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- Federer seeks 15th Slam vs. Roddick at Wimbledon
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 AP - Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both feet back beneath his body and uncorking an overhead smash.
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Add to del.icio.usAdd to Digg Add to Furl Add to Yahoo! MyWeb Add to Facebook Increase fontsizeDecrease fontsize A recording between Brazilian and Senegalese air traffic controllers relating to the crashed Air France plane has been released. The Airbus
- Colombia: New displacement continue
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre; Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Full_report (pdf* format - 250.3 Kbytes) The protracted internal armed conflict in Colombia had to May 2009 displaced almost 3.1 million people according to the government,
- AIG to sell consumer finance unit in Colombia
NEW YORK ? American International Group Inc. on Wednesday said it agreed to sell all of its ownership interests in its consumer finance operations in Colombia, the latest in a recent string of asset sales by the embattled insurer to bolster its
- Venezuela assumes control of Spanish-owned bank
President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday - making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system. The purchase of the Spanish-owned Banco de Venezuela gives Chavez's government control
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North Carolina became the United States twelfth state on November 21, 1788. The capital is Raleigh, named after the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh. The state itself is named after King Charles I. The nickname Tar Heel State originated during the Civil War when soldiers teased a cowardly regiment about needing tar to help them "stick it out" during battle. There are three mountain ranges in North Carolina: the Appalachian, the Blue Ridge, and the Great Smokey Mountains. Presidents James Polk and Andrew Johnson were both born in North Carolina. Ranked 29th in size, North Carolina has a land area of 48,718 square miles.
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AP - North Korea fired two missiles off it eastern coast Saturday, a South Korean official said.
AFP - North Korea has test-fired two more missiles following similar launches earlier this week, according to the defence ministry.
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