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Alan Watkinson knew he was dealing with more than an average schoolboy runner in 1996 when Mo Farah, a gawky teenager with little English and a nose for trouble who had recently arrived in west London from Somalia, streaked to second place in a cross-country championship. He had started the race by sprinting off in the wrong direction.
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The signing of Mark Brunell could spell trouble for Kellen Clemens, the team’s perennial backup.
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Never mind a, ahem, booze-up in a brewery, tournament chiefs couldn't organise the resistance to a bevy of pretty Dutch ladies. Sent by a beer manufacturer, 36 young women – wearing body-hugging dresses – titillated cameras during the game against Denmark on Monday in a marketing ambush. They were frogmarched away, but no further action was taken. Robbie Earle, thought to be the source of the tickets, was not so lucky: the pundit has been sacked by ITV.
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A free concert by rapper Drake was shut down by New York police on Tuesday after crowds became too much for authorities to handle.
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China added $5 billion to its holding of U.S. treasuries in April, the second straight gain after a troubling multiple-month decline.
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Nearly 40 years after the events of Bloody Sunday killed 13 civilians and injured 14, the Saville inquiry is to publish its report. It's been 12 years in the making and has cost over 200 million euros to produce. But for the families of those killed by British servicemen, it could signal an end to the episode that became one of the most notorious events in Northern Ireland's Troubles.
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For the second consecutive week, Twitter is having trouble.
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On June 15, American chillwave artist Washed Out is the most popular act recorded on The Hype Machine, generating buzz with the release of new track "You and I" featuring singer Caroline Polachek. British rapper M.I.A. is in second place, followed by Vancouver garage-rock/noise-pop band Japandroids.
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England scraped their first victory of a troubled tour against the Australian Barbarians at the Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford.
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Gunnaz Sayova, a Kyrgyz citizen, said on Tuesday that agitators stirred up trouble between Kyrgyz and Uzbek peoples who were living in peace in Kyrygzstan.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made a surprise visit to the Chechen Republic on Monday after a series of attacks on law enforcement officers and civilians in the troubled North Caucasus region.
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By Shrikesh Laxmidas JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Three Portuguese fans drove 20,000 kilometers through 13 countries, braved gunmen in Sudan, made Ethiopian children smile and dodged trouble by trading Ronaldo shirts to watch Portugal's World Cup opener against the Ivory Coast in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
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Operations at a Honda parts factory in southern China returned to normal Tuesday after nearly a week of disruption over a pay dispute, the company said, vowing to continue talks with dissatisfied workers.The Honda Lock factory in the southern province of Guangdong was one of a string of factories in China -- and the third in the Honda family -- hit by a wave of industrial unrest in the so-called "workshop of the world".Limited work resumed at the plant on Monday, but some employees had refused to return to their posts, demanding improved pay.
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Former NBA all-star Antoine Walker was scheduled to appear before a judge Monday for failing to repay some $900,000 U.S. in gambling debts and penalties to three Las Vegas casinos.
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Tout le monde en parle, the popular Radio-Canada program that has been in trouble several times over the last year for its controversial skits and interviews, has won best francophone entertainment program at the Banff World Television Awards.
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For 50 Years He's Used Simple Kindness to Persuade Countless Troubled Souls Away From Nearby Cliff's Edge
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Vancouver garage-rock/noise-pop band Japandroids is The Hype Machine's most blogged act of the moment on June 14, enjoying a climb up the charts following the mp3 release of its limited-edition single "Younger Us." In second and third place are American chillwave artist Washed Out and Sri Lankan-born rapper M.I.A., while Visitor and Stars are among new additions to the top ten.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesting security workers in the coastal city of Durban early on Monday in the first serious trouble at the World Cup.
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The football anthem Shout by Dizzee Rascal, the rapper, and comedian James Corden, has reached number one in the pop charts.
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Older people are becoming mentors to troubled teenagers in a Government-backed project that hopes to prove "granny knows best".
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