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Sky's Kennaugh breaks away to win opening Dauphine stage
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» ALBERTVILLE (FRANCE) - British road race champion Peter Kennaugh held off a fast-finishing group of riders to clinch the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné at Albertville on Sunday.
Bjork takes intimate album to big stage
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» NEW YORK - When Bjork made her latest album, a lush and delicate exploration of the end of a longtime relationship, she decided the apt live setting would be concert halls, and played a small number of shows at Carnegie Hall and other New York venues.
Sculptor sparks uproar over 'queen's vagina' at Versailles
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» PARIS - British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor has sparked an uproar in France by installing a huge work he has called a "queen's vagina" in the stately grounds of the Palace of Versailles.
Wiggins sets new hour cycling record
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» LONDON - Britain's Bradley Wiggins set a new UCI (International Cycling Union) hour record at the Olympic Velodrome in London on Sunday.
Djokovic vows to solve riddle of French Open clay
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» PARIS - Novak Djokovic saw his dreams of becoming just the eighth man to claim a career Grand Slam shattered again at the French Open, but vowed to eventually secure an elusive title on the Paris clay.
Button at back in reshuffled Montreal grid
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» MONTREAL - Briton Jenson Button will start Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix from 20th and last on the grid after the race stewards evaluated several penalties that also affected Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.
Prediction: Fifa won't change
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» GENEVA - Changing Fifa presidents will not root out corruption at football's world body, a former Uefa official said Sunday, insisting that corrupt practices had nothing to do with exiting Fifa chief Sepp Blatter.
IEAT shows interest in 3 SEZ projects
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 08/06/2015
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) plans to invest in three of the five special economic zones (SEZs) to help boost trade in the areas, following a government request.
The New Retirement Plan: Slog Until You Drop
Business, Published on 08/06/2015
» I just turned 52 this year, and if life was a game of golf, the next 50 years of my life, assuming I live that long, is equivalent to playing the last nine holes. Some say it gets easier from here because retirement is not an all-or-nothing game like golf, where losing by one shot is just as bad as losing by six shots.
Services could help India close gap with Asean
Asia focus, Published on 08/06/2015
» While Asean imports to India have expanded by more than 8% annually for the past two fiscal years, Indian exports to Asean have been sluggish, contracting by more than 3%. Yet New Delhi is hardly sweating over it.