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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Dec 4, 2:12 pm ET
Reaction to the draw for the 2010 World Cup finals made in Cape Town on Friday:
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Dec 4, 1:12 pm ET
Nelson Mandela, the global icon of peace who helped secure the first African World Cup, said Friday that he hoped the 2010 tournament would leave long-term benefits to South Africa. "We feel privileged and humbled that South Africa that has been given the singular honor of being the African host country," Mandela said in a video message to a draw ceremony that mixed glamour and sport...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 12:51 pm ET
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Friday that OPEC should not raise its production quota at a meeting later this month as the current oil price is "close to the target."
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International Herald Tribune - Fri Dec 4, 12:33 pm ET
On Friday The New York Times Goal blog goes live to cover the World Cup draw in Cape Town, South Africa. We will have blasts from our correspondents around the world, comments from players and, of course, comments from you, our readers.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 11:18 am ET
It's an abandoned coal mining site in a depressed corner of northern France that was pummeled by the two world wars.
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FOX Providence - Fri Dec 4, 10:44 am ET
Imagine sailing down The Nile in a style once reserved only for pharaohs and queens. Well, now you can!
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Fox Sports - 45 minutes ago
The U.S. finally caught a break in World Cup group play, but Jamie Trecker warns against overconfidence.
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Art Daily - Thu Dec 3, 11:28 pm ET
"Anthropoid Coffin of the Servant of the Great Place", Teti, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1339 B.C. - 1307 B.C. Wood, painted, (84.5 x 47.8 x 207 cm) 33 1/4 x 18 13/16 x 81 1/2 inches. Place purchased: Thebes, Egypt, Africa. Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 8:27 am ET
Israeli objections to releasing certain prisoners are blocking a swap deal in which an Israeli soldier captured three years would be freed, an official of the Palestinian movement Hamas said on Friday.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 1:06 pm ET
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Four OPEC nations said they doubt the group will change supply quotas when it meets in Angola later this month because oil prices are at levels members consider satisfactory.
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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:01 am ET
Six top South African karters will compete in Egypt this weekend in the 2009 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. The event has attracted 216 competitors from 55 countries, and South Africa is once again one of the favourites to emerge as one of the top competing nations.
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PRWeb - Fri Dec 4, 12:09 am ET
Dr. Scott Rickert, President and CEO of Nanofilm, is a speaker at the Nanotech Business Summit in Cairo, Egypt, December 5 and 6, 2009. Dr. Rickert’s topic is “Nano-izing Today's Surfaces to Solve Energy, Environmental, And Waste Problems.” (PRWeb Dec 4, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3295624.htm
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 9:52 am ET
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia , the biggest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said crude oil prices close to their current level of $75 a barrel are satisfactory.
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Strategy Page - Fri Dec 4, 5:17 am ET
December 4, 2009: The recent football (soccer) playoffs between Egypt and Algeria were turned into a series of nationalistic riots by the Egyptian government (which did not turn the police on the anti-Algerian rioters, and had the government controlled mass media stir up the rioters.)
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Marketwire - Fri Dec 4, 9:57 am ET
CAIRO, EGYPT and NOIDA, INDIA--(Marketwire - December 4, 2009) - HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), the global IT services provider, has entered into a SAP implementation engagement with Sahara Petroleum Services Company (SAPESCO), a multi-disciplined petroleum services company providing services to Oil & Gas companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This implementation spans ...