The U.S. Olympic team put away Dirk Nowitzki and Germany in a hurry. Next up: the only team so far these Americans couldn't blow out. After destroying Germany 106-57 on Monday, the Americans (5-0) move on to a quarterfinal matchup Wednesday against Australia, the team that's provided them with their toughest test in China.
The financial crisis will probably not end until next year or even 2010, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper quoted Morgan Stanley <MS.N> co-President Walid Chammah as saying in a preview of its Monday edition.
Have the last seven days actually happened' I'm sitting in a hotel room in Germany in the middle of my summer tour with the news telling me that my home country is being torn to pieces.
Aslanbek Khushtov has won Russia's third Greco-Roman wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, turning throws in each of the two periods into a decisive victory over Mirko Englich of Germany at 96 kilograms.
Pau Gasol scored 13 points to help lead world champions Spain to a 72-59 victory over Dirk Nowitzki and Germany in Olympic basketball men's Group B play.
Chiara Cainero of Italy has won the gold medal in women's skeet shooting, beating Kim Rhode of the U.S. and Christine Brinker of Germany in a shoot-off.
Germany marked the 47th anniversary on Wednesday of the Berlin Wall's construction, and the country's parliament speaker said the barrier's ultimate collapse proves that any regime's effort to isolate its citizens is doomed to failure.
