Sobbing Vettel is F1's youngest champion (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 09:02 AM PST Reuters - Germany's Sebastian Vettel sobbed with joy after becoming Formula One's youngest world champion on Sunday with a pole to flag victory in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. |
NATO says 5 soldiers killed in Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 09:02 AM PST Reuters - Five soldiers serving with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed on Sunday, including three in a clash with insurgents in the east, the coalition said, one of the worst daily tolls in a month. |
Big-hitting Harbhajan flays New Zealand attack (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 05:08 AM PST Reuters - Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh continued to torment New Zealand with the bat, hitting an unbeaten 85 to earn the hosts a first-innings lead of 86 on the third day of the second test on Sunday. |
Suu Kyi urges freedom of speech in army-ruled Myanmar (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 02:15 AM PST Reuters - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for freedom of speech in army-ruled Myanmar, urged thousands of supporters to stand up for their rights, and indicated she may urge the West to end sanctions. |
"Hallows" my favourite Potter film so far - Rowling (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 01:01 AM PST Reuters - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling said the seventh film to bring her fictional characters to the big screen is her favourite so far and left open the slim possibility that she could write about the boy wizard again. |
Schumacher's comeback season ends with a crash (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 06:23 AM PST Reuters - Michael Schumacher's Formula One comeback season ended with a smash in Abu Dhabi on Sunday when his Mercedes spun and was speared by a Force India car on the opening lap. |
Bangladesh police fire tear gas at protesters (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 03:44 AM PST Reuters - Police fired tear gas in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday as political violence that broke out on Saturday continued during a day-long general strike, officers and witnesses said. |
Image triumphs, economic failures for Obama in Asia (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 10:57 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama may have gone to Asia with hopes of putting his party's mid-term election defeats behind him, but they dogged him all the way. |
Amid economic strains, APEC trumpets free trade (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 01:01 AM PST Reuters - Leaders of the world's most powerful economies went home on Sunday after four days of summitry that left them little closer to agreeing how best to rebalance the global economy and stave off fresh crises. |
Calm Appleby reels in leaders to win in Melbourne (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2010 12:07 AM PST Reuters - An unflustered Stuart Appleby overtook the faltering Adam Bland and Daniel Gaunt to upstage champion Tiger Woods and win the Australian Masters at Victoria Golf Club by one shot on Sunday. |
Alonso ticks all the right boxes in title tilt (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 08:24 PM PST Reuters - Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has just one more box to tick before he can step up as Formula One's youngest triple world champion on Sunday. |
India fury at horse ban mars banner day for China (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 06:46 PM PST Reuters - Indian fury at China's refusal to clear their horses for competition threatened to sour the hosts' celebrations as they hoarded 19 out of 28 golds on day one of competition at the Guangzhou Asian Games on Saturday. |
Myanmar's Suu Kyi urges 'freedom of speech' (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 10:12 PM PST Reuters - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi told thousands of cheering supporters on Sunday in her first major speech since being freed from house arrest that she understands "what they want". |
Violence in Bangladesh as ex-PM evicted from home (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 06:54 PM PST Reuters - Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday to clear demonstrators trying to prevent authorities from evicting the leader of the opposition from the house where she has lived for 40 years. |