April 15, 2012
Spurs rout Suns to dampen Phoenix’s playoff chase
The San Antonio Spurs insist that being the No. 1 seed in the West isn't important to them. They still might wind up with it. Simply making the playoffs is important to Phoenix. And this blowout won't help. Tim Duncan…
April 15, 2012
Magic C Dwight Howard May Be Out For Season
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has been sidelined with a herniated disk in his back, and reports now state that he will be out at least 10-14 days, according to ESPN.com. Some reports suggest he could miss the remainder of the regular season.…
April 15, 2012
Tevez’s hat-trick helped Manchester City beat Norwich
Carlos Tevez's hat-trick helped Manchester City beat Norwich to reduce Manchester United's lead to two points at the Premier League summit. Tevez's swerving effort beat John Ruddy before he set up Sergio Aguero. Norwich replied when Andrew Surman…
April 15, 2012
Obama: ‘Drug legalisation not the answer to drug war’
US President Barack Obama has said that legalising drugs is not the answer to the problems caused by the trafficking of illegal narcotics in the Americas. Mr Obama told a gathering of leading executives in Colombia ahead of the Summit of the…
April 15, 2012
Cardi to revive Haiti’s agricultural sector
The Caribbean Agriculture and Research Development Institute (Cardi), through donor funding from Caricom, Australia, the Common Fund for Commodities and the European Union, has pledged to resuscitate Haiti’s struggling agriculture sector. The…
April 15, 2012
Peru troops free Shining Path hostages
The Peruvian government says a group of gas workers kidnapped by Shining Path rebels on Monday has been freed. Officials said hundreds of troops surrounded the rebels, forcing them into a hasty retreat, during which they left their captives…
April 15, 2012
Venezuela’s Chavez set for more Cuba cancer treatment
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has given a speech from the presidential palace in Caracas, the first since his latest round of treatment in Cuba for a malignant tumour. Mr Chavez, who was more than two hours late, told thousands of supporters…
April 15, 2012
Colombia’s Jose Antonio Ocampo exits World Bank race
Colombia's Jose Antonio Ocampo has pulled out of the race to be the next president of the World Bank. "It is clear that this is not based on the merits of the candidates but is a political exercise," he said. His comments referred to the likelihood…
April 15, 2012
Goldman Sachs fined $22m over flaws at weekly ‘huddles’
Goldman Sachs has been fined $22m (£13.8m) by US regulators to settle charges that some "top clients" may have been tipped off about stocks. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that the bank lacked policies to prevent leaks from…
April 15, 2012
Standard & Poor’s reaffirms UK’s AAA credit rating
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has reaffirmed its AAA credit rating for the UK, saying it believes the economy is "wealthy, open and diversified". S&P also confirmed a stable outlook, as it expects the government to implement the bulk of its…