The U.S. Department of Justice cleared the deal last week after InBev agreed to sell Labatt USA, which sells the Canadian beer in the U.S. It will hold on to Labatt in Canada. InBev did not say who would buy the...
Close to 70 football fans were arrested while trying to hijak two bus in order to get to the game on time. "Supporters of second-division team Chacarita Juniors robbed several of the passengers and forced them off...
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In a perfect 'Phinally', the Philadelphia Phillies won their first championship in almost 30 years last night despite the delays to get the game finished. Game 5 was delayed by two days due to heavy rain, but the...
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Homer Simpson's head on Euros? Well at least on one and already speculation as to who did it is rife because this is a very carefully crafted detournement of the Spanish Euro - some say a real work of art. After...
"Big Phil will bid £40m for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. (News of the World) But the Spanish international has reassured Liverpool fans that he has no desire to leave Liverpool. (Sunday Express) Ronaldinho would love to sign for Chelsea and be reunited with Scolari,...
"A gaudy neo-classical mansion, Ferraris and Bentleys in the drive, a painting by Salvador Dalí on the wall and royalty for neighbours. Welcome to the world of Gennadios Petrov, the alleged Mr Big of the Russian...
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About 870 prisoners escaped during a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and demolished a prison floor, Afghan officials said Saturday. The complex attack included a truck bombing at the main gate, a...
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Change of leadership in Cuba has brought a whiff of changes. Cubans have realised benefits of free economy and as first step they allowed mobile phones. Now old system of same pay for everyone is going to be...
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UPDATE: 11:48PM ESTIt is now being reported that at least six people have died in the earthquake."At least six people were killed when a shallow, 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Colombia on Saturday, destroying homes...
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Some of Latin America's biggest stars are performing in joint concerts in Buenos Aires and Mexico City, raising money for America in Solidarity Action."Dozens of Spanish-speaking pop stars, including Shakira and...
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Twitterers the world over are changing the way news travels. Chinese microbloggers issued some of the first reports of the earthquake that hit the country last night. But the accounts tell the story from a perspective that is unlike anything you'll see on the evening...
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Roger Federer, currently ranked number one in the world, is out of the Rome Masters tournament, after a surprise defeat at the hands of Radek Stepanek in the quarter-finals."Federer lost 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (9-7), his...
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"VILLA DE VÁZQUEZ, Mexico — Carlos Danel and Carlos Labarthe turned a nonprofit that lent money to Mexico’s poor into one of the country’s most profitable banks."–An excellent book by Cate Kennedy,"Sing, and Don't Cry –a Mexican...
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America will import Russian commercial uranium products from 2011 under new legislation. The new rules will ultimately see an end to measures meant to stop Russia dumping cheap uranium on US markets.