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South Africa move closer to victory - Reuters UK
NAGPUR, India (Reuters) - India's Sachin Tendulkar struck a fighting fifty but could not prevent South Africa from moving closer to victory in the opening test Tuesday. India were 162 for four at lunch on the fourth day, 163 runs behind South Africa ...

Cricket-India v South Africa first test scoreboard - lunch - Reuters UK
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day of the first test between India and South Africa at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur, India, on Tuesday. South Africa first innings 558-6 declared (H. Amla 253 n.o., J.Kallis 173, AB de Villiers 53 ...

South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs - YAHOO!
NAGPUR, India (Reuters) – South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs on the fourth day of the first test at the VCA Stadium on Tuesday. The second and final test starts in Kolkata at the weekend. Scores: South Africa 558-6 declared (J ...

South Africa beat India by an innings and 6 runs - IndiaTimes
NEW DELHI: Dale Steyn took ten wickets in the match as South Africa beat India by an innings and 6 runs on Day 4 of the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. Apart from Sachin Tendulkar, who hit his 46th century, none of the Indian ...

South Africa move closer to victory despite Tendulkar fifty - YAHOO!
NAGPUR (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar struck a fighting fifty but could not prevent South Africa from moving closer to victory in the opening test on Tuesday. India were 162 for four at lunch on the fourth day, 163 runs behind South Africa's imposing ...

SABMiller Strike In South Africa Ends After Wage Deal Reached - NASDAQ
JOHANNESBURG -(Dow Jones)- Striking workers at SABMiller PLC's (SAB.JO) soft drinks unit in South Africa will be urged Tuesday to endorse a wage settlement agreed overnight, their union said. Members of the Food & Allied Workers' Union are due to ...

UPDATE 2-Cricket-South Africa defeat India in first test - Reuters India
NAGPUR, India, Feb 9 (Reuters) - South Africa won the opening test by an innings and six runs on Tuesday to hand top-ranked India their first defeat on home soil in almost two years. Left-arm spinner Paul Harris and fast bowler Dale Steyn took three ...

Exhibition marks anniversary of new South Africa - Princeton University
An exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the end of apartheid in South Africa and Nelson Mandela's release from prison will open at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding , 58 Prospect Ave ...

Amla slams maiden double ton as South Africa dominate - The Gaea Times
NAGPUR - Hashim Amla cracked his maiden double century as South Africa dominated the second day of the first cricket Test against India, declaring their first innings at 558 for six here Sunday. In reply, India were 25 for no loss with Virender ...

Two decades after Mandela's release, South Africa struggles - Vision Insights and New Horizons
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Twenty years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, South Africa is a vibrant democracy but the millions still living in poverty are now looking for leadership that can tackle its economic problems. Mandela's ...

Gulp! Sword artist’s record is hard to swallow

Feb. 8: An Australian street performer sets a new record by swallowing 18 swords at once. Msnbc's Tamron Hall reports. (Other)Chayne Hultgren, an Australian performance artist, set a new Guinness World Record Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers.




Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons

In this photo released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker, right, and the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No.3 collide in the waters of Antarctica Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. It was the second major clash this year in the increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet. (AP Photo/Institute of Cetacean Research) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY **Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue.




Taliban: We won’t fight GIs ‘face-to-face’

U.S. Marines check their gear at a base in Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Monday. Taliban fighters plan to disguise themselves as civilians during a looming NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan, a militant commander told NBC News.




Body found in landing gear of N.Y.-Tokyo flight

In this photo taken Feb. 7, a landing gear of a Delta Airlines plane is seen at the Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan.A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man.




Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strand 1,500
Avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 28 people, with another 1,500 stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday.

World Blog: Did 'pandering' cost U.S. lives at Afghan base?
Why did eight American soldiers die defending an remote outpost the U.S. military no longer wanted to hold? NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Kabul.

Spring rains threaten Haitian survivors

Survivors of Haiti's earthquake in a makeshift tent at the Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 2. Officials are now worried about the coming of deadly spring rains.In Haiti's devastated capital city, early spring rains threaten to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than 500,000 people are living.




Chinese police shut down hacker training op
Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.

Britain’s ITV fined over killing rat on TV show
British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court Monday after a rat was killed and eaten on the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here."

Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity
Iran moves closer to being able to produce nuclear warheads with formal notification that it will enrich uranium to higher levels.

Wild West motif lightens mood at Afghan base

A U.S. Stryker armored vehicle leaves the Tombstone base in the Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 7. The sign at the entrance shows Wyatt Earp, the legendary lawman of the American Wild West. The lore of the Wild West and the hard reality of southern Afghanistan share a few things in common: danger, men with guns and desert wilderness




Mexico troops find 12 tons of pot in truck
Mexican soldiers seize more than 12 tons of marijuana found beneath a false floor of a tractor trailer.

Recovery effort revives China’s quake zone

A car drives in a town destroyed from the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China. Just 22 months from the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, scarred mountain sides are often the only physical indication of the devastation that left nearly 90,000 dead or missing and another 5 million homeless. China is showing off the results of its massive drive to rebuild its own quake zone  22 months after a 7.9-magnitude temblor struck and devastated the region and left at least 90,000 dead.




Tel Aviv man accused of enslaving women

Goel Ratzon, in court on Sunday, said in a documentary aired last year that women were drawn to him because he was "perfect" and had "all the qualities that a woman wants."An Israeli man has been jailed, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children.




Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of drug gang
Mexican authorities on Monday arrested two suspected leaders of a brutal drug trafficking gang that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years, a U.S. official said.

Heavy snow paralyzes parts of Bulgaria, Romania
Heavy snowfall has seriously disrupted transport in Bulgaria and neighboring Romania, blocking highways and leaving cars stranded in snow.

Alligator kills 11-year-old girl in Brazil
Authorities say an alligator killed an 11-year-old girl as she swam with friends in a river in northeastern Brazil.

Yanukovych apparent victor in Ukrainian vote
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych emerges as the apparent winner in Ukraine's presidential contest, with a lead of almost three percentage points with about 99 percent of ballots counted.

Haiti awash in Christian aid, evangelism

Members of Idaho-based charity called New Life Children's Refuge are shown at a police station in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 31. The drama on the sidelines of Haiti's earthquake, in which 10 American missionaries were arrested trying to take children out of the country, was a fiasco waiting to happen. By Kari Huus.




17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalanche

A vehicle carrying Indian Army rescue team is seen on the way to Gulmarg, via Tangmarg, about 25 miles (41 kilometers) northwest of Srinagar, India, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.  A massive avalanche is reported to have plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.




Bad malaria pills raise drug resistance fears
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality  raising fears of increased drug resistance to a killer disease.

Observation deck of world’s tallest tower closed

The Burj Khalifa, the world’s 828 meter tallest building is illuminated during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Burj Khalifa's owner said Monday, Feb. 8, the observation deck of the world's tallest tower has been unexpectedly shut down.Tourists headed for the observation deck of the world's tallest tower were left disappointed and confused Monday after the owner of Dubai's Burj Khalifa unexpectedly cut off public access to the building because of electrical problems.




Pakistan: 6 held in plot to attack Americans

Pakistani police showcase six suspected militants in Lahore on Monday. The men are accused of planning an attack on a luxury hotel to kill Americans.Authorities arrest six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans, police say.




Political ally: Sri Lankan presidential candidate arrested on sedition charges
A political ally says Sri Lanka's former army chief and presidential candidate has been arrested on sedition charges.
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