New Miss Belgium gets Flemish tongues wagging
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Belgium's political tensions entered the glamour stakes after it was revealed that the new Miss Belgium does not speak Dutch.
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With its native tongue losing to English as the global lingua franca, France is fighting back
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At 2 years old, Lanah Boissy has perfected the art of linguistic one-upmanship. Perched in a highchair at dinnertime in Sterling, she will say something in Farsi, wait for a look of bafflement from her Senegal-born parents and dissolve into giggles when they are forced to ask if she would please...
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Hasselt, Belgium (Sports Network) - Third-seeded Russian Elena Bovina was an easy opening-round winner Monday at the inaugural Gaz de France Stars tennis event, where Belgian star Kim Clijsters will see her first action since early May this week.
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Photo: AFP A quick-thinking Dutchman has registered "Bokito", the name of a gorilla which broke out of his enclosure in Rotterdam Zoo last week, as a brand. via The Age
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The new Miss World, blonde Czech 18-year-old Tatana Kucharova, currently has no boyfriend and adores Paris, she said on Sunday.
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LESVE, Belgium  - Jonas De Cooman is trying to win a pay rise. Unfortunately for the Belgian marketing executive, he must do it by persuading a reluctant bay gelding called Jumper to budge.
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With Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport injured, and Venus Williams begging off, Jill Craybas, Jamea Jackson, Vania King and Mashona Washington will play for the United States against Belgium in the Fed Cup semifinals.
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CHARLEROI, Belgium  - World number two Justine   Henin-Hardenne beat Italy's Francesca Schiavone 6-4 7-5 in   Sunday's opening match of the Fed Cup final to leave Belgium   just one win away from a second title.
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CHARLEROI, Belgium  - Italy's Francesca Schiavone   powered past Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens 6-1 6-3 on Saturday to   take the opening match of this weekend's Fed Cup final.
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French-speaking politicians see a better chance of claiming the top job in the country's upcoming election, but the favorites remain Flemish
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Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-5 Sunday to put Belgium within one victory of the Fed Cup title.
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A sense of crisis prevails in Belgium, as separatists want to slice the country horizontally along ethnic lines.
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Young Belgian director Joachim Lafosse wowed critics at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday with
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Lifestyle: 24 September 2004, Friday. The best beer draughter from a contest held in a popular bar in downtown Sofia already packs his luggage for a trip in Belgium.
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Belgians reacted with shock and disbelief when a state television channel announced that the Flemish part of the country had declared independence and that Belgium was no more.
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A 22-year-old student who said she hopes to become a cosmetic surgeon was crowned the winner yesterday in China&#39;s first pageant for such &quot;manmade beauties.