ATP-BCR Open Romania Results BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Results Monday from the ?420,000 ($546,000) BCR Open Romania, played on outdoor clay at the BNR Arenas (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Filippo Volandri, Italy, def. Lukasz Kubot , Poland, 6-3, 6-0. Polish pensioner finds two-metre anaconda in toilet A 73-year-old Polish pensioner was shocked to…
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Missing cross at church service a setback for Turkish-Armenian relations VAN, TURKEY – An event that many had hoped would be a watershed on the road to the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia became instead a source of controversy Sunday when Turkish authorities failed to place a cross atop a newly renovated church…
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Czech Republic takes 2-1 lead in Davis Cup semis The Czech Republic took a 2-1 lead over Serbia in their Davis Cup semifinal by winning Saturday’s doubles despite the return of second-ranked Novak Djokovic for Serbia. Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek rallied to defeat Djokovic and Nenad Zimonjic 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-1. Djokovic skipped Friday’s…
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Top Belarus opposition leader says won’t run in vote Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko’s closest challenger in a disputed 2006 presidential vote said on Friday he will not run in a December election because he believes it will be rigged. Dalai Lama arrives in Hungary: AFP The Dalai Lama arrived Friday in Budapest for a three-day…
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Chechen leader to surrender to Polish prosecutors: report Chechen independence leader Akhmed Zakayev, wanted by Russia for alleged terrorism, will surrender Friday to Polish prosecutors who have said they must detain him, a supporter said. Polish police arrest Chechen independence leader Polish police said Friday they had arrested exiled Chechen independence leader Akhmed Zakayev who…
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Polish Watchdog Sees `No New Arguments’ to Clear PGE’s Buy of Rival Energa The head of Poland s antitrust regulator said today no new arguments have appeared to convince her to clear PGE SA s 7.53 billion zloty ($2.5 billion) acquisition of Energa SA, the country s fourth-largest power utility. Malgorzata Krasnodebska-Tomkiel, in an interview…
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Hungary Credit Rating Downgrade Threat Upheld as S&P Seeks Policy Details Hungary s commitment to cut its budget deficit hasn t removed the threat to country s investment-grade debt rating, because the government still needs to clarify its economic policies, Standard & Poor s said. Slovenian Acimovic calls time on career Ex-Slovenia international Milenko Acimovic…
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