West African Presidents To Tell Gbagbo To Quit (reuters)
Reuters – Three West African presidents will fly to Ivory Coast Tuesday to tell incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit or face force, Benin said Saturday, a sign of mounting regional determination to force him out. Read more
Magic Halt Celtics’ 14-game Win Streak (ap)
The remolded Magic are making the NBA’s new streak-busters. Brandon Bass scored 21 points, Hedo Turkoglu had 15 and the Orlando Magic ended the Boston Celtics’ winning streak at 14 games with an 86-78 victory Saturday for back-to-back wins against the NBA’s best. A Magic team that had dropped eight of nine games and orchestrated [...]
Ivorians Flee To Liberia As Tensions Mount (reuters)
Reuters – About 14,000 people have fled Ivory Coast for neighbouring Liberia, the United Nations said on Saturday, as fears mount that an election dispute in the West African state will rekindle a civil war. Read more
Panama President Wanted To Wiretap Rivals: Wikileaks (reuters)
Reuters – Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli tried to bully the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to turn its wiretapping program on political rivals, a State Department cable released by WikiLeaks said. Read more
Knicks Shut Down Bulls In 4th To Win (ap)
The New York Knicks slipped on green uniforms and looked like an entirely different team. A little like the one that used to protect the paint at Madison Square Garden. Amare Stoudemire and Raymond Felton each scored 20 points, and the Knicks limited the Chicago Bulls to two baskets in the first 10 minutes of [...]