Archive for  February 2005
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Top seed Andy Roddick needed two tiebreakers to edge a battling Robby Ginepri and reach the semi-finals of the ATP Tour tennis tournament here on Friday. Ginepri never dropped his serve but still succumbed to
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World number one Roger Federer put down a Russian rebellion in the shape of journeyman Nikolay Davydenko here on Friday as a 7-5, 7-5 victory gave him a semi-final place in the Rotterdam Open. But
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Australia beat New Zealand by 10 runs with eight balls to spare in their one-day cricket international here on Saturday with New Zealand losing their last three wickets for two runs when in sight of
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ABC News on Friday defended its decision to include paid interviews from a British TV documentary mixed with its own original reporting in a prime-time special about Michael Jackson and his relationships with young boys.
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Former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush came close to tears on their tour of tsunami-wrecked Asian coasts on Saturday after meeting Thai children who lost their parents in the disaster. "It's very moving,"
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In a few years, if the hottest political slogan in Pakistan is "Roti, Kapra Aur Broadband", then you will know whom to trace it back to; the Ministry of Information Technology's broadband policy for Pakistan
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Jordan is sending an ambassador to Israel on Sunday after a four-year hiatus to give a new impetus to the Middle East peace process and bolster renewed ties between Israel and the Palestinians. Jordan and
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation said Saturday it would help finance a 25-million euro (32.7-million dollar) programme in Ukraine to eliminate more than 1.5 million Soviet-era light arms along with 133,000 tons of munitions. It
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About half a million hunters and supporters rallied across England and Wales Saturday in a massive display of force against a new fox hunting ban, vowing to reverse the controversial law. From the southernmost county
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Prices were flat at Sri Lanka's rubber auction this week and brokers expect little change in coming weeks despite expectations of a fall in output with the start of the rainy season in March, brokers
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