Makybe Diva crushes opposition
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MELBOURNE: Makybe Diva crushed the hopes of the Irish, English and Kiwis when racing into the record books of Australian racing with her second successive Melbourne Cup victory at a saturated Flemington.
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NAIROBI, Jan. 15 -- Kenya's opposition party, which has accused President Mwai Kibaki of stealing a Dec. 27 election, scored a significant victory Tuesday when its candidate was elected speaker of parliament following a bitter and at times theatrical opening session.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba made an astonishing recovery to become the first woman to defend her world championship 10,000 meters title on Saturday.
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Makybe Diva thwarted a mighty effort from Vinnie Roe at a stormlashed Flemington racecourse today by becoming the first mare in history to win the Melbourne Cup two years running.
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The impish diva of the 1980s who stole millions of hearts with her supreme spontaneity is back.
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Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist, today became the first African woman to win the Nobel peace prize. Ms Maathai, 64, Kenya&#39;s deputy environment minister, heads the Green Belt movement, a group that
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Friday congratulated Wangari Maathai, the assistant minister for environment and natural resources, for becoming the first African woman to win
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The superstar springs a surprise.
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WHAT looks the simplest of Melbourne Cups on paper is potentially the platform for a huge upset. Makybe Diva is a solid $4 favourite and is expected to win the race - Vinnie Roe is the only one close to
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Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan who created a women&#39;s movement which has planted more than 30m trees in 20 countries, became the first African woman to win the Nobel peace prize yesterday.
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Amelie Mauresmo comfortably came through her first match since taking over at the top of the world rankings. The Frenchwoman reached the quarter-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix in Filderstadt with a 7-5 6-4 win over Switzerland&#39;s Patty Schynder.
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The Russian invasion and the Rebel Without a Cause outfit seem to be getting most of the headlines in women&#39;s tennis these days, which is just fine by the world&#39;s top-ranked player.
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Makybe Diva became the first mare to win the Melbourne Cup twice, successfully defending her title Tuesday in Australia&#39;s most famous race.
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Fair or not, Star Jones Reynolds has long been labeled as a diva &#151; a perception that has often led to negative publicity.
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SCOTT HARRISONâS 59second defeat of the hopeless Samuel Kebede did little to boost a fine world championâs credibility, but it did a great deal to tarnish the reputation of the sanctioning body that he represents.
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The opposition wins the first stage of Mauritania's first poll since a coup ended 20 years of authoritarian rule.
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Thousands of haggard, shivering and determined opposition protesters danced and sang in triumph yesterday after Ukraine&#39;s parliament approved amendments to ensure a fair ballot in the presidential rerun later this month.