Fifth-ranked Kerber out as Makarova strikes again in 4th Round at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia – Fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber has been bundled in the fourth round of the Australian Open by the woman who ousted Serena Williams at the same stage last year.
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US agency says seller of bogus 9-11 commemorative coins to pay $750,000 to settle charges
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A company that sold Sept. 11 commemorative coins supposedly containing silver from ground zero has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges that it deceived consumers.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A company that sold Sept. 11 commemorative coins supposedly containing silver from ground zero has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges that it deceived consumers.
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Tennis-Australian Open women's singles round 4 results
Jan 20 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the Australian Open Women’s Singles Round 4 matches on Sunday 19-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat 5-Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7-5 6-4
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at the age of 92
ST. LOUIS – Stan Musial, one of baseball’s greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the St. Louis Cardinals for more than two decades, has died. He was 92.
Jan 20 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the Australian Open Women’s Singles Round 4 matches on Sunday 19-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat 5-Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7-5 6-4
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at the age of 92
ST. LOUIS – Stan Musial, one of baseball’s greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the St. Louis Cardinals for more than two decades, has died. He was 92.
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Maduro slams business leaders over Venezuela economy comments
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's vice president hit out at the country's business leaders on Saturday, saying they were seeking to destabilize the nation while cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez fights to recover from surgery. Chavez has not been seen in public nor heard from in five weeks since his latest operation in Cuba, and his heir apparent Nicolas Maduro has taken on an increasingly visible role as the face of the government. …
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's vice president hit out at the country's business leaders on Saturday, saying they were seeking to destabilize the nation while cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez fights to recover from surgery. Chavez has not been seen in public nor heard from in five weeks since his latest operation in Cuba, and his heir apparent Nicolas Maduro has taken on an increasingly visible role as the face of the government. … seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Algeria ends desert siege with 23 hostages dead
ALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria (Reuters) – Algerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a fin al assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers. Believed to be among the 32 dead militants was their leader, Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri, a Nigerien close to al Qaeda-linked commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, presumed mastermind of the raid. An Algerian interior ministry statement on the death toll gave no breakdown of the number of foreigners among hostages killed since the plant was seized before dawn on Wednesday. …
ALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria (Reuters) – Algerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a fin al assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers. Believed to be among the 32 dead militants was their leader, Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri, a Nigerien close to al Qaeda-linked commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, presumed mastermind of the raid. An Algerian interior ministry statement on the death toll gave no breakdown of the number of foreigners among hostages killed since the plant was seized before dawn on Wednesday. … seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Syria says talk of Assad's removal unacceptable
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria's foreign minister said on Saturday any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad's future was "unacceptable", a week after an international envoy said the president should not be part of a transitional govern ment. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem's comments showed the government has dug in against foreign pressure for a deal with the rebels fighting to topple Assad. "No one should dare discuss the position of the president … this is unacceptable," he told Syrian state television in an interview. …
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria's foreign minister said on Saturday any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad's future was "unacceptable", a week after an international envoy said the president should not be part of a transitional govern ment. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem's comments showed the government has dug in against foreign pressure for a deal with the rebels fighting to topple Assad. "No one should dare discuss the position of the president … this is unacceptable," he told Syrian state television in an interview. … seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Obama says US ready to assist Algerian officials
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. stands ready to provide whatever assistance Algerian officials need in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack at a natural gas complex in the Sahara.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. stands ready to provide whatever assistance Algerian officials need in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack at a natural gas complex in the Sahara. seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Sudan, South Sudan border talks get nowhere, delay oil exports
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan on Saturday failed to agree on how to withdraw armies from their disputed border after a round of talks in Ethiopia, delaying again the resumption of crucial oil exports. The African neighbors came close to war in April in the worst border clashes since South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 under a 2005 deal which ended decades of civil war. After mediation from the African Union, both countries agreed in September to set up a demilitarized buffer zone and resume oil exports from landlocked South Sudan through Sudan. …
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan on Saturday failed to agree on how to withdraw armies from their disputed border after a round of talks in Ethiopia, delaying again the resumption of crucial oil exports. The African neighbors came close to war in April in the worst border clashes since South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 under a 2005 deal which ended decades of civil war. After mediation from the African Union, both countries agreed in September to set up a demilitarized buffer zone and resume oil exports from landlocked South Sudan through Sudan. …
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Thousands of Irish attend anti-abortion protest
DUBLIN (Reuters) – About 22,000 people held a rally outside Ireland’s parliament building on Saturday urging the government to conserve strict abortion laws and protect “the right of the unborn child”. Pro-life activists, backed by the Catholic Church, called on Ireland’s socially conservative prime minister not to introduce planned legislation that would loosen some of the world’s most restrictive regulations on abortion. …
DUBLIN (Reuters) – About 22,000 people held a rally outside Ireland’s parliament building on Saturday urging the government to conserve strict abortion laws and protect “the right of the unborn child”. Pro-life activists, backed by the Catholic Church, called on Ireland’s socially conservative prime minister not to introduce planned legislation that would loosen some of the world’s most restrictive regulations on abortion. …
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Harper helps ring in Vietnamese lunar new year
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper is celebrating the Vietnamese new year.
Residents say Islamists leave Malian town of Diabaly after days of French airstrikes
BAMAKO, Mali – Residents say that radical Islamists have now fled a key Malian town that had been under their control for nearly a week.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper is celebrating the Vietnamese new year.
Residents say Islamists leave Malian town of Diabaly after days of French airstrikes
BAMAKO, Mali – Residents say that radical Islamists have now fled a key Malian town that had been under their control for nearly a week.
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Snow alert to hit Paris air traffic on Sunday
PARIS (Reuters) – France expects airlines to reduce flights in and out of Paris by as much as 40 percent on Sunday due to forecast snowfalls over the capital and surrounding region. France's transport ministr y said in a statement airlines had been asked to cut flight services by that amount at the two main airports on the Paris outskirts, Charles de Gaulle to the north and Orly to the south. Snow, a rarity in the heart of the world's most popular tourist city, started falling on Friday night as a winter cold snap swept many parts of Europe. …
PARIS (Reuters) – France expects airlines to reduce flights in and out of Paris by as much as 40 percent on Sunday due to forecast snowfalls over the capital and surrounding region. France's transport ministr y said in a statement airlines had been asked to cut flight services by that amount at the two main airports on the Paris outskirts, Charles de Gaulle to the north and Orly to the south. Snow, a rarity in the heart of the world's most popular tourist city, started falling on Friday night as a winter cold snap swept many parts of Europe. … seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Residents say Islamists leave Mali town of Diabaly
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Residents say that radical Islamists have now fled a key Malian town that had been under their control for nearly a week.
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Residents say that radical Islamists have now fled a key Malian town that had been under their control for nearly a week. seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Hermes lets clothes do the talking in classy show
PARIS (AP) -- Hermes has bec ome a byword for simple, unpretentious luxury. With panache, veteran menswear designer Veronique Nichanian proved this again in a classy and masculine showing for fall-winter 2013. A more muted palette than last season was broken up with bright flashes of golden yellow.
PARIS (AP) -- Hermes has bec ome a byword for simple, unpretentious luxury. With panache, veteran menswear designer Veronique Nichanian proved this again in a classy and masculine showing for fall-winter 2013. A more muted palette than last season was broken up with bright flashes of golden yellow. seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
World champs Virtue, Moir lead after short dance at Canadian championships
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Canada’s Olympic ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are poised to claim another national title.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Canada’s Olympic ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are poised to claim another national title.
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Dior Homme creates the space-age businessman
PARIS (AP) -- It was cosmic musing for Dior Homme's Kris Van Assche, who injected a space-age fiber into the house's DNA of fitted black suit, white shirt and black tie.
PARIS (AP) -- It was cosmic musing for Dior Homme's Kris Van Assche, who injected a space-age fiber into the house's DNA of fitted black suit, white shirt and black tie. seenewstoday.com : Top News updates
Netanyahu says Israel needs strong ruling party
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday a country with as many enemies as Israel cannot afford a weak ruling party, after polls ahead of Tu esday's parliamentary election showed a slide in his support. Two polls on Friday showed Israel's right-wing and religious bloc winning a slim parliamentary majority of 63 out of 120 seats, with Netanyahu's Likud-Beitenu group on course to be the largest party in the Knesset, albeit with eroding support. …
Te'o tries to move on with interview, but more questions may be asked of the Notre Dame star
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Manti Te’o tried to put one of the strangest sports stories in memory behind him, insisting he was the target of an elaborate online hoax in which he fell for a fake woman created by pranksters, then admitting his own lies made the bizarre ordeal worse.
Syrian FM calls on rebels to disarm and negotiate
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's foreign minister has invited the country's rebels to lay down their weapons and take part in a dialogue conference, saying everyone who participates will be included in a new Cabinet with wide executive powers.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday a country with as many enemies as Israel cannot afford a weak ruling party, after polls ahead of Tu esday's parliamentary election showed a slide in his support. Two polls on Friday showed Israel's right-wing and religious bloc winning a slim parliamentary majority of 63 out of 120 seats, with Netanyahu's Likud-Beitenu group on course to be the largest party in the Knesset, albeit with eroding support. … Te'o tries to move on with interview, but more questions may be asked of the Notre Dame star
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Manti Te’o tried to put one of the strangest sports stories in memory behind him, insisting he was the target of an elaborate online hoax in which he fell for a fake woman created by pranksters, then admitting his own lies made the bizarre ordeal worse.
Syrian FM calls on rebels to disarm and negotiate
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's foreign minister has invited the country's rebels to lay down their weapons and take part in a dialogue conference, saying everyone who participates will be included in a new Cabinet with wide executive powers.
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