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US jets launch first anti-IS Syria strikes from Turkey
ANKARA (AFP) – US warplanes Wednesday carried out their first air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria after taking off from a Turkish base, kicking off a key new phase in the campaign against the jihadists.A US drone had last week executed a single lethal air strike against an IS target in Syria but this was the first time manned...
Athletics: Coe ready for Gatlin fall-out at worlds
LONDON (AFP) – British track great Sebastian Coe has said he will be prepared to present Justin Gatlin with a gold medal if the controversial American wins the 100 metres final at this months World Championships in Beijing.Last week Coe, a candidate for the presidency of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) hit out...
Tennis: Kyrgios wins one for Lleyton in new partnership
MONTREAL (AFP) – Nick Kyrgios began his US Open hardcourt run with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Fernando Verdasco Tuesday under the watchful eye of new mentor Lleyton Hewitt at the ATP Montreal Masters.Kyrgios, ranked 38th, is working alongside Australias double grand slam winner in an informal capacity, with the 34-year-old elder statesman...
MH17 probe finds ‘probable’ BUK missile pieces at crash site
THE HAGUE (AFP) – Investigators probing the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said Tuesday they had found fragments probably from a Russian-made BUK missile at the crash site in eastern Ukraine.International and Dutch investigators are examining seven considerable fragments of some size… probably from a BUK (surface-to-air)...
US busts hacking/insider trading ring
NEW YORK (AFP) – An international team of computer hackers and stock traders was charged with pocketing more than $100 million in illicit profits based on stolen market-moving financial information, US officials announced Tuesday.The Department of Justice charged nine people in a criminal conspiracy with pocketing more than $30 million in...
Tennis: Top seeds lean first foes at Montreal event
MONTREAL (AFP) – Top-ranked Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Milos Raonic learned the identities of their second-round opponents on Monday after first-round matches at the ATP Montreal Masters tournament.Top seed Djokovic will start after the bye given to the leading eight seeds when he faces Brazils Thomaz Bellucci, who worked...
Tennis: Foes set for top seeds at Montreal
MONTREAL (AFP) – Top-ranked Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Milos Raonic learned the identities of their second-round opponents on Monday after first-round matches at the ATP Montreal Masters tournament.Top seed Djokovic will start after the bye given to the leading eight seeds when he faces Brazils Thomaz Bellucci, who worked...
Ukraine reports heavy tank battle with pro-Russians rebels
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday said it had repelled a rare tank assault by pro-Russian rebels that threatened to erase a shacky ceasefire and dangerously escalate the 16-month war in its breakaway east.President Petro Poroshenko said about 200 insurgents used tanks to storm Novolaspa — a village halfway between the separatists de...
Four OSCE vehicles torched in Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine: OSCE observers based in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine said on Sunday that four of their vehicles were torc …read more Source: The News...
Tennis: Retirement not on Nadal radar
MONTREAL (AFP) – Rafael Nadal insisted Sunday that retirement is not on his mind despite a year in which he was dethroned as French Open champion and saw his ranking slip to its lowest in a decade.The 29-year-old former world number one and 14-time major winner said that he will hang up his racquet only when he has lost the thrill of...
