Juan Sebastian Veron has thrown down the gauntlet to his team-mates ahead of their first appearance at the Fifa Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi next week. South American champions Estudiantes are set to enter the tournament at the semi-final stage alongside European heavyweights Barcelona and could
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Dilshan ton raises Lankan hopes of first win in India
December 3rd, 2009 |
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Big-hitting Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed his sixth century this year to give Sri Lanka a solid start in the crucial third and final Test against India yesterday. Dilshan made 109 as Sri Lanka, seeking a win to draw the series 1-1, battled a wicket with turn and bounce to pile up 366-8 by close
Jordan hopes to find ‘eye candy’ on Iâ€m A Celeb
November 16th, 2009 |
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Jordan has reportedly left her cross dressing beau Alex Reid fretting after teasingly telling him that she hopes to find some eye candy on the reality show I”m A Celeb.
The glamour girl a.k.a Katie Price recently headed to Australia to return to the jungle, where she famously met former husband Peter Andre five years ago.
“Virtually [...]
Back injury dashes Curtis’ Dubai World Championship hopes
November 14th, 2009 |
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Former British Open champion Ben Curtis withdrew from the Hong Kong Open with a back injury on Saturday, dashing his hopes of playing at next week’s Dubai World Championship. Curtis pulled out halfway through the third round after suffering spasms on the left side of his back and his
Back injury dashes Curtis’ Dubai World Championship hopes
November 14th, 2009 |
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Former British Open champion Ben Curtis withdrew from the Hong Kong Open with a back injury on Saturday, dashing his hopes of playing at next week’s Dubai World Championship. Curtis pulled out halfway through the third round after suffering spasms on the left side of his back and his
Verizon Launches Low-Key Droid Event in Times Square, with Big Hopes
November 7th, 2009 |
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Verizon tried a Times Square promotion for its Droid smartphone on Nov. 6, the same day as the devices release. Despite the small number of people who turned out for the event, Verizon and Google are hoping that the Android-powered smartphone will attract massive amounts of customers, and justify prerelease advertising that positioned the Droid as a robust competitor to Apple’s iPhone. Some early reviews seemed to put the iPhone and Droid on relatively even ground in the capabilities category.
– Verizon must have booked its Times Square promotion of the Droid smartphone
well before the Yankees won the World Series, or it might have chosen a
different venue: The majority of people crowding into arguably the worlds most
famous intersection were dressed in baseball uniforms, and there to wa…
London meeting hopes to smooth way for Copenhagen Agreement
October 20th, 2009 |
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Britain is hosting a meeting of the environment ministers of the 17 countries responsible for producing 80 percent of greenhouse gases. The officials will be discussing issues relating to climate change before a December conference in Copenhagen.
Lawyer hopes Polanski will be discharged from hospital today
October 19th, 2009 |
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Film director Roman Polanski, who was arrested in Switzerland on a US warrant over child sex offence charges, is in hospital for medical tests and should soon head back to prison, his lawyer said on Monday. “I hope that he will return to prison today,” Herve Temime told AFP, confirming that
“Kosovo’s EU hopes unrealisticâ€
October 15th, 2009 |
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Kosovo Ministry State Secretary Oliver Ivanović says that Kosovo has a transitional status, which will never be final or definite. He said that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s report on the work of UNMIK would not yield any special conclusions, but it was certain that the Security Council was the place where everything important took place, which is what the Albanians were trying to circumvent.
Merkel’s center-right hopes under threat before vote
September 22nd, 2009 |
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s lead in the polls is narrowing days before a federal election. It suggests she could be forced into another “grand coalition” that might struggle to lift Germany out of a deep downturn.
Tennis: Nadal sustains career Grand Slam hopes at US Open
September 9th, 2009 |
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Spanish third seed Rafael Nadal, trying to complete a career Grand Slam, advanced to the US Open quarter-finals on Tuesday by defeating French 13th seed Gael Monfils 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. Nadal, who clinched a return to second in the world rankings with the triumph, will play for a spot
DaÄić: OSCE agreement to boost Schengen hopes
September 8th, 2009 |
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Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić and OSCE Mission Chief Hans Ola Urstad have signed an agreement on a strategic partnership and priorities in police reform. DaÄić said that the agreement was important for visa liberalization, as the strategy it contains will enable the implementation of all the remaining criteria from the EU road map for visa abolition.
Hopes fade for missing after Indonesia quake
September 5th, 2009 |
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Rescuers in Indonesia continued to search Saturday as hopes faded for dozens of people missing after a major 7.0-magnitude earthquake, an official said. The quake, which struck off the south coast of Java on Wednesday, triggered a landslide that buried dozens of people in the village
Hong Kong hopes
August 10th, 2009 |
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Hong Kong’s economy may be improving
Recent economic data show that the Hong Kong economy is continuing to contract, but also that economic stimulus packages being implemented both locally and internationally, coupled with large liquidity inflows connected to the resumption of initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Hong Kong market, are supporting the domestic economy. However, despite the apparent appearance of “green shoots”, the economy will continue to struggle for the next few quarters. Unemployment continues to rise, retail sales remain weak and external trade is still depressed.
Recent data releases continue to reveal signs of economic weakness. The continued slump can be seen in retail sales data, which showed a 4.8% year-on-year fall in June in value terms, and a 5.4% dip in volume terms. Large year-on-year falls in retail sales by volume were recorded for motor vehicles and parts (down by 15.2%), apparel (by 10.6%) and jewellery, watches, clocks and valuable gifts (by 8.2%). …
AMD Posts Quarterly Loss, Hopes for Better Second Half
July 21st, 2009 |
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AMD posts another quarterly financial loss, but the results show some improvement over AMD’s performance from a year ago. While AMD executives did not offer details, they say they expect a better second half of 2009. AMD plans to focus on its new Opteron processors for servers, as well as on new notebook platforms.
– Advanced
Micro Devices posted another quarterly financial loss July 21, but the chip
maker’s results were better than a year ago and the company plans to improve
its position with new Opteron processors for servers, as well as several new
laptop platforms.
Although AMD posted a loss in the seco…
Australia hopes to raise China-Rio case at Asean
July 21st, 2009 |
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Australia’s Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Tuesday he will raise China’s detention of an Australian Rio Tinto mining executive for spying with his Chinese counterpart at a regional security meeting in Thailand. Smith said he hoped to meet China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at this
NASA Hopes Third Try at ISS Won’t Be a Strikeout
July 10th, 2009 |
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Launch weather conditions continue to threaten the Endeavour space shuttle’s planned July 11 liftoff for its journey to the International Space Station. The mission to deliver the final permanent components of Japan’s Kibo exposed space laboratory was scratched twice in June due to a launch-pad hydrogen gas leak that NASA thinks it has solved. Now, if only the weather will cooperate.
– The Space Shuttle Endeavour’s launch countdown
operations continued without a hitch July 10, although predicted stormy weather
continues to threaten the scheduled July 11 7:39 p.m. EDT
liftoff. The mission, hauling the large, last pieces of the Japanese Kibo
laboratory exposed complex to the Int…