Querrey's 2nd upset of Open earns match vs. Nadal
NEW YORK - Sam Querrey is so young that there isn't a trace of irony when he mentions growing up rooting for Andy Roddick and James Blake, two guys still very much on tour and still in their 20s.
Nations:Italy Latvia Ukraine Switzerland Japan People:Venus Williams David Nalbandian Svetlana Kuznetsova James Blake Andy Murray Tomas Berdych Activities:2008 U.S. Tennis Open
2008-08-30
Wong Kar-wai to head Shanghai film festival jury
Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai will head the jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival, which will be held June 14-22.
Nations:Czech Republic Lithuania Israel Denmark Argentina New Zealand People:Anthony Minghella Wong Kar-Wai Joan Chen Activities:2008 Shanghai Film Festival Source:(AP)
2008-06-06
Bush touts European missile defense plan
President Bush said Tuesday that plans for a U.S.-led missile defense system in Europe are urgently needed to counter an emerging threat of attack by Iran.
Nations:U.S. Czech Republic Russia Iran North Korea People:Robert Gates Condoleezza Rice Vladimir Putin Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis
2007-10-23
Putin warns Washington over missile shield
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the United States was seeking ways to resolve differences over a planned missile shield, but warned that Moscow could re-deploy weapons if its concerns were not heeded.
Nations:Poland Russia Czech Republic North Korea Azerbaijan Lithuania People:Robert Gates Condoleezza Rice Vladimir Putin Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations
2007-10-18
Sex, Nazi, burrito and Viagra: Who Googles what?
Internet users in Egypt, India and Turkey are the world's most frequent searchers for Web sites using the keyword "sex" on Google search engines, according to statistics provided by Google Inc (GOOG.O).
Nations:Australia U.S. Canada U.K. Pakistan Mexico People:David Beckham Britney Spears Kate Moss Tom Cruise
2007-10-17
Federer advances to match-up with Roddick
Top seed Roger Federer withstood a few anxious moments before defeating Spain's Feliciano Lopez in four sets to book a quarter-final berth against old foe Andy Roddick at the U.S. Open on Monday.
Nations:Belarus Germany South Korea Spain People:Shahar Peer Tommy Haas Svetlana Kuznetsova Nikolay Davydenko James Blake Tomas Berdych Activities:2007 U.S. Tennis Open
2007-09-04
Sharapova sharp in rout while Roddick moves on
Maria Sharapova needed only 51 minutes to overwhelm Australian Casey Dellacqua in the second round of the U.S. Open Thursday, serving notice that she is focused, in-form and determined to defend her title.
Nations:France People:Svetlana Kuznetsova Nikolay Davydenko James Blake Richard Gasquet Andy Murray Tomas Berdych Activities:2007 U.S. Tennis Open
2007-08-31
Russia suspends participation in treaty
Russia suspended participation in a key European arms control treaty Saturday, saying it will halt NATO inspections of its military sites and no longer limit the numbers of its tanks and other heavy conventional weapons.
Nations:Russia U.S. Moldova Czech Republic Poland People:Vladimir Putin Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations
2007-07-14
Putin tries anew to stop missile shield
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought anew Monday to bat down U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, proposing that the system be expanded and largely Russian-based.
Nations:Russia Azerbaijan Czech Republic Poland Guatemala Germany People:Condoleezza Rice Vladimir Putin George W. Bush Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations
2007-07-02
Putin suggests Iraq for missile shield
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that U.S. missile defense interceptors could be located in Turkey, or even Iraq or on sea platforms, offering yet another alternative to an American plan for a missile shield in eastern Europe.
Nations:Azerbaijan Czech Republic Poland Russia Turkey Germany People:Vladimir Putin Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations
2007-06-08
CDC: 107 people on TB flights need tests
A man with a form of tuberculosis so dangerous he is under the first U.S. government-ordered quarantine since 1963 had health officials around the world scrambling Wednesday to find about 80 passengers who sat within five rows of him on two trans-Atlantic flights.
Nations:U.S. Italy Canada Czech Republic Hungary France
2007-05-30
TB case brings warning to air passengers
A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis ignored doctors' advice and took two trans-Atlantic flights, leading to the first U.S. government-ordered quarantine since 1963, health officials said Tuesday. The man, whom officials did not identify, is at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital in respiratory isolation.
Nations:U.S. Hungary Czech Republic South Africa
2007-05-29
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