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• Player quits club over racist abuse

  - 2007-11-02

  BRUSSELS AFP — A black African player at FC Brussels has walked out after allegedly being racially abused by the Belgian club's president Johan Vermeersch. According to Zola Matumona's lawyer, the Congolese secured a release from his contract following: "racist and xenophobic abuse dished out in front of players...

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• Tevez eyes long stay at Man United, says agent

  - 2007-08-04

  MANCHESTER, England AFP — Carlos Tevez hopes he will be a Manchester United player for "a long time to come", according to his representative Kia Joorabchian. Although the final paperwork on Tevez's United contract has yet to be completed, the Argentina star has already passed his medical and trained...

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• Strike hits two SKorean auto firms

  - 2007-07-15

  SEOUL AFP — Workers at two South Korean auto companies staged labour stoppages Monday in support of a pay claim, company officials said. GM Daewoo Auto and Technology's 9,915-member union launched a two-hour strike from mid-morning, spokesman Lee Jong-Yong said, adding night-shift workers would also down tools for two...

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• Tevez 'dream' move to come under League scrutiny

  - 2007-07-06

  LONDON AFP — Argentina striker Carlos Tevez insisted Friday that he is determined to complete his "dream" move to Manchester United despite fears the deal could yet be blocked by the Premier League. The complexities surrounding the 23-year-old's ownership are holding up a potential 30-million-pound (60 million dollar) deal...

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• Argentinian stars reassured by Pardew over Hammers future

  - 2006-11-23

  LONDON AFP — West Ham manager Alan Pardew has told Argentinian stars Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez they have a future at Upton Park -- despite this week's takeover of the club. The players were brought to London by Iranian-born businessman Kia Joorabchian, who lost out in his bid to...

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• Kia to start work on US plant after delay over scandal

  - 2006-10-20

  SEOUL AFP — Kia Motors, South Korea's second-largest automaker, will start work on its first US plant after a six-month delay over a bribery scandal, company officials said. "This will be our third overseas plant. The US plan will boost our production abroad and sales in the American market," spokesman...

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• Scolari would consider West Ham offer

  - 2006-10-01

  LONDON AFP — Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has revealed that he would consider working for West Ham if Kia Joorabchian completes his takeover of the English Premiership club. Scolari is a close friend of Iranian businessman Joorabchian and the News of the World reported Sunday that the former Brazil...

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• Kuwait buys stake in China's largest bank

  - 2006-09-24

  KUWAIT CITY AFP — Kuwait Investment Authority, the Gulf state's investment arm, said in a report it has acquired a stake in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ICBC, the Asian nation's largest lender. "KIA has become one of the strategic investors in ICBC," the authority's director general, Bader...

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• Israeli billionaire climbs aboard West Ham takeover bid

  - 2006-09-22

  LONDON AFP — Israeli billionaire Eli Papouchado has announced he is joining financier Kia Joorabchian's takeover bid for West Ham. "I confirm that Kia Joorabchian has spoken to me about putting a consortium of investors in place for a football project," the Israeli businessman confirmed in a statement on Friday....

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• Hyundai to pursue aggressive growth in US: executive

  - 2006-01-11

  DETROIT AFP — After introducing seven new models in two years, South Korean automaker Hyundai will continue to pursue aggressive growth in the US market, a senior company executive told AFP. That growth could include the unveiling of several more models in the near term, John Krafcik, vice president...

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