• World record-holder Michael Johnson set the fastest 400m time in the world this year on Saturday and then revealed he had cruised to the 43.92 second time after feeling a slight twinge in his left leg.

    BBC: Johnson

  • The existing rules are set to allow time for cardinals from around the world to travel to Rome for the conclave after the papacy becomes vacant.

    BBC: Pope Benedict

  • Baraka has set out to remake the world each time he has remade himself.

    NEWYORKER: In Black and White

  • Richards, who went off too fast in Beijing and ended up third, made a more measured start on this occasion and set the fastest time in the world this year.

    BBC: Idowu wins Britain's second gold

  • The Mozambique runner set a time of one minute 56.57secs - the fastest time in the world this year.

    BBC: Deji upstages Greene

  • Radcliffe is attempting to win for the fourth time on the London course where she set the world record in 2003.

    BBC: Radcliffe set for London return

  • The course record was set for the second time in two days at the Samsung World Championship as Cristie Kerr hit a stunning eight under par round of 64 to take the lead.

    BBC: Kerr leads Sorenstam

  • Amos clocked one minute 41.73 seconds, matching the former world record time set by London Games chief Sebastian Coe back in 1981, which stood for 16 years.

    CNN: Bolt makes history with 200m triumph at London Olympics

  • Baroness Randerson said the assembly was one of the few public bodies in the world that could set its own laws and spending agenda, but at the same time did not have the ability to raise tax revenue.

    BBC: Devolution in Wales debate

  • With the proven results in the graduate degree world clearly established, over time one can expect Semester Online will set the stage for an entirely new generation of online academic options.

    FORBES: Private Company Solves US Education Problem

  • It also set a record for round-the-world flight time at 42 hours and 27 minutes.

    BBC: In brief: Air New Zealand's ��cuddle class�� and other tweets

  • The 28-year-old is set to break in to the world top 25 after the win, the second time he has won the tournament in five years.

    CNN: Del Potro wins Estoril Open

  • The play's creative team returned to the time period author Truman Capote originally set his story, meaning during World War II, not the 1960s of the film.

    WSJ: Why Bway's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' has no tiaras

  • In 2010, when the World Cup came to Africa for the first time, the Belgium-based photographer set out to see what soccer looked like far from the bright lights and big stadiums.

    CNN: In rural Africa, soccer lovers craft joy

  • Meanwhile, Australia's Anna Meares set a world record to win the women's 500m time trial in a race she might well have missed had it not been for an injury to her older sister.

    CNN: Time trial wins for Hoy and Meares

  • Piaget, also, offers a variety: it has set numerous world records for sheer thinness while at the same time setting precedents for its relatively lightweight tourbillions, which generally tend to be the heaviest and largest wristwatches on the market.

    FORBES: The Most Outrageous Watches In Geneva

  • China's economy is growing at 10% a year at a time when the developed world looks set for a period of prolonged lethargy.

    ECONOMIST: Schumpeter

  • He went on to set the pace in the final and beat two-time world champion Dominic Monypenny from Australia by a second and a half to claim gold.

    BBC: Aggar's path to success

  • Because of the way that technology has connected the world in real time, markets are on such a hair-trigger that the tiniest vibration can set them off.

    FORBES: 2011: A Scary Year For Stocks, And Not The Last

  • Li's win is set to propel her into the world's top 10 for the first time.

    BBC: Serena Williams to face Li Na in Australian Open semis

  • World marathon champion Abel Kirui, Duncan Kibet, who set the third-fastest time in history in last year's Rotterdam Marathon, and Emmanuel Mutai are expected to accompany Wanjiru.

    BBC: Britain's Mara Yamauchi arrives in London for Marathon

  • Reichelt also set a time of one minute 58.62 seconds as he claimed the fifth World Cup win of his career and his second podium this season after placing third in the Super G at Beaver Creek in the U.S. at the start of December.

    CNN: 'Crazy' dead heat in World Cup ski race

  • June was expected to be a quiet time in New York auction houses, a time for the art world to digest the many record-breaking prices set at the May auctions.

    FORBES: Artemis At The Top

  • The challenge however will be to develop a new set of cultural norms and standards that help us to balance the time we spend in the real world with the digital world.

    FORBES: What I Learned From Swimming With My SmartPhone

  • But the reader comes away convinced that the forces set in motion, for good and for ill, in 1979 set the stage for the world we see today, in ways that were hard to see at the time.

    WSJ: Book Review: Strange Rebels

  • Mercedes' Nico Rosberg set the quickest time of one minute 43.380 seconds -- a second slower than triple world champion Sebastian Vettel's fastest efforts from Friday practice as none of the drivers had the chance to use Pirelli's new supersoft compound tires due to the wet conditions.

    CNN: Rain ruins F1 qualifying in Melbourne

  • Mr Godwin went on to win more than 200 time trials and was cycling an average of 200 miles a day when he set the world record.

    BBC: Cyclist Tommy Godwin's achievements tweeted

  • Teammate Lewis Hamilton looked in good shape on Saturday, getting around the track in 1 minute 20.558 seconds, while double world champion Fernando Alonso set a fastest time of 1 minute 20.494 seconds in his Ferrari.

    CNN: Rosberg leads the way on final day of testing

  • Mactier beat Dutch defending Olympic champion Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel in a time of three minutes 29.945 seconds to break the record Ulmer had set at the world championships in May.

    CNN: Bradley Wiggins

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