Muricy Ramalho was fired from Palmeiras on Friday. The manager only survived 34 matches with the club after being axed by São Paulo. It was at São Paulo that Muricy made a name for himself, winning three consecutive brasileiros. He was axed by São Paulo after failing to make steady progress in the Copa Libertadores. [...]

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Kansas City Star A New Report and a New Verdict in Terror FightNew York TimesWASHINGTON — After five years of often bitter internal debate, the Justice Department concluded in a report released Friday that the lawyers who gave legal justification to the Bush administration's brutal …Lawyers Cleared Over 9/11 MemosWall Street JournalReport: Bush lawyers used [...]

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The Guardian (blog) For Texas Pilot, Rage Simmered With Few HintsNew York TimesRodolfo Gonzalez, Austin American-Statesman, via AP Investigators surveyed the metal skeleton of a small plane that crashed into an Internal Revenue Service office building in Austin on Friday. By MICHAEL BRICK AUSTIN, Tex. — He arrived, as so many do, …Austin plane crash [...]

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CBC.ca African Union suspends Niger after military coupBBC NewsThe African Union has suspended Niger following Thursday's military coup, in which President Mamadou Tandja was deposed and the government dissolved. The organisation said it had imposed sanctions on the country and demanded a return to constitutional …Analysis: Niger coup another chance at democracyWashington PostSenegal Leader to [...]

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Rio de Janeiro, Feb 19 (DPA) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emphatically ruled out the possibility of seeking a return to the presidency in 2015, as long as his favoured candidate wins October elections to choose his successor.

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Melbourne, Feb 19 : Just back from his Mexican trip with Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler has now been spotted with Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger.

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