Thursday, March 15, 2012

Coach rallies grammar for biggar battle

Grammar coach Mike O'Donovan has vowed to rally is side, althoughtheir hopes of promotion are dashed.

Despite plunging to mid-table O'Donovan has stayed loyal to hisout-of-touch side for tomorrow's clash with third placed Biggar inthe hope they can turn their fortunes around.

He said: "There is still much to play for. Although we are out ofthe promotion race, we could have a say on who goes up.

"We still have both Biggar and Selkirk …

Clinton's Disgrace

Clinton's disgrace

President Bill Clinton has betrayed his marriage, lied to his fellow citizens, and displayed an arrogance and foolhardiness in thinking he could get away with his ignominious conduct with Monica Lewinsky.

We elect the officials we deserve, and ultimately their conduct reflects on us. But condemning Bill Clinton for his conduct does not mean that we can not feel for his very human predicament.

We were embarrassed as individuals watching a man publicly confess behavior that the rest of us would be allowed to keep private. It took just over four minutes, but it was a painful few minutes for viewers and listeners as well as it was, we believe, for the …

North Korean puzzle: Is a Kim succession emerging?

Peering through the North Korean political mist, lately thickened by Kim Jong Il's reported illness and a resurgent nuclear crisis, analysts have begun looking at the North Korean leader's brother-in-law as part of a possible succession.

But if Jang Song Taek were to emerge on top, it would likely be as the head of a collective leadership, rather than as an absolute ruler like Kim Jong Il or his father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, experts in Seoul say.

They say no single person in the communist dictatorship is poised to take over as smoothly as Kim _ groomed for 20 years _ did after his father died in 1994. But the 62-year-old Jang, husband of Kim's …

Saturday sides frozen out

BATH SATURDAY Just five matches beat the weather in the RoperRhodes Bathrooms Bath Saturday League as frozen pitches again playedhavoc with the fixture schedule.

Three of them were in Division 2, where Bath Spa Universitydefeated Stothert & Pitt 3-1 and FC World XI won at Freshford Sportsby the same scoreline. …

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

China Confirms Human Case of Bird Flu

BEIJING - China reported a new human case of bird flu on Thursday, and the World Health Organization disputed Indonesia's claim that the two were close to resolving a dispute over sharing virus samples that could be used to develop a commercial vaccine.

Also Thursday, officials in Myanmar said the United Nations has pledged assistance in coping with an outbreak discovered on a poultry farm on the outskirts of its largest city, Yangon.

The human infection in China occurred in the coastal province of Fujian, where a 44-year-old farmer surnamed Li was diagnosed on Feb. 18 after he developed a fever and began coughing, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

It was the …

Cologna, Kowalczyk double World Cup wins

OTEPAA, Estonia (AP) — Dario Cologna of Switzerland and Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland won classical style events at a cross-country skiing World Cup meet.

The duo scored victories in Sunday's men's 15-kilometer and women's 10K race, becoming double winners at Otepaa in southern Estonia following victories in sprint races a day earlier.

Cologna easily won the men's race in 40 minutes, …

American League Leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING_Hamilton, Texas, .359; MiCabrera, Detroit, .342; Mauer, Minnesota, .327; ABeltre, Boston, .323; Cano, New York, .322; Konerko, Chicago, .319; Podsednik, Kansas City, .310.

RUNS_Teixeira, New York, 95; MiCabrera, Detroit, 94; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 92; Hamilton, Texas, 92; Jeter, New York, 90; Cano, New York, 89; JBautista, Toronto, 88.

RBI_MiCabrera, Detroit, 107; JBautista, Toronto, 99; ARodriguez, New York, 97; Guerrero, Texas, 96; Hamilton, Texas, 95; Konerko, Chicago, 92; Teixeira, New York, 91; DelmYoung, Minnesota, 91.

HITS_Hamilton, Texas, 177; ISuzuki, Seattle, 165; Cano, New York, 161; MiCabrera, Detroit, …