BARCELONA, Spain — McLaren, Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes GP confirmed their positions as front-runners for Formula One’s championship as preseason testing wrapped on Sunday with Lewis Hamilton setting the fastest time. Hamilton’s best lap of 1 minute, 20.472 seconds allowed McLaren to edge Red Bull’s Mark Webber by just over two-hundreths of a second, [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — From the Pacific coast to the shores of the Black Sea. From the peaks of western Canada to the Caucasus mountains of southern Russia. From gleaming North American skyline to palm-fringed resort in the former Soviet Union. Do svidanya (goodbye) Vancouver. Do vstretchi (see you) in Sochi. As the Vancouver Olympics [...]
Associated Press Writer CONCEPCION, Chile — Rescuers edged their way toward quake victims trapped in a toppled apartment block early today even as looters stole food and robbed banks after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Chile. Authorities put the death toll from Saturday’s magnitude-8.8 quake at about 300, but believed the number [...]
Associated Press Writer GENEVA — Operators of the world’s largest atom smasher restarted their massive machine today in a run up to experiments probing secrets of the universe, a spokeswoman said. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, sent low energy beams of protons in both directions around the 27-kilometer (17-mile) tunnel housing the [...]
Associated Press Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai police said today forensic tests show a Hamas operative who was killed in his hotel room by an alleged Israeli hit squad was drugged with a fast-acting muscle relaxant and then suffocated with a pillow. The drug, called succinylcholine, is frequently used by doctors to administer [...]
Associated Press Writer TOKYO — A tsunami that raced across the Pacific swiped island nations and Asian coasts lightly today, proving to be more spectacle than destructive force for communities that had hours to prepare after Chile’s devastating earthquake. Hundreds of thousands of people fled shorelines for higher ground after the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center [...]
Associated Press Writer PARIS — A violent late winter storm with fierce rain and hurricane-strength winds battered France, Spain Portugal and Germany today, leaving at least 45 people dead. Many of the 40 victims in France drowned, while others died when hit by parts of buildings or trees and branches that were ripped off by [...]
Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM — Israeli riot police dispersed a crowd of masked Palestinian youths throwing stones in the heart of Jerusalem’s Old City today, in a violent reminder of tensions at the holiest site in the contested city. In the past, even seemingly minor incidents at the hilltop compound — known to Jews as [...]
AP Photo XDG102, XDG101, XDG102, XDG103, XDG101 By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU Associated Press Writer MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) — More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay several months to ensure insurgents don’t return, [...]
The Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, threatening Hawaii as it rushed toward the U.S. West Coast and hundreds of islands from the bottom of the planet to the top. Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the potential waves. [...]
The Associated Press TALCA, Chile — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Chile on Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean — roughly a quarter of the globe. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about by the magnitude-8.8 quake [...]
SANTIAGO, Chile — A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake, capable of tremendous damage, struck southern Chile early today, shaking buildings in the capital, where some buildings collapsed. A tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit 197 miles southwest of the capital, Santiago, and at a depth of 36.9 miles at 3:34 a.m. (0634 GMT; 1:34 a.m. EST), [...]
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