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• Park Ji-Sung expects United to chase the treble

  - 2008-08-15

  MANCHESTER, England AFP — South Korea winger Park Ji-Sung has warned the Premier League that Manchester United are confident of improving on last season's double triumph. Park, 27, returned from a long spell on the sidelines to play a key role in United's Premier League and Champions League success...

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• England's Wheldon wins Iowa Corn Indy 250

  - 2008-06-22

  NEWTON, Iowa AFP — England's Dan Wheldon celebrated his 30th birthday with a victory in IndyCar's Iowa Corn Indy 250 on Sunday, edging Japan's Hideki Mutoh. Wheldon captured his second victory of the season and the 15th of his career, beating Andretti Green Racing rookie Mutoh by 0.143 of...

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• Derbyshire strike adds to Newcastle's woes

  - 2008-03-01

  NEWCASTLE, England AFP — Newcastle United were still left searching for their first win under Kevin Keegan as Matt Derbyshire's late winner gave Blackburn Rovers a 1-0 victory at St James' Park here Saturday. Defeat meant Newcastle had gone seven games without a victory since Keegan's return to the...

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• Harry Potter is a lefty, says French philosopher

  - 2007-10-25

  PARIS AFP — Harry Potter is a left-winger and the seven books by J.K. Rowling are a diatribe against Thatcherite Britain, a French philosopher said Friday on the day of the last novel's publication in French. "It must be said from the start that Harry Potter is deeply political...

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• Ireland's red squirrels under threat from grey cousins

  - 2007-10-09

  DUBLIN AFP — Ireland's native red squirrels could be wiped out by their more aggressive grey cousins brought in from England less than 100 years ago, a report warned on Tuesday. The Irish Squirrel Survey 2007 from the National Council for Forest Research and Development COFORD found red squirrels...

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• Britain confirms new case of foot and mouth

  - 2007-09-14

  LONDON AFP — Britain confirmed a new case of foot and mouth disease west of London on Friday, in a fresh blow to hopes that authorities had contained the disease after it re-emerged earlier this week. The alert came as farmers warned that the latest scare, following outbreaks on...

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• Pentagon "to do" list gives little hint of US goals for Iraq

  - 2007-08-20

  WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon's number two has issued a "to do" list for the administration's waning days in office, but it gives little hint of its goals for Iraq. "Conduct September 2007 Iraq surge assessment and revise and execute plans accordingly," said Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England...

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• Eriksson slams critics after perfect Premiership start

  - 2007-08-11

  LONDON AFP — Manchester City's new manager Sven-Goran Eriksson fired a broadside at his critics after he got his English Premiership career off to the perfect start. The Swede, who was branded a flop England manager by the British press, hit back as he spelled out his vision for...

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• Are the Magpies set to fly high in the Premiership coop?

  - 2007-08-04

  NEWCASTLE, England AFP — No matter what has happened in the previous 12 months, optimism is never in short supply at Newcastle at this time of year. The club may not have picked up a significant trophy since their Fairs Cup success in 1969, but Newcastle's readiness to invest...

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• Floods, heatwaves send signal about global warming's impact: UN

  - 2007-06-27

  GENEVA AFP — Recent floods in Asia and Britain, and heatwaves in southern Europe, show the world must be better prepared to cope with the impact of climate change, the United Nation's top disaster prevention official said Wednesday. "Heavy rainfalls in Pakistan, India and northern England and heatwaves in...

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