Diageo backs out of Absolut race
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Business & money: Â· Drinks group signs Â£460m deal with Ketel OneÂ· Dutch vodka expected to cut into top seller's market
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Controversial Italian nominee Rocco Buttiglione has announced he is withdrawing his candidacy after it threatened to bring down the European Commission.
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THOUSAND OAKS, California  - South Africa's Rory Sabbatini withdrew from the Target World Challenge before the start of Sunday's final round, citing personal reasons.
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria  - Bode Miller's hopes of  matching one of Alpine skiing's greatest records were dashed on  Saturday following the cancellation of the season's final World  Cup combined race.
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Three more candidates withdrew on Thursday from the race to become U.N. secretary-general, leaving only South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon to face an official U.N. Security Council vote next week.
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An attorney who was seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate withdrew Friday and threw her support to former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen as the best chance to defeat incumbent Republican Sen. John Sununu.
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By Jeffrey Spivak, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 19--At one time, Albert Riederer decided to stay out of the Kansas City mayor's race.   But the candidates he wanted to support didn't run, and those who were running did not have qualities he wanted to support.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg left the Republican Party on Tuesday and switched to unaffiliated, a move certain to be seen as a prelude to an independent presidential bid that would upend the 2008 race.
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The decision means that Phonak will not be eligible for most big races next season.
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Sloping off: Nathan Deakes walks with one foot off the ground after his disqualification from the men&#39;s 50km walk. Photo: AP Picture:MARK BAKER.
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OLYMPIA, Wash_ Edged out of the closest governorÂ´s race in state history, Republican Dino Rossi urged his opponent to accept a revote, saying the uncertainty surrounding the back-and-forth election was bad for the state.
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Rocco Buttiglione, the Italian nominee to the European Commission whose views on homosexuality resulted in an impasse with MEPs, yesterday decided to step aside.
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Patrick Faure, President of the RenaultF1 team, has admitted that signing on 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve to help them win back second place in the constructor&#39;s battle from the British American Racing team, was the wrong decision.
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U.S.-based Phelps Dodge Corp. PD.N   abandoned plans to buy up Canada's Inco Ltd. N.TO on Tuesday   due to lack of shareholder support, leaving Brazil's CVRD   VALE5.SA RIO.N as the only suitor for the Canadian nickel   giant.
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Romania's main opposition presidential challenger Theodor Stolojan withdrew from the race citing health reasons Saturday, dealing a severe blow to his alliance ahead of next month's elections.
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Edged out of the closest governor's race in state history, Republican Dino Rossi urged his opponent to accept a revote, saying the uncertainty surrounding the back-and-forth election was bad for the state. Democrat Christine Gregoire's camp immediately rejected the idea as "irresponsible."
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The chief challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he and several other presidential contenders are withdrawing their rejection of Saturday&#39;s election.