GAO, Mali (AP) -- A suicide bomber hit a checkpoint in northern Mali on Friday, killing only himself in the first known suicide bombing since French military forces intervened in this chaotic African nation whose northern half was ruled by armed Islamic extre mists. Damning drug report fuels anger in Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian sports administrators responded angrily to a government report saying doping was widespread among professional and amateur athletes and demanded investigators name offenders to protect clean athletes’ reputations. The report released on Thursday, the result of a year-long probe by Australia’s top criminal intelligence unit, said players and teams from several sports codes were implicated in the use of performance-enhancing drugs, but withheld names for legal reasons. …
UPDATE 1-Doping-Damning drug report fuels anger in Australia
* Coaches, athletes call for authorities to name and shame * Australian Rules football announces sweeping anti-doping measures (Adds details) MELBOURNE, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Australian sports administrators responded angrily to a government report saying doping was widespread among professional and amateur athletes and demanded investigators name offenders to protect clean athletes’ reputations. …
Madrid town of Alcorcon chosen for EuroVegas gambling resort that Spain hopes will bring jobs
MADRID – Las Vegas Sands casinos and Madrid officials have chosen the town of Alcorcon on the outskirts of the Spanish capital as the site for the multibillion-dollar “EuroVegas” casino project, which authorities hope will bring much-needed jobs and investment to the recession-wracked country.
Iraq bombs kill 31, Sunnis stage protest rallies
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Car bombs struck two outdoor markets in Shiite areas of Iraq on Friday, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens in the bloodiest day in nearly a month, as minority Sunnis staged mass anti-government protests in a sign of mounting sectarian tensions.
Magnitude 7.1 quake off Solomons, no reports of damage
(Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary 7.1 magnitude struck 270 miles east of Kira Kira on the Solomon Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate tsunami warnings or reports of damage. An 8.0 magnitude earthquake set off a tsunami that killed at least five people in a remote part of the Solomon Islands on Wednesday and triggered evacuations across the South Pacific. There have been numerous aftershocks. (Editing by Nick Macfie)
UPDATE 1-Cricket-Australia beat West Indies despite defiant Pollard
* Australia take 4-0 series lead * Pollard hits century in losing cause (Updates at end of match) SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Opener Shane Watson top-scored with 76 as Australia continued to dominate West Indies during a convincing five-wicket victory in the fourth one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Kieron Pollard earlier hit a defiant unbeaten century to haul West Indies almost single-handedly to 220 all out but it never looked like being enough and the hosts took a 4-0 lead in the five-match series with 31 balls to spare. …
Tunisians mass for slain leader's funeral
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Tunisians chanting anti-government slogans converged on a cemetery for the funeral of an assassinated leftist opposition politician as military helicopters hovered overhead amid fears that tensions could boil over into further violence. Bomb kills 10 people in northwest Pakistan
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A bomb planted near a market in northwestern Pakistan killed 10 people and wounded 23 others Friday, the latest in an uptick in attacks in recent months, government officials said.
Quiet lunch shatters EU boycott of India's Modi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A quiet lunch between European Union ambassadors and Indian prime ministerial contender Narendra Modi has shattered what remained of a decade-old informal boycott of the Hindu nationalist political leader. The January 7 lunch at the German ambassador's residence in New Delhi will likely be seen as a major boost to Modi's quest for mainstream acceptance. The meeting went unpublicized until an Indian newspaper reported on it on Friday. … Cricket-Australia v West Indies, fourth ODI - scoreboard
SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Scoreboard after Australia beatWest Indies by five wickets in the fourth one-day internationalat Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday West Indies won the toss and elected to bat – - West Indies innings K. Powell c Maxwell b Johnson 9 J. Charles b Johnson 0 DM Bravo c Finch b Johnson 4 DJ Bravo lbw b Maxwell 3 K. Pollard not out 109 N. Deonarine c Finch b Cutting 10 D. Thomas c Finch b Cutting 7 D. Sammy c Clarke b Cutting 25 A. Russell c Maxwell b Faulkner 18 S. Narine c Wade b McKay 23 T. Best run out 1 Extras (b-1, lb-1, w-9) 11 Total (all out, 49. …
Beitar arson attack linked to racial incitement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A suspected arson attack damaged the main club house of Israeli Premier League side Beitar Jerusalem on Friday, a day after four fans were cha rged in court in connection with racist incitement against the team's recruitment of Muslim players, police said. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the fire, which caused no injuries, caused "extensive damage" to the premises next to the team's main training grounds. Reuters television footage showed trophies and other memorabilia were destroyed. … Witnesses: Suspected members of Nigeria Islamic sect attack polio vaccine drives, killing 12
KANO, Nigeria – Witnesses in northern Nigeria’s largest city say gunmen suspected to belong to a radical Islamic sect have opened fire on polio vaccine drives in the city, killing at least 12 people.
News Corp. pays Sarah Ferguson, duchess of York, over phone hacking
LONDON – Lawyers for Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew, say that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has agreed to pay her for repeatedly intercepting her voicemail messages.
Pakistani official: Bomb explosion near market in northwest kills 8 people
PARACHINAR, Pakistan – A government official says a bomb explosion near a market in northwestern Pakistan has killed eight people.
News Corp. pays Sarah Ferguson over phone hacking
LONDON (AP) -- Lawyers for Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew, say that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has agreed to pay her for repeatedly intercepting her voicemail messages.
Daimler denies report on internal sales targets
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Daimler has denied a magazine report which claimed to publish the German carmaker’s internal sales targets for its core Mercedes-Benz Cars division. German weekly magazine Focus said on Friday, in a brief excerpt of a report, that the division aimed to grow sales by 6.9 percent to 1.55 million vehicles this year. The report, citing internal targets, also said sales of Mercedes and Smart cars in the key Chinese market should jump roughly 30 percent to 274,000 vehicles this year. …
Bomb kills 8 people in northwest Pakistan
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A government official says a bomb explosion near a market in northwestern Pakistan has killed eight people.
Italy's center-left likely to need Monti to govern: final polls
ROME (Reuters) – The center-left is on course to win Italy's election but it may have to form a coalition with outgoing premier Mario Monti, final pol ls before the Feb 24-25 vote showed on Friday. Polls published before a pre-vote blackout mostly showed Pierluigi Bersani's Democratic Party still five or more points ahead, despite a scandal over a bank it is linked to and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's continuing resurgence. … Witnesses: Nigeria sect group attacks polio drives
KANO, Nigeria (AP) -- Witnesses in northern Nigeria’s largest city say gunmen suspected to belong to a radical Islamic sect have opened fire on polio vaccine drives in the city, killing at least 12 people.
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