India to take up curbs on nuke entities with US2010-05-30 The Times of India NEW DELHI: The forthcoming India-US Strategic Dialogue slated for June 1-4 is expected to hit the right notes though both sides are expected to touch on irritants bedevilling their relationship. India, on its part, plans to take up the sticky issue of certain institutions that remain in the US "entity list". Though no immediate response from the US...
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar escapes bid on life as man fires at car2010-05-30 The Times of India BANGALORE: Art of Living (AOL) founder and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar narrowly escaped a bid on his life when a gunman opened fire on his car soon after a satsang at his sprawling ashram on Kanakapura Road on Sunday evening. AOL representatives and police told TOI that soon after a satsang at the yagyashaala, a hall in the ashram, Sri Sri...
No technical fault in Libya jet crash:investigators2010-05-30 The Star TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Investigators have so far found no evidence that mechanical failure caused an Airbus aircraft to crash in Libya this month killing 103 people, a Libyan commission studying the crash said. Rescue workers examine the debris of Afriqiyah airline flight 8U771 at Tripoli airport May 12, 2010. (REUTERS/Libyan TV via Reuters TV/Files)...
British Airways strike resumes2010-05-30 Gulf News London: British Airways Plc cabin crew resumed their strike following the failure of talks over pay and staffing levels, grounding flights for as many as 22,000 people yesterday during one of the UK's busiest weekends for air travel. Europe's third-biggest carrier aims to operate at least 70 per cent of long-haul services from its main base at...
BP cuts checks for workers' lost wages2010-05-30 CNN May 30, 2010: 11:03 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The scope of the damage from the Gulf Coast oil spill is still hard to calculate, but here's a grim tally: More than 26,000 workers and business owners along the Gulf Coast have filed claims so far for lost income. BP () has made payments already on over 11,600 of those claims, disbursing $35...
Croatian president honors Serb victims in Bosnia2010-05-30 The Guardian IRENA KNEZEVIC Associated Press Writer= SIJEKOVAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — In an effort to promote reconciliation in the Balkans, Croatia's president laid flowers Sunday to honor Serb villagers killed by Croats during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Church bells rang as Croatian President Ivo Josipovic placed bouquets in front of the Serb Orthodox...
Venus Williams Is Overpowered by Petrova2010-05-30 The New York Times PARIS — There was a sense that this might be Venus Williams’s time, finally, at Roland Garros. Her see-through lace dress became the sartorial sensation of the French Open. Her rise back to No. 2 in the world this spring, and her strong play in the opening rounds, turned Williams into an emerging tournament favorite. She had buzz. New...
Cyprus trip a political, spiritual minefield for the pope2010-05-30 USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Vincenzo Pinton, AFP/Getty Images Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims on May 29, 2010, as he arrive in the Sala Nervi at the Vatican. This week he takes a politically tense trip to the divided island of Cyprus. VATICAN CITY (AP) — , often under fire for political missteps on...
Thousands march to protest Arizona immigration law2010-05-30 Houston Chronicle TEMPE, Ariz. - Supporters and opponents of Arizona's tough new crackdown on illegal immigration held separate rallies in Phoenix, drawing thousands of people from around the country. Marchers carrying signs, banners and flags from the United States and Mexico filled a 5 mile stretch of central Phoenix, demanding that the federal government refuse...
Pepe cleared to play World Cup for Portugal2010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - MADRID - Real Madrid defender Pepe has been cleared to play for Portugal at the World Cup. The center back, whose full name is Kleper Laveran Lima Ferreira, was cleared by Madrid medical staff following a lengthy recovery from knee surgery. Pepe hasn't played since December after coming down awkwardly and twisting his right knee during a...
"Ladies in White" say Cuba prisoner plight goes on2010-05-31 Yahoo Daily News HAVANA (Reuters) – The Cuban government has not yet improved conditions for political prisoners or released any as had been hoped after recent talks between Catholic Church leaders and President Raul Castro, Cuba's "Ladies in White" dissident group said Sunday. Speaking to reporters after the group's traditional Sunday march...
West Indies vs. South Africa Scoreboard2010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - ROSEAU, Dominica - Scoreboard Sunday from the fourth one-day international between West Indies and South Africa at Windsor Park: West Indies Innings Dale Richards c Smith b Tsotsobe 59 Chris Gayle c Duminy b Morkel 29 Shivnarine Chanderpaul c Tsotsobe b McLaren 66 Dwayne Bravo b Tsotsobe 46 Darren Bravo not out 45 Kieron Pollard b Langeveldt...
Pujols homers three times in Cards' win over Cubs2010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - CHICAGO - Albert Pujols hit three long home runs and Adam Wainwright pitched seven impressive innings, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Pujols homered in the first, fifth and ninth innings for his fourth career three-homer game, and first since Sept. 3, 2006, against the Pirates. He has hit four...
Rays wear Blackhawks sweaters for trip2010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon received an assist from the Chicago Blackhawks for a hockey theme road trip. Several times each season the Rays hit the road with a different team dress plan, and Maddon decided that wearing hockey sweaters was the perfect idea for the flight to Toronto on Sunday. When the Stanley Cup...
FSU tops NC State 8-3 for 1st ACC title since '042010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - GREENSBORO, N.C. - Florida State coach Mike Martin finally has a trophy to bring home from North Carolina. One of his players might have picked up another souvenir-a bruise or two after an unnerving collision at home plate. The Seminoles claimed their first Atlantic Coast Conference championship on Sunday by beating North Carolina State 8-3,...
Rangers place Cruz on 15-day DL2010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - MINNEAPOLIS - The Texas Rangers have placed outfielder Nelson Cruz on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. The Rangers were hoping Cruz could avoid his second stint on the DL this season. He was injured on Wednesday and appeared as a pinch hitter on Friday against the Minnesota Twins. But manager Ron Washington says the...
More than 20 bodies found in Mexican silver mine2010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - MEXICO CITY - Authorities have found between 20 and 25 corpses in an abandoned silver mine in southern Mexico, apparently victims of druggang violence, police said Sunday. Federal police commissioner Facundo Rosas said the bodies were pulled from the mine late Saturday and throughout the day Sunday after a suspect tipped authorities off to...
Langhorne comes up big, Mystics beat Sun 69-652010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - WASHINGTON - Crystal Langhorne scored 17 points and tied a career high with 16 rebounds, and the Washington Mystics withstood a late run in Sunday's 69-65 win over the Connecticut Sun. Nakia Sanford added four of her 11 points in the final three minutes as the Mystics (4-3) led by at least three throughout the late stages of the game....
Bryant's brilliant playoffs culminate in finals2010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - LOS ANGELES - Opposing coaches call it the rise-up, and nobody does it better than Kobe Bryant. Bryant hit it against Grant Hill in the final minute of the Lakers' conference-clinching victory over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night, putting his signature on a 37-point performance that sent Los Angeles into the NBA finals with a chance for...
Lehman beats Couples, Frost in sudden death2010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - PARKER, Colo. - Tom Lehman won the 71st Senior PGA Championship on Sunday with a par on the first playoff hole, where Fred Couples and David Frost were done in by bad tee shots and double-bogeyed. After Lehman began the sudden death playoff on No. 18 with a solid shot down the fairway, Couples' only bad tee shot of the tournament veered left...
IndyCar Series is reviewing Indy 500 finish2010-05-31 Syracuse (AP) - INDIANAPOLIS - The IndyCar Series is reviewing the finish of the Indianapolis 500 after Marco Andretti says he slowed because of a caution flag that came out on Lap 199. Team owner Michael Andretti contends his son was third at the time of the caution and that Danica Patrick, another one of his drivers, was sixth. Michael Andretti says he...
Amla's 129 propels Proteas to fourth victory over Windies2010-05-31 Yahoo Daily News ROSEAU, Dominica (AFP) – Hashim Amla continued in his rich vein of form, and struck his third One-day International hundred to help South Africa shake off 'dead-rubber syndrome', and win the fourth ODI against West Indies by seven wickets on Sunday. Amla collected nine fours and two sixes in another sublime innings of 129 from 115...
India's auto-rickshaws eyed as driving force in advertising2010-05-31 Yahoo Daily News MUMBAI (AFP) – They are synonymous with India and are the country's most common form of transport, used by everyone from schoolchildren and housewives to office workers and tourists. But despite buzzing around the streets of virtually every village, town and city, the auto-rickshaw has not been widely exploited for its advertising...
Hong Kong activists march over Tiananmen protests2010-05-31 Yahoo Daily News HONG KONG (AFP) – Democracy campaigners marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday, a day after 13 activists were arrested for erecting a Tiananmen Square remembrance statue in a busy shopping district. The march came ahead of an annual candlelit vigil this Friday -- which last year drew about 150,000 people -- to mark the...
China's Korean balancing act Al Jazeera2010-05-30 The fallout from the sinking of the Cheonan is causing a diplomatic dilemma for China, which has important strategic links with both countries on the KoreanPeninsula. In recent years China has carefully cultivated relationships with both North and South Korea, glossing over the apparent contradiction in maintaining close ties with two...
Union leader offers BA public talks The Guardian2010-05-30 A union leader representing British Airways cabin crew has offered to conduct talks in the "full glare" of the media in a bid to break the deadlocked row which led to a fresh walkout this morning. Derek Simpson, joint leader of Unite, said people would be able to see how "unreasonable" the airline's chief executive, Willie...
Relief convoy sails from Cyprus for blockaded Gaza The Star2010-05-30 NICOSIA (Reuters) - A six-ship convoy carrying 10,000 tonnes of aid for Palestinians set sail for Gaza on Sunday in defiance of an Israeli blockade on the impoverished territory and warnings that it would be intercepted. The ships, led by a Turkish vessel carrying 600 people, left a muster point in international waters off Cyprus early on Sunday....
Bangladesh blocks Facebook Al Jazeera2010-05-30 Bangladesh has blocked social networking website Facebook over caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad and “obnoxious” images of the Muslim-majority country's leaders, officials say. The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the site was blocked on Saturday because cartoons of the Prophet "hurt...
Death Toll From India Train Accident Rises to 145 The New York Times2010-05-30 Filed at 3:39 a.m. ET CALCUTTA, India (AP) -- Normal railway service resumed across an eastern Indian state on Sunday, two days after a train accident blamed on Maoist rebels that killed 145 people, officials said. Thirteen cars from a high-speed passenger train derailed and then were hit by an oncoming cargo train in West Bengal state early...
Mixed views on Uribe's legacy Al Jazeera2010-05-30 As Colombians prepare to vote for a new president on Sunday, it would appear they do not want to lose incumbent Alvaro Uribe. After ruling since 2002 Uribe maintains approval ratings of 60 per cent, having taken Colombia from a situation of widespread kidnappings, common homicides and massacres to one of relative stability. When the...
Hellraiser Dennis Hopper rides into sunset The Times2010-05-30 DENNIS HOPPER, the hellraising Hollywoodactor and director best known for his wild roles in Easy Rider, Blue Velvet and Apocalypse Now, died yesterday at the age of 74 after a battle with prostate cancer. Despite bitter disputes with his wife in recent months, the actor died at his home in the Los Angeles beachside district of Venice, surrounded...
