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| 12/22/2004 |
FEDERER, MYSKINA ON TOP OF THE WORLD |
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BBC.co.uk : Roger Federer and Anastasia Myskina have been named 2004 world champions by the International Tennis Federation.
Switzerland's Federer won 11 titles including Wimbledon and the Australian and US Opens and the Masters Cup.....
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| 12/22/2004 |
Historic eighth win for England |
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Cricket Online: Day 5 and the small matter of 49 runs stood between England and their momentous 8th test victory in a row. A result that will ensure this team goes down in history.
Andrew Strauss and Graham Thorpe strolled out to the crease looking as determined as ever, you could see how much they both wanted this result and how much they both |
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| 12/22/2004 |
50 Years of Organ Transplants |
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Iphtashu Fitz writes "On December 23, 1954, Richard Herrick made history by becoming the first successful recipient of a donated organ.
His twin brother Ronald sacrificed one of his kidneys, which prolonged Richards life by another 8 years. In the last 12 years alone over 416,000 people have received organ |
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| 12/22/2004 |
Science finds a point to acupuncture |
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TimesOnline.co.uk : A medical experiment proves that the ancient Chinese practice of inserting needles to ease pain may help some arthritis sufferers.
ACUPUNCTURE can reduce pain and improve mobility in patients suffering from arthritis by 40 per cent, scientists have found.
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| 12/23/2004 |
Malaysia denies training Thai dissidents |
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Al Jazeera :There are no guerrilla training camps in Malaysia, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said, firing off the latest volley in a row over dissidents in southern Thailand.
Thailand, however, says it has photographs showing dissidents responsible for various acts of violence being trained in hideouts
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| 12/23/2004 |
Lee Kuan Yew warns foreign media not to meddle in Singapore |
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INQ7: Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has brushed aside Singapore's dismal ranking in a global press freedom survey and renewed a warning to foreign media against interfering in the city-state's affairs.
"Do you really believe that we are equal to North Korea ?" the 81-year-old Lee said in a forum late Monday with the Foreign Correspondents Association of Singapore. "Oh, come on."
Paris-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders has ranked Singapore, where local media have close links
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| 12/23/2004 |
PV Narasimha Rao: Modern day Chanakya |
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IndiaTimes.com :Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao, the ninth Prime Minister of India, was one of modern Indian politics' most mysterious leaders.
The first person outside Nehru-Gandhi family to occupy the hot seat and complete five years in power |
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| 12/23/2004 |
Sun TV in content deal with Astro |
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Rediff.com :South Indian television network Sun TV has entered into a $25 million joint venture with Astro All Asia Network to originate, aggregate and distribute television programming and channels for a global audience.
Both parties will aim for working together in content creation for filmed and other entertainment products in Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali for distribution to international markets. |
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| 12/23/2004 |
Tiger admits frustrations over swing struggles |
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DailyTimes.pk : Tiger Woods admitted his frustration with his swing struggles this year in an e-mail newsletter sent on Tuesday but said two late-season victories have boosted his confidence for greater success in 2005.
Woods won in Japan last month and at the World Challenge event he hosts earlier this month against 15 elite rivals. But it came after a PGA season where his only victory came in the World Golf Championships Match Play event. “It is frustrating |
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| 12/23/2004 |
US contractor leaves Iraq |
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News.ocm.au: US contractor Contrack International has pulled out of a $US325 million ($425 million) Iraqi transportation project because of violence, a US official said today.
The company is the first US contractor to leave Iraq totally. Instability and the anti-American insurgency have delayed an $US18.6 billion ($24.3 billion) US-funded rebuilding program |
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| 12/23/2004 |
New rocket fails to get dummy satellite into proper orbit |
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Tallahasse.com: A dummy satellite carried into space by the new Boeing Delta 4 Heavy rocket failed to reach its intended orbit, officials said Wednesday.
Boeing said the failure was apparently caused by a shorter-than-planned firing of the rocket's three Rocketdyne-built RS-68 main engines after its launch Tuesday
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| 12/25/2004 |
Russian cargo ship heads for space station |
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A Russian cargo ship carrying badly needed food supplies for a U.S.-Russian crew on the international space station blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome early Friday.
The Progress M-51 took off from the Russian-leased launch pad in the steppes of Kazakhstan and entered orbit 124 miles above the earth about nine minutes later, Russia's Federal Space Agency said in a statement.
The ship was scheduled to arrive at the station
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| 12/25/2004 |
400-Meter Asteroid May Hit Earth on 13 April, 2029 |
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A recently rediscovered 400-meter Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) is predicted to pass near the Earth on 13 April 2029. The flyby distance is uncertain and an Earth impact cannot yet be ruled out. The odds of impact, presently around 1 in 300, are unusual enough to merit special monitoring by astronomers, but |
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| 12/25/2004 |
TAG Heuer signs Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova |
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BrandRepublic.com: Luxury Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer has signed Wimbledon tennis champion Maria Sharapova as a brand ambassador, in a three-year deal believed to be worth about £500,000 a year.
The 17-year-old Russian won this year's Wimbledon Championship and is currently ranked fourth-best womens' tennis player in the world.
The player will feature in TAG Heuer's press campaign "What are you made of", shot by photographer Patrick Demarchelier |
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| 12/25/2004 |
Malaysia won't close Thai border amid rift |
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Brunei Online.com: Malaysia said Wednesday it will not seal its border with Thailand despite allegations Thai Islamic militants are conducting arms training in the country.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is also Malaysia's defence minister, said closing the border would seriously hurt the local population and trading activities on the border.
"It can be taken but sealing off the border is a very drastic step. It would be considered a very radical step," Najib said when asked whether closing the frontier was a solution to cross-border movement.
"It will lead to the total collapse of the local economy particularly on the Thai side. It will also disrupt the normal flow of trade and movement of people between
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| 12/26/2004 |
Tidal Waves Kill More Than 3,000 in Asia |
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The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 3,000 people in five countries.
Tourists, fishermen, homes and cars were swept away by walls of water up to 20 feet high unleashed by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake, centered off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Sri Lanka's prime minister said 1,500 people were killed
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| 12/26/2004 |
'Worst' Quakes in the World |
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The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia today was the world’s fifth most powerful since 1900 and the strongest since a 9.2 quake slammed Alaska 40 years ago, US earthquake experts said.
The globe’s most potent quake since 1900 struck with a 9.5 magnitude in Chile in 1960. The quake in Prince William Sound Alaska occurred in 1964, the US Geological Survey’s Web site said.
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| 12/30/2004 |
TOLL EXPECTED TO TOP 100,000 |
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Cargo planes carrying water purifiers, doctors and medicine touched down yesterday as thousands of bodies were found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, bringing the death toll from the killer Asian tsunamis to more than 80,000.
And as the first signs of communicable disease were reported in Sri Lanka, the International Red Cross warned the toll could easily surpass 100,000.
Thousands were missing and hundreds of thousands
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| 1/21/2005 |
Sania ready for dream clash |
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TimesofIndia: She may be playing Serena but it takes more than a Williams sister to rattle Sania Mirza
"Playing against Serena is such a great opportunity. She's one of the most exciting players in tennis and am sure every player loves taking on the best. That said, I don't want to expect too much from |
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| 1/30/2005 |
Safin captures Aussie Open title |
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Melbourne, Australia (Sports Network) - Russian Marat Safin captured the 2005 Australian Open with a four-set victory over crowd favorite Lleyton Hewitt on Sunday.
Safin, the four seed, won his second Grand Slam final and first Aussie championship in four tries, defeating Hewitt, of Australia, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. The 25-year-old Safin became just the second Russian to win this event, joining the 1999 winner Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
The third-seeded Hewitt, on the other hand, failed to become first Aussie
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