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SERIE A NEWS
MILAN (Reuters) - AC Milan are battling to sign Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic after their disappointing pre-season but the Swede is unlikely to be on board for Sunday's Serie A opener at home to promoted Lecce.
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Striker Alessandro Diamanti joins Serie A newcomers Brescia after one season at Upton Park.
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Andrew Williams's background is in television journalism and, while making a BBC series on the IRA, he met one of their successful bombers, who had destroyed the centre of Derry.
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The son of the gaffe-prone former vice-president Dan Quayle has been forced to admit to a series of blunders in his own bid for political office.
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Canadian Paula Findlay proves her unexpected win at Hyde Park was no fluke with stunning victory in Kitzbühel, Austria.
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Great Britain's Stuart Hayes stuns field to claim his first ITU World Championship Series win after leading fearless bike break.
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Canadian Paula Findlay took her second triathlon win this year on the ITU World Championship Series, winning gold in Kitzbühel, Austria on Sunday.
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After signing a lengthy contract extension Saturday, Ricky Romero will try to reward the Toronto Blue Jays by winning for the first time in his native Los Angeles.
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Sri Lanka unveils a new seaport largely funded by China - one in a series of big new post-war infrastructure projects on the island.
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Train is getting Unplugged with the return of MTV and VH1s iconic series. The Grammy Award-winning group are the latest artists to strip down their sound for the mostly acoustic, intimate performance. - (AHN)
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Four Big Brother housemates will be evicted on Friday as the 11th series enters its closing stages.
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Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang stressed the importance of preventing major workplace accidents after mass casualties were reported in a series of disasters around the country.
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A series of roadside bombs killed four people, including an off-duty police officer, and wounded 11 others in Baghdad on Sunday, said interior and defence ministry officials.Three of the victims, the policeman among them, were on a minibus heading to the centre of the Iraqi capital from its eastern quarter when a bomb struck the vehicle, leaving a further four people, including three women, injured.A fourth person was killed and seven others wounded by three roadside bombs in northern Baghdad, the officials said.
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Prison authorities missed a series of opportunities to help a 21-year-old former British gymnast who was left permanently brain damaged after attempting suicide at Holloway Prison, according to an independent investigation.
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Giorgio Locatelli, 47, is chef patron of Michelin-starred London restaurant Locanda Locatelli and Ronda Locatelli in Dubai. He has worked in the industry for more than 20 years: cooking, consulting, presenting two TV series and publishing two cookbooks. He has two children and lives with his wife and business partner in north London.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 quake struck 241 miles west-southwest of the U.S. Pacific island territory of Guam, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Saturday, following a series of quakes and aftershocks in the region.
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Kalpesh Lathigra, 39, is an award-winning documentary photographer whose projects often explore forgotten communities. While shooting one such group - widows in India - he began to think about visual representations of spirituality, resulting in a series about the holy city of Varanasi, from which this image is taken.
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England's out-of-form opening batsman Alastair Cook is to be given the next two Tests to find his form for the Ashes series.
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Zulqarnain Haider is doubtful for the final two Tests of the series against England after suffering a finger injury, a statement said on Saturday."Zulqarnain suffered an injury to his little finger in the right hand while batting in the second Test and preliminary tests have revealed its a hairline fracture," a Pakistan Cricket Board statement said."He will undergo a further test in London before a final decision is taken on his further participation on the tour is taken."The third Test starts at The Oval on Wednesday.
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Ricky Gervais says he's working on a Chinese version of his hit comedy series The Office.
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