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Report: Neymar set for Barca

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:01:39 +0000

Neymar: Understood to have decided to join Barca Sky Bet Football Betting Retrieving latest Sky Bet odds Football Betting £10 Free Bet Brazil striker Neymar is reported to have decided to join Barcelona this summer. Santos have accepted two offers for their star player, with Barcelona confirmed as one of the bidders and Real Madrid widely suggested to be the other side in pursuit. After an initial…

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Everton crest sparks anger

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:59:34 +0000

Goodison Park: Will feature updated Everton branding next season Sky Bet Football Betting Retrieving latest Sky Bet odds Football Betting £10 Free Bet Everton have provoked a backlash from fans after revealing a new club crest. The updated design no longer features the club motto ‘nil satis nisi optimum’ – meaning ‘Nothing but the best is good enough’ – that has …

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Kissing protest held in Turkey

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:04 +0000

Kissing protest: Dozens of couples kissed in public to protest demands by Turkey subway officials that passengers should “to act in accordance with moral rules.” A young Turkish couple kiss Saturday, May 25, to protest against subway officials’ harassment of another couple for kissing in public last week, at a subway stop in Ankara, Turkey. ((AP Photo) ) By Staff , Associated Press / May 25, 2013 at 4:21 pm EDT Ankara, Turkey Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, to protest …

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Hezbollah leader vows victory in Syria for Assad

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:19:02 +0000

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah will fight to keep Syria’s Bashar Assad in power. He also said Hezbollah fighers are fighting in Syria against Sunni Islamic radicals. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, gives a televised speech from an unknown location to mark the anniversary of Israel’s May 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Saturday, May 25, 2013. . ((AP Photo/SANA)) By Bassem Mroue , Associated Press / May 25, 2013 at 4:36 pm EDT Beirut The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar…

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Robben fires Bayern to glory

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:45:50 +0000

Arjen Robben’s late goal fired Bayern Munich to UEFA Champions League glory with a 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund in a compelling final at Wembley. The former Chelsea man, who missed a penalty against his old club in the final last year, found the net with just 90 seconds remaining to settle an end-to-end contest packed with drama and incident to secure a fifth European crown for the Bundesliga champions. Bayern went ahead in the 60th minute through Mario Mandzukic after being set up by Robben, but Jurgen …

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Even for liberals, Obama has crossed a line

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:00:35 +0000

How much of the recent scandals can actually be nailed to the White House door? Is there a ‘smoking gun’ Obama email that says: go and get those guys who are giving me a hard time? Almost certainly not. But there was no need for one Photo: EPA Barack Obama announced an end to America’s war on terror last week. In future, he declared, he would restrict …

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IMF Director Christine Lagarde is “assisting witness”

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 17:46:31 +0000

AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON After two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman that was arranged while she was France’s finance minister — stopping short of charging her outright. Lagarde said the Paris court handed her the status of “assisting witness” in its probe of her role in a 400 million euro pay-off to a flamboyant…

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What time is the Champions League final today? Borussia Dormund v Bayern Munich kick-off, TV schedule and more

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:28:43 +0000

25 May 2013 12:33 German giants Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich do battle for the European crown this weekend. We’ve got all the important info you need to know right here Old Big Ears: Who’s going to be picking up European club football’s biggest prize? Getty It’s an all-German affair at Wembley this weekend, as Bundesliga foes Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich meet to decide who will be the new…

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Nigerian army says rescues hostages taken by Islamists

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:26:18 +0000

Soldiers stand during a parade in Baga village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in the north-eastern state of Borno May 13, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Tim Cocks ABUJA | Sat May 25, 2013 2:26pm EDT (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military has freed a number of women and children held hostage by Islamist sect Boko Haram, the army said on Saturday, after its offensive in the northeast of the country overran three of the insurgents’ camps. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video earlier this month that the group had kidnapped several …

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Hezbollah promises Syria ‘victory’

superuser — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:03:43 +0000

Funerals like this one in Beirut have been taking place for Hezbollah fighters said to have been killed in Qusair The leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has promised his supporters they will prevail in Syria, where they are backing President Bashar al-Assad. “This battle is ours… and I promise you victory,” he said in a TV address. Syrian …

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