Gazza's son wishes dad would 'go away': report (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 08:42 PM CST AFP - England football legend Paul Gascoigne's 12-year-old son said in comments published Saturday that he thought his dad would likely "die soon" and wished that he would "go away" from the family.
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Liverpool look to end football Premier League year on a high (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 08:11 PM CST AFP - Liverpool will finish 2008 on top of the Premier League if they beat Newcastle on Sunday.
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French Madoff investor lost his, family's funds (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 07:10 PM CST AP - Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet saw his fortune and his loved ones' money disappear along with his clients' when he lost $1.4 billion he had invested with Bernard Madoff, the French financier's brother said.
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Gazprom warns Europe on gas deliveries (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 03:13 PM CST AFP - Russian energy giant Gazprom warned European clients Friday that its gas conflict with Ukraine, conduit for European-bound gas from Russia, could affect deliveries to Europe.
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Boxing Day Sale too costly for Wasps (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 02:53 PM CST AFP - Sale inflicted fresh Premiership misery on Wasps by thrashing the English champions 31-3 in Friday's Boxing Day clash at Edgeley Park.
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Fulham force Spurs to settle for stalemate (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 02:27 PM CST AFP - Fulham forced Tottenham to settle for a drab goalless draw at White Hart Lane on Friday.
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Robinho eases pressure on Hughes as five-star City destroy Hull (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 02:27 PM CST AFP - Manchester City eased the pressure on boss Mark Hughes as Robinho inspired a 5-1 win over Hull on Friday.
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Belgium still searching for new PM (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 01:33 PM CST AFP - Belgium's ex-premier Wilfried Martens, tasked with resolving the country's political crisis, said Friday he is still looking for a new prime minister after Yves Leterme's government collapsed.
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Lennon in TV ad 28 years after his death (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 01:27 PM CST Reuters - Imagine, John Lennon makes a television commercial for charity -- 28 years after his death. |
British conjoined twin dies (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 10:08 AM CST AP - Faith Williams, the month-old conjoined twin who survived a lengthy surgery to separate her from her sister, died on the afternoon of Christmas Day, London's Great Ormond Street Hospital said.
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Queen Elizabeth gives somber Christmas broadcast (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 04:00 AM CST AP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delivered a somber Christmas broadcast Thursday, acknowledging how the economic crisis has cast a shadow over the traditional festive season.
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