The police chief in Ecuador resigned on Friday after an uprising by officers who held President Rafael Correa captive for more than 10 hours on Thursday, and the government maintained the state of emergency it had declared Thursday, several news agencies reported. The chief, Freddy Martínez, submitted his resignation on Friday morning, a spokesman for [...]
Posted by uspostTennisTuesday, September 14th, 2010
Spain’s golden year of sporting success just keeps getting sweeter and sweeter. Rafael Nadal’s victory at the U.S. Open is the latest coup for Spain in a season-long fiesta on the international stage. Spain won soccer’s World Cup in South Africa, Alberto Contador captured his third Tour de France and now Nadal has completed a [...]
Google Chrome last week unseated Apple Safari for the first time as the third most used Internet browser in the United States, according to figures released by StatCounter. “This is quite a coup for Google as they have gone from zero to almost 10 percent of the US market in under two years,” StatCounter chief [...]
Players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 know the script only too well. An epic battle is being waged. A few men are fighting against a powerful enemy. But even with the odds against them, they could yet pull off a stunning coup. But now war has broken out at Activision Blizzard, the makers [...]