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THE 2014 WORLD CUP NEWS
GENEVA (AP) -- FIFA's president wants the governing body to consider scrapping extra-time at the 2014 World Cup to encourage an attacking style after defensive tactics dominated in South Africa.
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ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA's president has asked two of the governing body's committees to examine scrapping extra-time at the 2014 World Cup and encourage more attacking play.
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President made a strong defence of religious freedom when he offered support for plans to build a mosque near the Ground Zero site in New York, where Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Centre.
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President Barack Obama has offered strong support for plans to build a mosque and Muslim community centre near the Ground Zero site in New York where Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Centre.
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South Africa is basking in the glory of successfully staging the first World Cup on African soil but the country's thoughts have already shifted to another top sports event - the Olympic Games.
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The president enthusiastically supports a controversial project to build a mosque near the site of the former World Trade Center, saying America's 'commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable.'YOU DECIDE: Do You Agree With Obama?Poll: Most Say Ground Zero Mosque Is WrongWorry Over Ramadan Celebration on 9/11Obama Ignoring the People on Mosque?
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Host of America's Next Top Model praised a contestant with tiny waist.
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Hong Kong director Christopher Sun arranges toy action models in front of a massive penis-shaped fountain, the easiest way to explain his intentions to the multilingual cast of what has been billed as the world's first 3D porn film."I can't ask my crew to do this and the best thing is you can get (the action models) naked without any complaints," he told AFP at a secluded studio in Hong Kong.The director is in a race against time to complete his 3.2 million-US-dollar film "3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy", which is due for release in May.
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American sprinter Tyson Gay ran the fastest time in the world this year to win the 100-meter final at the Diamond League meet.
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Hong Kong director Christopher Sun arranges toy action models in front of a massive penis-shaped fountain, the easiest way to explain his intentions to the multilingual cast of what has been billed as the world's first 3D porn film.
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Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood go head to head for the world No 1 spot when the WGC Bridgestone Invitational tees off in Akron, Ohio, tomorrow. The pair were yesterday drawn together in the first two rounds at Firestone, with so much to play for. Woods, who has won at Firestone on his last four trips and a US Tour record seven times in all, is under threat from both Westwood and Phil Mickelson at the top of the rankings.
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The Olympic rings are the most recognised logo in sport, and one of the most zealously protected. When the Games arrive in London in two years' time, the organisers are determined to "fearlessly defend" their sponsors – who have paid millions of pounds to attach their name to the event – from the ambush-marketing attempts that football's World Cup witnessed in South Africa earlier this month.
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Ferrari are to go before the World Motor Sport Council just four days prior to their home grand prix next month as they look to avoid further punishment over the recent "team orders" furore.
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China put into service the world's "fastest" rail link on Saturday, with speeds over 350 kilometers per hour between Guangzhou and Wuhan.
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The Smithsonian?s Museum of Natural History on Saturday opens an exhibit of pictures endangered, threatened and extinct plants from around the world, officials said.The goal is "to record the beauty of these plants that are more likely to disappear," said Carol Woodin with the American Society of Botanical Artists and the exhibit coordinator.The 44 illustrations include detailed work from of "some of the top artists in the world," said Woodin."We wanted artists to develop relationships with scientists and then to focus on rare and at risk plants of today," she said.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Smithsonian?s Museum of Natural History on Saturday opens an exhibit of pictures endangered, threatened and extinct plants from around the world, officials said.
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The president forcefully supports a controversial project to build a mosque near the site of the former World Trade Center, saying America's 'commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable.'YOU DECIDE: Do You Agree With Obama?Poll: Most Say Ground Zero Mosque Is WrongWorry Over Ramadan Celebration on 9/11
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Radiation levels near Chernobyl could rise and pose long-term health dangers as deadly forest fires spread to land contaminated by the world's largest nuclear-reactor disaster, Russian environmentalists said yesterday.
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China's golden Olympic figure skating pair Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo fell in love on the ice. Next month, they will throw a long-delayed wedding party on ice, with several of the sport's biggest stars.Shen and Zhao capped a 18-year storybook partnership with China's first Olympic figure skating title in Vancouver in February. They then announced their retirement from the sport, and said they wanted to start a family.Though they have been officially husband and wife since 2007, when they won a third world title, they never threw a wedding celebration.
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Mark Webber just won't go away. Sebastian Vettel wishes that he would, and so does Lewis Hamilton after losing the lead of the world championship to him yesterday in Hungary.
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