LOS ANGELES, Aug 19, (APP/AFP) – Early results on Saturday in the Solheim Cup women’s golf matches between Europe and the United States at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Iowa: United States 7 1/2 Europe 4 1/2 Foursomes USA 2 Europe 2 Cristie Kerr/Lexi Thompson (USA) bt Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG)/Caroline Masson (GER) […]
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Golf: Solheim Cup results
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After terror attack, Barcelona under fire over security barrier
BARCELONA, Aug 19, (APP/AFP) – Barcelona’s authorities came under fire Saturday for failing to put up security barriers at the seaside city’s main tourist thoroughfare, Las Ramblas, the site of a deadly jihadist attack two days ago. An outcry has erupted on social media and in the press about the absence of bollards — short […]
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Italy expels Moroccans, Syrian as terror fears mount
ROME, Aug 19, (APP/AFP) – Italy said Saturday it had deported two Moroccans and a Syrian on security grounds, lifting to 202 the number of potentially dangerous Islamists expelled since January 2015. The announcement came as security was raised after vehicle attacks in Barcelona and elsewhere, and a widely-reported warning from the Islamic State group […]
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BMC win opening stage at security-tight Vuelta
NNMES, France, Aug 19, (APP/AFP) – BMC Racing emerged victors from Saturday’s team time trial as the Vuelta a Espana got underway under heightened security measures following two terrorist attacks in northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia. For just the third time the Vuelta started outside Spain in the southern French city of Nimes as American […]
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Golf: US maintain three-point Solheim Cup lead
LOS ANGELES, Aug 19, (APP/AFP) – Cristie Kerr set a US Solheim Cup record with her 19th career point as the Americans split Saturday’s four foursomes matches with Europe to maintain a three-point lead in the match-play showdown. Kerr and Lexi Thompson beat England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Germany’s Caroline Masson 5 & 3 in […]
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Arab foreign ministers welcome US Mideast mediation
CAIRO, Aug 19, (APP/AFP) – The Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers expressed support Saturday for US Middle East peace efforts at a Cairo meeting ahead of a White House delegation visit to the region. Egypt’s foreign minister had said earlier this week the three would meet to coordinate ahead of the visit by the […]