US stock sell-off on fears of weak recovery
New York - US stocks followed global markets in a broad decline amid investor fears over the world's uneasy recovery from recession. Major US stock indices fell about 1 per cent on average, following hefty declines in the DJ Euro Stoxx 50 and Japan's...
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Yahia is Algerian hero as Desert Foxes qualify for South Africa
Omdurman, Sudan - A former French youth international who plays his club football in Germany on Wednesday became the hero for Algeria as he scored the goal that took the Desert Foxes to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa with a 1-0 victory ove...
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Artist Jeanne-Claude dies at 74
New York - Artist Jeanne-Claude has died at age 74 in New York, a family friend said Thursday. Jeanne-Claude and artist husband Christo are famous for wrapping several monuments around the world, including the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont Neuf in Pa...
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PREVIEW: Champions Italy begin approach to World Cup finals
Pescara, Italy - After a fairly easy qualification phase to the 2010 World Cup, holders Italy step up the level of their opponents welcoming the Netherlands in a friendly set for Saturday in the seaside town of Pescara. The Dutch squad breezed throug...
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Swedish referees stay mum after controversial handball - Summary
Stockholm - One of the Swedish referees who officiated at the controversial World Cup play-off between France and Ireland declined to comment the matter Thursday, citing football's controlling body FIFA. The Swedish nationals have been heavily critic...
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Irish to lodge official complaint with FIFA over Henry handball
Dublin - The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) confirmed Thursday that it is to lodge an official complaint with FIFA over Ireland's World Cup play-off match against France. Ireland lost the play-off 2-1 on aggregate after Wednesday night's game ...
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World powers to discuss Iran action in Brussels - Summary
Brussels - Top diplomats from the so-called 5+1 group of world powers were to meet in Brussels on Friday to discuss how to respond to Iran's refusal to reach a nuclear deal, diplomats said Thursday. Officials from the UN Security Council's five per...
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Football match strains Algerian-Egyptian relations
Cairo - Egypt on Thursday said it would summon the Algerian ambassador in Cairo to protest attacks against Egyptian fans after Wednesday night's World Cup playoff in Sudan. The ambassador will receive a strong message about securing the Egyptian pre...
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Liu Zige smashes women's 200m butterfly world record
Jinan, China - China's Liu Zige knocked over one and a half seconds off Jessica Schipper's 200-metre butterfly world record Wednesday with an astonishing swim at the national swimming championships in Jinan. Liu recorded a time of 2 minutes 1.81 seco...
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World Cup centrepiece Soccer City celebrates snappy, safe build
Soweto, Johannesburg - Soccer City, the centrepiece stadium of next year's World Cup in South Africa, celebrated more than one million man hours of work without serious injury Wednesday with a roof wetting ceremony that was abetted by a shower of rai...
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Weaker Barbie sales push down Mattel earnings
New York - Mattel, maker of the classic Barbie doll, said Friday profits fell 3 per cent in the third-quarter. Weaker sales of the iconic doll led profits down to 230 million dollars, as revenues dipped 8 per cent to 1.8 billion dollars, the world's ...
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Grounded swimmers rip into Masters Games organizers in Australia
Sydney - Ocean swimmers ripped into World Masters Games organizers Saturday after the 3-kilometre open water event in Sydney Harbour was cancelled moments before the gun was to fire. Everybody was numbered up, capped up, told to warm up and then nex...
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Nokia posts third-quarter loss
Helsinki - Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, Thursday posted a pre-tax loss for third quarter 2009 that also saw sales drop. The Finnish-based company posted a pre-tax loss of 469 million euros (678 million dollars), compared to a pre-ta...
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New Zealand's oldest immigrant dies at 104
Wellington - New Zealand's oldest immigrant, Eric King-Turner, has died at the age of 104, news reports said on Thursday. He was also said to be Britain's oldest emigrant when he moved across the world with his New Zealand-born wife, Doris, early las...
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Swedish coach Eriksson linked to North Korea job
London - Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is in talks to manage North Korea at next summer's World Cup, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper. Eriksson, who led England at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, is reported to be heading to...
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Germany's Loew turns thoughts ahead to World Cup - Summary
Hamburg - Germany coach Joachim Loew believes there could still be some surprises as the World Cup qualifiers in Europe moves to the play-offs next month following Wednesday's final matches. But Loew said qualifying early after Saturday's 1-0 win ove...
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Ethiopia appeals for help to feed 6.2 million hungry
Nairobi/Addis Ababa - Ethiopia on Thursday appealed for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people, 25 years after the world took notice of the country's infamous famine during which over 1 million people died. The rains in Ethiopia and the greater re...
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US economic indicator rises more than expected
Washington - A key gauge of the US economy climbed faster than expected in September in the latest sign that the world's largest economy is on the road to recovery, a private research group said Thursday. The New York-based Conference Board reported ...
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Switzerland condemns 'barbaric' attack on UN in Kabul
Geneva - Switzerland on Wednesday strongly condemned as barbaric the attack in the Afghan capital Kabul which killed nine people, including six employees of the United Nations. The attack was intended to undermine the efforts of the world communit...
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Bali Champions event ducks controversy with visa for Peer
Bali, Indonesia - Israel Shahar Peer will take her place in the 12-woman field for next week's Bali Tournament of Champions after receiving a controversial Indonesian visa. The possible exclusion by the world's most popular Muslim nation had threaten...
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Leech a world-first in robbery conviction
Sydney - Blood taken from a leech at the scene of an armed robbery eight years ago at an isolated farmhouse was used to convict a Tasmanian man in what Australian police said was a world-first for forensic evidence, news reports said Tuesday. Peter C...
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