County Cricket Round-Up
Surrey have sacked their Director of Cricket Chris Adams and his assistant Ian Salisbury in a move that was surprising only for its timing – midway through the season and shortly before the start of the Friends Life t20.
Speaking [...]
Sri Lanka Reach Semis By Beating Australia
Sri Lanka 253-8 (Jayawardene 84no) beatAustralia 233 (Voges 49) by 20 runsICC Champions Trophy Group A, The OvalScorecard | Video Report | HighlightsReport by John Pennington
Sri Lanka produced an efficient performance to beat Australia [...]
Monopoly City of Lagos Edition unveils in the United Kingdom (Photos)
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United Kingdom’s David Cameron rallies world leaders to Northern Ireland
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PM says UK could get better trade deals OUTSIDE the EU as referendum is …
The Prime Minister made the admission today in the House of Commons, but went on to say he still believes Britain should stay in the European Union.
During Prime Minister’s Questions this afternoon Tory Eurosceptic David Nuttall questioned [...]
Arizona wildfire threatens hundreds of homes, California blaze wanes
By Tim Gaynor and Alex Dobuzinskis
PHOENIX/LOS ANGELES |
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:12pm EDT
PHOENIX/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An Arizona wildfire whipped up by strong winds threatened hundreds of homes on Wednesday, [...]
Fewer drivers seen on Jul 4 as shorter holiday, economy bite: AAA
Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:05am EDT
(Reuters) – Fewer drivers will take to a highway during a Independence Day holiday in partial due to a indolent economy, though also since people will take rebate time off, transport organisation [...]
Lawmaker, university punch over ‘control’ of Chinese anarchist in U.S.
By Paul Eckert
WASHINGTON |
Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:07am EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressman who has been blind Chinese anarchist Chen Guangcheng’s categorical champion in Washington pronounced [...]
How to censor your information from a NSA
Editor’s note: Doug Gross covers consumer record and a Web for CNN.com. Follow his updates on Twitter or supplement him to your Circles on Google+.
(CNN) — Let’s face it: Most of us don’t e-mail, tweet, calm or post [...]
PST: Arsenal nears deal for Gonzalo Higuain
Word out of North London is that Arsene Wenger is set to break the transfer record at Arsenal and sign Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuaín.
The only thing holding back the Arsenal manager from completing the deal is Madrid’s need to hire [...]
PST: In Altidore, a star has risen for USMNT
SANDY, Utah – Feel free to ask yourself at this point: where would the United States be in World Cup qualifying without Jozy Altidore?
Probably in OK shape. Possibly even in good shape. But probably not in out-of-this-world, super-model shape.
The [...]
The re-emergence of AS Monaco
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‘Modern-day slavery’: State Dept. says millions of human trafficking victims go unidentified
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Phul Kumari, 25, stands with her child in front of a window in a village community center in in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh in 2011. From a poor rural community in India’s Jharkhand state, Kumari [...]
Body found near Patriot’s home was homicide victim
Michael Dwyer / AP file
The New England Patriots’ Aaron Hernandez kneels on the field during practice in May.
A prosecutor says a Boston man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s [...]
Cops should back reform
Editor’s note: George Gascón is the district attorney of San Francisco, and the former chief of police in San Francisco and Mesa, Arizona
(CNN) — Members of the law enforcement community must sound their voices in support of [...]
Tusks fund terror
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Arrests in U.S. ‘subhuman slavery’ case
Editor’s note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.
(CNN) — A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a [...]
Coffee wants Africa to assistance itself
(CNN) — Tired of observant grown nations take a lion’s share of increase from his countrymen’s coffee crop, Ugandan businessman Andrew Rugasira motionless behind in 2003 that it was time for a new business arrangement.
Uganda [...]
Help wanted: 1 million managers
(CNN) — Rapid mercantile growth, abounding stores of healthy resources and a fast-growing competition have all helped chaperon in a new epoch of confidence around Africa’s future. But is there a blank couple that’s preventing [...]
State Dept. downgrades Russia, China on trafficking
The black mark, delivered in the State Department’s annual ranking of nations involved in trafficking, comes the same week that President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin disagreed on how to end the Syrian civil war. The leaders [...]
Asian stocks tumble on weak China PMI, Fed policy plan
By Chikako Mogi
TOKYO |
Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:47pm EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares tumbled to nine-month lows on Thursday as slowing Chinese manufacturing activity exacerbated sentiment already unnerved by [...]
China Manufacturing Contraction Deepens Amid Cash Pinch: Economy
China’s manufacturing is shrinking at a faster pace this month, adding to stresses in the economy and financial system after interbank borrowing costs surged to the highest in seven years.
The preliminary reading of 48.3 for a Purchasing [...]
PBT: ‘Devastated’ Manu unsure how Spurs rebound
MIAMI — After suffering a brutal Game 6 loss that the Spurs had every reason to believe would turn out in their favor, one of the team’s key veterans wasn’t exactly optimistic that they’ll find a way to bounce back emotionally in time [...]
VIDEO: Turkey’s ‘silent protest’ spreads
A silent, standing protest by performance artist Erdem Gunduz has been taken up by hundreds of anti-government demonstrators and spread to several Turkish cities.
Mr Gunduz appeared in Istanbul’s Taksim Square at around 18:00 (15:00 GMT) [...]
VIDEO: Lourdes evacuated after flash floods
The Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes has been evacuated after flash floods struck south-western France.
Tourists and pilgrims were moved away as rising water began to spill over a nearby bridge.
The Massabielle cave, where the Virgin Mary is [...]
EU car sales hit 20-year low for May
18 June 2013
Last updated at 15:22 GMT
Peugeot Citreon saw sales fall over 15% in May
New car sales across Europe fell to their lowest level in two decades for May as the deepening recession hurt demand.
Registrations dropped [...]
Ranger quits All Blacks for France
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Britain, France face EU action over high Eurostar charges
By Ethan Bilby
BRUSSELS |
Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:04am EDT
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has given France and Britain two months to respond to a request to lower charges for passenger and freight [...]
Udaltsov Hit With New Charges
Sergei Udaltsov
Investigators on Wednesday charged leftist opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov and his ally Leonid Razvozzhayev with staging “riots” at an authorized opposition rally on Bolotnaya Ploshchad in Moscow [...]
