Australian Evans on course to take Tour

Australian Evans on course to take Tour

CADEL Evans was set to become the first Australian to win the Tour de France after leapfrogging the Schleck brothers in a final time trial won by Germany's Tony Martin yesterday.

The BMC rider, who finished second in the Tour in 2007 and 2008, started the 42.gucci sunglasses wholesale5-kilometer time trial around Grenoble with a 57-second deficit to overall leader Andy Schleck of Luxembourg and four seconds behind Frank Schleck.

Evans,MAC makeup remover 34, took second place in the penultimate stage - seven seconds adrift of Martin, who clocked 55 minutes 33 seconds.

Evans now leads Andy Schleck by 1:34 going into today's final parade to the Champs Elysees in Paris, with Frank Schleck in third place overall and 2:30 off the pace.

It will be the first time that two brothers finish together on the Tour de France podium.

Three-time champion Alberto Contador of Spain finished the time trial with the third best time, 1:09 off the pace, and will finish fifth.juicy sunglasses wholesale

Evans, who finally started to live up to expectations in 2009 when he won the world championship, got off to a strong start. At the first intermediate time check after 15km, the tide had already turned as Evans had shaved 36 seconds off Schleck's advantage.

The Australian, who won the Tirreno-Adriatico race and the Tour de Romandie this year, took the virtual lead after some 20km and there was no looking back.starcraft 2 replays Andy Schleck was helpless as the gap dramatically widened in the second part of the stage.

Couple sell t,sheepskin boots,heir kids to surf the Net

Couple sell t,sheepskin boots,heir kids to surf the Net

Police in central China have detained a young couple suspected of selling their three children over three years and spending most of the money in Internet cafes.

The father, Li Longwang, 19, and Li Ying, 18, from Hunan Province said they didn't want their three-year-old son, two-year-old daughter and newly born baby boy back even after police found them at their new families, according to a report on Hunan's news portal, Rednet.cn, yesterday.

"Please don't send them back.,hair weave, We don't want them," the couple reportedly told police in Hunan's Jiangyong County when they were questioned in the detention center.

The report said the couple appeared not to be worried about their detention but, smiling, just asked: "When can we get out?"

The couple met in an Internet cafe in Huizhou City in Guangdong Province in 2007. Li Ying dropped out of school in Hunan and moved in with Li Longwang. She became pregnant and wanted an abortion, but her boyfriend's mother didn't approve and brought them back to their hometown in Hunan, the report said.

In 2008, Li Ying gave birth to a son. But when the boy was one month old, the couple gave him to their parents, saying that looking after the baby was interfering with their surfing online.

China's news agency leases Times Square ad space

China's news agency leases Times Square ad space

China's news agency, which has been expanding its presence in the United States and recently moved its offices to a Times Square office building, is going a step further by leasing ad space in one of the area's most well-known locations.

A sign for Xinhua is scheduled to light up at 2 Times Square on Aug. 1. The 60-foot by 40-foot sign will take its place in a vertical column of lighted ads from companies including Prudential, Samsung, Coca-Cola and Hyundai.

The building, on the northern end of Times Square, is one of the most photographed in the area, said Jeffrey Katz, CEO of Sherwood Equities, which owns it.

"You find the image of this building everywhere once you start looking," he said Tuesday.

Xinhua is taking space formerly used by HSBC.nfl throwback jerseys from china Katz declined to say how long the lease for the spot is, or how much it costs, but said that leases for those spaces are generally for several years. HSBC had been using the spot for 10 years. He also said the space generally wouldn't go to a company that competes with a firm that is already there, so for example, Coca-Cola being in the column would preclude another soft drink company from being able to lease a spot.

Xinhua did not respond to phone calls and emails seeking comment. The news agency has had a presence in the United States for decades, but has been taking more high-profile steps recently. It moved its headquarters this year from Queens to 1540 Broadway and last year started a 24-hour English-language broadcast.

While there have been instances of Chinese companies taking ad space in the area before, Katz said, the Xinhua sign is the first major-impact ad to go up.

"They're coming here to be a major presence in this country in terms of news," he said.NFL jerseys wholesale from China

A Chinese company's presence in one of the United StatStretch tricot knitted fabrices' most well-known locations is the latest iteration of a step that companies from other countries, like Japan, have taken in years past,starcraft 2 Promotion Katz said.

"This is representing a chance you will see a lot more of," he said, "Chinese companies branding themselves here."

He said that Samsung, which will share the column with Xinhua, was not nearly the worldwide brand it is now when the company first took a spot on the building in the early 1990s.

"It was a totally different firm,Cheap Christian Louboutin" he said. "They came here to grow."

Katz said the agreement for the space was finalized in recent weeks.

Significant steps achieved in debt

Obama: Significant steps achieved in debt talks between Democrats, Republicans

U.S. President Barack Obama says talks between Democrats and Republicans on the debt ceiling and deficit reduction have achieved a "significant step." But, he also warned that there isn't much time left as the August 2nd debt ceiling deadline approaches.

Speaking at a White House briefing, Obama praised a deficit reduction plan by a group of bipartisan senators as a very significant step. The plan aims to cut the deficit by more than 4 trillion US dollars over the coming decade and suggests some tax increases.

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Obama said that plan is broadly consistent with his approach and shows "shared sacrifice" by the two parties. But a broader agreement is still needed.,timberland boots sale, The U.S. borrowing limit, currently 14.29 trillion dollars,,steeler jerseys cheap, was reached on May 16 this year. The U.S. Treasury Department says the country would default without an agreement to lift the limit by August 2nd.

These moves have meant an unprecedented amount of Chinese investment into Argentina

As of last month,,polo ralph Lauren, China had become the second-largest trading partner for Argentina, while Argentina was China's fourth-largest trading partner in Latin America, the ministry said.

The South American country has also benefited from China's emergence as a major global investor. The country attracted Chinese investments totaling $13 billion during the January-June period this year, Argentine official data showed.

Chinese investment has created more than 5,800 jobs in Argentina so far and will provide the Argentine people with 4,000 to 5,000 jobs in the next three years, said Wang Chao, Chinese vice-minister of commerce.

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In some cases, they simply buy Argentine companies. Last May, China National Offshore Oil Corp Ltd bought 50 percent of Bridas Corp for $3.1 billion. Bridas is a major oil and natural gas holding company.

These moves have meant an unprecedented amount of Chinese investment into Argentina. Projects under discussion between the two governments are valued at $15 billion, Wang said.

Phelps looking to reclaim China glory

Phelps looking to reclaim China glory

After a two-year battle with a lack of motivation, 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps is aiming for a strong comeback at the FINA World Championships and still has his eyes set on breaking world records.

After grabbing a history-making eight gold medals in a single Olympic Games in Beijing, the American superstar swimmer went missing over the past two years; consistently losing events and even getting involved in a marijuana scandal.

However, having "recharged himself through a bumpy journey", Phelps claims to be back on the right track and refocused on next year's London Games.

"I realized I had to take responsibility for the things I do in or out of the pool I was hurting myself. That's what I learnt after a low time the last two years," Phelps told a packed press conference on Saturday.

"If I want to accomplish my goals, I have to take charge of myself. I have to do it myself although (coach) Bob (Bowman) has pushed me every day. I can't be lazy any more and actually should do something.Video capture cards

"It's been a good experience over the past six months (to go through the highs and lows). It's a learning process. Hopefully, I can use it as a motivation for London," said Phelps, who will only swim four individual events in Shanghai.

Although he departed the 2009 Rome worlds with five gold medals and broke the 50-second barrier in the 100m butterfly, Phelps surrendered the 200m freestyle world title and record to Germany's Paul Biedermann and has since also lost to China's top swimmer,5816 Style Women Boots Wu Peng, in 200m fly twice this year.

However, Phelps shrugged off those defeats, stressing he has learnt from "those races on how to fix things the next year".

"I am in a lot better shape than last year.hair weave I have more confidence. I didn't work things as expected last year. This meet is a kind of test for my body (to see) if it can handle things for next year,Nike shox shoes" said the 26-year-old.

Bowman, who discovered the restless youngster's Olympic gold potential in 1996,Mocler Boots hailed his student's awakening as a "pleasantly surprise" and it attributed to their deep bond.

"We are very truthful to each other no matter which kind of situation we are in. We have open communication any time," said Bowman, who encouraged Phelps to try a new freestyle stroke to help him meet the demands of the 100m event.

But he said a decision on Phelps competing in the 100m in London would not be made for a while.

"We don't know that yet. The challenge this year is doing an entire training cycle in a more compressed way, as we will do a year-long plan in nine months. How it works, we are going to find out shortly here," said Bowman.