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Massa leaves hospital, flies home
Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa left a Hungarian hospital on Monday to return home to Brazil, a photographer witnessed.
Kovalainen grabs maiden victory in Hungary
McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen celebrated a shock maiden win at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Hamilton the fastest in Hungary
World championship leader Lewis Hamilton qualified fastest on Saturday and will start Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix in pole position.
Colder US weather pushes up oil prices
Oil prices rose to near a barrel on Monday on signs of colder weather in the United States and Europe and the continued weakness of the dollar. The Thanksgiving holiday on…
Rubik’s cube to puzzle the world’s best
Some do it blindfolded, others one-handed, and the best with the speed it takes the world’s fastest men to run 100m. In a celebration of some of the most nimble-fingered humans…
Oil prices stay above $82 a barrel
Oil prices kept rising on Thursday after reaching record highs in the previous session on United States refinery outages and declines in US oil inventories. A decline earlier in…
Deadly fungus threatens world’s frogs
In a global effort to save amphibians from a deadly disease, zookeepers around the world want to turn 2008 into the ”Year of the Frog”. As many as 2 000 of the world’s 6 000…
Hungary claims world kissing title
Organisers of a kissing event in Budapest said on Monday they have earned a place in the <i>Guinness Book of Records</i> for the most number of couples locking lips at the same…
Alonso’s McLaren future in doubt
A big question mark hung over Fernando Alonso’s McLaren future as tensions rose within the British team following a controversial Hungarian Grand Prix. McLaren chief Ron Dennis…
Dennis downcast despite Hamilton victory
McLaren team chief Ron Dennis was downcast and sad on Sunday despite seeing his brilliant young rookie driver Briton Lewis Hamilton claim a superb victory in the Hungarian Grand…
Alonso puts McLaren on pole in Hungary
Double world champion Fernando Alonso seized pole position from McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday. Hamilton, who leads the Spaniard by two…
Espionage cloud hangs over Alonso title revival
The Formula One circus arrives in Budapest this weekend as the ”espionage” case between Ferrari and McLaren drags on and the title race really begins to hot up. Two weeks ago in…
Budapest calm after night of violent protests
Budapest was calm on Tuesday after a day of anti-government protests in the capital in which about 130 people were injured when police used rubber bullets, teargas and water…
Hungarian protesters seize World War II tank
Hungarian police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on Monday to disperse anti-government protesters marching on Parliament on the 50th anniversary of the country’s uprising…
Police, protesters clash as Hungary remembers 1956
Police and hundreds of protesters clashed on Monday in Budapest as Hungary commemorated the 50th anniversary of the country’s 1956 uprising against Soviet rule. A photographer…