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GM recalls 4.3 million cars, trucks over airbag fault
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» WASHINGTON - General Motors issued a recall notice Friday for 4.3 million cars and trucks worldwide due to a dangerous electronic fault that could prevent airbag deployment in an accident.
Maxwell fuels Aussies to Sri Lanka T20 triumph
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» COLOMBO - Australian bowlers set up a four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka to spoil veteran batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan's farewell and sweep the two-match Twenty20 series in Colombo on Friday.
Disgraced ex-CONCACAF president Webb banned for life
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» ZURICH - Former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb has been banned from all football-related activities for life by the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA's Ethics Committee, world football's governing body confirmed on Friday.
Facebook reverses move to censor 'napalm girl' photo
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Friday reversed its decision to censor an iconic Vietnam War photo of a naked girl escaping a napalm bombing, after the move set off a wave of outrage, including from Norway's prime minister.
Jolie decries fate of Syria refugees on Jordan border
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» AZRAQ (JORDAN) - US actress Angelina Jolie on Friday urged the international community to come to the rescue of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees stranded without humanitarian aid on Jordan's border.
Belgium receive 2008 relay gold after Russia stripped
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» BRUSSELS - The Belgian relay quartet of Kim Gevaert, Elodie Ouedraogo, Hanna Marien and Olivia Borlee on Friday belatedly received gold medals from the 2008 Olympics after a Russian sprinter tested positive for drugs.
Wiesberger grabs halfway lead at Dutch Open
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» SPIJK (NETHERLANDS) - Austria's Bernd Wiesberger carved out a one-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Dutch Open after a five-under-par 66 in Friday's second round at Spijk.
Light-hearted, level-headed, Kerber now a predictable winner
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» NEW YORK - Angelique Kerber didn't quite know what to say.
Tattooed and very tall, Pliskova stands out at US Open
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» NEW YORK - At the US Open semi-finals on a humid Thursday night in New York, newly-crowned world number one Angelique Kerber was described as being "a little predictable".
US stocks sink over 2% as Fed officials eye rate hike
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks suffered their sharpest losses Friday since the Brexit vote after Federal Reserve officials signaled the US central bank could hike interest rates as soon as this month.