Russian Tennis Star Escapes Unharmed After Robbery
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Anna Chakvetadze and her parents were unharmed after several men broke into her house southwest of Moscow,tied up her mother and father and made off with over $200,000 in cash and valuables.
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Russia&#39;s Irina Korzhanenko, who won the Olympic shot put last Wednesday, was stripped of her gold medal Monday because of drug use.
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WARSAW, Poland - A man escaped unscathed after a boar chased him around a hospital parking lot in southwestern Poland, the hospital spokesman said Thursday.
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Escapees describe fleeing a Russian schoolyard Wednesday morning as guerrillas armed with rifles and explosives took hundreds hostage.
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Russia&#39;s Maria Sharapova reacts after winning a point against Russia&#39;s Elena Dementieva during their semi final match at the Swisscom Challenge Tennis Tournament in Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct 23, 2004.
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A lion escaped from its cage at a Kazakh zoo over the weekend, the second such incident in a month, news media reported on Monday.
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Teenager Maria Sharapova defeated an injured Serena Williams 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships on Monday, moving the worldâs first Russian champ to a career-high number four and winnings of $1 million.
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A male jeweller who was taken hostage during an attempted robbery in Belfast is released unharmed.
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A Slovak aid worker kidnapped in the turbulent southern Russian republic of Ingushetia in May is freed by Russian forces.
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MOSCOW -- Police intercepted a car packed with explosives in central Moscow yesterday and said they had thwarted a terrorist attack, Russian media reported. A suspect told investigators he was being paid $1,000 to take the car to a major thoroughfare used by President Vladimir Putin, news agencies and television said, quoting security forces. The suspect died from a heart ...
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Moscow, Russia (Sports Network) - World No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo of France was forced to withdraw from this week&#39;s Kremlin Cup because of a thigh injury.
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A notorious criminal escaped from a Belgian prison Sunday after a helicopter crash-landed inside the prison grounds, the local public prosecutor said.
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A young Austrian woman told police on Wednesday she had escaped a kidnapper after being held for eight years in a sealed garage, apparently resolving a missing child case that shook the nation, officials said.
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A convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal escaped from custody Friday while being transported to a hospital in eastern Bosnia after complaining of feeling ill, authorities said.
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Russian shot-putter Irina Korzhanenko, who won the women&#39;s event at the Athens Olympics, has been stripped of her gold medal for failing a drugs test.
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Mikhail Youzhny of Russia reacts after winning the semifinal tennis match against Britain&#39;s Greg Rusedski at the St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament in St.
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Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France advanced to the Advanta Championships final after Wimbledonchampion Maria Sharapova of Russia withdrew from their semifinal match with a strained right shoulder.