Tokyo stocks closed flat on Tuesday as firms such as Pioneer Corp fell on poor earnings, cancelling out gains in raw material producers after Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co announced a merger with a rival

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Sri Lankan stocks ended lower on Tuesday as investors skimmed profits across the board but retail buying in select stocks propped up the blue chip index, brokers said. The key Colombo all-share index fell by

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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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