Hamas leader Arafat urged attacks on Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank – It has been 10 years since Palestinians began an uprising that swept away peace talks, triggered a ferocious reaction by the Jewish state and left thousands dead on both sides.Exactly why it happened just as Palestinian s
Zachary Karabell The China Blame Game
So bipartisanship isn't dead.By a vote of 348-79, Democrats and Republicans alike put aside their acrimonious differences and agreed, at least for a moment, to stop blaming each other for the sad state of American economic life.Instead, they agreed

cricket harbhajan doubtful for first test

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Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is doubtful for the first of India's two home Tests against Australia, starting on Friday.The leading active Test wicket-taker has an ankle injury and may not be available for the match in Mohali.Harbhajan, 30, has dismis

cricket mcc allows umpires to call light

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Cricket's rules have been changed so that umpires will decide whether light is fit for play rather than offer batsman the choice of continuing.The rule is already a convention in the international game, but will now be standardised across all of the

rugby simpson content with wasps return

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Wasps and England scrum-half Joe Simpson insists he was happy with his return to action from injury.The 22-year-old has had two major injuries in the past year and last week made his first start of the season in Wasps' 22-20 defeat at Gloucester.Sim

carroll omitted from england u21s

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Andy Carroll may be on the verge of a full England call-up after he was left out of the under-21 squad to play in a key European Championship play-off.With Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe and Bobby Zamora injured, 21-year-old Newcastle forward Carroll c

hammers deliver olympic proposal

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West Ham stars Carlton Cole, Mark Noble and Scott Parker were at Downing Street on Thursday to present the club's joint bid to run the 2012 Olympic Stadium.The Hammers and Newham Council formally delivered their bid to the Olympic Park Legacy Compan

manchester united-sunderland preview

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NEIL RICHARDS STATS European Football Writer=LONDON (SE) - Sunderland manager Steve Bruce knows all there is to be known about Sir Alex Ferguson but he hopes he may have some surprises for the Manchester United boss at the Stadium of Light.Bruce spe

blackburn rovers-stoke city preview

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LONDON (SE) - Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is hoping Brett Emerton's first goal in two years will help revive the Australian's career as they prepare to face Stoke at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday.Emerton came off the substitutes' bench to sc