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09 December 2009 11:59 AM | Tagged: club world cup world host huge events uae fa president
It's the first time the FIFA Club World Cup  has been taken outside of its home in Japan. When bids poured in from suitable candidates, the UAE quickly jumped to the head of the queue formed by their rivals.Chuck Blazer, the

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07 December 2009 10:37 PM | Tagged: haitian president marries economic adviser
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti has a new first lady. President Rene Preval and Elisabeth Debrosse Delatour married in a private ceremony at her house above Port-au-Prince on Sunday morning. The first lady is Preval's economic adviser. She previously

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07 December 2009 7:39 PM | Tagged: lyon president aulas downplays teams results
LYON, France - Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said Monday his team willsoon end its six-match winless run.The seven-time French champions haven't won a game since October and slippedto fourth place in the standings following a 4-3 loss at Lille o

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07 December 2009 11:07 AM | Tagged: romanian president edges surprise election win
BUCHAREST - Romanian President Traian Basescu edged toward a second term on Monday with most of the votes counted in a close runoff election which his Social-Democrat rival was expected to win. Despite many observers describing Mircea Geoana as the

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07 December 2009 8:37 AM | Tagged: romanian president takes lead presidential poll
BUCHAREST - Romanian centre-right President Traian Basescu was in the lead in the country's presidential election, according to partial results released on Monday. Basescu led with 50.4 percent of the vote with 95.4 percent of the ballots counted w

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Parma may have had a 2-2 draw with Genoa on matchday 15 of the league, but there could be more that links the two sides beyond the match itself.Whilst on the telephone with La Domenica Sportiva, as reported by TMW, Gialloblu defender Christian Panuc

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06 December 2009 9:17 PM | Tagged: romanian president rival claim election victory
BUCHAREST - Romania's incumbent President Traian Basescu and his Social-Democrat challenger Mircea Geoana both claimed victory in Sunday's presidential run-off vote. The conflicting claims came after televised exit polls put Geoana ahead of the cen

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06 December 2009 3:27 PM | Tagged: crisishit romania votes president
BUCHAREST - Romanians voted on Sunday in a presidential ballot expected to replace anti-graft campaigner Traian Basescu with a leftist who says he will end a political crisis that has put an IMF-led rescue package at risk. With an eight-point lead