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Turkey probes IS attack link as Erdogan to break silence
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» ANKARA - Turkish investigators on Tuesday sought to firm up suspicions Islamic State jihadists were behind a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 97, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to break days of silence over the blasts.
ICC unveil cash boost for associate cricket, prize money
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» DUBAI - Cricket's governing body has unveiled a cash boost for Associate and affiliate countries as well as an increases in prize money for the top men's and women's teams.
Matt Giteau defies his own expectations at Rugby World Cup
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» TEDDINGTON (UNITED KINGDOM) - Matt Giteau is on course to win his 100th cap in the World Cup quarter-finals on Sunday but the Australian star said he did not think he would make it past his debut.
Myanmar officials suggest poll postponement: Suu Kyi party
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» YANGON - Myanmar election authorities on Tuesday suggested postponing landmark November polls, a spokesman for Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party said, throwing doubt over the timing of the first credible elections in generations.
Resurgent Taliban threaten another Afghan city
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» GHAZNI (AFGHANISTAN) - Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years.
Arrests over Air France violence angers unions, left
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» PARIS - Six Air France employees were arrested Monday for their role in a violent protest that forced an executive for the struggling airline to flee an angry mob after his shirt was ripped off.
O'Brien to face hearing over World Cup punch
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» LONDON - World Cup organisers ordered Ireland star Sean O'Brien to appear before a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday to explain his alleged punch against French lock Pascal Pape.
Ireland want no 2011 World Cup repeat - Kearney
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» NEWPORT (UNITED KINGDOM) - Ireland full-back Rob Kearney has warned that his unbeaten side must not fall into the same World Cup trap they did four years ago when they were unceremoniously dumped out in the quarter-finals.
Asterix teams up with Assange-like journalist in new opus
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» PARIS - Asterix and his friend Obelix are once again poised to set the Roman empire on fire with the global release of a new opus that sees them team up with a journalist modelled on Julian Assange.
Wallaby scrum guru Ledesma brings 'great vibe'
AFP, Published on 13/10/2015
» LONDON - Australia's scrum coach Mario Ledesma prefers to stay out of the glare of publicity and let his disciples such as Scott Sio in the Wallaby pack do the talking for him.