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Despite double Wimbledon glory and an all-but-untouchable World No.1 ranking, Roger Federer is yearning to add an Olympic gold to his trophy...

NOV 30: They gnaw through heavy garbage bags and infest apartments, and finally the rats have driven New Yorkers to quit joking and get se...

KARACHI, JUNE 23: Pakistan's chief executive general Pervez Musharraf on Friday said that his country should be given more time to develop...

WELLINGTON, JUNE 22: The Prime Minister of Fiji and 30 members of his government who are being held hostage by armed rebels seemed set to ...

Sydney, June 8: Chaos ruled in the Solomon Islands on Thursday as rival militias engaged in pitched battles, a peacemaker's plane was shot...

DALLAS, (US), MAY 6: Has that special person in your life been inconsiderate or thoughtless lately? It's time to call in the love police.l...

Rome, May 4: Having squandered what at one point looked like an unassailable nine-point lead at the top of the Serie A table, Juventus can...

HAMBURG, APRIL 27: Co-Euro 2000 hosts Belgium chalked up an impressive 2-0 win against Norway in Oslo on Wednesday on a night of friendly ...

Hamburg, April 25: Twelve of the 16 teams taking part in the Euro 2000 football tournament go into action tomorrow in a series of friendli...

JAKARTA, APRIL 1: Attorneys for former Indonesian President Suharto say he will ignore a third summons for questioning about corruption du...

Indian Wells, (California), March 21: A few months of concentrated training, after an illness which wrecked the entire last season, have t...

INDIAN WELLS, (California), March 19: Thomas Enqvist made life hard on himself as he spun a tortuous 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (10-8) path to vi...

Rome, March 12: Pope John Paul II asked God for forgiveness for past errors of the Roman Catholic Church during a solemn mass in St Peter'...

Scottsdale (Arizona), March 9: Andre Agassi re-lived the past with a repeat victory against a man whom he beat here in the final seven yea...

BEIJING, FEB 22: China and India on Tuesday signed an agreement on China'sentry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) amid China's ongoi...

BERLIN, FEB 22: The Jupiter probe Galileo is about to embark on the biggest adventure of its four-year mission to investigate Jupiter, the...

SAN FRANCISCO, FEB 17: The parents of teenager Matthew D were shocked at the state of their son. He ate little, his eyes were constantly b...

KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 12: A Russian-built helicopter belonging to a private airline was set on fire and destroyed early today, police said.A...

BANGKOK, FEBRUARY 3: Laos last year removed 88,000 unexploded bombs dropped on its northeastern provinces by the US military during the In...

KUALA LUMPUR, FEBRUARY 1: A Malaysian judge got into a BMW car and drove it for half an hour to settle a suit between a woman customer and...

MELBOURNE, JANUARY 20: Third seed Serena Williams, playing herself back to match fitness after less than a week down under, managed a 7-5,...

MONTEVIDEO, JANUARY 7: Argentinean football legend Diego Maradona left the intensive care unit of an Uruguayan hospital and his doctors sa...

SARAJEVO/ZAGREB, JANUARY 3: Croatian voters were called to the polls on Monday morning to elect new representatives to the Sabor or Lower ...

MOSCOW, JANUARY 3: Russian military officials on Monday claimed Russian troops had taken key strategic heights near the Chechen capital Gr...

MOSCOW, JANUARY 3: Russian military officials on Monday claimed Russian troops had taken key strategic heights near the Chechen capital Gr...