Redknapp well prepared for final FA Cup hurdle
AFP - Saturday May 17, 11:50 AM
LONDON (AFP) - Portsmouth play Cardiff for the FA Cup on Saturday in their first major Wembley final for 69 years. For Harry Redknapp, their 61-year-old manager, the wait has been almost as long.

Russia, Canada advance to gold medal game at World Championships
AFP - Saturday May 17, 11:47 AM
QUEBEC CITY, Canada (AFP) - Canada and Russia won their World Championships semi-finals to set the stage for a gold medal game that will recall historic battles between the two great ice hockey nations.

EU, Latin America leaders stress trade, environment at summit
AFP - Saturday May 17, 11:34 AM
LIMA (AFP) - EU and Latin American leaders vowed to do more to further trade between their regions and tackle global warming and poverty as they wrapped up a summit late Friday in the Peruvian capital Lima.

Mike Tyson basks in Cannes glory
AFP - Saturday May 17, 11:06 AM
CANNES, France (AFP) - Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been cheered at the Cannes film festival after the red-carpet premiere of a moving documentary on his turbulent life.

President projected to win re-election in Dominican vote
AFP - Saturday May 17, 11:00 AM
SANTO DOMINGO (AFP) - President Leonel Fernandez has held a comfortable lead in his re-election, exit polls showed, after voters across the Dominican Republic cast ballots in a largely peaceful day of voting.

Myanmar says more than 133,000 dead, missing in cyclone
AFP - Saturday May 17, 10:57 AM
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar has said that more than 133,000 people were dead or missing in the cyclone disaster, nearly doubling the official toll two weeks after the storm left the country's rice-growing south in ruins.

Sharapova survives Schnyder challenge to reach Roma tennis semis
AFP - Saturday May 17, 08:18 AM
ROME (AFP) - Russia's Maria Sharapova advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Rome International on Friday after staving off a stiff challenge from veteran Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 6-2.

US, North Korea reach deal to resume emergency food aid
AFP - Saturday May 17, 08:13 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Friday it will send 500,000 metric tonnes of emergency food aid to North Korea over the next year under a deal with Pyongyang permitting better monitoring of deliveries.

EU, Latin America leaders take on poverty, climate issues
AFP - Saturday May 17, 07:14 AM
LIMA (AFP) - Leaders from Latin America and the European Union discussed ways of tackling poverty and climate change, while struggling with differences over trade, at a summit in Peru Friday.

Bush seeks more oil as Saudis say output is enough
AFP - Saturday May 17, 06:33 AM
RIYADH (AFP) - US President George W. Bush pressed Saudi Arabia to raise oil output on Friday, but the world's biggest crude exporter said global supply is balanced with demand.

Oil price surges to record high near 128 dollars
AFP - Saturday May 17, 06:14 AM
LONDON (AFP) - The price of oil rocketed to a record high of 127.

Time running out for China quake survivors
AFP - Saturday May 17, 06:06 AM
MIANYANG, China (AFP) - Cries for help echoed from under the rubble of shattered communities Friday as China warned time was running out to save survivors of an earthquake that has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives.

Federer, Djokovic and Nadal cruise into Hamburg tennis semis
AFP - Saturday May 17, 06:02 AM
HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) - Defending champion Roger Federer, clay-court king Rafael Nadal and Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic all cruised into the Hamburg Masters semi-finals on Friday with straight-set wins.