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Barack Obama released his tax records when he ran for president in 2008. So did Richard Nixon in 1968. In fact, so did George Romney in that same campaign.But, in 2012, Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and ... |
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| Daily Aspirin Is Not for Everyone, Study Suggests |
| NEARLY a third of middle-aged Americans regularly take a baby aspirin in the hope of preventing a heart attack or a stroke or lowering their cancer risk. But new research shows that aspirin is not for everyone...
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 | Du Li, China team set world record DOHA OLYMPIC champion Du Li and her team welcomed their Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jianbao's visit to Qatar with world record performances at the Asian Championships in Losail on Wednesday.
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| | World class field to feature in 15th Qatar Masters golf | | DOHA THE 15TH Commercialbank Qatar Masters due to start at the Doha Golf Club on February 2 has drawn an attractive star cast. While Thomas Bjorn will return to defend the title, five of the top 20 players led by No 2 Lee Westwood will be participating in the tournament.
Two golf stars making their debut this year are world No 10 from Australia Jason Day and US Ryder Cup team member Hunter Mahan, it was announced at a press conference on Wednesday.
Other big names coming to Qatar Masters, presented by Dolphin Energy, are world No 4 Martin Kaymer, 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell, TPC champion KJ Choi and reigning Dubai World Champion and 2009 Qatar Masters winner Alvaro Quiros.
Rising talents Matteo Mannasero and Tom Lewis will try to challenge seasoned campaigners like Major winners Todd Hamilton, Shaun Micheel, Ben Curtis, Retief Goosen, Michael Campbell and Paul Lawrie.
Talks are said to be on to bring more popular golf faces just before the start of the $2.5 million tournament, the second in the famed Gulf Swing.
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| | Relief for Hughes as QPR ends FA Cup losing streak | | LONDON MARK Hughes registered the first win of his reign at Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday as the Premier League strugglers ended its 11-year FA Cup jinx to beat MK Dons 1-0.
A powerful Danny Gabbidon header settled a scrappy game at Loftus Road, with QPR now advancing to a dream tie against west London neighbours Chelsea in the fourth round later this month.
But Rangers, who had forced a replay with a late equaliser in the first meeting between the clubs, were made to work all the way for a win which exposed the scale of the task facing new manager Hughes.
Gabbidon's winner came against the run of play on 73 minutes, the Welsh defender rising to meet Shaun Wright- Phillips' corner with a firm header which flew past Dons keeper David Martin.
It was the first time QPR have reached the FA Cup fourth round since 2001, and only the club's second home win of the 2011/2012 campaign.
Elsewhere, relegationthreatened Premier League side Bolton had little difficulty in dispatching League Two outfit Macclesfield, from the fourth tier of English football, with a 2-0 win at the Reebok Stadium.
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| | Ghana seeks to end run of near-misses | | JOHANNESBURG GHANA hopes its gifted squad can finally end a run of nearmisses at the African Cup of Nations and deliver a fifth title, 30 years after its last.
With Ivory Coast the biggest and maybe only real challenger at the tournament in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, the Black Stars are banking that a run of third and second at the last two African Cups continues with first this year.
Ghana's strength in depth means that even the absence of Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien with injury, and AC Milan midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng, who announced a surprise international retirement last year, hasn't badly affected its hopes.
With defensive mainstay and captain John Mensah, Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari, skillful winger-forward Andre Ayew and striker Asamoah Gyan, Ghana has all bases covered.
"The selection was based on individual quality, character, strong personality and a winning mentality," said Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic, a Serb who says he has the right mix to take Ghana to its first triumph since 1982. "I have named players I think are capable of doing the job in the competition and I will be responsible for my action." After losing to Egypt in the 2010 African Cup final and making the World Cup quarterfinals when the continent's other challengers
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