Deng edges tearful team-mate Sui to beam gold Aug 7th, 2012 - 19:10h (CET +01.00) China's Deng Linlin upset team-mate Sui Lu to claim the gold medal in the women's balance beam final on the last day of the Olympic artistic gymnastics tournament on Tuesday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : deng, edges, tearful, teammate, beam, gold, Top Keywords

China's Lin edges Lee in classic badminton final Aug 5th, 2012 - 17:20h (CET +01.00) China's defending champion Lin Dan became the first men's singles player to win the Olympic title twice as he overcame his great rival Lee Chong Wei 15-21, 21-10, 21-19 in a magnificent final Sunday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : china's, edges, classic, badminton, final, gold, Top Keywords

Egypt's PM-designate pledges 'people's government' Aug 3rd, 2012 - 19:00h (CET +01.00) Egypt's prime minister-designate pledged on Thursday that his new 35-member Cabinet would be a "people's government" and called on Egyptians to rally behind it and the nation's newly elected president in the face of "gra... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egypt's, pmdesignate, pledges, 'people's, government', gold, Top Keywords

Author acknowledges fake Dylan quotes, resigns Jul 30th, 2012 - 21:50h (CET +01.00) A staff writer for The New Yorker has resigned and his latest book has been halted after he acknowledged inventing quotes by Bob Dylan. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : author, acknowledges, fake, dylan, quotes, resigns, Top Keywords

Spain Q2 unemployment edges up to 24.6 percent Jul 27th, 2012 - 15:40h (CET +01.00) The number of people out of work in Spain shows no sign of dropping, with almost one in four people unemployed and half of those under the age of 25 jobless, the National Statistics Institute said Friday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : spain, unemployment, edges, percent, quotes, resigns, Top Keywords

Gold edges higher for 2nd day, stimulus hopes support Jul 25th, 2012 - 06:40h (CET +01.00) SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold inched higher on Tuesday, extending gains into a second straight session as poor economic data from both sides of the Atlantic helped raise hopes for further monetary stimulus measures, which would increase gold's appe... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : gold, edges, higher, stimulus, hopes, support, Top Keywords

Greek PM pledges growth as recession deepens Jul 24th, 2012 - 15:00h (CET +01.00) Greece's prime minister pledged Tuesday to drag the country back to growth within 18 months - despite forecasts that the economy is expected to contract by 7 percent this year. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : greek, pledges, growth, recession, deepens, support, Top Keywords

India's Rahul Gandhi pledges more active role Jul 19th, 2012 - 17:20h (CET +01.00) Indian politician Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, pledged on Thursday to play "a more proactive role" in government, drawing praise from his struggling ruling Congress party. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : india's, rahul, gandhi, pledges, active, role, Top Keywords

China pledges $20 billion in credit to Africa Jul 19th, 2012 - 06:40h (CET +01.00) Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday pledged African governments $20 billion in credit over the next three years and called for more China-Africa coordination in international affairs to defend against the "bullying" of richer powers. (S... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : china, pledges, billion, credit, africa, role, Top Keywords

Tunisia leader pledges fair trial for Ben Ali Jul 17th, 2012 - 20:40h (CET +01.00) Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki vowed on Tuesday that his country could guarantee ex-strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's security and a fair trial. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : tunisia, leader, pledges, fair, trial, role, Top Keywords