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51,000-tonne ship deliberately grounded –
A car transporter ship, the Hoegh Osaka, was deliberately grounded by its captain and the pilot in the Solent after it began to list, its owners have said. The ship developed problems after it left Southampton dock and to avoid it capsizing in the shipping lane and risk the lives of the crew, it was steered onto the Bramble sand bank. The ship is now listing at more than 50 degrees and a salvage operation is expected to take several days.
Phil Taylor
Phil Taylor loses power in darts final –
Gary Anderson beats 16 time world champion Phil “The Power” Taylor in the final of the PDC World Darts Championship 7 sets to 6 at Alexandra Palace in London. Nicknamed The Flying Scotsman it is Anderson’s first World Championship.
Breaking Bad not so fictional –
Seizures of methamphetamine has risen at the US-Mexico border with a 300 percent increase in meth seizures at California ports of entry from 2009 to 2014. Meth seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s San Diego field office accounted for nearly 63 percent of all the meth seized at all ports of entry nationwide in the year ending September 30 2014.
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| Full name | Philip Douglas Taylor |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Power |
| Born | 13 August 1960 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| Home town | Stoke-On-Trent England |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | 26g Target Power 9Five [1] |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Career record | 1585-200 (88.85%) |
| Prize money | £6,085,028 |
| Walk-on music | “The Power” by Snap! |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1987–1993 |
| PDC | 1993– (founding member) |
| Current world ranking | 2 |
| BDO majors – best performances | |
| World Ch’ship | Winner (2) 1990, 1992 |
| World Masters | Winner (1) 1990 |
| World Darts Trophy | Winner (1) 2006 |
| Int. Darts League | Quarter-final: 2006 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Ch’ship | Winner (14) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013 |
| World Matchplay | Winner (15) 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| World Grand Prix | Winner (11) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 |
| Grand Slam | Winner (6) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
| Premier League | Winner (6) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 |
| Ch’ship League | Winner (4) 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Desert Classic | Winner (5) 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 |
| European Ch’ship | Winner (4) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| UK Open | Winner (5) 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013 |
| US Open/WSoD | Winner (4) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
| Players Ch’ship Finals | Winner (3) 2009, 2011, 2012 |
| The Masters | Winner (1) 2013 |
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- A U.S. drone strike kills eight Uzbek people claimed to be linked with al-Qaeda in Pakistan. (Channel 9 News)
- The Pakistan Air Force strikes Pakistani Taliban positions in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, killing 31 militants. (Channel 9 News)
- A bomb detonates at a volleyball match in Orakzai Agency, Pakistan, killing four people and injuring eight. (AFP viaThe Daily Star)
- Northern Mali conflict:
- A vehicle carrying United Nations peacekeepers hits a roadside bomb in northern Mali, injuring six soldiers. (Reuters)
- Shia insurgency in Yemen:
- A bombing at a local Houthi movement headquarters in Dhamar Governorate, Yemen, kills five people and wounds 25. (AP via The Daily Star)
- Somali Civil War:
- Disasters and accidents
- A six-story building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya, kills one person and leaves several others injured. (New Zealand Herald)
- Religion
- Pope Francis announces the appointment of 20 new Cardinals, many of them coming from outside of Europe. (Reuters)
- Sport
- In darts, Gary Anderson of Scotland defeats Phil Taylor of England 7-6 to win his first PDC World Darts Championship.(Reuters via ABC News Australia)
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