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Robin Soderling haunts Rafael Nadal again

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Swede Robin Soderling returned to haunt Rafael Nadal on Monday with a 6-4 6-4 victory at the ATP World Tour finals.
Novak Djokovic battles past Nikolay Davydenko at ATP World Tour Finals
Defending champion clinches 36 64 75 victory over Davydenko in Group B clash at ATP World Tour Finals.
Soderling tames Nadal yet again
Robin Soderling is unlikely to be on Rafael Nadal's Christmas card list this year after once again getting under the Spaniard's skin at the ATP World Tour Finals.
Soderling beats Nadal again at Tour Finals
Sweden's Robin Soderling returned to haunt Rafael Nadal at the ATP World Tour Finals today, beating him 6-4 6-4 in their opening Group B round-robin clash.
Nadal eyes 2010 comeback after disastrous start in London
Rafael Nadal was accentuating the positive, with his eye on next week's Davis Cup final and the 2010 ATP season, following an opening loss at the World Tour Finals.
Soderling gets the better of Nadal
Swedens Robin Soderling returned to haunt Rafael Nadal at the ATP World Tour Finals, beating him 6-4 6-4 in their opening Group B round-robin clash.
Soderling haunts Nadal again
LONDON (Reuters) - Swede Robin Soderling returned to haunt Rafael Nadal on Monday with a 6-4 6-4 victory as battle commenced in Group B at the ATP World Tour finals.
Soderling shocks Nadal in London
Swede Robin Soderling has returned to haunt Rafael Nadal with a 6-4, 6-4 victory in their opening Group B round-robin clash at the ATP World Tour finals in London.
Tennis: Soderling brushes aside Nadal
World number two Rafael Nadal slumps to a shock straight sets defeat to Swede Robin Soderling in their Group B opener at the ATP Tour Finals in London.
Nemesis Soderling strikes Nadal again
LONDON: Rafael Nadal lost to Robin Soderling for the second straight time, falling 6-4, 6-4 on Monday in their opening round-robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals. Soderling powered his way through the Group B match by mixing a ...
Soderling stuns Nadal in London
Robin Soderling beats world number two Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 to cause the first upset of this year's ATP World Tour Finals.
Rafael Nadal loses to Robin Soderling in ATP World Tour finals
Rafael Nadal, the player who doesn't like confined spaces, lost to Robin Soderling, who is one of the finest indoor players in the world, in his opening round robin of the Barclays ATP World Tour finals yesterday and very few people were surprised at the outcome.
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Liberhan keeps cool, says his report has all answers

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Commission chairperson had shouted at journos on Monday.
Government accepts Liberhan report in full
The government on Tuesday said it has accepted all the recommendations made by the Liberhan Commission in the backdrop of the Babri Masjid demolition and 'positive action' would be taken on them.
Kalyan Singh dubs Liberhan report a 'political conspiracy'
Kalyan Singh, who was the Uttar Pradesh chief minister when the Babri mosque was razed, said he suspected a 'political conspiracy' behind the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that has severely indicted leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the demolition.
Babri demolition report tabled in Parliament
The UPA government has given in to the Oppositions demand to immediately table the Liberhan Commission report in Parliament.
Report answers all questions: Justice Liberhan
Justice MS Liberhan on Tuesday remained composed and asked the media to read his report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition before asking questions even as the controversial document was tabled by the government in Parliament.
Ayodhya report put to parliament
The Indian government presents in parliament an inquiry into the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque.
Babri demolition report tabled in Parliament
The UPA government has given in to the Oppositions demand to immediately table the Liberhan Commission report in Parliament.
Liberhan report tabled in LS along with ATR
The English version of the report was tabled by home minister P Chidambaram during Zero Hour a day after the leakage of the findings set off a political storm
Liberhan Commission report to be tabled in Parliament
The Govt decided to table in Parliament the report of the Liberhan Commission, a day after the leakage of the findings.
Liberhan Commi report to be tabled in Parliament today
The Government decided to table in Parliament on Tuesday the report of the Liberhan Commission that probed the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, a day after the leakage of the findings set off a political storm.
Liberhan report: No individual named in govt`s ATR!
The govt`s action taken report (ATR) on the Liberhan report has not named any individual for thier role in Babri demolition.
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After brawl, much bonhomie in Rajya Sabha

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There was much bonhomie in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday afternoon following an unseemly brawl over a religious slogan that had disrupted the house earlier in the day after Home Minister P. Chidambaram...
Amar Singh apologises for scuffle in Rajya Sabha
Political parties termed the scuffle in Rajya Sabha following the tabling of the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition on Tuesday as "unacceptable" and "very painful".
RS scuffle: Amar manhandled in BJP-SP slugfest
Rajya Sabha witnessed a scuffle between BJP and Samajwadi Party members amid slogan shouting soon after Home Minister P Chidambaram tabled the Liberhan Commission report.
BJP-SP scuffle as Liberhan report tabled in Parliament
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday witnessed a scuffle between BJP and Samajwadi Party members amid slogan shouting soon after home minister Chidambaram tabled the Liberhan report on Babri Masjid demolition.
BJP-SP scuffle over Liberhan report, unruly scenes in RS
Rajya Sabha today witnessed a scuffle between BJP and Samajwadi Party members home minister P Chidambaram tabled the Liberhan Commission report.
17 yrs on; Cong, BJP fight over Babri demolition
Liberhan Commission took 17 years to submit the report.
BJP-SP scuffle over Liberhan report, unruly scenes in RS!
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday witnessed a scuffle between BJP and Samajwadi Party members amid slogan shouting soon after Home Minister P Chidambaram tabled the Liberhan Commission report on the demolition of Babri Masjid.
DM went by CM orders, did nothing, says report
The events in the morning and afternoon of December 6, 1992 that led to the demolition of the Babri Masjid were facilitated by a compliant administration and a political leadership....
Liberhan report likely to be tabled today
Decision after hectic parleys; leak of report on Babri Masjid demolition rocks Parliament
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Vajpayee, Thackeray, Advani in Liberhan's culpability list

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The Liberhan Commission that probed the Babri Masjid demolition has held 68 people individually culpable for leading the country 'to the brink of communal discord'. The list includes former prime...
Sonia calls urgent meet over Liberhan report leakage
Liberhan probe India's longest running inquiry | Punish culprits: Muslims leaders
Vajpayee, Thackeray, Advani in Liberhan's culpability list
The Liberhan Commission that probed the Babri Masjid demolition has held 68 people individually culpable for leading the country "to the brink of communal discord".
Babri demolition meticulously planned, says Liberhan, indicts Atal, Advani
Liberhan Commission of Inquiry has indicted former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee along with L K Advani for the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.
Punish Babri Masjid culprits, demand Muslim leaders!
Some Muslim clerics and leaders on Monday demanded that the long pending truth behind the "unfortunate" Babri mosque demolition should be made public officially and the culprits punished.
BJP sniffs 'unity'
New Delhi, Nov. 23: Atal Bihari Vajpayee's reported indictment for his "role" in the Babri demolition has "stunned" the BJP, but it wouldn't have stalled Parliament even if the government did not table the Liberhan commission report in this session, party sources said.
I will expose Justice Liberhan, says Vinay Katiyar
Bhartiya Janata Party leader Vinay Katiyar has "threatened to expose Justice Liberhan's intent" behind party leaders Atal Behari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani for their alleged involvement in the Babri Masjid demolition.
By naming Vajpayee, Congress may have done a serious miscalculation
Justice MS Liberhan, is incandescent with rage at his report on the demolition of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid structure on Dec 6, 1992, being leaked to The Indian Express.
Bid to undo Opposition unity: BJP
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday charged the government with deliberately leaking the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition to undo opposition unity on the sugarcane price issue, on which the Left and Right ...
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Henry admits handball as France qualifies for World Cup

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Thierry Henry admitted he had handled the ball in the build-up to a controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup at the expense of Ireland.
Football: Henry nearly quit Les Bleus
France captain Thierry Henry says he considered quitting international football over the handball controversy as Les Blues qualified for the World Cup finals at the expense of Ireland last week.
Thierry Henry considered quitting France over handball uproar
Striker Thierry Henry considered ending his France career over the uproar that surrounded his blatant handball in last week's World Cup playoff victory over Ireland.
Thierry Henry considered quitting international football over cheat storm
Thierry Henry says he considered quitting international football because of the controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup finals at Ireland's expense. The Barcelona forward's blatant handball in the build-up to William Gallas's extra-time equaliser last Wednesday night went unpunished and sent France through 2-1 on aggregate.
Handball row left Henry devastated
French star Thierry Henry considered ending his international career following the furore that surrounded his handball against Ireland in the World Cup play-off in Paris last Wednesday.
Henry considered quitting over handball - report
Thierry Henry considered ending his France career over the uproar that surrounded the striker's blatant handball in last week's World Cup playoff victory over Ireland.
Thierry Henry 'felt like quitting' over lreland handball scandal
Thierry Henry considered ending his France career over the uproar that surrounded the striker's handball against Ireland.
Thierry Henry's Hand Gives France World Cup Spot
French soccer star Thierry Henry illegally handled the ball before passing it on for the goal that secured France's ticket to next year's World Cup in South Africa
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FIFA to meet over Henry handball, fixing probe

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FIFA will hold an extraordinary meeting before next month's World Cup draw to discuss Thierry Henry's handball in the qualifiers and the discovery of a match-fixing ring by German police.
Fifa calls urgent meeting
Zurich: Fifa has called an emergency meeting of its executive committee ahead of the World Cup draw in South Africa to deal with incidents in the playoffs and match-fixing allegations in Europe.
Why we may yet end up grateful to Thierry Henry
It has been called an extraordinary general meeting and the location will certainly be remarkable when Fifas executive committee gathers next week on Robben Island, prison home of Nelson Mandela for 18 years.
Sepp Blatter calls Fifa emergency meeting in wake of Thierry Henry handball controversy
Fifa to address Republic of Ireland's 'handball' elimination at an extraordinary meeting of its executive committee.
Fifa to discuss Thierry Henry's handball but not a replay
Match fixing and Cairo violence also on the agenda Henry says he considered international retirement The Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, will next Wednesday chair an extraordinary meeting to discuss Thierry Henry's controversial winner for France in the World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland. The world governing body's executive committee will meet in Cape Town before the World Cup draw to discuss the incident and its implications. They will also discuss "irregularities in the football betting market" in the wake of revelations that around 200 matches in European leagues had been targeted by match fixers since the turn of the year. Another item on the agenda is the crowd violence in the wake of the Egypt-Algeria qualifier in Cairo. It is understood that Fifa, having already ruled out replaying the second leg of the match at the Stade de France that saw France qualify at Ireland's expense, will not reconsider doing so at its meeting. The Football Association of Ireland rea
FIFA to meet over Henry handball
FIFA will hold an extraordinary meeting before next month's World Cup draw to discuss Thierry Henry's handball in the qualifiers and the discovery of a match-fixing ring by German police.
Fifa to meet over play-off issues
Fifa calls for an extraordinary general meeting in December to discuss incidents at the World Cup play-offs.
Football: FIFA calls crisis meeting
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called a crisis meeting of the executive committee of the world governing body after the Republic of Ireland's controversial defeat to France in the World Cup playoffs.
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Mardell's America

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Obama set to lay on the style for visiting Indian PM
India welcomes Obama's engagement efforts with Iran: PM
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has welcomed US president Barack Obama's efforts to engage with Iran without preconditions.
Obama aims to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hosts Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday for talks considered critical to showing Washington's commitment to New Delhi in a region where its rivals, China and Pakistan, are U.S. priorities.
Indian American from Dallas writes letter to PM
With less than a week for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to arrive in the US, the Indian American community from Dallas asking him to consider visiting the city.
India-US ties, the three-card trick
Foreign policy expert Dr Ashley J Tellis believes there are three fundamental objectives that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the United States can accomplish.
Indian Premier in state visit to U.S.
President Obama will welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for an official state visit Tuesday.
Indian Prime Minister to Be Received in First State Visit at Obama White House
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit, however, comes at a delicate time. Indians are bristling over a perception that Obama neglected India during his recent trip to Asia
Indian PM to be feted at state visit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- India has watched with wariness as President Barack Obama's administration has lavished attention on rivals Pakistan and China. Now, Obama is trying to ease Indian worries by honoring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the first state visit of his presidency. India will receive Tuesday's elaborate welcome because the relationship quietly has become one of the most important the United States has. It is seen as crucial to the U.S.-led fight against extremists in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as a counterweight to China and as key to efforts to settle world trade and climate change deals. Singh's visit, however, ... Email
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Pak must abjure terrorism, come for talks: PM Manmohan

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Voicing a desire for a new chapter in the history of the sub-continent, the PM said Pakistan must break with the past.
Pak must abjure terrorism, come for talks: PM
Voicing a desire for a new chapter in the history of the sub-continent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says Pakistan must break with the past, abjure terrorism and come for talks with India in "good faith and sincerity" to resolve outstanding issues.
Nuke deal,terrorism on agenda as PM-Obama meet today
Implementation of the landmark civil nuclear deal, the situation in Pakistan and terrorism emanating from there would be high on the agenda as PM Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama meet in Washington on Tuesday for talks.
Pak must abjure terrorism, come for talks with sincerity: Singh
Voicing a desire for a new chapter in the history of the sub-continent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says Pakistan must break with the past, abjure terrorism and come for talks with India in "good faith and sincerity" to resolve outstanding issues.
Ready for talks if Pak abjures terror: PM
Sending out the right signals on the eve of his meeting with US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said India was prepared to pick up the threads of the dialogue with Pakistan....
Manmohan asks Pak to shun terror before talks!
PM Manmohan Singh says Pakistan must break with the past, abjure terrorism and come for talks with India in "good faith and sincerity" to resolve outstanding issues.
Manmohan briefed on Af-Pak policy
Washington: United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday and briefed him on the broader contours of the new Af-Pak policy of the Obama administration. During the meeting, which lasted for ...
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US to present emission cut target at Copenhagen

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Under pressure to act on climate change, the US has said it will identify an emission reduction target ahead of next month's Copenhagen summit.
US downplays climate change talks at Copenhagen
The UN-sponsored climate summit in Copenhagen is weeks away.
Greenhouse emissions reach 'record' level: UN
Greenhouse gas emissions have kept increasing, reaching a record level since the pre-industrial era, the UN climate agency warned on Monday, just weeks before a crucial climate change summit going to take place.
US 'will announce climate target'
The US will give a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at next month's UN climate summit, officials say.
U.S. to Propose CO2 Cut at Talks
The U.S. will propose a near-term emission reduction target at the U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen, a senior administration official said.
U.S. to propose CO2 cut target at Copenhagen talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will propose an emissions reduction target at a climate change conference in Copenhagen in line with proposals backed by U.S. congressional leaders, an official said on Monday.
U.S. to Propose Emissions Reduction Target at Copenhagen Next Month
The United States will propose an emissions reduction target at a U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, the White House said Monday.
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26/11 terror case to conclude on first anniversary of attacks

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The prosecution is all set to wind up the 26/11 case in a special Mumbai court on Nov 26, coinciding with the first anniversary of the dastardly strikes.
Where has all the online activism post 26/11 disappeared?
Few social sites created discussion forums and groups after the terror attack.
26/11 anniversary: A year after the carnage
26/11: A year after the carnage
Where has all the online activism post 26/11 disappeared?
When the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks happened last year, the tremors also shook the virtual world. Filled with rage and a passion to set things right, people, especially youngsters, used the web world to create discussion forums and pledged not to let the carnage be forgotten. A year later, most of these groups have fizzled out.
26/11 terror case to conclude on first anniversary of attacks
The prosecution is all set to wind up the 26/11 terror attack case in a special court here on November 26.
26/11 terror case to conclude on first anniversary of attacks
The prosecution is all set to wind up the 26/11 case in a special Mumbai court on Nov 26, coinciding with the first anniversary of the dastardly strikes.
26/11 terror case to conclude on first anniversary of attacks: Nikam
"We have examined 265 witnesses and about ten more are left. The case would be wrapped up by November 26, a year after the terror attacks," special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said. Special: A year after 26/11
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