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100-year-old Frenchman sets 100-km cycling record
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» A French centenarian on Friday set a record for the fastest 100-year-old to cycle 100 kilometres (62 miles) and said he had outdone himself.
Spies leads way in rainy Aragon
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» American Ben Spies set the pace under the rain on his Yamaha after the first two practice sessions ahead of this weekend's Aragon MotoGP on Friday.
Watson hammers India with bat and ball
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» Shane Watson grabbed 3-34 and struck 72 off 42 balls to lift Australia to an emphatic nine-wicket win over India in the Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Friday.
French pair sail into Thailand semis
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» Inspired second seed Richard Gasquet and 2009 Thailand Open winner Gilles Simon posted wins on Friday to put a pair of Frenchmen into the semi-finals of the tournament.
Kean 'forced to resign' at Blackburn
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» Steve Kean quit as Blackburn Rovers manager on Friday, saying he'd been "forced to resign" with immediate effect due to his position becoming "untenable".
US bars China wind farm deal on security grounds
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» President Barack Obama blocked a Chinese-led group from purchasing several wind farms near a US naval station Friday, saying the acquisition threatened national security.
US takes Iran opposition group off terror list
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» The United States on Friday removed an Iranian opposition group based abroad, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, from its blacklist of designated terror groups after years of intense lobbying.
Google blocks video after losing Brazil court battle
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» Google has blocked a YouTube video that allegedly slanders a mayoral candidate in Brazil after losing a court battle that saw its local head of operations briefly arrested.
PM hails Yongyuth's sacrifice
News, Published on 29/09/2012
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday praised Yongyuth Wichaidit for his decision to resign as deputy prime minister and interior minister.
DNA fails to match couple on two other skeletons
News, Published on 29/09/2012
» The results of DNA tests on two other skeletons dug up from murder suspect Supat Laohawattana's orchard in Phetchaburi do not match a couple missing for three years who are believed to be dead, police said yesterday.