”end August” News

Cyclist Petacchi suspended until end-August

GENEVA (AFP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled Tuesday that Italian cycling sprint king Alessandro Petacchi will be ineligible to compete in competitions until August 31, 2008 over a doping case.
05 7 2008 3:19AM (...more)

Indian mobile phone subscribers pass 200 million mark

NEW DELHI (AFP) - The number of Indian mobile phone subscribers has passed the 200 million mark after the country added another eight million customers last month, industry figures show.
09 22 2007 7:25PM (...more)

UCI ink Pro Tour race for Sochi

SAINT-PAUL-EN-JAREZ, France (AFP) - World cycling's ruling body offically announced Wednesday the creation of a UCI-backed race in Russia .
06 13 2008 4:28AM (...more)

SABMiller H1 global beer volumes rise 11 percent

LONDON (Reuters) - Global brewing giant SABMiller Plc said on Monday its half-year worldwide underlying beer volumes rose 11 percent, but it showed a sharp slowdown in one of its most profitable regions, Latin America .
10 15 2007 4:49PM (...more)

Blanco to quit as president of French professional league

PARIS (AFP) - Former French fullback Serge Blanco has announced that he will not seek re-election as head of the LNR, France 's national professional league, after 10 years in the post.
06 24 2008 2:00PM (...more)

Libyan denies August release pledge in Swiss row

GENEVA (AFP) – Libyan deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaim denied in an interview on Sunday that authorities had promised to resolve the situation of two Swiss businessmen blocked in Tripoli by the end of August . Swiss
09 8 2009 3:51PM (...more)

"Clunker" rebates to end on August 24

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government said it will suspend its popular "Cash for Clunkers" auto rebates on Monday as the program's $3 billion budget runs dry, a month after it was launched. The program, offering payments of up to $4,500
08 22 2009 11:32AM (...more)

Obama administration delays release of CIA report

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration says it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public. The Justice Department had
07 4 2009 3:26AM (...more)

Britain faces 100,000 flu cases a day: minister

LONDON (AFP) – Britain could see more than 100,000 cases of swine flu a day by the end of August , Health Secretary
07 3 2009 3:18PM (...more)

NATO, US, insurgents take greater toll on Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan - The number of Afghan civilians killed in insurgent attacks and airstrikes by foreign troops has risen 40 percent in the past year, and more died in August than in any month since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban , the U.N. said Tuesday.
09 17 2008 3:02AM (...more)