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| Feud overshadows Foe legacy | | | The paint is peeling, puddles litter the inside of the building, putrid water lies in what was supposed to be a swimming pool and even the statue of the man who had the vision to build the sports complex is cracked -- a sad and inglorious tribute to Marc-Vivien Foe 10 years to the day after the Cameroonian's tragic death. |
| Egypt PM dispute stalls government, Islamists call more protests | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's political transition after President Mohamed Mursi was ousted by the military stumbled at the first hurdle, after the choice of liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei as interim prime minister was thrown into doubt by Islamist objections. |
| Three Latin American leftist leaders offer asylum to Snowden | | | LA PAZ/CARACAS (Reuters) - Bolivia offered asylum on Saturday to former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, joining leftist allies Venezuela and Nicaragua in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of secret U.S. surveillance programs. |
| Yoko Ono publishes new conceptual art book, 'Acorn' | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 50 years after writing the conceptual art book "Grapefruit," writer, artist and peace activist Yoko Ono has released a sequel that she hopes will inspire people and get them thinking and reading. |
| India's frugal innovators | | | Frugal inventors across India are recycling old technologies to solve local problems with wild inventions such as seaworthy bicycles, wind-powered irrigation systems and tree-climbing machines |
| McDowell and Sterne lead way at French Open | | | PARIS (Reuters) - World number nine Graeme McDowell and South African Richard Sterne will go into the French Open final round in a tie for the lead after taming the treacherous Le Golf National, venue of the 2018 Ryder Cup, on Saturday. |
| Two Mississippi River locks reopen as water recedes -Army Corps | | | July 5 (Reuters) - Receding water levels on the rain-swollen Mississippi River have allowed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reopen two locks on the waterway, and a Corps spokesman said on Friday that two other locks are expected to reopen this weekend. |
| Could this make poverty history? | | | In just 12 years Vietnam cut the country's malnutrition rate in half by investing in small scale farming. Now a slew of other countries are following suit and investing in the sustainable solution. |
| Penguins Sign Letang to Long-Term Deal | | | The Pittsburgh Penguins and their Norris Trophy finalist defenseman Kris Letang have agreed to an eight-year $58 million contract extension, the National Hockey League club said on Tuesday. |
| 15-love Top tennis romances | | | The life of a tennis professional is tough, but the rewards are plentiful -- and not just in a financial sense. |
| Vows The Showmance | | | Leslie Stifelman and Melissa Rae Mahon, of the musical Chicago, have been performing together on Broadway for seven years. Their son, Jack, was born in March. |
| Rise in mortgage rates cuts into home buyer demand | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Expectations the Federal Reserve will slow its economic stimulus program by the end of the year pushed mortgage rates higher last week, sapping demand from potential home buyers,... |
| Team rebuilding world's first website | | | Twenty years ago, a team of researchers shared the Web with the world. Now they want to show a generation that grew up online what it was like in its earliest days. |
| White House lists two dozen leaders to meet with Obama on deficit | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two dozen business, labor and civic leaders, including the chief executives of major U.S. corporations such as Ford, IBM and Wal-Mart, will meet President Barack Obama to discuss how to control the federal deficit, said the White House on Monday. |
| Sunderland Makes a Deal for Altidore | | | The Dutch club AZ on Saturday said it had reached agreement with the Premier League for the transfer of the U.S. international striker Jozy Altidore. |
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