EUROPEAN leaders seemed to
understand, at least until recently,
that even a partial breakdown of
the eurozone would have a devastating
economic and political
impact on departing countries and on the
European Union as a whole. But while
they have repeatedly committed to ...
IN the 1970s, the gift shop at
the Kennedy Centre for the
Performing Arts was an informal
affair. It was staffed by
about 300 mostly elderly volunteers,
and there were cash drawers
instead of registers. The problem
was that of the shop's
$400,000 in annual revenue,
somebody was ...
QATAR produced an impressive
defensive effort to hold
Iran to a goalless draw and
snatched a point in its Group
A match of Asian Zone World
Cup qualifier in Tehran on
Tuesday.
The home side backed by a
100,000-strong crowd of
supporters at the Azadi...
THECzech Republic kept alive
their hopes of reaching the
Euro 2012 quarter-finals as
they beat Greece 2-1 in their
Group A clash here on
Tuesday.
Victory not only took the
Czechs onto three points with
a game to come against cohosts
Poland but was also
revenge for their defeat by the
Greeks in the Euro 2004 semifinals.
The Greeks - who went on to
win the Euro 2004 title - are
stuck on just a point with
Russia, who beat the Czechs 4-
1 in their opener, to come.
The Czechs made a dream
start scoring twice in the opening
six minutes with Petr
Jiracek and Vaclav Pilar scoring.
Greece threatened to get
back into the match seven
minutes into the second-half
when Czech goalkeeper Petr
Cech spilled the ball straight to
Fanis ...
ALCOHOL use has been
ruled out as the cause of a
one-vehicle accident from
which global sprint star
Usain Bolt walked away
uninjured, Jamaican police
have revealed.
However officers say they
are still waiting to hear from
the triple Olympic sprint
champion after he provided
a "sketchy" statement following
Sunday´s accident,
which damaged the front of
Bolt´s BMW sports car.
Jamaica´s top traffic officer
Senior Superintendent
Radcliff Lewis was quoted
in media reports as saying
25 year-old Bolt had passed
a breathalyser test on
Monday as results showed
he was not drinking or
under the influence of alcohol
at the time of the accident
early Sunday morning
in a busy area of Jamaica´s
capital, Kingston ...
THOUSANDS of ecstatic
Ukrainians yelled, sobbed,
danced and jumped for joy
into the early hours of Tuesday
in Kiev after the co-hosts beat
Sweden in its opening football
match of Euro 2012.
Ukraine´s veteran striker
Andrei Shevchenko was the
hero of the hour and a half
after scoring both their goals
in the 2-1 victory.
The win puts Ukraine top
their table after the other
group match between France
and England ended in a 1-1
draw. "We won!" shouted one
young fan, throwing himself
into his father´s arms as the
referee blew the final whistle
on Monday evening. He was
part of the euphoric crowd
gathered in a special pedestrian
supporters´ zone in central
Kiev equipped with giant TV
screens.
Many joyously waved ...
THECzech Republic kept alive
their hopes of reaching the
Euro 2012 quarter-finals as
they beat Greece 2-1 in their
Group A clash here on
Tuesday.
Victory not only took the
Czechs onto three points with
a game to come against cohosts
Poland but was also
revenge for their defeat by the
Greeks in the Euro 2004 semifinals.
The Greeks - who went on to
win the Euro 2004 title - are
stuck on just a point with
Russia, who beat the Czechs 4-
1 in their opener, to come.
The Czechs made a dream
start scoring twice in the opening
six minutes with Petr
Jiracek and Vaclav Pilar scoring.
Greece threatened to get
back into the match seven
minutes into the second-half
when Czech goalkeeper Petr
Cech spilled the ball straight to
Fanis ...
ALCOHOL use has been
ruled out as the cause of a
one-vehicle accident from
which global sprint star
Usain Bolt walked away
uninjured, Jamaican police
have revealed.
However officers say they
are still waiting to hear from
the triple Olympic sprint
champion after he provided
a "sketchy" statement following
Sunday´s accident,
which damaged the front of
Bolt´s BMW sports car.
Jamaica´s top traffic officer
Senior Superintendent
Radcliff Lewis was quoted
in media reports as saying
25 year-old Bolt had passed
a breathalyser test on
Monday as results showed
he was not drinking or
under the influence of alcohol
at the time of the accident
early Sunday morning
in a busy area of Jamaica´s
capital, Kingston ... 
THOUSANDS of ecstatic
Ukrainians yelled, sobbed,
danced and jumped for joy
into the early hours of Tuesday
in Kiev after the co-hosts beat
Sweden in its opening football
match of Euro 2012.
Ukraine´s veteran striker
Andrei Shevchenko was the
hero of the hour and a half
after scoring both their goals
in the 2-1 victory.
The win puts Ukraine top
their table after the other
group match between France
and England ended in a 1-1
draw. "We won!" shouted one
young fan, throwing himself
into his father´s arms as the
referee blew the final whistle
on Monday evening. He was
part of the euphoric crowd
gathered in a special pedestrian
supporters´ zone in central
Kiev equipped with giant TV
screens.
Many joyously waved ...
