
NUREMBERG, Germany (AFP) - David Haye landed the WBA heavyweight title with victory over Nikolai Valuev and then set his sights on the Klitschko brothers as part of his quest to dominate the division.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US House of Representatives has approved the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century, handing President Barack Obama a major victory on his top domestic priority.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered Africa $10 billion in concessional loans over the next three years on Sunday, saying China was a "true and trusted friend" of the continent and its people.
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Telus Corp. revenue and profit will come in lower-than-expected this year due to impacts from a weak economy and the telecom giant's increased spending on the early launch of a new advanced wireless network, the company (TSX:T) says.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged to give African countries 10 billion dollars in concessional loans as a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opened in Egypt on Sunday.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Dancing in Silks has pulled off a huge upset in the US$2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint, winning a four-horse photo finish by a nose.
The two worst teams in the NHL will square off on Friday night in Carolina when the Hurricanes host the Toronto Maple Leafs.

MADRID (AFP) - Fifty years on, drummer Jimmy Cobb still can't believe what he, Miles Davis and five other jazz musicians achieved over two days in a converted church in New York.

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's sidelined military chief, General Sarath Fonseka, will stand against President Mahinda Rajapakse in elections to held before April, a press report said Sunday.

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has hanged four drug smugglers in the southern province of Kerman, Watan Emrooz newspaper reported on Sunday, taking the overall number of executions so far in 2009 to more than last year's total.
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