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*BOXING Middleweight James DeGale breezed into the boxing semi-finals last night, becoming the third Briton to be guaranteed a bronze medal. But he knows there is a storm lying ahead. For after a scintillating display of hit-hop boxing in his 8-3 points defeat...
On the Beijing Beat THE MAIN EVENT All times BST 15.20 Athletics Usain Bolt above, who won the 100m title in such commanding fashion, goes for the sprint double in the final of the 200m. The Jamaican is more likely...
BEIJING -- From 1959 until 1986, boxing was a forbidden sport in China, as Mao Zedong banned it because it was too violent and ruthless and didn't represent Chinese ideals. Clearly, those days are long gone. Tuesday night, Zou Shiming danced into the Olympic boxing arena...
On the Beijing Beat THE MAIN EVENT All times BST 15.20 Athletics Usain Bolt above, who won the 100m title in such commanding fashion, goes for the sprint double in the final of the 200m. The Jamaican is more likely...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-19 August 2008-Successful launch for third Inmarsat-4 SatelliteC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT), a provider of mobile satellite communications services, has announced that the successful launch and acquisition of the third Inmarsat-4 satellite has taken place on 18 August with a Proton Breeze M rocket, from the...
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan -- A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle successfully lifted the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite into orbit today, marking the third mission of the year for International Launch Services ILS. The Proton Breeze M vehicle, built by Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow, lifted off from Pad 39...
BEIJING AFP — World champion Ramazan Sahin eased through to the freestyle wrestling finals at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday after the Turk defeated two of his most dangerous rivals for the men's 66kg gold medal. The bearded, Russian-speaking Turk had a points win over Otar Tushishvili of...
BEIJING -- If Michael Phelps were his own little nation, the eight gold medals that the United States' record-setting swimmer collected through Sunday would put him tied for fifth on the Beijing Olympic board for gold medals won by country. Nations having won eight golds through Sunday...
JAMES Degale set up a middleweight quarter-final bout with Olympic champion Bakhtiyar Artayev after a polished 11-5 win over American Shawn Estrada. Degale faces the Kazakhstan fighter on Wednesday with at least a bronze at stake...
Kazakhstan is a nation of vast, dramatic landscapes, shining modern cities and people who always 'welcome everybody into their tent', as Jerome Taylor discovers For those who like their solitude, there are few places quite as expansive and lonesome as the steppes of Kazakhstan. Like the...
BEIJING AFP — China's two-time world champion Zou Shiming survived a massive scare here Saturday before booking a place in the Olympic quarter-finals in the light-flyweight division. With a packed partisan home crowd cheering him on, Zou, 27, is attempting to become China's first ever Olympic boxing champion....
BEIJING -- Having been tempted by Subway, Hooters and more KFCs than you could find driving through Louisville, it seemed time to go looking for the one place in Beijing with not the slightest U.S. influence whatsoever. Welcome to team handball. It's the sport that is...
LONDON AFP — British oil and gas explorer Imperial Energy said on Monday that it had received a second takeover approach from an unnamed party, reported to be Chinese energy giant Sinopec. "In response to further press speculation, the board of Imperial confirms that it has received another...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan Kagazy PLC (the "Company" or "Kagazy") (LSE:KAG), one of Kazakhstan's leading industrial groups, today announced that the Board of Directors (the "Board") set the date for the Company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ("AGM") for August 26, 2008. The AGM will take place at 2.00 pm...
Konversations with Kerouac Rod Burke Wingspan Press P.O. Box 2085, Livermore, CA 94551 9781595942432, $12.95, www.wingspanpress.com Jack Kerouac has inspired many of his readers to adapt a different way of life. "Konversations with Kerouac: The Search for Beat and It...
ERS Railways will start running a weekly intermodal train between Shenzen, China, and Pardubice, Czech Republic, in the third quarter of the year. The 12,000km journey will take 17 days by rail, compared with 30 by sea, and follows a year of testing and evaluation. The operation will...
* BARCLAYS APPOINTS CPO FOR NEXT PHASE Barclays has appointed David Moon as its new CPO. Moon, who was previously in charge of purchasing at financial services firm ABN AMRO, took up his role last week. He replaces Jon Kirby, who joined AstraZeneca as CPO in January. ...
Rugged Inflatable hull, rigid deck boats offer cost-effective exploration options in transition zones FRIENDSVILLE, Md. -- Demaree Inflatable Boats Inc. DIB, a leading manufacturer of industrial grade inflatable boats and pontoons, announced that it has delivered two 41' River Freighters to Caspian Services, Inc, ("Caspian") (OTC Bulletin Board:...
One of the world's leading green specialists, Environmental Resources Management, which advised Marks & Spencer on how to cut the carbon footprint of its clothes, will report a 20 per cent increase in profit next month. Andrew Silverbeck, finance director of the London-based group, said that operating...
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