Fencing

Fencing

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  Thomas Bach announces IOC presidential candidacy

  Thomas Bach is counting on his track record and long experience in the Olympic world to carry him to the top job in the IOC. The 59-year-old German ... 

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  AP source: Bach to announce IOC presidential bid

  Germany's Thomas Bach is set to become the first member to declare he is a candidate to succeed Jacques Rogge as president of the International ... 

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  Beating, torture fuel sense Egypt police unchanged

  The video outraged Egyptians, showing riot police strip and beat a middle-aged man and drag him across the pavement as they cracked down on protesters 

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  Conflicting accounts by Egypt man dragged naked

  An Egyptian man who was beaten and dragged naked by riot police during a violent protest changed his story on Sunday, telling prosecutors that ... 

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  Video of police abuse stokes anger in Egypt

  Egypt's Interior Minister vowed Saturday to investigate the beating of a naked man by riot police that threatened to further inflame popular anger ... 

• Olympic fencing champ Vezzali joins Monti's ticket

  Six-time Olympic fencing champion Valentina Vezzali has announced she is running on Italian Premier Mario Monti's ticket in the national elections ... 

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  German gummy bear wins battle against Swiss teddy

  Germany's iconic gummy bear has won a sweet legal victory over a foil-wrapped Swiss chocolate teddy. Cologne's regional court ruled in favor of ... 

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  Campaign for IOC president takes shape, quietly

  Thomas Bach strides through the hotel lobby between meetings with a phone pressed to his ear. Over in one corner of the foyer sits Richard Carrion, ...