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Nadal tops group, helps Wawrinka into last four
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» Rafael Nadal secured top spot in Group A at the ATP Tour World Finals with a victory over Tomas Berdych that also sent Stanislas Wawrinka into the semi-finals.
Scott makes rivals green with envy, takes lead
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» Adam Scott took over the lead at the Australian PGA Championship Friday on a day when spectators at the Gold Coast Royal Pines course wore green to honour the Masters champion.
Japan's Asada, Takahashi lead home GP
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» Japan's former world champions Mao Asada and Daisuke Takahashi brushed aside jumping problems to dominate the short programme at their home Grand Prix Friday in the build-up for the Sochi Olympics.
All Blacks to wear poppy against France
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» New Zealand will wear a specially designed white jersey with a red poppy on the sleeve when they tackle France in Paris on Saturday, two days before Armistice Day commemorations.
Marquez tops season-closing Valencia Moto GP practice
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» Championship leader Marc Marquez, who is bidding to become motorcycling's youngest champion, topped the times in Friday's practice for this weekend's season-closing Valencia MotoGP.
China paper rejects political change ahead of key meeting
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» The mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party on Friday firmly rejected Western-style political reforms as reports emerged of detentions a day before a major party meeting.
Singapore bans adultery website
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» Singapore's government on Friday banned the extramarital dating website Ashley Madison ahead of an expected launch in the conservative city-state, saying it goes against "family values and public morality".
German president pays tribute ahead of Kristallnacht anniversary
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» German President Joachim Gauck visited Friday a former workshop whose owner fought to save his Jewish staff from deportation, as Germany began marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht anti-Jewish pogrom.
Second oil tanker hijacked off Malaysia in a month
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» An oil tanker has become the second such vessel to be hijacked in Malaysian waters in four weeks, the International Maritime Bureau said Friday, adding it marked rising piracy in the region.
At least four dead, many wounded in Mogadishu hotel car bombing
AFP, Published on 09/11/2013
» At least four people including a government official were killed Friday in an Islamist militant car bomb attack outside a top hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, officials said.