China Olympic breakthroughs keep coming
BEIJING (AFP) - One thing China will take away from their home Olympics will be the series of breakthroughs in sports that previously eluded them and beach volleyball was added to that burgeoning list Thursday.
Nations:Brazil Netherlands Canada People:Li Na Liu Xiang Chen Ruolin Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AFP)
2008-08-21
US softball team denied gold, loses 3-1 to Japan
BEIJING - Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport's last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years -- and maybe for good.
Nations:U.S. Japan Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AP)
2008-08-21
Phelps wins 8th gold medal; breaks tie with Spitz
BEIJING - Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them. It took a team to make him the grandest of Olympic champions. And one last big push from Phelps himself.
Nations:Germany Japan Tunisia U.S. Canada People:Brendan Hansen Aaron Peirsol Michael Phelps Natalie Coughlin Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AP)
2008-08-17
Consumer prices rise at double the expected rate
WASHINGTON - Consumer prices shot up in July at twice the expected rate, pushed higher by surging energy and food costs. The latest surge left inflation running at the fastest pace in 17 years.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2007-8 Global Inflation 2008 U.S. Recession Source:(AP)
2008-08-14
US, allies weigh punishment for Russia
WASHINGTON - Scrambling to find ways to punish Russia for its invasion of pro-Western Georgia, the United States and its allies are considering expelling Moscow from an exclusive club of wealthy nations and have scrapped plans for an upcoming joint NATO-Russia military exercise, Bush administration officials said Tuesday.
Nations:Russia France Italy Germany Japan Canada People:Nicolas Sarkozy Silvio Berlusconi Gordon Brown Angela Merkel Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Georgia-Russia Crisis Russia-U.S.
2008-08-12
Bush warns Russia to pull back in Georgia
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday demanded that Russia end a "dramatic and brutal escalation" of violence in Georgia, agree to an immediate cease-fire and accept international mediation to end the crisis in the former Soviet republic.
Nations:France Russia Afghanistan Italy Germany Japan People:Condoleezza Rice Vladimir Putin Activities:2008 Georgia-Russia Crisis Russia-U.S.
2008-08-11
World leaders quash qualms, go to Olympic opening
PARIS - To go or not to go -- world leaders invited to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics faced a choice riddled with risks.
Nations:Australia Brazil France U.K. North Korea Zimbabwe People:Dalai Lama Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Wu Poh-hsiung Angela Merkel Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-08-06
Edouard hits Texas coast with strong wind, rain
GALVESTON, Texas - Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston on Tuesday with strong winds and rain but was expected to weaken as it makes its way inland during the day.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Rick Perry Source:(AP)
2008-08-05
Tropical storm looms off Texas-Louisiana coast
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Edouard churned across the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and has a one in five chance of hitting the Texas coast on Tuesday as a hurricane, U.S. forecasters said.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-04
Tropical Storm Edouard moving toward Texas coast
NEW ORLEANS - Emergency teams were activated as residents along the Gulf of Mexico prepared to get hit with another strong storm for the second time in less than a month.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Source:(AP)
2008-08-04
US auto sales slump to 16-year low in July
DETROIT - U.S. auto sales slumped to a 16-year low in July as automakers failed to keep up with consumers' growing demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. While production changes may help that problem, trouble in the credit and auto leasing markets will continue to take a toll on sales.
Nations:Canada Activities:2008 U.S. Automakers Downturn Source:(AP)
2008-08-01
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
TORONTO - A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker.
Nations:Canada Source:(AP)
2008-08-01
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