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    Cuba upholds US contractor Alan Gross sentence




    Cuba's Supreme Court has upheld a 15-year prison sentence imposed on a US contractor accused of crimes against the state.

    The contractor, 62-year-old Alan Gross, was convicted in March of distributing illegal communications equipment in Havana.

    He says he was just trying to help Cuba's small Jewish community.

    The rejection of his appeal is likely to further sour relations between the US and Cuba.

    In his appeal hearing last month Gross admitted bringing satellite equipment into the country, but said he never intended to harm the Cuban government.

    The Supreme Court rejected his argument, saying he was part of a US government programme aimed at "destabilising" and "subverting" Cuba's communist system.

    Gross's US lawyer, Peter Kahn, said in a statement that his family was "heartbroken" by the decision, but remained hopeful that there could be a diplomatic solution.

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    Scandal-hit Polish politician Andrzej Lepper dead




    Polish populist politician Andrzej Lepper has died at the age of 57 in Warsaw, with police suspecting he killed himself.

    The leader of the Self-Defence Party was found dead in a party office, police said.

    His career in politics was latterly overshadowed by a long-running sexual assault case.

    Mr Lepper served in government as deputy prime minister to Jaroslaw Kaczynski in a 2006-2007 coalition.

    Police spokesman Mariusz Sokolowski told the Polish news agency Pap: "Police are at the scene ... but all indications are that the politician committed suicide."

    Mr Lepper's political career took off in the 1990s when he led stormy protests against government policies he regarded as damaging to farmers.

    As leader of Self-Defence, he took the party to 11% of the vote in the 2005 general election.

    He joined forces with Mr Kaczynski's Law and Justice Party, becoming both his deputy and minister for agriculture.

    However, the conservative-populist coalition fell apart amid infighting, and Self-Defence's share of the vote plummeted to 1.5% in the next election, in 2007.

    Mr Lepper, a former boxer and pig farmer, also ran four times for president of Poland.

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    Ukraine Judge detains 'disruptive' Yulia Tymoshenko



    A Ukraine judge has ordered that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko be taken into custody during her trial on charges of abuse of office.

    Police escorted Ms Tymoshenko out of the courtroom, prompting her supporters to shout "Shame!" and scuffle with police.

    The judge has accused Ms Tymoshenko of repeated violations of court rules, including impeding proceedings.

    Ms Tymoshenko says the charges against her are politically motivated.

    She is accused of illegally agreeing a 10-year contract to buy natural gas from Russia, which investigators say meant Ukraine was forced to buy gas at prices that were ruinous for its economy.

    Until now, Ms Tymoshenko had been required to remain in Kiev but had not been placed in detention.

    Court proceedings have been adjourned until Monday.

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    Tiger Woods slips back in WGC Invitational second round





    Tiger Woods found the second round harder going in his return to action at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

    The former world number one followed up his opening 68 with a round of 71 to slip to one under for the tournament.

    Overnight leader Adam Scott could not match his first round of 62 and remains tied for the lead in a group of four players on eight under.

    Scotland's Martin Laird was a shot back at seven under par after birdieing his last three holes for a 67.

    "I came into this week feeling fresh and on a high," said Laird, who got married last Saturday in Colorado. "Sometimes it's amazing when you have no expectations how well you'll play."

    WGC-Bridgestone Invitational second round leaderboard (par=70)

    • -8: A Scott (Aus), R Moore (US), R Fowler (US), K Bradley (US)
    • -7: J Day (Aus), M Laird (Sco), R Karlsson (Swe)
    • -6: F Jacobson (Swe), B Snedeker (US)
    • -5: H Otto (SA), N Watney (US), R Ishikawa (Jnp)
    • Selected others -4: R McIlroy (NI)
    • -3: L Donald (Eng)
    • -2: L Westwood (Eng)
    • -1: T Woods (US)

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    Carberry & McKenzie break Hampshire partnership record




    Michael Carberry and Neil McKenzie compiled Hampshire's highest ever partnership and the highest third wicket stand in County Championship history in the draw with Yorkshire.

    The pair extended their stand to 523 - the ninth highest in first-class cricket history - before McKenzie fell for a career-best 237.

    Carberry, recovered from major illness, scored a career-best 300 not out.
    After Hampshire declared on 599-3, Yorkshire were 40-0 at stumps.

    For the second day running it was Carberry and McKenzie who took centre stage as they resisted the Yorkshire attack for eight hours and a total of 135 overs.

    Carberry's maiden triple hundred came off 427 balls and included 43 fours and two sixes, while McKenzie faced 412 balls, hitting 25 fours and two sixes.

    As well as being Hampshire's record partnership for any wicket - overtaking the 411 put together by Robert Poore and Teddy Wynyard against Somerset at Taunton in 1899 - their stand was the highest for the third wicket in the history of the County Championship, beating the unbroken 438 Graeme Hick and Tom Moody shared for Worcestershire against Hampshire at Southampton in 1997.

    It was also the third highest for any wicket in the history of the Championship.

    HIGHEST FIRST-CLASS PARTNERSHIPS

    1) 624 - Kumar Sangakarra and Mahela Jayawardene (SL v SA, Colombo 2006)
    2) 580 - Aamer Sajjad and Raftullah Mohmand (Sui Southern Gas Corporation v WAPDA, Sheikhupura 2009/10)
    3) 577 - Vijay Hazare and Gul Mahomed (Baroda v Holkar, Baroda 1946/47)
    4) 576 - Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama (SL v India, Colombo 1997/98)
    5) 574 - Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott (Barbados v Trinidad, Port-of-Spain 1945-46)
    6) 561 - Waheed Mirza and Mansoor Akhtar (Karachi Whites v Quetta, Karachi 1976/77)
    7) 555 - Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v Essex, Leyton 1932)
    8) 554 - Jack Brown and John Tunnicliffe (Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield 1898)
    9) 523 - Michael Carberry and Neil McKenzie (Hampshire v Yorkshire, Rose Bowl 2011)
    10) 520 - Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja (Saurashtra v Orissa, Rajkot 2008/09)

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    Remembering Lucille Ball



    Lucille Ball was born on Aug. 6, 1911 in Jamestown, N.Y. She would grow up to be one of most iconic comediennes of the 20th century, and was a pioneer of television.



    Lucille Ball on the set of "The Phil Baker Show" radio program in 1938.



    Lucille Ball and her husband, bandleader-actor Desi Arnaz, pose for this 1950s publicity shot.



    Desi Arnaz snaps a photo of the comedienne and their infant son, Desi Jr., in their California home in January, 1953. The couple collaborated on their hit series, "I Love Lucy



    Lucille Ball signs autographs for admiring seamen at one of the January 1944 galas celebrating President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 62nd birthday.



    Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance, right) also seemed to end up in one wacky situation after another on the hit TV series, "I Love Lucy."



    Amanda Milligan, left, was paired with Lucille Ball in the famous "Job Switching" episode of "I Love Lucy." The episode originally aired on Sept. 15, 1952.



    Lucille Ball and Buster Keaton perform a sketch for the television show "Salute to Stan Laurel" in 1965.



    Lucille Ball and her daughter, Lucie Arnaz, pose for a portrait on October 27, 1965.

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    20 years of Lollapalooza




    A woman works on a chalk drawing at the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park in Chicago, August 5, 2011. The giant rock festival celebrating its 20th anniversary will run three days of music with 140 artists set to perform.



    Music fans listen to Lady D perform at the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park in Chicago, August 5, 2011






    Harry McVeigh of the band "White Lies" performs at the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park in Chicago, August 5, 2011

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    Mark Foster of the band "Foster The People" performs at the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park in Chicago, August 5, 2011.


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    Is it me or do both of those guys above in nice shirts disgrace rock and roll with their clean cut look????

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    So, we've all seen and heard plenty of the Arab spring, stretching now into a bloody summer in Syria and Libya.
    But maybe even more surprising is the sudden emergence of what inevitably will be called the Israeli awakening.






    Two weeks into Israel's housing protest, demonstrations are sweeping the country. More than 150,000 people took part in protests nationwide calling for socioeconomic change and demanding social justice.

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    Third man charged over fatal florist raid in Old Trafford




    A third man has been charged with robbery after an alleged raid on a florists in Greater Manchester, during which a man was fatally stabbed.

    Nathan Walters, 25, from Thorn Court, Salford, is due to appear at Trafford Magistrates' Court later.

    Brothers Joseph Junior Mullings, 24, and Kyle Mullings, 18, from Liverpool, have already been charged with robbery.

    Their brother Gary, 20, was stabbed during an alleged raid on Shrewsbury Street, Old Trafford, on 26 July.

    Shopkeeper Cecil Coley, 72, who was taken to hospital after the incident, was arrested on suspicion of murder. He has been released on bail until 9 September

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    Anti-fracking protesters target Blackpool Tower



    Two men have been arrested after apparently erecting banners over the Blackpool Tower to protest against a method of extracting gas.

    Police were called to the tower at 07:25 BST after reports two men had erected banners 280m up the south side.

    The men, who gained access to the tower by dressing as builders, were protesting against the use of fracking. They came down about an hour later.

    A 24-year-old from East Sussex and 63-year-old from Surrey were arrested.

    Officers said they were being held on suspicion of criminal damage and being on enclosed premises.

    Police said they believed the men taking part in the protest represented a website that campaigns against the use of fracking, a controversial extraction process which blasts water into rock to release gas.

    Energy company Cuadrilla suspended fracking operations near Blackpool in June, over fears of a link to two minor earthquakes in the area.

    The process has caused controversy in the US where some householders claim that shale gas leaking into their drinking supply causes tap water to ignite.

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    Typhoon Muifa: China evacuates thousands as storm nears



    Chinese authorities have evacuated more than 200,000 people from its east coast as the region braces for its most powerful typhoon in years.

    More than 7,000 fishing vessels have been called to harbour, with Typhoon Muifa's winds reaching 162km/h (100mph) and generating 36ft (11m) waves at sea.

    At least 140 flights have been cancelled and rail services disrupted.

    State meteorologists say the storm may intensify as it nears coastal Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, near Shanghai.

    China's National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre has upgraded its warning to a red alert - the highest possible - for shipping in the East China sea.

    Muifa is likely to skim the coast as it heads north, says the Central Meteorological Administration.

    It has already battered the Philippines - where it caused flooding - Taiwan and Japan's southern island of Okinawa, which was hit by blackouts.

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    Ravi Bopara replaces Jonathan Trott for Edgbaston Test




    Trott was helped from the field after injuring his shoulder in the second Test


    Jonathan Trott has failed to recover from his shoulder injury and has been replaced by Ravi Bopara for the third Test against India.

    Trott injured himself diving in the field during the second Test victory at Trent Bridge that put England 2-0 up in the four-Test series.

    Chris Tremlett missed that game through injury but is named in the squad.

    Steven Finn completes the 13-man party for the game, which starts at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

    Bopara has averaged 37.65 in first-class cricket in 2011, scoring three centuries for Essex. This week he scored 19 and 25 playing against Sri Lanka A for the England Lions at Scarborough.

    He last played a Test for England against Australia at Headingly in 2009.

    A win for England will clinch the series and lift them to the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings.

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    Auditor slams Delhi Commonwealth Games preparations




    India's state auditor says preparations for last year's Commonwealth Games were deeply flawed, riddled with favouritism and vastly over budget.

    A report for parliament said there were serious irregularities with bidding and contracts, and that the seven years organisers had to prepare were wasted.

    The games cost $4.1bn (£2.5bn) instead of the $270m (£166m) first estimated, while revenue was only $38m (£23m).

    The head of the organising committee is already in jail on corruption charges.

    Law Minister Salman Khursheed said parliament would reflect on the report and "decide what needs to be done".

    Suresh Kalmadi's appointment, on the recommendation of the prime minister's office despite objections from the then-sports minister, was also criticised in the auditor's report.

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    US special forces Afghan helicopter downed 'by Taliban'




    Thirty US troops, said to be mostly special forces, have been killed, reportedly when a Taliban rocket downed their helicopter in east Afghanistan.

    Seven Afghan commandos and a civilian interpreter were also on the Chinook, officials say.

    US sources say the special forces were from the Navy Seal unit which killed Osama Bin Laden, but are "unlikely" to be the same personnel.

    This is the largest single US loss of life in the Afghan conflict.

    The numbers of those killed have now been confirmed by the Nato-led mission in Afghanistan.

    The Chinook went down in the early hours of Saturday in Wardak province, said a statement from President Hamid Karzai's office.

    It was returning from an operation against the Taliban in which eight insurgents are believed to have been killed.

    A senior official of President Barack Obama's administration said the helicopter was apparently shot down, Associated Press news agency reports.

    An official with the Nato-led coalition in Afghanistan told the New York Times the helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

    The BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul says it is rare for the Taliban to shoot down aircraft.

    The Taliban say they have modified their rocket-propelled grenades to improve their accuracy but that may not be true, our correspondent says

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    Fires started after Tottenham police shooting protest



    Petrol bombs have been thrown at police and a shop, two patrol cars and a bus set on fire in a disturbance in Tottenham, north London.

    The incident began after a protest over the fatal shooting of a young man by police on Thursday turned violent.

    About 300 people have gathered outside the police station on the High Road.

    Members of the community had taken to the streets to demand "justice" after the shooting of a 29-year-old father-of-four, named locally as Mark Duggan.

    The BBC's Ben Ando, who is at the scene, described the situation as a "stand off" and said firefighters had come under attack.

    Shops in the area have also been looted with people seen pushing away shopping trolleys full of goods.

    A double decker bus was set on fire at the junction of High Road and Brook Street while a shop on the High Road has also been set alight.

    Fire crews were initially unable to reach the shop due to the disorder but have now begun tackling the flames.

    A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a large crowd had assembled, but not all of the people on the streets were involved in the disorder.

    Tottenham MP David Lammy appealed for calm saying: "The scenes currently taking place in our community are not representative of the vast majority of people in Tottenham.

    "Those who remember the destructive conflicts of the past will be determined not to go back to them.

    "We already have one grieving family in our community and further violence will not heal that pain.
















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    Famine strikes Eastern Africa




    A woman from southern Somalia holds her malnourished children at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia



    Somali refugees sit around a makeshift grave for fellow refugee Husein Mahalin, who died at the age of 20, due to illness outside the Ifo camp, one of three that make up the sprawling refugee camp in Dadaab, northeastern Kenya, on Aug. 1.


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    A newly arrived Somali refugee is forced out of the queue outside a reception centre in the Ifo 2 refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, on July 28.






















    Osman Ali Aliyow Mursal digs a burial plot among other graves for his four-year-old son, Aden Ibrahim, as men prepare to pray over the boy's body, wrapped in a plastic mat, on the outskirts of Ifo II Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya, on Tuesday, July 12. Doctors were unable to save Aden, who died of diarrhea-related dehydration after four days of inpatient care. U.N. Refugee Chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday that drought-ridden Somalia is the "worst humanitarian disaster" in the world, after meeting with refugees who endured unspeakable hardship to reach the world's largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya.

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    Amsterdam, Netherlands: People take part in the annual canal parade of the gay pride festival



    Lisbon, Portugal: Dancers of the Italian company Materiali Resistenti Dance Factory perform their show Waterwall in Comercio Square

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    Hiroshima, Japan: Paper lanterns float in the Motoyasu river in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome on the 66th anniversary of the nuclear strike



    Sicily, Italy: Mount Etna spews lava in the distance beyond the cathedral of Zafferana Etnea

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    Kunming, China: A male orangutan places heart-shaped stickers in his mouth at a zoo. The stickers are decorations for the Qixi festival, the Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day

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    England v Wales - World Cup warm-up match between England and Wales at Twickenham




    Alun Wyn-Jones, defending on his own line, beats Tom Palmer to a line-out. A full house watches



    James Haskell beats the tackle from Shane Williams to score the first England try



    Jonny Wilkinson converts the first try


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