Wilson Kipsang of Kenya set a new world record as he powered to victory in today’s Berlin Marathon.

BEFORE there was a Twitter, camera, or even a telegraph, the results of the Olympics were transmitted via carrier pigeon.

MTV denied that they had erected their own “wall” around U2’s free concert tonight, which celebrates 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

ON a night that saw Yelena Isinbayeva bounce back from the disaster of the world championships to set a new world record in the pole vault, Ireland’s David Gillick improved on his Berlin placing to finish fourth in the men’s 400m and Derval O’Rourke finished seventh in the 100m hurdles at the Golden League meeting in Zurich.

Europe’s industry ministers are to hold emergency talks tomorrow amid growing concern about Germany’s handling of the attempt to sell off General Motors Europe.

AFTER the euphoria of the Eurofest and Berlin declaration to celebrate the EU’s 50th anniversary at the weekend, it’s back to real politics for member states and their political leaders.

Confrontation with Western states over Iran’s nuclear programme has reached a climax, a former Iranian president said today.

AN estimated six million people around the world marched in protest against a US-led war on Iraq.