• Bolt reigns supreme after 200m world mark
  By: Mitch Phillips
  Date Posted: August 20, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt shattered his own 200 meters world record on Thursday to win gold at the world championships in a breathtaking 19.19 seconds and secure his place as the greatest sprinter ever seen.One year exactly after he posted 19.30 seconds at the Beijing Olympics to beat Michael Johnson's "untouchable" 19.32 from the Atlanta Games, he sliced another 11 hundredths of ...
  
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• Middle distance runners move into Berlin spotlight
  By: Gene Cherry
  Date Posted: August 18, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - The middle-distance runners take center stage at the world championships on Wednesday.Gold medals will be on the line in the men's 1,500 meters and the women's 800 on the fifth day of competition in Berlin's Olympic Stadium.Jamaican 100 and 200 world record holder Usain Bolt also returns in the semi-finals of the 200 ahead of Thursday's final.Finals are also scheduled in the ...
  
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• US Peace Corps pulls volunteers from Mauritania
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  Date Posted: August 17, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
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• UPDATE 1-Alien action film 'District 9' tops box office
  By: * "District 9" grosses $37 million in North American
  Date Posted: August 16, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  * "G.I. Joe" falls to No. 2 at $22.5 million (Recasts, adds details and quote) By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Aug 16 (Reuters) - "District 9," a gritty, low-budget space alien movie set in South Africa with a cast of unknowns, opened as Hollywood's No. 1 film, grossing more at the box office its first weekend than it cost to make. The sci-fi action thriller depicting extraterrestrials as unwant ...
  
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• Big three sparkle in 100m, Masai takes gold
  By: Mitch Phillips
  Date Posted: August 15, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  BERLIN (Reuters) - The world championships 100 meters cast played their parts to perfection on Saturday as Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay took center stage, backed up by a comedy cameo from Asafa Powell and Dwain Chambers as villain.Everything remained on course for a Sunday night showdown (19.35GMT) after an entertaining opening day in perfect sunny conditions at the Olympic Stadium.There were gold ...
  
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• Holmes withdraws due to hand injury
  By: Mark Lamport-Stokes
  Date Posted: August 14, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  CHASKA, Minnesota (Reuters) - Long-hitting American JB Holmes pulled out of the U.S. PGA Championship during Friday's second round, citing an injury to his left hand.Holmes, who had opened with a four-over-par 76 at Hazeltine National, was three over for the day after four holes when he withdrew.His departure leaves the year's final major with 96 players from the world's top 100 in the 154-stro ...
  
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• ANALYSIS-Clinton's Africa trip breaks little new ground
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  Date Posted: August 13, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
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• South African Markets - Factors to watch on Aug 12
  By: JOHANNESBURG, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect South African markets on Wednesday.
  Date Posted: August 12, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares sagged on Wednesday after losses on Wall Street and as investors locked in profits as they waited to hear what the U.S. Federal Reserve would say about prospects for recovery in the world's largest economy. Shares in Seoul and Tokyo fell while the MSCI index of Asian markets excluding Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS slipped 1 percent, still in retreat from last week's 1 ...
  
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• FTSE down 0.7 pct; oils, miners, banks weigh
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  Date Posted: August 10, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  * FTSE falls, pausing after Friday's 2009 highs * Banks fall; Lloyds rights issue rumours sours sector * Miners hit hardest as profit takers move in * Oils dip with crude falling below $71 a barrel ...
  
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• Harrington three ahead of charging Woods
  By: Mark Lamport-Stokes
  Date Posted: August 08, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Padraig Harrington and six-times champion Tiger Woods set up a mouth-watering last-day duel for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with electrifying displays on the back nine in Saturday's third round.Overnight leader Harrington reeled off four birdies in six holes from the 12th on the way to a three-under-par 67 at a rain-softened Firestone Country Club, stretching his ad ...
  
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