoeing. The result consigned Hungarian great Natasa Douchev-Janics to a bronze medal after she won a silver earlier in the week. She had been in the hunt for her fourth Olympic gold medal overall. … Olympics-Canoeing-New Zealand take first women's canoe gold
DORNEY, England, Aug 11 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s LisaCarrington stormed through the field to take victory in theinaugural K1 200 on Dorney Lake on Saturday to add to her worldchampionship title and give her country its first women’sOlympic gold medal in sprint canoeing. The result consigned Hungarian great Natasa Douchev-Janicsto a bronze medal after she won a silver earlier in the week.She had been in the hunt for her fourth Olympic gold medaloverall. …
Bo's wife blames mental breakdown for Heywood's murder - Globe and Mail
The wife of Chinese politician Bo Xilai, whose downfall rocked the ruling elite, has admitted murdering a British businessman and blamed her actions on a mental breakdown, state media said. Gu Kailai told her trial that she poisoned Neil Heywood after … Clinton meets Turkish leaders and Syrian activists in campaign to undermine ... - Washington Post
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