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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ANTWERP, Belgium  - Top seed, Amelie Mauresmo moved to within one win of a 1 million euros ($1.31 million) prize with a 6-3 3-6 6-2 victory over Russia's Anna Chakvetadze in the semi-finals at the Diamond Games on Saturday.
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Top seed Amelie Mauresmo rallied to  beat Russia's sixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to  complete a successful defense of her Advanta championship title  in Philadelphia on Sunday.
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Wangari Maathai rose to prominence fighting for those most easily marginalised in Africa - poor women. The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize was praised by the awarding committee as &quot;a source
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Hundreds of thousands turn out to back the main opposition candidate for the Venezuelan presidency.
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Makybe Diva won the 144th running of the Melbourne Cup, becoming the first mare to win Australia&#39;s richest horse race in successive years.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Top-ranked teams aren&#39;t solo shows, and star Seimone Augustus sure has plenty of help around her with the LSU Lady Tigers.
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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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LINZ, Austria : Recently deposed world number one Amelie Mauresmo shrugged off any doubts over her fitness by beating Poland&#39;s Marta Domachowska 6-4, 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament here.
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Defending champion Makybe Diva won the $4.2-million Cdn Melbourne Cup on Tuesday to become the first mare in the 144-year history of Australia&#39;s most famous horse race to win twice.
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JULIE seems to have benefited Neha Dhupia tremendously.
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Wangari Maathai of Kenya became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote democracy, protect the environment and improve social conditions.
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NAIROBI Wangari Maathai has been clubbed in the head by riot policemen. She has been denounced as a subversive. Her efforts for women&#39;s rights in a country where men run the show have long been considered quixotic at best.
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A leading opposition candidate won his party's nomination Saturday for this year's presidential election, the first time an incumbent president has faced a credible challenge in Kenya.
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FOUR seasons in one race meeting, meteorologically and emotionally speaking. It was an epic day when Makybe Diva claimed her place in Australian racing history by winning her second successive Melbourne Cup.
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Trainer Lee Freedman says Makybe Diva deserves the title as the world&#39;s best stayer after winning a second consecutive Melbourne Cup yesterday.
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Ashado bulled her way into contention on the turn for home and went on to win Saturday&#39;s $2 million Breeders&#39; Cup Distaff by 1 1/4 lengths in track-record time.