Month: March 2011

March 9, 2011

Ivory Coast: Anti-Gbagbo protesters killed in Abidjan

Four people have been shot dead in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, after a march to protest about the killing of seven female demonstrators last week. Journalists have seen the bodies of three men and a woman in clinic. The shooting has been…

March 9, 2011

Madoff trustee ready to distribute $2.6B to victims

The court-appointed trustee charged with recovering assets stolen by Ponzi schemer…

March 9, 2011

Oil nears US$107 a barrel then retreats

Oil prices continued to set new post-recession highs Monday as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi pounded rebels near a key oil port in Libya. It's unclear how long the country's oil exports will be cut off, and traders prepared for a worst-case…

March 9, 2011

West Indies sharpen for Ireland

With a week-long break between games, West Indies ensured there would be no complacency in…

March 9, 2011

Tiger, Phil paired together for first and second round at Doral

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will be paired together—along with U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell—in the first and second rounds of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at the Doral Resort in Miami on Thursday and Friday, according to PGATour.com.…

March 9, 2011

Cricket World Cup: Injury ends Stuart Broad’s campaign

England's Stuart Broad has been ruled out of the World Cup with a side strain, the England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed. The seamer, 24, suffered the injury during the win over South Africa on Sunday, when he starred by taking 4-15.…

March 9, 2011

Cricket World Cup: Rush for tickets leads to violence

Police in Nagpur have been involved in confrontations with cricket fans queuing for tickets to see India's match against South Africa on 12 March. On Tuesday the police charged crowds outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium with sticks.…

March 9, 2011

Bryant, streaking Lakers drop Hawks, 101-87

Larry Drew remembers thinking as a young Lakers assistant coach that Kobe Bryant's talent "was off the charts" when the teen made his NBA debut with Los Angeles in 1996. Fifteen years later, Drew isn't surprised to see Bryant still…

March 9, 2011

Attorney accuses Jamaican justice minister of being dishonest

Sparks continued to fly on Tuesday at the Commission of Enquiry…

March 9, 2011

Cuba and US in online controversy

The internet seems to have become the latest front in the long ideological war between Cuba and the United States. A BBC Caribbean report stated that Havana is now accusing Washington of trying to use illegal satellite communications equipment to…