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| Confucian Roots |
 THE deep pockets of Chinese governments
are envied by countries
around the world. But Chinese citizens,
officially presented as the
masters of the country, have little
knowledge of how and where this public
money is spent by their 'servants.'
In particular, ordinary people ... |
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| EGYPT'S MORSI
AND ISRAEL |
 IS the election of Mohamed
Morsi, the Muslim
Brotherhood candidate, as
president of Egypt the beginning
of the end of the Camp
David peace treaty between Israel
and Egypt?
It doesn't have to be. In fact, it
could actually be the beginning of a
real peace between ... |
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 | Federer, Murray set for final
FOR Roger Federer, it´s
Wimbledon final No. 8.
For Andy Murray, it´s No. 1 -
and the first for a British man
since 1938. Federer, a 16-time
Grand Slam champion, beat
defending champion Novak
Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on
Friday under the closed roof at
Centre Court to reach ...
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| | Sagan beats Greipel for stage victory in Tour de France |  PETER Sagan sealed the first
week of his maiden Tour de
France with his third stage victory
in a crash-ridden 207.5-km
sixth stage which seriously hurt
the chances of some leading
favourites.
The 22-year-old Slovak outpaced
the leading part of a scattered
bunch to achieve a spectacular
treble ahead of Germany´s
Andre Greipel, the winner of the
two previous stages and one of
many riders to hit the tarmac
between Epernay and Metz.
Australian Matthew Goss took
third while Swiss Fabian
Cancellara, who also avoided the
worst pile-up of the day, retained
his overall leader´s yellow jersey.
"I won five in California, four in
Switzerland, now three in France.
I didn´t expect to win that many
stages in my first Tour but why
stop now?" said ... | | | Britain´s Hamilton fastest
at rain-soaked Grand Prix |  LEWIS Hamilton put on a solo
show to thrill the rain-soaked
crowds and top the times in
Friday afternoon´s second free
practice session for this weekend´s
British Grand Prix.
On a soggy, puddle-strewn
circuit at Silverstone, the 27-
year-old Briton threw his
McLaren around the track in
thrilling fashion, frequently
rescuing it and himself when
he appeared to be sliding off.
His dramatic effort, during
the final 20 minutes of the
day´s action after heavy rain
had wrecked all the previous
practice time, provided bright,
if limited entertainment for a
good Friday crowd that had
been frustrated by appalling
traffic problems before being
soaked in the storms.
Japanese Kamui Kobayashi
of Sauber was second fastest... | | | Olympic-bound
NBA stars to
know fate today |  MEMBERS of the US Olympic
team of NBA stars reported to
training camp on Thursday
and will start workouts on
Friday before the roster is
trimmed to a final 12-man
squad on Saturday.
Injuries have cut the list of
20 candidates to 14 healthy
ones, with such stars as centre
Dwight Howard, guards
Derrick Rose and Dwyane
Wade, and forward Chris Bosh
— a third of the likely
Olympians — out of London
consideration.
What remains is the core
from two US championship
lineups, the 2008 Beijing
Olympic squad that reclaimed
gold after the Americans finished
third in 2004 and the
2010 world championship
squad that won the title at
Istanbul.
LeBron James, coming off
his first NBA title with Miami,
will be joined by ... | |
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