Saturday, May 25, 2013
 
 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew herself up in car near a police building in Russia's Dagestan region on Saturday, injuring 11 policemen and passers-by, Russian media reported.

Dagestan, an ethnically mixed, mostly Muslim region between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea, has become the most violent province in the North Caucasus, where insurgents say they are fighting to carve out an Islamic state out of southern Russia.

The bomb was detonated after police stopped the car to check the driver's documents, some 100 meters from the regional police ministry in the center of Makhachkala, the regional capital.

Police sources told local media the only person killed was the bomber, whom they ident   [READ MORE]
 
 
 
By Karolos Grohmann

LONDON (Reuters) - World rowing federation (FISA) boss Denis Oswald became the fifth candidate for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency on Friday, with the Swiss sports administrator citing his long experience as an asset.

Oswald, a...   [READ MORE]
 
LONDON (Reuters) - World rowing federation (FISA) boss Denis Oswald became the fifth candidate for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency on Friday, with the Swiss sports administrator citing his long experience as an asset.

More than 40 years of service to the Olympic movem...   [READ MORE]
 
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish judge has opened an investigation into Princess Cristina's tax returns after an earlier charge of being an accomplice in an embezzlement case against her husband was dropped.

In a judicial writ made public on Friday, Examining Magistrate Jose Castro said he...   [READ MORE]
By Sudipto Ganguly

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee has set India a September 1 deadline for a new election to facilitate the country's return to the Olympic fold.

The IOC banned the country in December after refusing to recognize the results...   [READ MORE]
 
By Noel Randewich and Jonathan Weber

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - America's Cup organizers said on Wednesday that they have made rule changes to improve safety in the upcoming regatta after a fatal training accident on San Francisco Bay earlier this month.

As a resul...   [READ MORE]
 
(Reuters) - USA Basketball is set to name its men's coach for the next Olympic cycle and all signs point to Mike Krzyzewski, who has already led Team USA to a pair of Summer Games golds, retaining the job.

A news conference hosted by USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo to announce ...   [READ MORE]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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