Commonwealth and World Junior Champion, LJ Van Zyl, has proved at the Africa Championships that he is the man for the big events.

MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) – The average weighted dollar rate for contracts with “tomorrow” settlements was 26.793 rubles during Friday morning’s unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), up 11.92 kopeks from Thursday.

11 August 2006 – Bambous, Mauritius – Louis van Zyl ended South Africa’s gold medal drought on the second day of the Africa Championships when he won the 400m Hurdles at the Germain Commarmond Stadium on Thursday (10).

The dollar rose in Asia trading Friday as weaker-than-expected Japanese economic growth data set off yen-selling. The dollar was trading at 115.53 yen in Tokyo midafternoon, up from 115.27 yen from late Thursday in New York. The euro fell to $1.2778, from $1.2784.

The dollar rose in Asia trading Friday as weaker-than-expected Japanese economic growth data set off yen-selling. The dollar was trading at 115.53 yen in Tokyo midafternoon, up from 115.27 yen from late Thursday in New York.

Mumbai, Aug 11: Rupee Exchange Rates for today issued by Thomas Cook (I) Ltd.

Dubai, Aug 11: Over 750 Indian and Pakistani construction workers in Bahrain went on a strike in protest against the appalling conditions at their labour camp.

CHICAGO – Aug 10/06 – SNS — Following is the grain and oilseed futures comment from Alaron Trading Corp.

Reuters – Prominent Democrats said on Thursday
a foiled plot in Britain to blow up U.S.-bound planes showed
the Bush administration’s pursuit of war in Iraq had diverted
resources from the bigger threat of terrorism and made the
danger worse.

Reuters – The Security Council extended
the mandate of the United Nations assistance mission in Iraq
for another year on Thursday after Baghdad said it still needed
help rebuilding and restoring security.