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Asian Winter Games: No winter athletes, no problem!
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» TOKYO - Asia's Olympic body Monday appealed for all Asian countries -- even tropical and desert ones with no winter sport athletes -- to take part in the 2017 Asian Winter Games.
UK retailer BHS calls in administrators, 11,000 jobs at risk
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» LONDON - BHS, the owner of department stores across Britain, has called in outside help to rescue the struggling firm from potential closure and the loss of around 11,000 jobs, administrators said Monday.
Hillsborough disaster jury to deliver verdicts on Tuesday
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» LONDON - Jurors at the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at the 1989 Hillsborough disaster will deliver their verdicts on Tuesday, it was announced Monday.
Yaya Toure set to miss Real Madrid clash
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is expected to miss his side's Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid on Tuesday, manager Manuel Pellegrini revealed on Monday.
India cancels visa for Chinese Uighur activist
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» NEW DELHI - India has cancelled a visa it gave to an exiled Uighur dissident, an official said Monday, after China protested and described him as a "terrorist" wanted by Interpol.
Greedy wives to blame for corruption: Indonesian minister
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» JAKARTA - An Indonesian minister has suggested an unusual reason for the scourge of corruption in the graft-ridden country -- men are just trying to please their greedy wives.
Bangladesh 'LGBT activist' hacked to death in Dhaka
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» DHAKA - Two people were hacked to death Monday at an apartment in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, police said, with a local television channel identifying one of them as a leading gay rights activist.
Kompany rallies Man City for game of their lives
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Manchester City's players face the game of their lives in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid, captain Vincent Kompany said on Monday.
Thousands of Jews throng Jerusalem 'priestly blessing'
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» JERUSALEM - Thousands of Jewish worshippers attended a prayer ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall on Monday as Israel marked the week-long Passover festival amid increased surveillance over tensions with Palestinians.
South Africa 2023 World Cup bid in jeopardy
AFP, Published on 25/04/2016
» JOHANNESBURG - South Africa sports minister Fikile Mbalula on Monday barred the national rugby union from bidding for international events because they failed to meet racial transformation targets.