Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet in their third consecutive Wimbledon final after commanding semifinal victories Friday. Federer outplayed Marat Safin 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-4 with a nearly flawless performance, leaving him one win from his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam ...
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PARIS -- Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt arrived in France to a hero's welcome Friday after six years being held by leftist rebels in the Colombian jungle. Betancourt said she "cried a lot during this time from pain and indignation," Today, she said, "I cry with joy." President Nicolas Sarkozy and ...
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BOGOTÃ, Colombia -- A meal was rice and beans. Bed was the ground under a patched plastic tarp. They bathed in rivers, and when they weren't chained by the neck to trees, they were forced on long marches to new hideouts under the jungle canopy. "In the last year, it was tougher to get food. There ...
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VIENNA, Austria - Nine people were convicted Friday of criminal charges in a major Austrian bank fraud case linked to the collapse of U.S.-based commodities brokerage Refco Inc. Vienna Federal Judge Claudia Bandion-Ortner found the defendants responsible for 1.4 billion euros ($1.9 billion) in ...
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BIG SUR, California : A ferocious wildfire burning through the Los Padres National Forest continued creeping closer to the tourist town of Big Sur on Friday, after jumping a fire line and claiming several more homes this week. The stubborn blaze, which has burned more than 100 square miles (259 ...
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TORONTO, July 4 /PRNewswire/ - Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity today issued the following statement regarding the final agreement that ...
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Slumping Braves outfielder Jeff Francoeur was sent to the minors to work on his hitting, with his average having dropped to .234. Francoeur was booed at home Thursday night when he went 0-for-4. He hit .206 in June and is 1-for-12 in three games this month. "It seems I can't catch a break, or when I ...
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