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World number two Rafa Nadal has reached the Tokyo quarter finals after beating Milos Raonic in two sets, 7-5, 6-3 in the second term to face Santiago Giraldo in the best eight round.
It took the Spaniard just over one hour and a half to secure the final eight [...]
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Top seed Jo Wilfried Tsonga has made an easy progress into the China Open quarter finals after beating Ze Zhang 6-3, 6-4 in the second round to meet former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final eight.
The French, who had previously ousted Grigor [...]
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Milwaukee Brewers have been pushed to a fifth game decider when they were defeated 6-10 by Arizona Diamondbacks last night at the Chase Field where the hosts picked their second win of the first round series.
Brewers were the first to take the lead at the Field, but [...]
Posted in: U.S. News by Tudor Daniel | October 6th 2011 | no comments
Shakira has become member of Advisory Commission on Hispanic Education department, according to United States president Barack Obama.
Obama picked the 34 year old Colombian singer to be part of his educational plans which the [...]
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St. Louis have evened the first round series with Philadelphia when the Cardinals overcame a two point deficit to roll past Phillies 5-3 yesterday at the Busch Stadium.
The visitors were given the first lead early in the opening term by Rollins who scored the first point [...]
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Former world leader Ana Ivanovic has provided one of the biggest surprises at the China Open when the Serb thwarted third seed Vera Zvonareva in two easy sets, 6-2, 6-1.
The two exchanged six breaks only in the opener, four which being taken by the Serb who [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 5th 2011 | no comments
Fourth favorite Mardy Fish has booked a place into the Tokyo quarter finals after easing past Ernests Gulbis in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4 to face Bernard Tomic in the best eight term.
It took the American nearly one hour and a half to oust the Latvian whom he [...]
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Third seed Tomas Berdych rallied past Philip Kohlschreiber in twos sets, 6-2, 6-0 at the China Open to secure a final eight berth. The Czech will next play Fernando Verdasco who overcame Flavio Cipolle in three sets.
Berdych, who has not won a title this year, broke [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 5th 2011 | no comments
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner and hero of the South African people as he fought the apartheid regime, unleashed a virulent criticism against the African National Congress, whose procrastination on granting the visa to Dalai Lama led the Tibetan leader to announce he [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 5th 2011 | no comments
As India and Afghanistan signed two agreements, a thwarted assassination plot against the president Hamid Karzai, organized by a Pakistan-based group, was announced on Wednesday. Lutfullah Mashal, spokesman for the Afghanistan’s National Directorate for Security, said that six people [...]
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Philadelphia Phillies left it late against St. Louis last night when the away side beat Cardinals 3-2 at the Busch stadium. Phillies scored all their points within the seventh term as Cardinals could only cut deficits to drop 1-2 in the series.
Philadelphia, [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 5th 2011 | no comments
Russia explained on Wednesday its position toward the European-drafted resolution it vetoed at the United Nations Security Council a day before, while Turkey announced that it intended to impose sanctions on Syria regardless of the decision made by the UN.
Konstantin Kosachyov, [...]
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Arizona Diamondbacks have picked their first win over Brewers when the West leaders rallied past Milwaukee 8-1 yesterday at the Chase Field where the hosts dominated the game at all facets.
D-backs closed the meeting earlier than expected, scoring the eight [...]
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New York Yankees thwarted Detroit Tigers 10-1 yesterday at the Comerica Park to make it 2-2 in the first round of the playoffs and push the series into a fifth game decider.
The first two terms went scoreless for both sides in what seemed to be a tight meeting [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 5th 2011 | no comments
North Korea demanded on Wednesday that two of its citizens that were found on a small wooden boat in South Korean waters be returned. The demand comes a day after Japan sent to South Korea for settlement nine other North Korean found in the Japanese maritime territory.
The [...]
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Greeks took it to streets again on Wednesday for the first time since the protests in June caused by the governments austerity plans meant to avoid a default of Greece, which would jolt the entire eurozone and the global markets.
15,000 people participate in Athens in two [...]
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Saudi Arabia promised to use “iron fist” against those who attacked the security forces during a demonstration in Awwamiya, a little Shiite Muslim town in the east. 11 security troops were attacked and injured in this town as they were attempting to disperse a small [...]
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Muammar al-Qaddafi’s former prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi, who is now in prison in Tunisia, told Reuters on Tuesday that he believed that the former president of Libya is still in the country and he would fight to the death along the people that still support [...]