Indian Wells, California - Roger Federer stretched his career domination of Fernando Gonzalez into a 12th victory from 13 meetings as he joined Andy Murray in the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells Masters on Wednesday.
Second seed Federer lost only his fifth set against Chile's big-hitting Gonzalez on the way to a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 victory in a sweltering day in the desert east of Los Angeles.
Washington - The United States on Wednesday announced its support for a French-sponsored United Nations General Assembly declaration to expand universal recognition of human rights for homosexuals and decriminalize homosexuality worldwide.
The US "is pleased to join the other 66 UN member states who have declared their support of this statement that condemns human-rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity wherever they occur," State Department spokesman Robert Wood said.
San Salvador, El Salvador - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called El Salvador's president-elect Mauricio Funes to congratulate him on his win.
Funes, a leftist who got 51 per cent of the vote in Sunday's election, put an end to a 20-year rule by right-wing party ARENA.
"The call was to congratulate me on the triumph obtained on March 15, to wish me success in my public management effort over the coming five years," Funes said.
Washington - The US Congress tapped into growing public ire over bailed-out insurance giant AIG's payment of bonuses as legislators Wednesday explored ways to reclaim the 165 million dollars.
At the centre of the storm was American International Group (AIG), the world's largest insurance firm whose near failure in September 2008 over insuring questionable financial instruments helped push a teetering US financial system into rapid descent.
New York - US stocks rallied Wednesday, posting their sixth gain in seven days after the Federal Reserve announced a new series of aggressive moves to shore up the US financial sector.
The Fed said it would buy 300 billion dollars in long-term government bonds, an unprecedented effort to help drive investors back into the private sector, and will purchase another 750 billion dollars in troubled mortgage-backed securities at the heart of the financial crisis.
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Indian Wells, California - Roger Federer stretched his career domination of Fernando Gonzalez into a 12th victory from 13 meetings as he joined Andy Murray in the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells Masters on Wednesday.
Washington - The United States on Wednesday announced its support for a French-sponsored United Nations General Assembly declaration to expand universal recognition of human rights for homosexuals and decriminalize homosexuality worldwide.
San Salvador, El Salvador - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called El Salvador's president-elect Mauricio Funes to congratulate him on his win.
Washington - The US Congress tapped into growing public ire over bailed-out insurance giant AIG's payment of bonuses as legislators Wednesday explored ways to reclaim the 165 million dollars.
New York - US stocks rallied Wednesday, posting their sixth gain in seven days after the Federal Reserve announced a new series of aggressive moves to shore up the US financial sector.
