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Surprise losers at Match Play

Champion hopefuls Westwood, Mickelson, McIlroy, Els outMARANA, Arizona (AFP) ― Top seed Lee Westwood and No. 4 Phil Mickelson were among the surprise losers in the second round at the Accenture Match Play Championship on Thursday.Westwood and Mickelson weren’t the only big guns spiked as two-time runner-up Paul Casey, Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy and South African Ernie Els also were eliminated

Golf Feb. 25, 2011

Toyota recalls 2.17 million vehicles

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Toyota Motor Corp. recalled 2.17 million vehicles in the United States on Thursday to address accelerator pedals that could become entrapped in floor mats or jammed in driver’s side carpeting, prompting federal regulators to close its investigation into the embattled Japanese automaker.The Transportation Department said it had reviewed more than 400,000 pages of Toyota documents

World Business Feb. 25, 2011

China charges subversion for protest repostings

BEIJING (AP) ― China filed subversion charges against Internet users who reposted a call for protests as the authoritarian government enforced its crackdown against any Middle East-style democracy movement, activists said.In addition to well-known activists who apparently remained in custody after being taken away ahead of the planned protests on Sunday, at least three people were detained on char

World News Feb. 24, 2011

China charges subversion for protest repostings

Yemeni president digs in as protests spread

Amid bloodshed, demonstrators loot and burn down local government buildingSANAA (AFP) ― Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh vowed on Monday not to quit under popular pressure as demonstrations demanding his ouster spread across the country and the death toll in protests rose.Saleh, whose long reign makes him one of the Middle East’s great survivors, said the protests were “not new” and accused his

World News Feb. 22, 2011

Yemeni president digs in as protests spread

Tunisia asks Saudi Arabia to extradite Ben Ali

TUNIS (AFP) ― Tunisia’s interim government on Sunday asked Saudi Arabia to extradite deposed strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as it faced a second day of protests demanding its resignation.Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi’s government made the official request to Riyadh, where Ben Ali fled on January 14 with his family after weeks of popular revolt against his 23-year regime, said a foreign mini

World News Feb. 21, 2011

Tunisia asks Saudi Arabia to extradite Ben Ali

Somali pirates hijack U.S. couple’s yacht

MOGADISHU (AP) ― An American couple that has sailed the world with a yacht full of Bibles was hijacked by Somali pirates, and the U.S. said Saturday it is assessing possible options.Pirates say the yacht will make landfall in Somalia on Sunday, which would reduce the chances of a fast rescue dramatically. A British sailing couple hijacked by pirates was held hostage in a stiflingly hot Somali regi

International Feb. 20, 2011

Three killed as Gbagbo forces disperse rally

Tensions high after longtime ruler's announcement on banks controlABIDJAN (AFP) ― Security forces loyal to Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo opened fire at a rally of several hundred supporters of his rival Alassane Ouattara, killing three youths, witnesses said Saturday. Gbagbo’s security forces in the capital’s Abobo district, a stronghold of Ouattara, “fired into the crowd leaving people running for cover but they chased them,” a resident told AFP. “Three youths were shot dead” in front of

International Feb. 20, 2011

Tunisians vote with their feet and flee

Minister rejects Italy's offer to send police to help tackle waves of illegal migrationLAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) ― A month after massive protests ousted Tunisia’s longtime dictator, waves of Tunisians are voting with their feet, fleeing the country’s political limbo by climbing into rickety boats and sailing across the Mediterranean to Europe.More than 5,000 illegal immigrants have recently washed up

International Feb. 15, 2011

Clashes in Algeria as opposition plans new protest

ALGIERS (AFP) ― Hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators clashed with police in the eastern Algerian city of Annaba on Sunday, as the opposition announced another major anti-government rally next weekend.Washington meanwhile called on Algeria’s security forces to show restraint, a day after nationwide protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika that reportedly led to dozens of arrests and poli

International Feb. 14, 2011

Clashes in Algeria as opposition plans new protest

Palestinian Cabinet to resign ahead of elections

Leadership announces Sept. election plan; P.M. will stay for new governmentRAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) ― Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad will tender his government’s resignation to president Mahmud Abbas on Monday morning, a senior official told AFP on Sunday.Abbas will immediately ask Fayyad to form a new government, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, and t

International Feb. 14, 2011

Japanese P.M.’s rating falls sharply

TOKYO (AP) ― Support for Japan’s prime minister fell sharply in a public opinion poll released Saturday, as a growing number of voters question his government’s ability to lead the country through numerous pressing problems.Only 19.9 percent of respondents to the poll by Kyodo News agency said they approved of Naoto Kan’s administration, a plunge of about 12 percentage points from a month ago, whe

International Feb. 13, 2011

Japanese women seek right to their own identity

TOKYO (AFP) ― Four Japanese women will go to court Monday to challenge a law that now compels almost all females to drop their maiden names and assume their husbands’ surnames when they marry.The group ― plus one of their husbands ― want a civil code clause from the late 1800s declared unconstitutional and are seeking financial damages for their emotional distress at the Tokyo District Court.The l

International Feb. 13, 2011

Sarkozy tells cabinet to holiday in France

PARIS (AP) ― President Nicolas Sarkozy is awkwardly trying to stamp out a controversy over his ministers taking sun-and-sea holidays paid for by the Egyptian government and a Tunisian businessman.Some top French politicians have made a habit of planning vacations around the largesse of foreign governments or influential tycoons. But the long-standing practice has come under scrutiny following reve

International Feb. 10, 2011

Sarkozy tells cabinet to holiday in France

Pirates capture supertanker, $150m of oil

NAIROBI (AP) ― Somali pirates captured a Greek-flagged supertanker carrying an estimated $150 million worth of oil to the Gulf of Mexico, the second successful attack against an oil tanker by sea bandits in two days, officials said.Such vessels can command higher ransoms because of the value of the crude on board. Owners of the oil may want to resolve hostage situations quickly, particularly if oi

International Feb. 10, 2011

Junk food diet linked to lower IQ: study

PARIS (AFP) ― Toddlers who have a diet high in processed foods may have a slightly lower IQ in later life, according to a British study described as the biggest research of its kind.The conclusion, published on Monday, comes from a long-term investigation into 14,000 people born in western England in 1991 and 1992 whose health and well-being were monitored at the ages of three, four, seven and eig

International Feb. 8, 2011

Junk food diet linked to lower IQ: study

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