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| Jan.27 |
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Li, Clijsters reach Aussie Open final
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| Jan.29 |
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Clijsters triumphs in Australian Open final Kim Clijsters claimed her fourth grand slam title with a 3-6 6-3 6-3 victory over China's Li Na in a thrilling Australian Open final
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| Feb.3 |
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EU set to debate energy and Egypt EU leaders are preparing to meet for a one-day summit, with energy, the eurozone debt crisis and unrest in Egypt set to dominate the agenda
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| Feb.11 |
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Clijsters gets No. 1 ranking Clijsters beat Jelena Dokic of Australia 6-3, 6-0 to reach the Paris semifinals and will replace Caroline Wozniacki at the top
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| Feb.13 |
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Kvitova stuns Clijsters in Paris final Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters fell to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Open Gaz de France
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| May.9 |
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Weylandt killed in Giro crash Team Leopard rider Wouter Weylandt of Belgium has been killed after a horror crash on the third stage of the Giro d'Italia
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| May.16 |
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Eurozone talks to focus on Greece Eurozone financial ministers are to continue their talks, with discussions now expected to focus on dire state of the Greek economy
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| May.26 |
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Clijsters crashes out in Paris Second seed Kim Clijsters suffered her earliest French Open exit in 11 years as she crashed out in the second round
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| Jul.2 |
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Gilbert wins opening stage Belgium's Philippe Gilbert won a dramatic first stage of the Tour de France as Alberto Contador being held up by a late mass crash
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| Jul.16 |
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Vanendert wins 14th stage; Voeckler leads Belgian rider Jelle Vanendert won the stage of the Tour de France, and French cyclist Thomas Voeckler retained the leader's yellow jersey
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| Aug.19 |
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Belgian festival deaths reach five Staging collapsed, giant screens fell at the Pukkelpop music festival, hit by a sudden violent storm
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| Aug.28 |
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Vettel wins Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Sebastian Vettel has moved a step closer to retaining his F1 world title after his first win in four races
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| Oct.9 |
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Embattled Dexia bank will get bailout France, Belgium and Luxembourg are to bail out the troubled bank Dexia, following fears it could go bankrupt
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| Oct.23 |
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EU discussing 'limited' changes to treaty Europe's leaders have agreed to change the EU treaty if necessary to help resolve the eurozone's debt crisis
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| Oct.25 |
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EU leaders to finalise euro plan European Union leaders are gathering for an emergency summit in Brussels designed to finalise details of a plan to tackle the eurozone debt crisis
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| Oct.26 |
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Debt crisis doubts as Euro leaders meet EU leaders are gathering for an emergency summit in Brussels aimed at tackling the eurozone debt crisis
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EU heads locked in talks on debt EU leaders are continuing an emergency summit in Brussels aimed at tackling the eurozone debt crisis
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EU leaders reach eurozone agreement  EU leaders announce a deal on debt crisis measures, including a hard-fought deal with private sector investors to take a 50% loss on Greek bonds
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| Dec.8 |
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EU leaders locked in crisis talks The key item on the agenda is a Franco-German plan on budgetary discipline, with automatic penalties for eurozone nations that overspend
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EU-wide treaty change bid fails  | Attempts to get all 27 EU states to back changes to the bloc's treaties to tackle the eurozone crisis have failed. Speaking after long talks in Brussels, Sarkozy said the 17 eurozon... | |
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| Dec.9 |
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Eurozone deal reached without UK  A majority of European leaders agreed early Friday on a new deal to try to resolve the continent's debt crisis, but Britain refused
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| Dec.13 |
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Deadly attack rocks Belgian city Map of Liege Belgium| A gunman has opened fire in the centre of the Belgian city of Liege, killing at least three people and wounding 75. Nordine Amrani also threw grenades into a crowd... | |
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Police seek Liege attack motive Map of Liege Belgium| Police in Belgium are trying to determine what motivated a local man to open fire on a busy marketplace in Liege, killing at least four people | |
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| Dec.14 |
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Body found in Liege killer's shed Map of Liege Belgium Police in Belgium have found a woman's body in a shed belonging to a gunman who went on the rampage in the centre of Liege on Tuesday
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