News for May 2010
France will be the host country of the 2016 European football championship. France squeaked by Turkey by one narrow vote, as well as Italy and Poland for the coveted chance to host one of the …
AFP – England’s Mike Conway will be sidelined from IndyCar racing for at least three months with leg and back injuries sustained in his frightening Indianapolis 500 crash, his team said Monday.
Conway had surgery for …
AFP – Syria has told the UN atomic watchdog about past nuclear experiments, but is still refusing to cooperate over allegations that it was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea’s help, a new …
AFP – Spain’s Inditex, Europe’s largest clothing retailer, said Monday that it had opened the first store of its flagship Zara brand in India as part of its push into the fast-growing Asian market.
The inauguration …
REUTERS – France’s Budget Minister Francois Baroin said on Sunday the objective of keeping the country’s AAA rating was "a stretch" and had an impact on economic policy decisions related to cutting …
AFP – Controversial Brazilian striker Adriano failed to appear at a police interview Monday in connection with alleged links to a drug-dealing gang that has been accused of murdering police officers.
Adriano had been summoned for …
AFP – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde on Monday received a two-year ban from world sport’s top court, the CAS, over his implication in the Operation Puerto drugs scandal which erupted in 2006.
The ruling by …
AFP – India’s economy grew 7.4 percent in the year ended March, official data showed Monday, but analysts said uncertainty in the global outlook meant the government was in no rush to raise interest rates.
The …
American actor, director, and visual artist Dennis Hopper, an iconic big-screen emblem of US counterculture, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 74.
Revered in cinephile circles for directing and …
AFP – Apple, now the largest US technology company by value, said Monday it had sold two million of its iPad tablet computers, outdoing even the iconic iPhone on its launch.
Apple said it had sold …
REUTERS – France needed a second-half goal by William Gallas to salvage a 1-1 draw in Tunisia in their penultimate World Cup warm-up on Sunday.
Centre back Gallas, who had been a doubful starter for the …
REUTERS – Serbian Novak Djokovic continued his serene progress through the men’s draw with an ultimately comfortable 6-4 2-6 6-1 6-2 victory over American Robby Ginepri to book his place in the French Open quarter-finals …
REUTERS – France’s Budget Minister Francois Baroin said on Sunday the objective of keeping the country’s AAA rating was "a stretch" and had an impact on economic policy decisions related to cutting …
REUTERS – France’s Budget Minister Francois Baroin said on Sunday the objective of keeping the country’s AAA rating was "a stretch" and had an impact on economic policy decisions related to cutting …
REUTERS – Serbian Novak Djokovic continued his serene progress through the men’s draw with an ultimately comfortable 6-4 2-6 6-1 6-2 victory over American Robby Ginepri to book his place in the French Open quarter-finals …
REUTERS – France’s Budget Minister Francois Baroin said on Sunday the objective of keeping the country’s AAA rating was "a stretch" and had an impact on economic policy decisions related to cutting …
