Rivals Bolt and Gay excited about Diamond League

By Gene Cherry MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Jamaican triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt and main sprint rival Tyson Gay have praised the new Diamond League series while declining to say where they would clash in 2010 on the 14-meeting... more

• Stars forward Neal suspended for two games
• Heatley hat-trick helps Sharks take down Flyers
• Beckham hobbles off after training for final

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"Twilight" sequel sets new opening-day record

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" smashed the record for a single-day opening at the North American box office, and was on track to score one of the biggest weekend tallies of all time, according to preliminary... more

• Singer Robbie Williams to court investors: report
• Michael Jackson's doctor says others gave him propofol
• Taylor Swift's dream year brings out naysayers

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Ciena takes Nortel unit auction to 2nd day: sources

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The auction for Nortel Network's optical networking and carrier ethernet business went into a second day on Saturday, after Ciena called for a break in the auction late on Friday, two sources said. Last month Nortel... more

• Canadian bankruptcies jump in September
• Canada will stay the course on stimulus: Flaherty
• Cossette favors Mill Road takeover

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Hundreds evacuated in Cowichan after state of emergency declared because of flooding

Municipal officials have called a state of emergency early Friday morning, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people as flood waters caused one of Cowichan’s biggest disasters in decades. Volunteers were busy sandbagging areas in and around Duncan while the Island... more  

• Prince Rupert Rampage defeat the Terrace River Kings
• Kerry Park pool plan deeply sunk during Saturday's referendum
• Evacuation orders remain, resident meeting Nov. 22, 10 a.m., Cowichan community centre

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Tories, Liberals slip as NDP surges: poll

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Conservatives and the main opposition Liberals both lost ground in a poll published on Friday as the left-leaning New Democrats enjoyed a surprising surge in public support. Backing for the second-largest opposition party in Parliament, known... more

• Canada to have vaccine soon for half population
• TD Bank hit with lawsuit in Florida Ponzi case
• Lesbian U.S. deserter to get new Canada hearing

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China mine explosion death toll reaches 87

By Maxim Duncan HEGANG, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's latest coal mine disaster reached 87 as hopes dimmed on Sunday that more survivors would be found a day after a gas blast at a colliery in the country's... more

• Indonesian ferry with over 200 people on board sinks
• Top Iranian reformer jailed for six years - reports
• Colombia's Uribe seeks to ease Venezuela tensions

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Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday. The pair, a man and a woman who have diplomatic status in Russia, were... more

• Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas
• Gang accused of killing to sell human fat
• New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles

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• Two worlds
• The quest for a local apple
• The Den Report, Lions beat 'Riders, now 2-4
• The Den Report, Logan impressing in NFL camp
• The Den Report, Lions sign three
• Everything I like is bad for me
• The Den Report, Stopping the presses on Printers; Ebell released
• The Den Report, Lions stomped 48-10 by Stamps
• The Den Report, Week 4
• The Den Report, Lions maul Esks 40-22

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