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Memorable victory for Inter over their cross-city rivals

Dejan Stankovic Thiago Motta and Diego Milito scored in their first competitive Milan derby, Maicon added a third before the break, and Dejan Stankovic struck...

Ukraine beat Finland in final group game

UEFA Women's Championship 2009 Ukraine ended their UEFA Women's Championship campaign on a positive note, beating hosts Finland 1-0 at Helsinki's...

Ronaldo bags debut goal as Real ´Galacticos´ triumph

AFP - 29 August 2009 22:20 Real Madrid´s Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball during their Spanish league football match against Deportivo de la Coruna at the Santiago Bernabeu...

Champions Inter hand four-goal mauling to 10-man Milan

FP - 29 August 2009 23:00 Inter Milan´s midfielder Patrick Vieira (L) controls the ball despite AC Milan´s forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar during the Italian Seria A football match...

Benitez relief as Liverpool scrape past 10-man Bolton

Liverpool´s midfielder Steven Gerrard celebrates after scoring his side´s third goal during the English Premier League football match between Bolton Wanderers and Liverpool at The Reebok...

Spurs sweat over Modric and King injuries

Tottenham Hotspur´s midfielder Aaron Lennon celebrates scoring the late winner during their English Premier League football match against Birmingham City at White Hart Lane. Tottenham´s...

Abramovich backs UEFA plan to curb spending

After Liverpool's poor start to the season Rafael Benitez has been slashed to be the next Premiership manager to leave his job. See all the 'Sack Race' best odds here Chelsea, one of the biggest...

Europa League draw

It's the Champions League group-stage draw today. See all the 2009/10 prices here. The draw for the group stage of the inaugural Europa League has taken place in Monaco.Previously called the...

Eduardo charged with diving

How has the Champions League group draw affected the outright betting? See all the latest here. UEFA have charged Arsenal striker Eduardo with diving after the Croat sriker was awarded a penalty against Celtic in their midweek Champions League play-off clash at the Emirates.The forward could now be handed a UEFA two-match suspension that will rule him out of the Gunners' first two Champions League group games.Following complaints by Celtic and Scottish football bosses UEFA decided to examine video evidence of...

Chelsea to release Shevchenko

Burnley have won their last 2 Premiership games but can the Clarets pull off a huge upset at Chelsea on Saturday? Simon Hopper gives you his tips. Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has given the...

Inamoto hopes for another World Cup chance

Veteran Japanese midfielder Junichi Inamoto is hoping that his move to French First Division side Rennes will boost his chances of playing in a third World Cup finals next year. The 29-year-old - capped 71 times and scorer of four goals - was an iconic presence, aided by his dyed blond hair, when Japan co-hosted the 2002 World Cup finals with South Korea which saw the Japanese go out in the second round. However, since then Inamoto - part of the Japanese squad that won the 2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon - has, like many of his compatriots...

Fergie prefers Arsenal to Chelsea

According to the Daily Mirror, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has said that if United fail to retain the Premier League title, he would prefer Arsenal to win it rather than Chelsea. When you think back to some of the battles United and Arsenal have had isn’t it amazing that Fergie has found a club to hate more than he hates them? The rivalry between Fergie and Arsene Wenger was built up to the extreme by the media and culminated in the infamous pizza throwing incident at Old Trafford. Since then I think there has been...

Why do so many people hate Manchester United?

Let’s get one thing straight right away. I am not a Manchester United fan. Many people have accused me of being so when I write praise about their side, but I am not, definitely not, a fan. OK? Recently...

Stuttgart give up on Huntelaar

Despite reports in Spanish media on Wednesday, Real Madrid’s Klaas Jan Huntelaar and VfB Stuttgart failed to reach an agreement and a transfer can now be ruled out. Sportspaper Marca had reported that Huntelaar agreed terms with the German side, but soon after, Stuttgart confirmed the opposite. “We wanted to sign Huntelaar because his style would fit into our team. But we aren’t ready to be kept waiting like this,” Stuttgart manager Horst Heldt said. The main candidates to sign the Dutchman now appear to be Tottenham Hotspur...

AC Milan is a ‘special place’ for Huntelaar

New AC Milan signing Klaas Jan Huntelaar has admitted that his new club is a ‘special place’ for the Dutch. Huntelaar completed a £12.5million move from Real Madrid to AC Milan on Thursday. “Milan is a very special place for the Dutch. Van Basten was my Coach at Ajax as well as for Holland and I know him very well,” the 26-year-old told Milan Channel. “I am relaxed and truly happy to be here. I know that the football and the training methods are different in Italy, but I am ready, I’m eager to get started and begin this adv...

Romanian President on Moldova's National Day: Thank you for keeping Romanian language alive

Romanian President Traian Basescu addressed Republic of Moldova citizens a message on Thursday to mark Moldova's Independence Day and the Romanian Language Day: "I'd like to thank you as the Romanian Language remains alive in the Republic of Moldova through you and your children", he said.He said he thanked all those who identify themselves with the values of the Romanian people, European values and with the hope of a better future by speaking the Romanian language.A presidential press release continues by saying that the Republic...

Romanian wins Christiaan Huygens 2009 prize for best PhD thesis in Netherlands

Raluca Marin-Perianu is the winner of the Christiaan Huygens 2009 award for best scientific PhD thesis. The thesis, titled "Wireless Sensor Networks in Motion", was presented as bringing a significant...

George Enescu festival draws over 300 international participants

Over 300 participants from more than 30 countries convene in Bucharest for the period of August 30-September 6 to attend the 12th edition of the George Enescu international music competition.The jury of each section of the contest (piano, violin, composition), is formed of music personalities in Romania and abroad. The Gala concert will take place at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest on September 6 and will be broadcast by Mezzo Television.The competition has played a key role to launch and promote young artistshttp://eng...

Turkey to remove visas for Romanian citizens

Turkey will remove visas for Romanian citizens, Romanian Foreign minister Cristian Diaconescu told news agency Mediafax on Thursday. The political decision has already been adopted and would be made official by a Turkish governmental act in the upcoming period.The Turkish governmental document will mention when the measure to remove visas will aply, the minister said.http://english.hotnews...

Coca-Cola closes Iasi factory, moves it to Republic of Moldova

Coca-Cola HBC will close its factory in the Eastern Romanian city of Iasi and move production to the Republic of Moldova following a consolidation of its bottling operations, a company press release says. All production activities at the mineral water bottling facility in Floreni, Romania, will also be transfered to the factory in Poiana Negri.Mugurel Radulescu, PR manager at Coca-Cola HBC, told HotNews.ro on Thursday that the Floreni factory will be kept for use in case of peak demand.Sales, financial, marketing and human resources...

What the newspapers say: August 28, 2009

Authorities in Bucharest claim to have invested 270.000.000 euros in rehabilitating schools that will not be able to function this year. Elsewhere in the news, the President's brother regrets having involved his sibling in the arms trade scandal. Last but not least, the Romanian Government renounces the anti-fraud software for presidential elections in November, due to lack of money and time.Authorities in Bucharest claim to have invested 270.000.000 euros in rehabilitating schools that will not be able to function this year...

Romania's Government plans to get 1 billion euros by selling the land serving nationalised houses

The Government prepared a project that will secure 4 billion lei – approximately one billion euros: property owners, who have bought nationalised houses, using the law 112/1995, will now have to buy...

Dinamo: historic qualification takes the fans in the streets. Slovan - Dinamo 0-3, 8-9 after penalties

A dramatic match took place in Liberec (the Czech Republic), where Romanian team Dinamo won its dignity and scored more than goals: the team gave the football club an image they have never had since the Revolution in 1989. Dinamo scored three goals on foreign grass, pushing the games into the penalties, where the Romanians won after the goalkeeper Florin Matache defended the decisive strike. Andrei Cristea marked Dinamo's forst recovery sign, then Marus Niculae mirrored him and Dinamo's fans started to dream. Dinamo culd have...

Deputy proposes fines or jail for electoral lies

Politicians who make promises during the electoral campaign but fail short to live up to them should be either fined or jailed, lib-dem deputy Mircea Giurgiu believes. He intends to submit a law draft to be introduced in the Penal Code in this sense in the beginning of the parliamentary session, according to news agency Mediafax. The deputy considers this measure to be necessary, in the context where, in every electoral campaign, "a politician may promise anything in order to be elected, without respecting his promises later....

Madonna says she felt compelled to talk about the Roma discrimination in Romania

During her concert in Bucharest, Madonna attracted negative reactions from the spectators after she talked about the discrimination n Romania. "Madonna toured accompanied by a spectacular band of Roma musicians, who made her aware of the discrimination they have to face in certain countries", the artist's publicist Liz Rosenberg explains, quoted by the bbc.co.uk. "It has been brought to my attention, that there is a lot of discrimination against Romanies and Gypsies in general in Eastern Europe - it made me feel very sad. We...

Romanian Finance minister: We will find a legal way for the unpaid 10 days holiday

Romanian Finance minister Gheorghe Pogea declared on Friday that the Government will find one legal way or another to send the state-paid employees into a 10 days unpaid holiday, Romanian press agency NewsIn informs. "Let them sue us, the unions can do it, but we will find a legal way to have the state employees taking a holiday. We will respect the law", Pogea said after discussions with union reps. He added that the main credit providers will be flexible in their discussions with government and staff representatives. He also...

Republic of Moldova: The anti-communist opposition favours a partnership with Moscow and opposes joining NATO

The four anti-communist opposition parties from the Republic of Moldova that won the early parliamentary elections oppose the country joining NATO and pronounce themselves in favour of a partnership with Moscow, Marian Lupu, ex-Communist Party member who joined the Demmocratic Party right before the elections, declared quoted by AFP. "Regarding relationships with the Occident, the four parties are in favour of Moldova's neutrality", and keeping the country outside any alliance Lupu declared for Kommersant. "The issue of not...

Republic of Moldova: Liberal Mihai Ghimpu was elected the Parliament's speaker

The leader of the Moldavian Liberal Party (PL) Mihai Ghimpu was elected speaker of Moldova's Parliament, meeting 53 votes from the deputies of the Alliance for European Integration. Nobody voted against him. The Communists boycotted the voting. Mihai Ghimpu: A hard life is only where here's communism, dictatorship. A good life is where there's democracy and I hope that we, the Alliance members, will built what the citizens of the Republic of Moldova have been waiting for years.The session's president Ion Hadarca: We demonstrated...

Hungarian Party leader: Changing government after elections would be beneficial. We want to be part of the new government

The president of the Hungarian Democratic Union from Romania (UDMR) Marko Bela declared on Friday in Targul Mures (North) that it was absolutely necessary for the Government's composition to change, but only after the presidential elections to take place in November this year. He sees UDMR as part of the new Cabinet. "I believe it would hypocritical to state that we are not interested in being part of the Government. (...) At the same time, we have very serious requests. I would first recommend everyone thinking of a new governance...

Tourism minister: In Romanian tourism, everybody commits fiscal fraud

The new Tourism law will entail regulations meant to reduce fiscal fraud, Romanian Tourism minister Elena Udrea said. She believes that "Everyone or almost everyone commits fiscal fraud" in the Romanian tourism business. She says it's the same from pensions to big hotels: because they "never declare how many tourists they lodge". One regulation featured in the new law for Tourism addresses the minimum tax, and it is likely to affect only pensions and restaurants. We hope that this measure, alongside other approaches we have...

American Ambassador in Romania, Mark Gitenstein, begins his mandate

The American ambassador in Romania Mark Gitenstein started the fist phase of his mission in Bucharest on Friday. he exchanged letters with the Romanian Foreign Affairs (MAE) chief Cristian Diaconescu. The two met at MAE and said the meeting has a "special character of the bi-lateral relationship", according to a MAE report. Despite previously announcing there will be declarations for the press, there was only a press communiqué. The next step Gitenstein needs to complete is to hand the accreditation letters to Romania's president...

Romanian President: Don't delude yourself with salaries boosted before elections, you lose the money to inflation in the coming months

Romanian President Traian Basescu attended the Romanian Academic Staff Congress on Friday. He told teachers and professors to stop deceiving themselves with salaries increased during election campaigns, because they're always losing the money after the elections, due to inflation. He also appreciated that the decline of the Romanian education system was the result of a "good understanding" between politicians and unions.Present on Friday at the Academic Staff Congress, President Basescu told professors and teachers that he was...

Sources: IMF agrees with the Unique Income Scheme law project, which could suffer "small adjustments"

The Executive presented the final draft of the Unique Income Scheme to IMF and World Bank representatives on Friday. Governmental sources declared for Romanian press agency NewsIn that the IMF representatives accepted the project. The only subject discussed with the IMF and the World Bank was the Unique Income Scheme. The Fund's representatives accepted the macro-economic predictions implied by the enforcement of the law starting with 2010. We need to make small adjustments to various project features", a participant at the...

Bucharest magistrates suspend most of the judicial activities starting on Monday. The Unique Income Scheme will cut 60% off their earnings, they claim

Magistrates from Bucharest Tribunal and Court of Appeal will suspend their activity starting on Monday. They will work only on the cases addressing expiring preventive arrest and civil cases involving housing children. Additionally, the judges will refuse to designate electoral offices, and the auxiliary staff will cease any public relation. Magistrates are unhappy about the system proposed by the Unique Income Scheme and claim that their earnings could be cut up to 60% if the new income law is enforced, Romanian press agency...

Mother Teresa Award

Chennai: Vasudha Prakash, founder-director, V-Excel educational trust, has been nominated for the Mother Teresa Award by the U.S.-Asia business forum for the humanitarian and social nature of her work. The award would be conferred upon her at function to be held on September 12 in California, a release said.http://www.thehindu....

Canada health care _ a brief history

Until about 50 years ago, the Canadian and U.S. health care systems were fairly similar - part public and part private, for-profit and nonprofit, with large numbers of people uninsured and shouldering their own medical bills.In Canada, change was driven by Tommy Douglas, Saskatchewan's longtime socialist premier. In the late 1940s he launched a campaign to create what became Canadian Medicare.He faced stiff opposition from business and doctors' groups. Doctors in Saskatchewan even went on strike for 23 days in 1962 in a failed...

ESC: Conference Opens with Big News, Bumper Crop of Abstracts

BARCELONA -- The opening press conference at the 2009 meeting of the European Society of Cardiology highlighted not only a bumper crop of abstracts for presentation this year, but also an overview of preventive cardiology challenges by ESC President Robert Ferrari, MD, PhD, and Fausto Pinto, MD, chair of this year's program committee. window.onload = function () { var q = (document.URL); document.getElementById("mptplayer").src += q;...

News in brief: BBC, Michael Jackson and traffic jams

BBC ‘must reveal pay’ The BBC will have to publish the salaries of its top talent, according to Ed Richards, the head of the regulator Ofcom. He told the Edinburgh international television festival: “Where the public is paying for something they expect to know where that money is going.” Bank holiday congestion Motoring groups warned that routes to the coast were likely to stay busy over a bank holiday weekend forecast to be warm and dry in the southeast. Train companies are operating 3,500 more trains than last year, while...

onstruction of drainage facility begins

SALEM: The Salem Corporation has begun the construction of a new drainage facility on Ariyagoundampatti main road in Old Sooramangalam in the city.The work has been taken up as the existing drainage channel in the area got damaged and the flow of wastewater remained affected. This had posed a serious threat to the health of residents in a number of colonies in Old Sooramangalam.People had made repeated representations about the issue. As a result, the civic administration allotted a sum of Rs. 19 lakh for the construction of...

Enrolment for health insurance scheme begins at Pollachi

COIMBATORE: District Collector P. Umanath launched the enrolment of beneficiaries for the State Government’s health insurance scheme at Pollachi on Friday. A press release from the district administration said the Government had tied up with Star Health Insurance to provide a cover of Rs.1 lakh for a period of four years for the treatment of 51 types of ailments that included heart and kidney disorders. People with an annual family income of Rs.72,000 could avail themselves of this scheme. The release said 7.8 lakh families...

Photographing for health insurance

PUDUKOTTAI: Photographing of beneficiaries for issuing smart cards under the ‘Kalaignar Health Insurance Scheme for life-saving treatment’ will commence in Avudaiyarrkovil taluk on Monday. In a press release issued here on Saturday, Collector A. Suganthi said that all the members of a family would be photographed for extending the benefit to each and every one. Members of the family who could not be present for photographing would be covered three months later. The beneficiaries should bring their identity cards issued by...

Utah man feels lucky to have survived bear attack

CARBON COUNTY -- A 78-year-old man was attacked by a bear and saved by his family early Friday morning. The man's daughter jumped on the bear and began beating it with her fists until the animal let go of her father; another family member then shot the bear.Lou Downard grew up 150 yards from where the bear attack took place. He wanted to show the area to his children and grandchildren, so the entire family went on a Green River rafting trip in Desolation Canyon.Photo taken of the bear that walked into Lou Downard's family camp....

Three bombs reported near Hamas security compounds in Gaza

Gaza City - Three successive bombs exploded at midnight just outside the ruling Islamic Hamas movement's security compounds in western Gaza City, witnesses said. Residents of the western part of the city said that a first, huge explosion was heard near what is known as Ansar security compound. No injuries were reported. The second explosion was heard about half an hour later from a bomb that exploded near the Gaza residence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, which has been seized by Hamas militants. Hamas security sources...

Govt has no authority to try war criminals: SQ Chy

Outspoken BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP Saturday challenged that the present government has no authority to hold trial of the war criminals, but it does have the power to do so, reports UNB."I will challenge that this government has no authority to try the war criminals," he emphatically said and also sardonically called into question its source of power.He told his audience at a BBC Bangladesh Sanglap programme at Bangaban-dhu International Con-ference Centre that the present government got in to power with the...

Outlaw killed in Kushtia gunfight

KUSHTIA, Aug 29: A top cadre of the outlawed Gano Bahini was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and law enforcers at Bamongram under Islami University thana early Saturday, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Baul Joardar alias Bablu, 45, also member of Jhawdia union parishad and resident of Baidyanathpur village in sadar upazila of the district.Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) conducted a drive in the area at about 4:15am when the members of the outlawed Gano Bahini were...