How sad that the true Premier League champion is Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment By Matthew Engel PUBLISHED: 15:32 EST, 14 May 2012 | UPDATED: 03:42 EST, 15 May 2012 There was – and probably still is – an old playground retort when a worm finally turns, rounds on the habitual bully and vows revenge. 'Yeah,' comes the reply. 'You and whose army?'The answer finally arrived yesterday - across Manchester, across England, across much of the world - when the kids returned to school after a tumultuous footballing weekend: the Abu Dhabi army. Or to be more precise, the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment, owners of Manchester City Football Club. Spectacular: Manchester City players celebrate with the Premier League ... Continue reading →
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) - With the London Olympics less than three months away, the season-opening Diamond League meet on Friday offers a chance for many of the world's elite athletes to chart their progress and renew old rivalries. Some of the most intriguing matchups are in the 100 meters, with Jamaica's Asafa Powell facing his countryman Nesta Carter and American Justin Gatlin. Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce faces off against Veronica Campbell-Brown in the women's 100 in a possible prelude to London. Also in the race is Allyson Felix, a three-time world champion in the 200 and two-time winner in the 100 in Doha. David Rudisha, the 800 world champion and Olympic favorite, will be looking to set a season best in a field missing his ... Continue reading →
Mariana Bazo/Reuters A cormorant found Sunday on a beach south of Lima. Officials say seabirds may be starving, and dolphins may have a virus. LIMA, Peru — Late last year, fishermen began finding dead dolphins, hundreds of them, washed up on Peru’s northern coast. Now, seabirds have begun dying, too, and the government has yet to conclusively pinpoint a cause. Officials insist that the two die-offs are unrelated. The dolphins are succumbing to a virus, they suggest, and the seabirds are dying of starvation because anchovies are in short supply. But even three months after officials began testing the dolphins, the government has not released definitive results, and there is growing suspicion among the public and scientists that there might be more to the story. ... Continue reading →
He lived in a tin roof house with no running water and bathed in a No. 10 washtub. Coming of age, he thought: There must be something more. There was.This month, Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers, 63, retires from the U.S. Air Force as the military’s longest-serving active-duty general.He is also the longest-tenured active-duty service member in the Air Force, and the longest-serving active-duty African American in the six-decade history of the Defense Department. For 46 years, from his days as an Air Force warehouseman, to Vietnam, where he helped gather the bodies of the dead, to his current job at the Pentagon, where he is the Air Force budget director, he has wanted for nothing else.“Best decision that I’ve ever made,” he said of ... Continue reading →
As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney's pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Myanmar. Across the border, Thailand's last five pairs are guarded around the clock against snakes and human predators. The bird's status is among many reasons Myanmar is regarded as one of Asia's last bastions of biodiversity, and why environmentalists view the country's steps toward opening its doors with some fear. Myanmar has avoided the rapid, often rampant development seen in Thailand and other parts of Asia because of decades of isolation brought on by harsh military rule. But as foreign investors begin pouring in, activists in what was once known as Burma say endemic corruption, virtually nonexistent environmental laws and a long-repressed civil society make ... Continue reading →
