LONDON (Reuters) - Records tumbled again as Britain humbled their rivals with poster girl Victoria Pendleton capping another remarkable track cycling day for the hosts at the London Olympics in a simmering velodrome on Friday. Britain won the two gol... [Full Article]
These are unsettled times for the Turkish military, once the nation's arbiter. The civilian government gutted its political power, hundreds of retired and active-duty officers are in jail on coup plot charges - and now military dissenters are lo... [Full Article]
Last year a near-miss in the Kraft Nabisco Championship proved potent fuel for Taiwan's Yani Tseng, the world number one who starts as overwhelming favorite in the first women's major of the year. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - The logo of Belgium's dominant telecom operator Belgacom is seen at the entrance of the company's headquarters ahead of the 2011 half-year results in Brussels July 29, 2011. Belgacom said that it saw improving trends in its consum... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Didier Bellens, chief executive officer of Belgium's dominant telecom operator Belgacom, is seen during a news conference in Brussels in this February 25, 2011 file photo. Belgacom said on July 28, 2011 that Bellens was indicted of &q... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - The head of China's dominant Internet search engine, Baidu, predicted that Google wouldn't last in his country, calling the US technology firm's retreat from the mainland was a gift. Baidu has increased its dominance of the w... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Egyptian women look at a pig farm in the predominantly Coptic Christian district of Old Cairo on April 29, 2009. Egypt is to begin a controversial slaughter of the nation's 250,000 pigs in earnest on Saturday, despite the WHO saying ... [Full Article]