Germany's Birgit Fischer won her eighth Olympic gold medal at the age of 42 on Friday when her K4 crew came from behind to beat world champions Hungary in a thrilling race. The result was

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Olympic chief, Jacques Rogge, on Friday rejected claims the Athens Games had been tarnished by the large number of positive dope tests and insisted he would do nothing differently if he had his time again.

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Former hockey force, Pakistan, finished the Olympics in fifth place on Friday while Egypt slumped out of the tournament 12th. Pakistan ran New Zealand ragged in their playoff and showed signs they are coming back

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Half a millennium after witch-burning reached its peak across Europe, the first ever witch conference got underway Friday in northern Norway, where a disproportionately large number of women lost their lives to the flames. "We

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Tens of thousands of Argentines holding candles gathered outside Congress on Thursday night in the third protest to demand a crackdown on rising crime, a major headache for President Nestor Kirchner. Some 75,000 people, according

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A fire partially destroyed an ammunition depot of a classified military research centre in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, police said Friday. A police spokesman said the fire broke out late Thursday at the

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Nobel-prize winning poet Czeslaw Milosz was buried alongside some of Poland's most famous cultural figures on Friday, amid controversy over his contribution to the country and the Roman Catholic faith. Milosz, who won the Nobel

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British military scientists tested nerve gas on soldiers half a century ago even after the government ordered a ban following the death of a serviceman, documents read out at an inquest show. A British coroner

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Hungary's government moved far quicker than expected to put prime minister designate Ferenc Gyurcsany in charge in place of Peter Medgyessy on Friday, with Medgyessy declaring he would no longer attend cabinet meetings. The swift

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Maoist rebels have warned all four members of Nepal's Election Commission to quit their posts by Sunday or "be ready to face the consequences", a rebel statement said. The rebels, who are fighting for a

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