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• Rossi storms to Czech GP victory as Stoner crashes out

  - 2008-08-17

  BRNO, Czech Republic AFP — Italy's Valentino Rossi stormed to victory in the Czech Republic Grand Prix here on Sunday, after defending world champion Casey Stoner crashed out of the MotoGP race. Seven-time world champion Rossi lead the race unchallenged with the Yamaha rider claiming his second consecutive MotoGP...

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• Yamaha issues gloomy outlook after profits tumble

  - 2008-07-30

  TOKYO AFP — Japan's Yamaha Motor Co. issued a profit warning Thursday after weak demand, rising raw material costs and a stronger yen slashed its first-half net profits by almost half. Yamaha has enjoyed record high sales in recent years but the global economic slowdown is now curbing demand...

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• Five killed in Sri Lanka suicide bombing: police

  - 2008-06-15

  COLOMBO AFP — A suspected Tamil Tiger rebel detonated explosives carried on his motorcycle in northern Sri Lanka Monday, killing at least five people and wounded many more, police said. The suicide bomber staged the attack directly in front of a police administration office in the town of Vavuniya,...

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• Canucks defenceman Bourdon killed in motorcycle smash

  - 2008-05-29

  FREDERICTON, Canada AFP — Luc Bourdon, who helped Canada win a gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Hockey Championships, was killed aged 21 in a motorcycle accident on Thursday. The Vancouver Canucks rising star died when his motorcycle collided with a lorry on a rural highway outside of...

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• Bush inducted into biker group

  - 2008-05-25

  WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush donned a black leather biker jacket Sunday as he was given honorary membership in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group which paraded through Washington to honor veterans on Memorial Day. Tens of thousands of members of the biker group joined the parade...

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• Australia pushes envelope for pudgy postal workers: report

  - 2008-02-18

  SYDNEY AFP — Australia's postal service has increased the maximum weight for its delivery staff after struggling to attract applicants weighing less than 90 kilogrammes (198 pounds), local media reported Tuesday. The old limit was designed to allow "posties", as they are known here, to carry 40 kilogrammes of...

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• Santa needs to lose weight, say Spanish children

  - 2007-12-11

  MADRID AFP — Spanish children think Santa Claus is "too fat" and should go on a diet, and that he should ditch his sleigh for a 4X4 or a motorcycle. The opinions are based on an Internet poll of 4,000 children aged four to 12 by a children's television...

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• Thousands in emotional farewell to daredevil Evel Knievel

  - 2007-12-10

  BUTTE, Montana AFP — Hollywood icons and former sports stars joined around 5,000 mourners in an emotional farewell as motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel was laid to rest here Monday. Actor Matthew McConaughey and former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier paid tribute at a memorial service ahead of a private...

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• Daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69

  - 2007-11-30

  LOS ANGELES, California AFP — Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, who wowed and terrified crowds with his daring long-distance leaps and equally spectacular falls, died Friday at the age of 69, his website said. The site gave no cause of death for Knievel, the man who survived death-defying stunts in...

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• Dominican hurler expected to survive after car crash

  - 2007-11-28

  CLEVELAND, United States AFP — Domincan southpaw pitcher Juan Lara of the Cleveland Indians was listed in critical but stable condition Wednesday following injuries in an automobile crash, the Major League Baseball club said. The driver of a motorcycle that struck Lara's suburban utility vehicle and a passenger on...

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