Archive for  February 2005
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China's shares reversed an early bounce to end down 0.24 percent on Tuesday, with the key index hitting its lowest level in nearly six years for a second day as investors dumped firms expected to
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Serena Williams' seventh career Grand Slam singles title vaulted her into second spot in the women's tennis rankings behind fellow American Lindsay Davenport, the WTA announced on Monday. Williams, who won the Australian Open on
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Rising young Australian cricketer Michael Clarke said Tuesday he was prepared for his golden run to end after winning the Allan Border Medal. The dashing 23-year-old batsman on Monday won Australian cricket's top individual honour
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Greg Norman said on Tuesday he was looking forward to leaving golf's no-man's zone and tackling the seniors' tour as a rookie this year. The Australian golfing great turns 50 on February 10 and so
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World number three Ernie Els said Tiger Woods won't dominate golf again despite his recent resurgence in form. Woods claimed his first stroke-play win in more than a year when he won the 4.5 million
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Japanese ace Ai Sugiyama continued her losing streak on Tuesday when she fell to Roberta Vinci of Italy in the opening round of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament. The fifth-seeded Sugiyama, first-round loser at
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West Indies threw away three wickets for nine runs Tuesday to hand Pakistan a 30-run victory and a berth in the finals of the tri-series limited-overs cricket competition against Australia. The Windies, chasing Pakistan's massive
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Swedish tourist Kurt-Ake Pettersson narrowly escaped Asia's tsunami, flying out of Thailand two hours before the killer waves struck. On Tuesday, Pettersson, 57, went back to Thailand for another holiday, among the first major batch
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Homeowners in Britain will not be imprisoned for using "reasonable force" to fight off intruders even if they kill, under guidelines published on Tuesday by the state prosecution service. Britain's opposition Conservative Party has been
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The deadly bird flu virus remains endemic in parts of Asia, where it will not be eradicated soon and poultry movements following the tsunami disaster may worsen the crisis, world animal agencies said on Tuesday.
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