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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,370
As of Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, at least 4,370 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Ten moments that defined India (Flashback 2009)
An Indian IT czar hiding from the spotlight of a billion-dollar fraud, a former chief minister dodging a mega corruption scandal, a nifty little car making history as the world's cheapest and the glittering Oscars going "Jai Ho"...there was much to be
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Christmas tradiottions... by Stella Heath...
My Bulgarian home-help was enthusiasing yesterday about her preparations for Christmas eve/day, and she told me quite a lot about how they celebrate in Bulgaria:
- they eat no meat until midnight on Christmas eve, so they prepare a vegetarian feast
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Lonely Planet picks the top travel destinations for 2010
OAKLAND (AP) If you're looking for inspiration for a trip in the new year, Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2010 offers trends, destinations and experiences around the world.
Best value destinations for next year are Iceland, Thailand, London, South
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Petrov claims Hughes was 'unfair' to him
Manchester City winger Martin Petrov has launched a thinly-veiled attack on former boss Mark Hughes. The Bulgaria international Petrov netted for the fourth time this season on Saturday as he sent City on their way towards a 2-0 win over Stoke at
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Stoichkov loses 15 kilos but not hunger for success
SOFIA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Hristo Stoichkov has lost 15
kilos but none of his hunger for success as he sets his sights
on winning South Africa's league title, the former European
Footballer of the Year told local media.
The 43-year-old Stoichkov,
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Pirates Seize U.K.-Flagged Tanker
(AP) Pirates seized a British-flagged chemical tanker and a Panamanian-flagged carrier off Somalia's coast and were holding 45 crew members Tuesday, a maritime official said.
The two hijackings late Monday showed that pirates are relentless in
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Bulgaria sending more troops to Afghanistan
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria says it will send 30 more troops to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan early next year.
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Madonna And Metallica Promoters Probed Over Tax Claims
Concert promoters working for Madonna and Metallica have been accused of failing to pay tax on concerts the stars performed in Bulgaria.
A group of 13 promoters are being investigated by the National Revenue Agency (nra), over claims they failed to pay
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Carlsen, 19, tops chess rankings
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, 19, has become the youngest player ever to top the world rankings.
The list of top players published by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) put Carlsen in the lead with 2,810 points, five points ahead
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2 ships reported hijacked off Somali coast - USATODAY.com
LONDON (AP) A cargo ship and a chemical tanker have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters off the coast of Somalia, bringing to four the number of ships seized in the past week, officials said Saturday.
The multiple hijackings indicate
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Two ships hijacked
London - A cargo ship and a chemical tanker have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters off the coast of Somalia, bringing to four the number of ships seized in the past week, officials said on Saturday.
The multiple hijackings indicate
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Norway Teen Tops World Chess Rankings
(AP) Norway's Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest person ever to top the world ranking in chess.
The 19-year-old was listed as number one in the World Chess Federation's January statistics with a rating of 2,810.
The Norwegian Chess Federation
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Bobbie Tsankov Dead: Prominent Bulgarian Crime Journalist Gunned Down
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Gunmen in Bulgaria shot dead a prominent crime journalist and critically injured two other men in a busy part of the capital.
The shooting took place as Bobbie Tsankov, a 30-year-old popular radio show host, was entering an apartment
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IOC keen to see where Blackmum steers USOC
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The United States still wields considerable clout within the Olympic movement and the IOC will watch to see how new USOC head Scott Blackmun chooses to use it, a senior Olympic official said on Wednesday. Dick Pound, a senior
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Louise Cliffe is going to be star
ABOVE: The Brit babe has been signed to an American agency
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CHECK out gorgeous Louise Cliffe, because you are going to be seeing a lot more of her in the future.
The sexy Brit babe
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Petrov: Gabby offers more than goals
Stiliyan Petrov insists Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor still makes a "massive contribution" even when experiencing his current goal drought.
Agbonlahor is Villa's leading scorer with nine this season but the 23-year-old has been on target only once
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Martin Petrov: ‘I think I have a place in this team and I’m showing that to the ex-manager’
Shay Given is being interviewed for television in the main press room so a chat with Martin Petrov has to take place in a darkened room next door. “Is there not the money to turn on the light?” Petrov drawls to a Manchester City official. It’s a good
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Fergie tests FA's patience with new ref rant
Fletcher was dismissed for two yellow cards, the second of which was for a foul on Birmingham goalscorer Cameron Jerome three minutes from the end of another sub-standard performance by Ferguson's side, just a week after their FA Cup capitulation to
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UK's top EU choice faces grilling
Euro MPs are poised to quiz the UK's nominee for the new job of EU foreign policy chief, as hearings for the new European Commission get under way. Catherine Ashton was formerly EU trade commissioner, and some MEPs may question her foreign policy
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Late Stephen Gately Saga Continues: Georgi Dochev Claims Two-Year Affair?
The man who stayed at Stephen Gately's house the night he died has claimed they were having a two-year affair.
Bulgarian student Georgi Dochev claims his previous statements about meeting the Boyzone singer and his husband Andy Cowles the night before
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Gunman who wounded Pope John Paul II to be freed from Turkish prison, vows to answer questions
"I will answer to all of these questions in the next weeks," Agca said in a letter written in English and released by his lawyers.
Historians, law enforcement officials and John Paul's followers have long sought answers about the attack, including
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Berbatov named Bulgaria's Football Player of '09
Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov was voted Thursday Bulgaria's best football player of 2009, his sixth win of the title over the years, the Bulgarian Football Union announced.
A total of 116 Bulgarian journalists and sports officials
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IMF to visit Romania to consider unblocking loan
BUCHAREST, Romania—The International Monetary Fund will send a mission to Romania on Jan. 20-27 to assess the country's economic conditions with a view to unblocking a multibillion loan, an IMF official said Friday.
Tonny Lybek, IMF representative for
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Pope's failed assassin to be free
MEHMET Ali Agca, the Turk who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, is set to walk free on Monday after almost three decades behind bars, planning to cash in on his turbulent past with million-dollar media projects, and to get married.
He has also
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Pope gunman to face medical after release
ANKARA, Turkey —
The gunman who wounded Pope John Paul II will be forcibly taken to a military facility to assess his fitness for military service when he is released after nearly 30 years in prison, his lawyer said Sunday.
Mehmet Ali Agca, 52, is due
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Pope gunman released from prison
The pontiff was hit in the abdomen, left hand and right arm, but the bullets missed vital organs. John Paul met with Agca in Italy’s Rebibbia prison in 1983 and forgave him for the shooting.
The motive for the attack remains unclear but has not been
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Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II walks free from jail and tells the world: 'I am a messenger from God'
The man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II will be allowed to pray at his tomb, Vatican officials said after the hitman was released from jail on Monday.
Mehmet Ali Agca, 52, was convicted of the attempted assassination of the late Pontiff in St Peter’
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9 foreign-language films advance in Oscar race
LOS ANGELES Nine foreign-language films, including works from Bulgaria and Kazakhstan, are on the short list in this year's Oscar race.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says a committee of "several hundred" members selected the nine
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Djokovic, Davydenko advance
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Back on the court where he won his only Grand Slam title, Novak Djokovic overcame an early struggle against a journeyman Swiss player before advancing to the third round of the Australian Open.
The third-ranked Djokovic had
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Ferdinand return on the cards
Ferdinand, 30, has not made an appearance for the Premier League champions since October 25 after admitting defeat in his battle to manage a long-running back problem.
Sir Alex Ferguson constantly denied suggestions that Ferdinand's season could be
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Stockdale aiming to compete with Larrieu
FULHAM goalkeeper David Stockdale has signed for Plymouth Argyle on a one-month loan.
Pilgrims' head coach Paul Mariner had been searching for competition for club captain Romain Larrieu since releasing Kyle Letheren at the end of December.
Stockdale
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Fuller sends Arsenal crashing out of FA Cup
Arsenal became the latest member of the Premier League's elite to suffer an early exit from the FA Cup as Ricardo Fuller's double strike inspired Stoke's 3-1 win over the Gunners in the fourth round.
Manchester United, humbled by League One Leeds, and
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At least three die as Siberian cold grips Bulgaria and Romania
A cold snap in Bulgaria and Romania has left three more people dead
Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Two homeless men had been found dead in the capital Sofia and the north
eastern town of Shumen since Friday, while an elderly man had frozen to
death in a
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Europe cold weather kills dozens
A severe cold snap across Central and Eastern Europe has killed dozens of people in recent days, officials say. Parts of western Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania have been hit by heavy snowfall and freezing conditions, stranding villages and causing
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Now Free, Pope Gunman's Next Move Unclear
(AP) This week, the Turkish man who shot the pope in 1981 and just got out of jail drove to a police station. He wore sunglasses and was escorted by several heavyset men in suits. Inside, officers took his fingerprints with a scanner, and he
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Research and Markets: Tomorrow's Pakistan - the "Must Have" Information to Help You Better Understand Where to Target Your Marketing ..
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Each of 71 counties, 32 States and 60 Cities of India, 31 Provinces of China and 2,238 Counties of China. A full listing of the countries covered is given below.
What it is useful for: The 'Tomorrow' series of reports
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Gazprom, Hungarian bank sign South Stream deal
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BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and the state-owned Hungarian Development Bank signed a deal Friday setting up a company to develop Hungary's part of the South Stream gas pipeline project.
The agreement is
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Who killed Miss America?
Should the Miss America Pageant (8 p.m., Saturday, TLC) be put out of its misery? If there's anything worse than a world without Miss America, it's a world where the once beloved and highly rated contest has been reduced to buzz-free irrelevance,
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Spoilsport Anand outplays Kramnik, Abhijit second in Group C
Anand may not have much of a chance of winning the first place. Theoretically, for a share of the first place, Anand will need to win and hope that the current leader Magnus Carlsen loses, while Kramnik and Alexei Shirov do no better than a draw.
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Retailing in Bulgaria - new market report released
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Greek Tax System Exacerbates Crisis
ATHENS, Greece --
It's a problem all too familiar to Greek business owners: the gnawing uncertainty of what taxes they might owe next year - and whether they'll even be hit by a sudden increase in the bill for last year.
Greece's ever-changing tax
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Man City open Petrov contract talks
The Guardian says City have offered Petrov a new contract and are encouraged by the way the negotiations have gone with the Bulgaria international.
The deadline-day signing of Adam Johnson and Craig Bellamy's impressive form have increased the
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Greek customs, tax officials on strike
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ATHENS, Greece — Greek customs and tax officials walked off the job for 48 hours Thursday, in the first strike against a government austerity program designed to lift Greece out of a debt crisis that has shaken the entire European
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Katie Price to adopt
Katie Price and Alex Reid are planning to adopt. The newlyweds - currently enjoying their honeymoon following their Las Vegas wedding - are considering giving a home to a child from Haiti who has been orphaned by the recent earthquakes.
Cage-fighter
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Hijackers of Saudi-bound ship demand $15m
(MENAFN - Arab News) Somali pirates who captured a car carrier heading to Saudi Arabia in January are demanding $15 million for the release of the vessel, cargo and crew.
The news of the ransom for the Korean-owned but British-flagged ship first
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Rivals England and Wales to clash for Euro place
Fabio Capello's England will face old rivals Wales in their Euro 2012 qualification campaign after the draw was made here on Sunday for the tournament to be held in the Ukraine and Poland.
England have drawn John Toshack's Wales side in Group G as
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MARCH D-DAY FOR EURO QUALIFIERS
England and Wales will thrash out their qualifying fixtures for Euro 2012 in Switzerland on March 15.
The meeting date was agreed in Warsaw on Sunday following the qualifying draw and is almost certain to be attended by Fabio Capello and John Toshack,
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Barroso team wins approval from EU parliament
(STRASBOURG) - The European parliament on Tuesday gave overwhelming approval to the new team of EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso who urged governments to step up the fight against the economic crisis.
European deputies voted by an overwhelming 48
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Greek Strike Tests Government's Austerity Mettle
ATHENS (Reuters) - A strike by Greek civil servants grounded flights and shut many state schools and offices on Wednesday, in the first big test of the government's resolve to tackle a debt crisis which has shaken the euro zone. Investors, rating
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Villa captain Petrov sets 2012 international retirement date for Bulgaria
Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan Petrov is to retire from international football with Bulgaria after the 2012 European Championships.
The midfielder wants to end his career with his country on a high by finishing ahead of England in the qualifying group
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After Romania And Poland, U.S. Recruits Bulgaria For Missile Shield
SOFIA - Washington will hold preliminary talks with the Bulgarian government on hosting parts of a U.S. missile shield, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Friday.
Asked whether Bulgaria -- a NATO and European Union member -- would accept
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Team GB at start gate with optimism peaking
Into the well-heated and august setting of a downtown gentleman’s club here
came Britain’s winter Olympians, briefly out of the cold of the mountains
and the chill of various ice surfaces.
It might have been the cosiest of formal occasions presided
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18-0, Canada: Record blowout opens women's hockey
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Missile Threat Signals U.S.-Russia Reset Strains
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moldova's rebel region of Transdniestria said on Monday it was ready to host Russian tactical missiles if the Kremlin were to ask, escalating growing tensions about defense between Moscow and Washington. Transdniestria linked the
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14 Nations Adopt Danube Cleanup Plan
VIENNA (AP) -- Fourteen countries and the European Commission have adopted a cleanup plan for the Danube River and its tributaries.
The Danube flows 2,857 kilometers (1,775 miles) from southern Germany's Black Forest to the Black Sea and is polluted in
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Angry Russia Shows Off Its Military Might
The world's biggest nuclear powers were due to sign a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty two and a half months ago.
Both sides insist a breakthrough is close but resetting relations between these old enemies is proving more difficult that President
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Russian museum honors US WWII vet
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia An exhibit opened in Russia on Thursday on the life of an American veteran believed to be one the few soldiers to fight for both the U.S. and the Soviet Union in World War II.
The Russian Museum exhibit, titled
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Report: US missile plans holding up nuclear treaty
A Russian official said Friday that U.S. plans for a revamped missile defense system in Romania are stalling talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Interfax news agency that Washington's plans "in
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American skiing star Lindsey Vonn settles for bronze in Olympic super-G
Lindsey Vonn finishes third behind Austria's Andrea Fischbacher and Slovenia's Tina Maze in the Olympic super-G Saturday.
Taking advantage of a tricky course-set arranged by one of her coaches, Fischbacher navigated her way down Franz's Run in 1
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Yanukovich names three PM candidates
Ukrainian president-elect Viktor Yanukovich named three candidates for the post of premier today and said he expected a coalition to replace the government of election rival Yulia Tymoshenko to be formed soon.
Mr Yanukovich's Regions Party needs to
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Lufthansa cancels 800 flights
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Berlin – German airline Lufthansa cancelled about 800 flights on Monday, almost half its daily total, after more than 4 000 of
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REACH Across seeks new recruits
And the organisation has an interesting programme on offer, including a whole range of activities and courses and a trip to Romania this summer.
The principal aim of the residentials will be to allow young people from a wide area to make new friends
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Spain takes 1st Guantanamo inmate, Albania takes 3
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Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba gestures during a joint press conference with his Portuguese counterpart Rui Pereira, not in picture, in Oeiras, Portugal, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.
MADRID The United States got
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Mickey Rourke To Play Conan's Father
The Lionsgate project sees barbarian warrior Conan (Jason Momoa) embark on a quest to avenge the slaughter of his people including his father, Corin. Shooting is scheduled to start in Bulgaria in March. Marcus Nispel ("Friday the 13th") will
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Women's hockey is Canada, US _ and nobody else
Canada forward Hayley Wickenheiser (22) and goalie Shannon Szabados celebrate after Canada beat the USA 2-0 to win the women's gold medal ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010.
If this
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ONeill applaudes important Petrov
Petrov was O'Neill's first signing in August 2006 when he paid £6million to be reunited with the player he had managed at Celtic.
But the Bulgaria international struggled to adjust to the Premier League and became the target of the Holt End boo boys.
O'
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Man United defend League Cup
Rooney scored his 28th goal of the club season as
Manchester United retained the League Cup with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Sunday.
Substitute Rooney sent a powerful header over American goalkeeper Brad Friedel in the 74th minute to
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Rambo break made me sick
Arsenal midfielder Ramsey broke his leg in two places following a challenge by
Stoke's Ryan Shawcross on Saturday.
The 19-year-old was due to meet up with the Wales squad today ahead of their
friendly with Sweden on Wednesday but has been ruled out
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4 charged with hacking into concert ticket sites
NEWARK, N.J. -- Four California men were charged on Monday with using sophisticated computer programs to fraudulently obtain more than a million tickets to concerts and sporting events and reselling them for a profit estimated at $29 million.
Although
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Today in History
Today is Wednesday, March 3, the 62nd day of 2010. There are 303 days left in the year.
On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a measure making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United States.
In 1849, the U.S.
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EU rejects view of South Stream, Nabucco gas pipelines as rivals
The European Commission does not view Russia-backed South Stream and Western Nabucco gas pipeline projects as rivals, European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Gettinger said on Thursday.
He praised both projects as important for the European Union but
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Dunne Declared Fit
Key centre-back Richard Dunne is set to start for Villa against Reading on Sunday.
The Republic Of Ireland international missed his country's midweek encounter with Brazil after suffering a leg injury in the Carling Cup final setback against Manchester
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Glover: Help Ohio plant, shun Hugo Boss at Oscars
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Actor and activist Danny Glover is calling on Academy Awards nominees and others in the film industry to not wear Hugo Boss suits at Sunday's awards ceremony.
The "Lethal Weapon" star, in collaboration with the Workers United labor
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Glover: Help Ohio plant, shun Hugo Boss at Oscars (take $3 hr cut in pay or we leave the USA)
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Actor and activist Danny Glover is calling on Academy Awards nominees and others in the film industry to not wear Hugo Boss suits at Sunday's awards ceremony.
The "Lethal Weapon" star, in collaboration with the Workers
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Britain in final push to tone down EU hedge fund rules
British diplomats will today begin the final stage of a desperate rearguard action against new European legislation that London-based hedge funds and private equity firms warn could drive them out of business.
While Britain has been fighting for some
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Moscow blames U.S. negotiators for slow progress on arms deal
In a rare albeit implicit criticism of its U.S. counterparts, Moscow indicated on Tuesday that a new Russian-U.S. arms reduction deal could have been prepared earlier if negotiators had followed the principles laid out by the two sides.
"When everyone
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Bulgaria Finance Minister takes over Bourgas-Alexandroupolis project
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov would take over the coordination and oversight of Bulgaria's participation in the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, Bulgaria's Cabinet decided on March 10.
It was the second time
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Vikram Solar to invest Rs 500 cr in WB
"The capacity will be expanded to 50 MW by the middle of the next financial year," Chaudhury told reporters at the inauguration of the plant here.
He said that Vikram Solar GmBH in Germany had been supplying 1 MW of solar power to the grid in that
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Fish wins opener, Oudin ousted at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) -- American Mardy Fish, the BNP Paribas Open runner-up in 2008, beat Michael Berrer of Germany, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in a first-round match Thursday at the Tennis Garden.
Fish, 28, sidelined most of the second half of last season due
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Ron Perlman Playing Conan's Dad Instead of Mickey Rourke
Conan is set to start shooting in Bulgaria later this month. We don't know much about the plot besides that it will (obviously) tell of Conan's adventures across the continent of Hyboria. Wikipedia also says Conan was born on a battlefield, so with
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Russia, US close to inking arms reduction pact: Kremlin!
Moscow: The Russian and US presidents have discussed the negotiations on a new strategic arms reductions treaty and said it was possible to talk about a date for the deal to be signed, the Kremlin said.
"The heads of state have, by an already
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Draw to decide qualification fixtures
At a meeting in Zurich the participant countries of Group G failed to reach agreement over the fixture progamme for the Euro 2012 qualification games.
England were drawn with Switzerland, Bulgaria, Wales and Montenegro last month and despite the five
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Mobile Fees Under Pressure With Network Rollout
As European operators prepare to install the networks, which use a technology called Long Term Evolution, or L.T.E., they are fighting to keep fees for connecting calls to other operators.
That system makes mobile calling in Europe particularly pricey,
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EU criticises 'optimistic' national budgets
The European Union on Wednesday slammed overly "optimistic" growth assumptions masking bloated national budgets, with Britain in the firing line over "uncertainty" in its plans.
Predictions and commitments given by "a majority" of 14 nations whose
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Iranâs Natural Gas Riches
The scheduled start of drilling this month by China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) in Iran's South Pars gas field could be both a harbinger and explanation of much wider geopolitical developments.
First of all, the $5 billion project - signed last
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2nd mystery 'hit'
In a possible sequel to the Dubai assassination, Israeli spy planes flew uninvited and unannounced over Budapest the same day a Syrian man was shot to death in his car, Hungarian media reported yesterday. Two Israeli air force Gulfstream V-type jets,
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Canadians win four medals in 500-metre short-track showdown
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Canadians dominated the podium on Saturday at the world short-track speedskating championships, winning two silver and two bronze medals in the 500-metre event.
Francois Hamelin of Ste-Julie, Que., won the silver in the men’s event,
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Aussie parents to defy UN smacking ban
Review rejects smacking ban Parents still allowed to spank kids UN wants corporal punishment banned PARENTS will continue to be allowed to smack their children despite an international push to ban corporal punishment in the home, Government says. A New
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Johnson wins at Bristol with late run
Jimmie Johnson plowed his way through the field in three laps to grab his first career victory at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Food City 500 on Sunday.
Kurt Busch led 278 of the 500 laps and had a decent gap on Johnson when he was
