2011 U.S. Open: Serena Williams Powers Into Quarterfinals Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:07 PM PDT Serena Williams beat Ana Ivanovic in straight sets at windy Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova upset seventh-seeded Francesca Schiavone, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.  
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Straight Sets: In an Upset, It's Pavlyuchenkova Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:49 AM PDT Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova pulled off a stunning upset by outhitting seventh-seeded Francesca Schiavone to reach the quarterfinals on Monday.  
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Man City to probe 'cancer email' Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:41 PM PDT Manchester City are to investigate claims chief executive Garry Cook sent an email to defender Nedum Onuoha's cancer-suffering mother mocking her illness.  
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Gladiators' training school discovered in Austria Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:35 PM PDT Archaeologists in Austria say they have discovered a large, well-preserved school for Roman gladiators.  
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Police found Moat suicide notes Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:36 PM PDT Suicide notes by gunman Raoul Moat were found by police after he went on a "murderous rampage", an inquest hears.  
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Italian Minister Gives Austerity Assurance Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:04 AM PDT Italy's industry minister has dismissed widespread calls for Rome to speed up its timetable for passing budget-tightening measures, rebutting criticism that the Italian government's austerity package isn't tough enough to dig the country out of the euro-zone debt crisis.  
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Pakistan Detains 3 al Qaeda Suspects Posted: 05 Sep 2011 08:38 AM PDT Pakistani intelligence officers working with the CIA arrested three members of al Qaeda, including a top operative believed to have been instructed by Osama bin Laden to target American economic interests, Pakistan's army said.  
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French Court Won't Make Chirac Attend Trial Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:59 PM PDT Paris court grants dispensation to former French president from attending his corruption trial for medical reasons.  
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Euro-Zone Rescue Faces Delay in Slovakia Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:39 AM PDT Slovakia's Parliament speaker said he will do all he can to delay a vote on widening the role of a critical euro-zone rescue fund—one stumbling block in a growing list of potential disruptions that is vexing European policy makers and unsettling markets.  
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Zoellick: Inflation Is China's Pressing Concern Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:30 AM PDT World Bank President Robert Zoellick, on a visit to China, said inflation remains Beijing's most pressing immediate concern.  
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Gadhafi Sought Chinese Arms in July Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:18 AM PDT The Gadhafi regime sent representatives to China to meet with state-controlled arms manufacturers in July, a Chinese official said—a revelation that could complicate relations between Beijing and Libya's opposition National Transitional Council.  
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Police testify in Mubarak trial amid clashes Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:22 PM PDT Police witness "not aware" of order to fire on protesters as scuffles break out at trial of Egypt's former president.  
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Strauss-Kahn may play role in French left's campaign Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:18 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who is back home in France with his career in tatters after a sex-assault scandal, is likely to take a role in the left's 2012 election campaign, a political ally said on Monday.  
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Obama Challenges Congress in Labor Day Speech Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:13 PM PDT "We're going to see if congressional Republicans will put country before party," President Obama said in a boisterous A.F.L.-C.I.O. rally in Detroit on Monday.  
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City Room: Bloomberg Again Addresses Aide’s Arrest Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:55 PM PDT Mr. Bloomberg is again asked whether he misled New Yorkers last month in his announcement of the resignation of Stephen Goldsmith.  
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Giants’ Eli Manning Searching for Comfort Zone With New Center Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:37 AM PDT After playing most of his N.F.L. career with center Shaun O'Hara, Giants quarterback Eli Manning must get used to taking snaps from David Baas.  
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Sister tells of dog attack on boy Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:50 AM PDT The sister of a six-year-old boy who was attacked by a neighbour's dog tells how the animal "just went mad" in their garden.  
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Ethiopia arrests 29 over bomb plots Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:42 AM PDT ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has arrested 29 people, including nine opposition party members, for plotting to carry out bomb attacks in the Horn of Africa nation, a senior security official said on Monday.  
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Civilians killed in Yemen air attack Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:29 AM PDT Deaths and injuries reported after mosque is mistakenly shelled and hospital also targeted by fighter jets in Abyan.  
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Abbas Affirms Palestinian Bid at U.N. Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:20 PM PDT President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority that he was going to seek membership for a state of Palestine, not instead of talks with Israel but in addition to them.  
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