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No sweat for tennis ace Djokovic in first round romp
10/02/2010 : Novak Djokovic began with a runaway win at the Rotterdam Open on Tuesday, crushing Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 4-1 in his opening match as the Ukrainian had to quit after 54 minutes with a knee injury.
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Haitian thought to have survived 27 days in rubble: doctor
10/02/2010 : Doctors treating an emaciated 28-year-old Haitian man on Tuesday said they believed he survived 27 days buried in rubble after the January 12 earthquake.
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Rugby coach Kidney relaxed over starting O'Gara
10/02/2010 : Ireland coach Declan Kidney has no qualms about starting with Ronan O'Gara in the Grand Slam champions' Six Nations match away to France on Saturday.
Strawberries offer lifeline for Romania's rust belt
10/02/2010 : Hundreds of women crowd outside a local employment office in this run-down Romanian factory town on the banks of the Danube, hoping to be selected to work as strawberry pickers in Spain.
Toyota announces mass Prius recall
10/02/2010 : Toyota said Tuesday it was recalling hundreds of thousands of hybrid vehicles globally, including the best-selling Prius, plunging it deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up.
Nigerian parliament votes to suspend ailing president
10/02/2010 : The two houses of Nigeria's national assembly on Tuesday voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over power to his deputy until he is well enough to return.
S.Africa thrash India in first Test
10/02/2010 : South Africa thumped India by an innings and six runs despite a fighting century by Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day of the first Test on Tuesday to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.
Nigerian parliament votes to suspend ailing president
09/02/2010 : Nigeria's parliament on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume.
India says no to first GM food crop
09/02/2010 : India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science.
Pitt, Jolie sue British paper over split claims
09/02/2010 : Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are suing a British newspaper over claims they were considering a multi-million-pound split, their lawyers said in a statement received on Tuesday.
Opel unveils turnaround plan, 8,300 jobs slashed
09/02/2010 : Troubled automaker Opel laid its cards on the table Tuesday with details of a restructuring plan that will involve 8,300 job cuts and require billions of euros (dollars) in state aid.
Defiant Iran starts enriching uranium to 20 percent
09/02/2010 : Iran announced on Tuesday it has begun further enriching uranium, dismissing warnings of new sanctions from world powers who suspect the Islamic republic's nuclear project is aimed at making a bomb.
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