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• Mark Cavendish stresses importance of survival ahead of sprint days • 'We have to go as hard as the leaders in the mountains' Mark Cavendish has admitted he needs to tough out the mountain stages of the Tour de France if he is to thrive in the sprints at which he was so successful last year. "I'm going to have tough days in the mountains and there are as many mountain days as there are sprint days," Cavendish said. "We have to use our energy on the sprint, then, although we're not good enough, go as hard as the leaders in the mountains just to stay within the time limit. "A climber can go easy on the flat in the peloton, they don't have any stress. But we have... [read full story]
The United States will identify a near-term emission reduction target as part of an effort to reach a comprehensive climate agreement in Copenhagen next month as long as other major greenhouse gas emitters do the same, senior...
The top U.S. general and the U.S ambassador in Afghanistan have been told to prepare to testify before Congress as early as next week, according to White House and other U.S. officials, giving an indication of how and when...
Federal authorities unsealed terrorism-related charges against eight men Monday, accusing them of recruiting at least 20 young Somali Americans from Minnesota to join an extremist Islamic insurgency in Somalia.
GENEVA, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The world's most powerful atom smasher on Monday experienced the first collisions of particles, only three days after it was restarted, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said.
