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Spain enters the European basketball championships with a squad laden with N.B.A. talent and motivation after losing in the final at home two years ago.

Led by Roger Federer, 14 of the top 16 men made it to the round of 16, a high-water mark for the Open.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox gained breathing room in the American League wildcard race when they beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 behind a pair of home runs and Jon Lester's strong pitching on Sunday.

I feel I'm in danger of erupting with all the excitement bubbling away inside me. My usual head-down, depressed, dreary Dublin swagger has been miraculously replaced.

China's southern Guangdong Province is installing 1 million cameras in public places including busy streets and railway stations as part of its surveillance efforts to contain crimes. The cameras, which will be fully operational next year, will automatically alert police about fights, robberies and other major crimes and incidents, Saturday's China Daily quoted an anonymous police officer from Guangdong provincial department of public security as saying. The system, which is yet ...

Rubber prices are expected to climb as much as 19 percent by the end of next year as rising vehicle sales in China boosts demand, said Marubeni Corp, the largest Japanese trader of the commodity. The cash price will probably trade between $1.80 and $2.30 per kg in the six months starting Jan 1 and range from $2 to $2.50 in the second half, said Roka Komiya, a trader at the rubber section of Tokyo-based Marubeni. The commodity currently trades at $2.10 per kg, and may retreat to as low as $1.5 ...

In most of the important matters – arming its soldiers, arresting its dissidents and invading other countries – the outbreak of the Second World War saw Nazi Germany with a seemingly insurmountable head start. The same went for brainwashing its inhabitants. Joseph Goebbels and his lavishly financed Department of Film had been pumping out propaganda since the Reichstag burned down in 1933, preparing its citizens for genocide, global domination and the general triumph of the will. Much of it was vile, of course, although Leni Riefenstahl is arguably the most talented woman ever to direct a film (which possibly makes her viler still).

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith on Wednesday pledged continued support to the people of Fiji through its development assistance program despite the increasing international pressure on the military regime. The small Pacific island nation was suspended from the Commonwealth on Tuesday for failing to schedule elections for next year. Smith said the suspension from the Commonwealth for failing to commit to holding elections next year was "sad but inevitable". The suspe ...

Indonesia lifted tsunami warning after a strong quake with magnitude of 7.3 recorded in West Java, the country's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported. "We have just lifted the tsunami warning, so there is no potential tsunami to occur," said head of the quake department of the agency Suharjono told Xinhua. A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck western parts of Indonesia on Wednesday, causing panic in some cities. The quake struck at 14:55 p.m. Jakarta time (0755 GMT) with epicenter ...

MARSHFIELD - NASA did the strangest thing to celebrate its 50th birthday last year. It hired a professional storyteller to write a love letter to the institution.

While Tipperary coach Eamonn O'Shea will be trying to plot the downfall of the Kilkenny senior side in the All-Ireland final, he will also have an indirect part to play in Galway's attempt to oust the Cats in the minor final.

The pizza joints that for decades have given Chicago its heavyweight vibe are finding themselves pushed around by gourmet restaurants serving up sometimes cracker-thin pizzas.

by Yousra Hatoum, Ren Ke It is mainly the domestic reason --Lebanon's rival political blocs' continuous bargaining on the lineup -- that made the country cannot form a new national unity cabinet in two months, said analysts on Thursday. After defeating the rival Hezbollah-dominant March 8 alliance in the June 7 parliamentary election, Saad Hariri, leader of the Western- and Saudi-backed March 14 alliance, was designated as prime minister on June 27. Sunni Muslim Hariri agreed ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -- Brett Favre has been in Minnesota for only 10 days, so he's still getting acquainted with his new Vikings teammates.

Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "Big Fan" -- Jim Rome urges his listeners (or "clones," as he so lovingly calls them) to have solid takes, to bring it, when they dial into his sports talk radio show. Patton Oswalt's character in "Big Fan," Paul Aufiero, ensures that his takes are solid because they are his raison d'etre. A ...

Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba have been performing well together early in the Premier League season, but can it lead to the Champions League trophy?

BOSTON (AP) -- Billy Wagner is on his way to the Boston Red Sox, leaving the New York Mets for the chance to pitch in a pennant race as a setup man for All-Star closer Jonathan Papelbon.

The Bank of China (BOC), China's largest foreign exchange bank, will transact the first cross-border yuan trade settlement deal Monday, a source with the bank said Sunday night. The BOC Shanghai branch would receive the first cross-border yuan trade settlement deal from the BOC (Hong Kong) Monday, the unidentified source said. The payee would be Shanghai Electric International Economic and Trading Co., Ltd. under Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. and the remitter would be the ...

Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday the Argentine charge d'affaires in Tehran, Mario Enrique Quinteros, to "protest strongly" against Buenos Aires over its criticism of the nomination of Iran's new defense minister, the official IRNA news agency reported. Iran's Foreign Ministry official told Quinteros that the statement issued by the Foreign Ministry of Argentina on the issue is a "clear interference in Iran's internal affairs and is strongly condemned." "Unfortunately, t ...

After the sell out success of 2008, Festibelly have developed their boutique festival for another wonderful weekend this summer. Set in the peaceful surroundings of the New Forest, Festibelly provides a chilled day, party night time, camping and - what so many festivals lack - intimacy, with a capacity of only 1000 people.