London Olympics close Aug 13th, 2012 - 01:00h (CET +01.00) The London Olympics were declared closed on Sunday by IOC president Jacques Rogge following a ceremony which culminated in the handover of the Olympic flag to 2016 hosts Rio de Janeiro. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : london, olympics, close, Top Keywords

Olympics to close with pop party extravaganza Aug 12th, 2012 - 17:50h (CET +01.00) British rock stars are seizing the stage to close the Olympics with an extravaganza that promises to keep a worldwide audience entertained well into the night - and dancing all the way to Rio. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : olympics, close, party, extravaganza, Top Keywords

Olympics will close with a thunderous party Aug 12th, 2012 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) Party! Party! Party! (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : olympics, will, close, thunderous, party, Top Keywords

Marathon, NBA bring Olympic Games to close Aug 12th, 2012 - 07:30h (CET +01.00) The Olympic Games draw to a close Sunday with Kenya and Ethiopia's marathon men preparing for a duel on the streets of London in a fitting finale to the fortnight-long sporting spectacular. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : marathon, bring, olympic, games, close, Top Keywords

Olympic closer hit parade has The Who, Spice Girls Aug 11th, 2012 - 15:30h (CET +01.00) Get the Union Jacks out and prepare to party: Olympic Stadium is being transformed into a giant jukebox of British pop and pizazz for the ceremony that brings to an end the so-far spectacularly successful London Games. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : olympic, closer, parade, spice, girls, Top Keywords

India's Vijender close to medal repeat Aug 3rd, 2012 - 00:30h (CET +01.00) India's Vijender Singh is just one victory away from claiming a second straight Olympic boxing bronze medal and so making yet more Games history for his country (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : india's, vijender, close, medal, repeat, Top Keywords

Sho close as badminton's Lin survives scare Aug 2nd, 2012 - 23:10h (CET +01.00) Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan suffered a scare before reaching the men's singles semi-finals with a testing three-game win over Japan's Sho Sasaki on Thursday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : close, badminton's, survives, scare, repeat, Top Keywords

Bomb scare closes US Embassy in Norway Aug 1st, 2012 - 10:00h (CET +01.00) The U.S. Embassy was evacuated in central Oslo on Tuesday when a suspicious item was found beneath a car trying to enter the compound, but a search turned up nothing harmful, police said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bomb, scare, closes, embassy, norway, Top Keywords

Turkey partially closes border with Syria Jul 25th, 2012 - 18:00h (CET +01.00) Turkey indefinitely closed three border crossings Wednesday to Turkish nationals trying to get into Syria, citing security concerns in the strife-torn neighbour, officials said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : turkey, partially, closes, border, syria, Top Keywords

Exclusive: Prosecutors, regulators close to making Libor arrests Jul 23rd, 2012 - 06:10h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Prosecutors and European regulators are close to arresting individual traders and charging them with colluding to manipulate global benchmark interest rates, according to people familiar with a sweeping investigation into the rigging scan... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : exclusive, prosecutors, regulators, close, making, libor, arrests, Top Keywords