Liverpool change hands after 'penalty shootout' (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:15 PM PDT Reuters - Liverpool's tortured takeover battle ended on Friday with the owners of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox completing their 300 million pounds ($480.8 million) purchase of the Premier League club. |
Nigerian sprinter Abugan stripped of two medals for doping (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 07:54 AM PDT Reuters - Nigerian sprinter Folashade Abugan has been stripped of two Commonwealth Games silver medals after testing positive for a banned stimulant, the Games Federation said on Friday. |
Sept inflation strengthens case for rate rise (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:55 AM PDT Reuters - India's annual headline inflation rose slightly more than expected in September, keeping price pressures above the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s comfort zone and shortening the odds of another rate rise next month. |
Nepali teen becomes world's shortest man at 67 cm (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 06:27 AM PDT Reuters - Nepal's little Khagendra Thapa Magar has a big ambition. Magar measures 67.08 centimetres (26.4 inches), weighs 6.5 kilos (14 pounds) and was proclaimed the world's shortest living man by the Guinness World Records in the same week he celebrated his eighteenth birthday. |
Delhi hits some highs but long-term problem remains (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 12:37 AM PDT Reuters - After a pre-event crisis and the organisational blunders of the first few days made way for a fine festival of sport, Delhi will perhaps be remembered as the Commonwealth Games that were not as bad as expected. |
Pakistan says willing to assist Afghan talks (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:40 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan said on Friday it was willing to assist talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, and NATO confirmed its forces had helped ensure a senior Taliban commander reached Kabul. |
Chile's 33 miners head for home as celebrities (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - Chile's rescued miners headed home as heroes on Friday after a 69-day ordeal deep underground during which they drank oil-contaminated water and set off explosives in a desperate bid to alert rescuers. |
Swiss break through in world's longest tunnel (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT Reuters - Swiss engineers drilling the world's longest tunnel broke through the last section of rock on Friday, crowning more than a decade of work. |
Best quotes from the 19th Commonwealth Games (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 12:16 AM PDT Reuters - A selection of quotes from the Delhi Commonwealth Games, which closed on Thursday. |
Currency risk clouds Infosys outlook (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:10 AM PDT Reuters - Infosys Technologies warned currency volatility could crimp growth for India's outsourcing sector, sending its shares down, despite beating quarterly estimates and raising its annual sales forecast. |
Protectionism a rising threat to global economy: Summers (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:44 AM PDT Reuters - A top economic advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama said protectionism is a rising threat to the global economy that in the end helps no one. |
Delhi overcomes challenges to close Games on a high (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:23 PM PDT Reuters - Delhi put on a second flawless spectacle of song and dance on Thursday to close the Commonwealth Games on a high after at one stage threatening to become a national embarrassment to India. |
Liverpool cleared for change of ownership (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 07:43 AM PDT Reuters - Liverpool headed for victory on Friday in a battle to shake off their unloved American owners and secure a takeover by the company behind Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox. |
First of Chile's rescued miners head home (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:19 PM PDT Reuters - The first of Chile's 33 rescued miners headed home on Thursday to recover from their two-month ordeal, as offers and gifts that go along with their new celebrity status rolled in, including an invitation to Graceland. |
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