Somalis flee Mogadishu violence

"Somali government troops and Ethiopian forces have closed down Mogadishu's main market to search for insurgents. Insurgents fired mortar rounds at the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Sunday, prompting an artillery duel with government forces. Large areas of the capital...

America's Cup The Final Countdown

"RACE 1 SATURDAY 23 JUNE 2007 Team Alinghi, sailing their new boat SUI 100 met Emirates Team New Zealand on the waters off Valencia for what promises to be the most exciting series of races for the America´s Cup since 1987. In that year, Dennis Connor of America beat a young...

Sharp pen, cruel tongue

"Israel has fueled hundreds of columns that he published from 1963 on, in hundreds of American newspapers, together with Rowland Evans and without him. Over the course of 25 years, the Israeli-Arab conflict engaged the "Crossfire" program on CNN, on which he would duel with a...

Armed Bandits Attacked Police Station For Sophisticated Weapons

"In the middle of its election fever, tension gripped Kano City Nigeria yesterday as a gang of armed bandits, attacked the Sharada Divisional Police Station of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), killing at least two officers in an ensuing gun duel, while leaving another officer...

Toady Duel: Senator Allen Fires Last Shot, Webb Uses Starting Pistol in Curio...

"One might expect the nearly departed Senator George Allen (lately R- Virginia) to fire at least one shot in anger, and he has promised to do so by honoring one of his campaign promises to the Virginia Gun Owners’ Coalition. His parting shot will be to introduce...

Drifters and NASCAR Stars Ready to Fight it Out at “Mopar D1 All-Star Duel...

" Written by: News Wire Irwindale, Calif.–8/22/2006 Drifting (LAT photo) Two racing worlds are about to collide, as some of the best professional drifters prepare to take on NASCARs brightest stars in the Mopar D1 All-Star Duel presented by ShiftIntoGear. The drifting...

NASCAR: Busch wins duel at Glen (Green Bay Press-Gazette)

" The Associated Press Kurt Busch held off Robby Gordon in a stirring last-lap duel Saturday to win the NASCAR Busch Series Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. It was Busch's second victory and fifth top five in only his sixth career start in the series, all this...