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Several Tour De france Riders Retested For Epo
riders could face a nervous wait over the next two weeks as the french anti-doping agency retests blood samples from this year's tour de france in a bid to catch more cyclists using the banned blood booster epo.
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Several Tour De france Riders Retested For Epo - Forbes
riders could face a nervous wait over the next two weeks as the french anti-doping agency retests blood samples from this year's tour de france in a bid to catch more cyclists using the banned blood booster epo. more than six weeks after the doping ...
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france: Court Probes Toxic Waste Trafficking - Seattle Post Intelligencer
dunkerque, france -- a french court has opened a judicial inquiry into allegations that steel giant arcelor and three other companies trafficked in toxic waste, a prosecutor said wednesday. jean-philippe joubert, prosecutor in the northern city of ...
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Zimbabwe Turns Guns On france At Un Rights Council
zimbabwe on wednesday launched a fierce attack against france at the un human rights council, saying its actions in rwanda and corsica should stop it criticising any other state's rights record.
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france's First Lady Sings Live On Bbc
carla bruni-sarkozy has shared the world stage with britain's queen, the pope and the dalai lama. but in london on tuesday night, france's first lady appeared on a different kind of stage, this time with rock royalty the kings of leon and metallica.
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france Criticizes Lack Of European Arms Spending - San Francisco Gate
a shortage of international troops in afghanistan reflects insufficient defense spending across most of europe, french defense minister herve morin said wednesday during a visit to australia. morin echoed australia's criticisms that europe must ...
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france Might Be Open To Deal On Sudan's Bashir - Reuters Africa
united nations, sept 17 (reuters) - france suggested on wednesday it could support suspending an international indictment of sudan's president for war crimes if khartoum met several conditions including ending the killings in darfur. in july the ...
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france's First Lady Rocks On Bbc
france's first lady appeared on stage, with rock royalty -- the kings of leon and metallica.
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france To Give Australia Access To New Caledonian Defence Base
france will give australia access to a military base in new caledonia as the european power makes the territory its major station in the troubled south pacific, defence minister herve morin said wednesday.
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Lyon Salvage 2-2 Draw With Fiorentina - Espn.com
lyon, france, sept 17 - a goal from karim benzema four minutes from time enabled olympique lyon to salvage a 2-2 draw with fiorentina in their opening champions league group f match on wednesday. striker alberto gilardino put the visitors in front ...
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Weylandt Takes 17th Stage Of Vuelta - Cbs Sportsline
valladolid, spain -- belgian cyclist wouter weylandt won the 17th stage of the spanish vuelta on wednesday and alberto contador maintained his overall lead. weylandt, of quickstep, won the 92.1-mile leg from zamora in 3 hours, 18 minutes, 48 seconds ...
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Several Riders From Previous Tour De france Competition Retested For Epo
several tour de france riders are having their blood samples retested for traces of the banned blood booster epo, the head of the french anti-doping agency said wednesday.
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'suspicious' Tour De france Samples To Be Retested
several tour de france riders are having their blood samples retested for traces of the banned blood booster epo.
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Behind The Scores On Champions League Opening Night - International Herald Tribune
first nights in the champions league can be deceptive. a year ago, chelsea failed to beat rosenborg of norway, fired its coach, josé mourinho, got to the final, lost that on a penalty shootout, and fired the next coach, avram grant. now, for reasons ...
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Fidel Castro - Baltimore Sun
steven soderbergh's che guevara film biography che has found a u.s. distributor that will release it in theaters this december to qualify for the academy awards. ifc films announced at the toronto film fest wednesday it acquired domestic rights to ...
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france Wants Europe To Lift Afghan Troop Restrictions
france on wednesday asked its european allies to relax restrictions on troop deployment and operations in afghanistan just a month after losing 10 soldiers in a taliban ambush.
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france Might Be Open To Deal On Sudan's Bashir
source: reuters by louis charbonneau united nations, sept 17 (reuters) - france suggested on wednesday it could support suspending an international indictment of sudan's president for war crimes if khartoum met ...
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Boston Celtics - Baltimore Sun
one more year for cassell: sam cassell said he will play one more season with the boston celtics and then become an assistant coach. pg2 landis to ride in 2009: floyd landis, who won the 2006 tour de france but then lost the title because of a ...
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U.s., france Draft Un Resolution To Battle Pirates - Chicago Tribune
good morning. here are a few washington events of note for wednesday, september 10. the house homeland security committee is holding a hearing on "mismanagement, missteps, and missed benchmarks: why the virtual fence has not become a reality." herman ...
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Several Tour De france Riders Having Their Blood Samples Retested For Epo
paris - several tour de france riders are having their blood samples retested for traces of the banned blood-booster epo. the head of the french anti-doping agency told the associated press on wednesday that the testing involved riders who were already under scrutiny for suspicious urine samples.
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