FINA rejects protest over Peirsol&#39;s reinstatement
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- FINA, the swimming&#39;s world governing body, has rejected protest from national federations of Britain and Austria over American Aaron Peirsol&#39;s reinstatement after he was disqualified in the 200m backstroke final at the ...
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LONDON, November 29  - The board of the Franco-Belgian Bank, Dexia (DXB.ETR), has rejected the companyâs proposed â¬37 billion merger with Italyâs Sanpaolo (PAO), following increasing opposition to the proposal by a group of its key
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The ruling body of gymnastics (FIG) denied Saturday putting pressure on all-round champion Paul Hamm to hand over his gold medal to South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young, saying the decision should be left to the American.
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ROME - A diplomatic row has erupted between Italy and the European Parliament after the latter rejected an anti-gay Italian minister as a European commissioner.
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Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has slammed the refusal by European lawmakers to endorse Italy's candidate for justice commissioner because of his views on gays as an attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centre-right government.
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ATHENS, Greece - On a night Americans dominated at the Olympic pool, Aaron Peirsol's disputed victory in the 200-meter backstroke was the most memorable - and convoluted. First, he was disqualified for making an illegal turn...
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Britain's Prudential Plc  has rejected an approach for loss-making Internet bank Egg, the insurer said on Sunday, after the Sunday Times newspaper reported U.S giant Citigroup Inc.  was considering a bid.
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The British insurer Prudential said on Sunday that it had rejected an approach from a potential bidder for its online bank Egg.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Friday rejected a European Parliament resolution criticising Egypt's human rights record, the official MENA news agency said.
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Martina Hingis's appeal against a positive doping test is rejected and she has been banned for two years.
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UEFA on Friday rejected Lille's protest about Manchester United's controversial winning goal in their Champions League clash.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union rejected a US demand to ban government loans to aircraftmaker Airbus SAS, intensifying a dispute between the two trading partners.
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The London Stock Exchange  reiterated on Tuesday its rejection of a 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) bid from U.S. rival Nasdaq Stock Market Inc .
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European banking giant UniCredit  on Friday denied a report in Italy's leading business daily that it might be interested in buying the $47 billion U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch .
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Rocco Buttiglione has been rejected for the EUâs justice job by MEPs as a row over the line-up of JosÃ© Manuel Barrosoâs European Commission hots up.
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England&#39;s soccer team refused to face the media after their 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory in Poland on Wednesday in protest at negative publicity they received after Saturday&#39;s 2-2 tie with Austria.
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The top European court on Tuesday prohibited Italy from prosecuting bookmakers based in other European countries.