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LPGA denies malaria rumour
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Golf officials denied rumours of a malaria outbreak on the LPGA Tour on Saturday after Natalie Gulbis and Pak Se-Ri pulled out of the HSBC Women's Champions due to illness and staff members also fell sick.
England fall to New Zealand XI in Test warm-up
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» England lost their four-day warm-up match by three wickets on Saturday when a New Zealand XI chased down a 333-run target with eight balls to spare.
Dozens of rebels, troops 'die in north Syria battle'
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» A ferocious battle on the outskirts of the northern city of Raqa, near the Turkish border, killed dozens of Syrian troops and rebel fighters on Saturday, a watchdog reported.
Nadal reaches Mexican Open final
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal continued his domination over countryman Nicolas Almagro to book his spot in the Mexican Open final against three-time defending champ David Ferrer.
Three dead in new Bangladesh war crimes protests
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Bangladesh police on Saturday opened fire at Islamists protesting the conviction for war crimes of one of their leaders, killing three people outside the port city of Chittagong.
Tourism and jumbo smuggling linked
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Smuggling the world's largest land animal across an international border sounds like a mammoth undertaking, but activists say that does not stop traffickers supplying Asian elephants to Thai tourist attractions.
Record-breaking Maze wins Garmisch downhill
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Tina Maze won the women's downhill here on Saturday to break Hermann Maier's 13-year-old record for the most World Cup points collected in a season.
Bullet train derails in Japan: operator
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» A Japanese bullet train carrying about 130 passengers and crew derailed in heavy snow in northern Japan Saturday, although there were no reports of injuries, the rail operator said.
Rodman: Kim Jong-Un awesome
AFP, Published on 02/03/2013
» Former NBA star Dennis Rodman lauded North Korea's new ruler as an "awesome kid" and his father and grandfather as "great leaders" at the end of his basketball diplomacy mission to Pyongyang.