Costa Rica Dropped From 'Willing' List
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The White House has removed Costa Rica from an Internet list of nations in the so-called "coalition of the willing" in Iraq.
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Juergen Klinsmann withdrew Thursday from consideration as coach of the U.S. soccer team after several months of talks failed to lead to an agreement, a U.S. Soccer Federation official told The Associated Press.
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US symbol removed from list of threatened species.
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The White House has scrapped its list of Iraq allies known as the 45-member "coalition of the willing," which Washington used to back its argument that the 2003 invasion was a multilateral action, an official said on Friday.
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Everton said it rejected bids from Premiership soccer rivals Manchester United and Newcastle for England forward Wayne Rooney. ``Newcastle United submitted an increased offer for Wayne
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Everton this week rejected bids from Manchester United and Newcastle for the England international, only for the 18-year-old to hand in a transfer request on Friday.
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Scotland defender Steven Pressley is the latest player to drop out of a depleted squad for the World Cup qualifiers with Norway and Moldova.
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Everton&#39;s teenage England striker Wayne Rooney has handed in a transfer request, the Premier League club announced on Friday. Everton have turned down two bids estimated at 20 million
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By Joe Baird, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 8--RICHFIELD -- Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. pulled back the state's  roadless forest petition last month following a federal court decision that  has thrown the Bush administration's whole petition process into question.
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VOLOS, Greece  - Costa Rica scored its first four goals of the 2004 Olympic soccer tournament to knock star-studded Portugal out of the competition and set up a meeting with favourite Argentina.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Prime Minister Paul Martin offered to help resolve the NHL labour dispute, but was turned down. Martin told CBC Television that both the NHL and NHL Players&#39; Association declined unspecified
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New Jersey has spurned an offer by Venezuela's national oil company to donate an island in the Delaware River as a bald eagle preserve, but the eagles which nest there will still be protected from planned development.
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The White House has scrapped its  list of Iraq allies known as the 45-member "coalition of the  willing," which Washington used to back its argument that the  2003 invasion was a multilateral action, an official said on  Friday.
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Costa Rica overcame an early goal down to beat Canada 3-1 in Vancouver on Wednesday, ending the hometeam&#39;s hopes of advancing to the next round of World Cup qualification.
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GUATEMALA CITY -- FIFA is backing down from its ban on international soccer matches in Bolivia's capital of La Paz.
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West Ham striker Carlos Tevez turns down a move to Inter Milan after they imposed a deadline for him to make a decision.
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Juergen Klinsmann took himself out of consideration as coach of the U.S. soccer team, a surprising turn of events that led to Chivas USA's Bob Bradley getting the job on an interim basis.