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Aug 26, 2011

EUROPE News, Aug 26, 2011


Europe Short Bans Extended
Wall Street Journal
By INTI LANDAURO PARIS—Several European governments extended a ban on short selling of financial shares Thursday, seeking to keep a lid on volatility in European banking stocks amid deep bearishness. In an apparently coordinated move, France, ...
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European Factors-Shares seen flat to lower ahead of Bernanke
Reuters
LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - European shares are set to open flat to lower on Friday, with investors staying cautious ahead of a widely-watched speech by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and waiting to see if he announces any measures to help the ...
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European nadir can be addressed - SFA boss
BBC Sport (blog)
By Annie McGuire Scotland's clubs can recover their standing in Europe despite a disastrous night in the Europa League, according to the Scottish Football Association chief executive. Celtic, Rangers and Hearts were knocked out of the competition on ...
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BBC Sport (blog)
Pulis eyeing Europe's best
Fox News
The result means the Staffordshire outfit, who are taking part in major European competition for the first time in 37 years, have guaranteed themselves at least six more continental fixtures and they will discover who their opponents are when the draw ...
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Doubts Still Harbored About Europe's Banks
New York Times
By JACK EWING FRANKFURT — European banks have become nervous about each other's creditworthiness, evoking memories of the mistrust that prevailed during the dark days of 2008.European institutions are better armored for a crisis than they were in ...
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Samsung Can Sell Its Tablet In Most Of Europe For The Time Being
Wall Street Journal
SE, SSNHY) can continue selling its tablet computer Galaxy Tab 10.1, widely considered the most promising competitor to Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPad, in most European countries for the time being with the exception of Germany, after a German court ...
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Time for a new European politics of solidarity
Deutsche Welle
As the financial crisis continues to unfold, the most blatant common characteristic is the failure ofEurope's leaders to find an adequate response to tackle the problem, says Abraham Newman. Abraham Newman is Associate Professor in the Edmund Walsh ...
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Euro Weakens Amid Speculation on Extension of Short-Selling Ban in Europe
Bloomberg
By Catarina Saraiva - Thu Aug 25 21:17:39 GMT 2011 The euro weakened for a second day against the dollar as European regulators extended bans on short-selling in equity markets in an effort to prevent the region's sovereign-debt crisis from worsening. ...
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Daniel Majstorovic sent off as Celtic crash out of Europe to Sion
The Guardian
Celtic have now won only one out of their last 30 games away from home in Europeand did not give themselves much of a chance in this one, but nevertheless the spotlight will swing onto Neil Lennon who admitted his credibility was on the line ahead of ...
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The Guardian
EU Leaders Face Busy Fall, Tight Deadlines
Wall Street Journal
By CHARLES FORELLE When Europe's leaders return from their summer break next week, they'll find plenty of work waiting. And, once again, little time in which to do it. The European Central Bank held back a destabilizing rout that flickered earlier this ...
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The Overnight Report: And Don't Forget Europe
International Business Times
By Greg Peel Hate to say it, but I've been saying it all week ? no news out of Europe does not mean good news. Lack of developments across the pond has allowed Wall Street this week to focus on the now hackneyed subject of whether to QE or not to QE ...
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Shamrock Rovers make history and enter Europe League
Irish Independent
Yet, in a familiar theme from this European battle, they were initially slow to get numbers forward to support the isolated Gary Twigg who toiled heroically. When the Slovakian official awarded a free in favour of Twigg, or a throw was won in the ...
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Irish Independent
Messi named Best Player in Europe
ESPN
By ESPNsoccernet staff UEFA has named Barcelona forward Lionel Messi as the Best Player in Europe for the 2010-11 season. Messi claimed 38 votes for the newly-created award, putting him some distance ahead of Barcelona team-mate Xavi, in second place...
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Hu confident in Europe
China Daily
By Li Lianxing, Li Xiaokun and Lan Lan (China Daily) BEIJING - China remains confident in the European economy and the continent is a significant investment partner, President Hu Jintao said on Thursday when he met his French counterpart Nicolas ...
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China Daily
Jackson Hole outcome keeps Europe edgy, Nifty drifts lower
Moneycontrol.com
Indian equities drifted lower amid volatility following weak European opening. The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading at 16030, down 115 points and the 50-share NSE Nifty was at 4805, down 36 points . European markets like France's CAC, Germany's DAX and ...
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Bayern, Man City look to advance
Fox News
Thanks to UEFA's quirky system for seeding teams based on their prior performance in Europe, the draw for the group stage of the Champions League produced a blockbuster group of death and several others, where at least three teams will battle for two ...
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China Reiterated Faith In Europe Economy
Wall Street Journal
BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China's President Hu Jintao on Thursday reiterated its faith in Europeaneconomy but reminded his counterpart French President Nicolas Sarkozy to protect China's investment. Speaking at a meeting with Sarkozy, who is on a five-hour ...
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Migration to UK rises by 21% despite coalition clampdown
The Guardian
Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian The government's cap on migration to Britain from outside Europe is being more than offset by a renewed rise in migration from Poland and other EU countries, immigration experts have warned. ...
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The Guardian
Gold rebounds as economic fears resurface
The Associated Press
Gold prices rebounded Thursday as more US workers sought unemployment benefits and concerns about Europe's debt problems took back the spotlight. Gold rose $5.90 to finish at $1763.20 an ounce after falling $134.60 in the past two days. ...
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Renardo Sidney situation remains a mystery
ESPN (blog)
By Diamond Leung Why didn't Renardo Sidney accompany Mississippi State on its tour of Europeearlier this month? The understanding had been that Sidney made the decision himself to go to Houston to train with John Lucas in preparation for the coming ...
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In UK, Goldman Recalls Pay Rise
Wall Street Journal
Goldman boosted the salaries of the employees back then amid a public furor over banker paydays, as regulators in the UK and European Union were working on rules to restrict bonuses. Bonuses for London-based partners were capped in 2009 at £1 million ...
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Ukraine's President Calls for Closer Ties With Europe
Voice of America (blog)
Ukraine's president, Viktor Yanukovych, says the country's historical connection with Russia is important, but its future depends on closer ties with the European Union. Mr. Yanukovych made the comment in an editorial published in the Wall Street ...
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European roundup: Jozy Altidore continues scoring streak
SportingNews.com
In his first three seasons in Europe, Jozy Altidore had six goals. He has five more this month. Altidore, a US national team forward, continued his hot streak for AZ Alkmaar on Thursday, scoring twice in the Dutch club's 6-0 demolition of Norway's ...
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EU diplomat says aid to Palestinians in question
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Europe's financial crisis is causing some European Union lawmakers to question whether the bloc can continue to deliver millions in aid to the Palestinians, an EU diplomat said Thursday. The EU is the largest single donor to the ...
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Super Committee Should Take Heed of Europe's...
defpro
What has been the impact of major defense spending reductions on Europe's ability to project military power? Just look at the Libyan campaign. On its own, Europe could not have projected effective airpower against one of the weakest military powers in ...
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MARKET COMMENT: Europe Stocks Drop; Rumors Hit Germany
Wall Street Journal
By Polya Lesova LONDON (Dow Jones)--European stocks closed lower Thursday, breaking a three-session winning streak and abruptly changing direction in afternoon trading on speculation some nations plan to extend short-selling bans. ...
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Charlie Parker: Markets are waiting for a nasty surprise in Europe
Citywire.co.uk
Some suggested that Angela Merkel would delay plans to develop the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) because of the Pope's visit to Germany??? And there was even a suggestion of a downgrade to Germany's credit rating. ...
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Linagliptin Receives Approval in Europe for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today received Marketing Authorization from the European Commission for linagliptin 5 mg film-coated tablets (to be marketed under the trade name Trajenta® in Europe) ...
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RIM Strengthening Forces In Northern Europe
ArcticStartup
It's interesting to see RIM push their reach into Northern Europe and also build a stronger presence here. It won't be easy, but one thing is certain - more competition gives developers great possibilities in getting their applications across to the ...
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U.S. Banks Said to Seek Relief on Ratios, FDIC Fees After Rush of Deposits
Bloomberg
Deposits are flooding into the biggest US banks as customers seek shelter from Europe's debt crisis and falling stock prices. That forces lenders to raise capital for a growing balance sheet and saddles them with the higher deposit insurance payments. ...
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Europe & the Storm Ahead - Research Report on Universal Display Corporation ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Attentions are now turned to the situation in Europe, with the health of the Euro in the balance; bankers are looking to prevent defaults on Italian and Spanish debt. As a result of recent credit adjustments, opportunity is being marked for investors ...
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Strong Swiss franc punches holes in cheese exports
The Seattle Times
Most of the cheese is exported to Europe, mainly Italy. "We are really coming close to our break-even point, which is around 5.30 francs. Then we really have to think about stopping our production," Zehnder said, on the rolling green hills in central ...
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Israeli Musician Forced to Cancel Turkey Concert ... - EuropeNews
By pk
The Jew-hatred keeps on coming from rapidly-Islamising EU-Candidate Turkey: Israeli jazz artist Itamar Erez and his ensemble have been forced to cancel a weekend show in Turkey due to alleged threats from pro-Islamic protesters. ...
N-Europe: News: Play Upcoming Nintendo Games At GAMEfest
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Russians search for crashed spaceship in Siberia - Europe news
Russian helicopters searched Thursday for the wreckage of the unmanned spaceship that crashed and exploded in a forested area in Siberia....
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Explosions In The Sky, The Drift tour (Europe) // News // Lambgoat
Explosions In The Sky and The Drift will team up for touring in Europe this November. Confirmed dates are as follows: 11/04 Madrid, SPAIN @ Anexo de Vistalegre 11/05 Zaragosa SPAIN @ Sala Oasis 11/06 Barcelona, SPAIN @ Casino L'Alianca ...
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PS3 Sales Top 22 Million In Europe - News - GamingUnion.net
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has declared that lifetime sales of the PlayStation 3 inEuropean territories has now passed the 22 million mark. ...
GamingUnion.net
Hu and Sarkozy Discuss Europe Debt | Live Stock Trading News ...
By Shayne Heffernan
Chinese President meets French President Sarkozy to discuss European debt issues President Hu Jintao Thursday met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to.
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Hu expresses Chinese confidence in Europe – UPI.com | Financial News
By forex - Google News
However, Hu called for Europe to take measures to protect Chinese investments. "China has confidence in the European economy and the euro, and we are sure that Europe has the wisdom and ability to surmount its current hardships and ...
Financial News
XE.com - TREASURIES-Prices up on jobs and Europe worries, lower stocks
U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on Thursday as falling stocks, higher-than-expected claims for jobless benefits, and worries over financial conditions in Europe bolstered safe-haven demand for U.S. debt.
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Europe Short Bans Extended – Wall Street Journal | Wall Street ...
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Short Sellers May Spend Another Month on European Stock Market SidelinesBloomberg. Four EU states extend short-selling banReuters. Financial Times -MarketWatch -AFP all 51 news articles ». Short URL: http://www.wallst.net/?p=241293 ...
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Messi Wins UEFA Best Player in Europe Award | P.M. NEWS Nigeria
By pmnews
Messi Wins UEFA Best Player in Europe Award - Lionel Messi has been voted the winner of the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe Award in Monaco. The FC Barcelona forward finished ahead of Cristiano R...
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Europe's Information Society Newsroom
Go to main content. Important legal notice. EUROPA - Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal. Navigation path: European Commission > Information Society. Language navigation: en ...
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Europe: E.ON Installs Fast Charging Stations For Electric Vehicles ...
By dblo
(RTTNews) - German energy group E.ON AG (EONGY.PK: News ) Thursday announced that it has started to deliver fast charging stations for electric vehicles along.
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BREAKING NEWS: Barcelona's Lionel Messi wins inaugural Uefa Best ...
By By Simon Sinclair
24-year-old wins honour after astounding season both domestically and in Europe where he scored 53 goals in 55 games helping the Catalan club to Champions League and La Liga titles. Read More... Tags: Barcelona, Europe, Go Global, ...
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Europe News AT 1815 G | Eyewitness News 9
TOP STORIES: RUSSIA-SPACE CAPE CANAVERAL, Flordia An unmanned Russian supply ship bound for the International Space Station fails to reach its planned orbit ...
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News » Rewilding Europe A new beginning. For wildlife. For us.
Rewilding Europe. Making Europe a wilder place. Home » News. Newsletter · Exhibitions ...Zoological Society of London studies wildlife come back in Europe ...
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Report: 6 killed in Turkish air raids | Europe News.Net
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A news agency close to Kurdish rebels reported Sunday that Turkish air strikes on suspected rebel targets in northern Iraq on Sunday ...
www.europenews.net/story.php?rid=47916349
22 Million PS3's Sold in Europe — News — Gamersbook
22 Million PS3's Sold in Europe. Posted Aug 25, 2011 01:47 pm. Back to news archive. Sony has sold over 22 million PS3 consoles in Europe alone. ...
www.gamersbook.com/scene/.../22-million-ps3s-sold-in-europ...
STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Shire sinks on Dermagraft failure | Reuters
Shares in Shire shed 3.8 percent, the biggest FTSE 100 faller, with the index up 0.4 percent, as the medical group's bio-engineeredskin substitute ...
uk.reuters.com/.../markets-europe-stocksnews-idUKL5E7JP0...

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CHINESE Sports News, Aug 23, 2011


Ghanaian Community-China Supports Ghana Universities
GhanaWeb
The Ghana Universities Team were there for men soccer, athletics, and women table tennis. Ghanaian Community also led by its Chairman ( JAMES ASARE TANO ) was at the Bao'an XixiangSports Center to give their support during a match between Ghana ...
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Manchester United May Rely on Asian Fan Support in Singapore Share Sale
Bloomberg
Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg Manchester United may rely on Asian fans buying shares with their hearts, rather than their heads, as the 19-time English soccer champion plans a $1 billion initial public offering in Singapore. ...
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DISH Network Launches ONE World Sports Channel
MarketWatch (press release)
ONE World Sports' programming includes: Japanese J-League Soccer, Korean K-League Soccer,Chinese C-League Soccer, One Asia Tour Golf, and more great professional sports from Asia. Schedules and more information regarding ONE World Sports programming ...
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Up to 429 million people in world's most populous country estimated to be obese
msnbc.com
The regimen includes weight training, running, yoga and soccer. "For the first two to three weeks, it was especially hard. I cried on the phone to my parents and told my father, 'I can't make it,'" said Zhang Fang, a 28-year-old employee with China ...
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Bonetti unveils 24-man squad
Times of Zambia
By Sports Reporter NATIONAL soccer team coach Dario Bonetti has unveiled a 24-member squad for next weekend's 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier away tie to the Comoros and has left out German-based midfielder Andrew Sinkala and Green ...
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World Soccer Daily: 10 stories you need to read, August 26th
World Soccer
In July, FIFA's chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak said after extensive testing, “we can really say with far-reaching confidence that these steroids were the result of this so-called Chinese traditional medicine.” Palemiras' Marcos Assuncao produced a ...
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Find out what you missed overnight in your Friday Sports Fix
Herald Sun
In one of the more bizarre doping stories in world sport, the country has been banned from the 2015 women's World Cup after five players tested positive for drugs. The players were given what their doctor claimed was a "Chinese remedy" made of musk ...
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Our View: Good sports should have good sports in the stands
Rockford Register Star
The Illinois High School Association, the organization that governs athletics and other activities, is a leader in sportsmanship. The IHSA, which created the mascot Add A. Tude in 1997 to foster good sportsmanship, promotes the Do What's Right! ...
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Men's Soccer Starts Brooks, 2011 Campaign Friday
NU Purple Eagles.com
The Barrie, Ont. natve recently competed in the World University Games in China, where he scored a pair of goals for Team Canada. The prolific scorer also recently earned the 43rd spot on "Joe's Big Board," a list of the top 100 senior prospects, ...
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SPORTS LINE
Annapolis Capital
AP VIDEO more>> The Navy men's soccer game against Old Dominion scheduled for Sunday night in Norfolk, Va., has been postponed due to the projected path and impacts from Hurricane Irene. No make-up date has been set at the time of this release. ...
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China: China still paying for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Spero News
Beijing Bird's Nest Stadium has been rarely used since 2008, most notably on 6 August, when it hosted the final match in the Italian Football (soccer) Super Cup between the teams of Inter and Milan.
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Number of Hispanic kids growing rapidly in Tampa Bay area
Tbo.com
And he's happy being both Mexican and American. "Just because I don't play a Mexican sportdoesn't mean I'm not proud of being a Mexican," he said before football practice last week. "I wanted to show people that Mexicans don't just play soccer. ...
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Local athletes shine in China
Brampton Guardian
On the final day of athletics Brampton's Kate Van Buskirk had a personal best to finish 10th in the 1500 metres. The Duke University grad had a time of 4:12.28 in the final. On Friday she qualified for the final with a time of 4:32.16 to finish fourth ...
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A review of real economic developments across SA, Africa and around the world
Creamer Media's Engineering News
South Africa's construction industry, which avoided the worst of the global economic crisis because of big projects for the soccer World Cup, is now having difficulty recovering as the government and private sector hold back on spending. ...
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Global TV market feels the pinch
InAVate
By region, China was still number one by a small margin over North America, each representing about 17% of global TV shipments. China had stronger growth, rising 10% year on year compared to a 6% decline in North America. The Asia Pacific region grew ...
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From stabbing IDF soldiers to having them as teammates, Palestinian uses ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
First, there are no Australian football ovals in Israel or the West Bank, so the group – known as the Peace Team -- trained on soccer fields in Jaffa and Jerusalem. Most of the players had never heard of the game before, let alone played it. ...
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Milwaukee inventor featured on new TV series
Milwaukee Small Business Times
The Milwaukee Wave professional indoor soccer team has announced it will launch The Wave Academy, a new winter indoor training program for youth in the Milwaukee area. The academy will be conducted by players and coaches from the Milwaukee Wave who...
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South Africa picks Pistorius for All Africa Games
San Francisco Chronicle
By GERALD IMRAY, AP Sports Writer Andy Wong / AP FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, Oscar Pistorius of South Africa competes in the Men's 400m T44 final at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. Previously banned from competing, ...
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NKorea out of Women's WCup for deer gland doping
The Associated Press
Jong Pok Sim, Hong Myong Hui, Ho Un Byol and Ri Un Hyang were suspended from all soccer-related activity for 18 months, while Song Jong Sun was ineligible for 14 months, FIFA said. North Korea's soccer federation was fined $400000, and team doctor Nam ...
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France recall Ribery to face Albania and Romania
Reuters India
Slideshow France's Frank Ribery attends a soccer training session in Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne June 6, 2006. France will play a friendly match against China on Wednesday. PARIS Aug 25 (Reuters) - France recalled Franck Ribery on ...
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John Kwak: A not-yet-ready-to-retire business owner and Korean community leader
Northwest Asian Weekly
His daughter qualified that he has slowed down a bit since suffering a heart attack back in December, “playing soccer.” But he still requires only four hours of sleep a day. Kwak says he is retired, yet mentioned so many various activities and ...
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Northwest Asian Weekly
Diversity easily embraced in record setting freshman class
Technique
“Soccer is my favorite sport and I met people from all over the world playing at the SAC fields while at Tech,” said Rohan Muthanna, IE '11. The diversity of Tech's campus offers great benefits to students and professors alike. ...
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In Britain, a Meeting on Limiting Social Media
New York Times
This year, tens of thousands of Twitter users flouted a court order imposed on more traditional media and named a soccer player, Ryan Giggs, who was said to have had an affair with a reality TV star. Some of the nations that have been criticized by the ...
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Photos of the Day, Aug. 25, 2011
National Post (blog)
Toronto FC's Peri Marosevic tries to get a shot on goal past FC Dallas defenders Jair Benitez and Ugo Ihemelu (R) during the second half of their CONCACAF Champions League soccer match in Toronto August 25, 2011. The two teams re-played their match in ...
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A best ever excuse
Crikey (blog)
FIFA has just announced that North Korea will not be allowed to take part in the next Women'ssoccer world cup after five of its players in Germany this year tested positive to steroid use. And the reason? AAP reports: The team doctor, Jong Ae Nam, ...
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In this issue
Vancouver Courier
As tickets are ready for a pre-Olympic women's soccer qualifier in Vancouver, the soccer world reels from corruption scandals. BC teachers warn they'll take a modified form of strike action as renewed contract talks with school boards make little ...
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