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Thursday's news
11 Jul 2013
Australia squanders its bowlers' efforts at Trent Bridge, Cavendish sprayed with urine at the Tour de France, flooding devastates China's Sichuan Province
and engineer blamed for Canadian
train crash.
Bowlers perform at Trent Bridge
Australia’s bowlers rolled England’s batting order for only 215 after tea on day one at Trent Bridge despite early nerves from Pattinson and Starc, before seeing their own top batsmen crumble. Paceman Peter Siddle, who took five wickets for 50 runs in his 14 overs, told ABC News he is confident the Aussies can come back from a poor start to their batting. Australia was 4 for 75 at close of play, with Clarke and Cowan failing to post runs.
Visit the ABC News website for blow-by-blow reports and watch highlights from both innings below.
Cavendish sprayed with urine
British Tour de France rider Mark Cavendish was sprayed with urine by a spectator during yesterday’s Mont-Saint-Michel Time Trial. The incident has been linked to his collision in the previous stage with Dutch rider Tom Veelers. Cavendish’s Omega Pharma-Quick Step teammate Tony Martin took out the time trial, with Christopher Froome still leading the General Classification. Cadel Evans, Australia’s best-placed rider, now trails by just under seven minutes.
Visit SBS for a full wrap-up of the time trial.
Engineer blamed for Canadian train crash
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA) CEO Edward Burkhardt has said that the train crash last Saturday that killed at least 20 people and devastated the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic was the result of an engineer not setting the brakes correctly. Reports have emerged that MMA averaged 36.1 accidents for every million miles its trains covered in 2012, compared to a national average in the same period of 14.6 accidents. Investigations continue.
Read more.
Flooding devastates China’s Sichuan Province
The worst flooding in the region in 50 years has destroyed large parts of China’s Sichuan Province and killed more than 50 people across the country, with that number set to rise as devastation continues. Experts are debating whether construction in areas prone to seismic activity and torrential rain, such as the region’s riverside town, should be discouraged.
Read the full coverage in The New York Times.
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