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Key test for unfinished World Cup kick-off stadium
AFP, Published on 19/05/2014
» The still-unfinished stadium hosting the World Cup's opening game on June 12 will on Sunday try to shake off a history of chronic delays and deadly accidents as it holds its first official match.
Sao Paulo stadium handed to owners, unfinished
AFP, Published on 16/04/2014
» The construction firm behind the new World Cup stadium at Sao Paulo, due to stage the opening match on June 12, Tuesday handed over the site to owners Corinthians, although work has yet to be completed ahead of a planned mid-May handover to FIFA.
World Cup stadium could be partially closed
AFP, Published on 03/04/2014
» The stadium that will host the opening match of the World Cup on June 12 could be closed in places if it is not made safer for fans, the Sao Paulo state prosecutor's office warned Wednesday.
Brazil turning yellow and green with 100 days to Cup
AFP, Published on 05/03/2014
» Brazil on Tuesday marked 100 days to the World Cup finals with President Dilma Rousseff announcing major public buildings in the host cities would be bathed at night in the national colours, green and yellow, and in the 12 stadia while FIFA looked forward to an "exceptional" event.
Brazil arena to be used in World Cup despite deaths
AFP, Published on 29/11/2013
» A Brazilian stadium will not be removed from the World Cup roster despite a deadly construction accident but its completion will be delayed, officials said Thursday.
Rescuers hunt for air crash dead
News, Published on 18/10/2013
» PAKSE, Laos - Rescuers battled hazardous conditions Thursday in the search for bodies from a Lao Airlines plane which plunged into the Mekong River with 49 people on board, more than half of them foreigners.
THAI shoots itself in foot
News, Published on 12/09/2013
» It has been a bad couple of weeks for Thai Airways International (THAI).
Swiss train crash kills driver, injures 35
AFP, Published on 30/07/2013
» Two trains collided head-on in western Switzerland, killing one of the drivers and injuring 35 passengers, at least five of them seriously, police said.
Train collision injures 35 in Switzerland
AFP, Published on 30/07/2013
» Two trains collided head-on in western Switzerland, injuring 35 passengers, at least five of them seriously, police said.
Japan gets first MOX nuclear shipment since Fukushima
AFP, Published on 27/06/2013
» A vessel under armed guard and loaded with reprocessed nuclear fuel from France arrived at a Japanese port on Thursday, the first such shipment since the Fukushima disaster as utilities lobby to restart their atomic reactors.