France's Amelie Mauresmo outlasted Elena Dementeiva in three sets ON Sunday to capture her third straight title in the 585,000-dollar WTA indoor tournament here. Mauresmo, the third seed, defeated the Russian fourth seed 7-5, 2-6,

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Newly-crowned Paris Masters champion Tomas Berdych believes he could be the surprise contender to mount a sustained challenge to the supreme talents of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in 2006. The 20-year-old Czech, who defeated

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Captain Michael Vaughan Monday twisted his right knee in a match against a Pakistan A team, just five days before the first Test against Pakistan starts in Multan. The England captain suffered the injury on

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Pakistan's cricket chief on Monday said he hoped the forthcoming series with England would improve his country's image - both off and on the field. "I think the series against England is important for our

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Bart Bryant fended off a challenge from world number one Tiger Woods on Sunday to post a six-shot win at the 6.5 million-dollar PGA Tour Championship that surprised even himself. "I didn't think I could

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A 22-year-old man was arrested on Monday over the robbery of 26.5 million pounds ($47 million) from a Belfast bank last December, the sixth man to be held over the heist in the past week.

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Japan is considering pulling its troops out of Iraq in the first half of next year and expanding Iraq-related air missions from Kuwait, a news report said Monday. A 200-member Air Self-Defence Force transport unit

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Ethiopia's main opposition party said on Monday its supporters were heeding a call for a strike over disputed polls, but many residents said they were staying at home for fear of new violence in the

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The US Supreme Court announced on Monday it would decide an appeal by an accused al Qaeda member challenging President George W. Bush's power to create military tribunals to put Guantanamo prisoners on trial for

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Images of French ghettos in flames are causing discomfort across Europe and have raised fears the violence could spread across borders. London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and other cities with large immigrant populations are on the

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