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View PhotoArles-Avignon's midfielder Thomas Ayasse (left) fights for the ball with Montpellier's …
Arles-Avignon midfielder Thomas Ayasse has signed a three-year deal with Nancy, the French first division club announced Friday.
Ayasse, who was out of contract at second division side Arles-Avignon, becomes Nancy's third signing of the summer after defender Abdou Rahman Dampha signed from Swiss side Neufchatel Xamax and midfielder Romain Grange arrived from French second tier side Chateauroux.
Nancy finished the 2012 season in 11th place, 37 points behind champions Montpellier.
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - Police confirmed that a Philippine worker was attacked by four Taiwanese and beaten with iron sticks and baseball bats in Tainan City on May 16 following the recent heated dispute between Taiwan and the Philippines.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will proclaim more winners in the senatorial race Saturday night, amid criticisms of "premature" proclamations.
The dire manners and "uncivilised behaviour" of some Chinese tourists abroad are harming the country's image, said a top official who lamented their poor "quality and breeding", according to state-run media.
Manila, Philippines --- Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III yesterday disputed claims that the election results showed there is no Catholic vote.
Now, she's coming. The daughter of Vice President Jejomar Binay will show up at her first proclamation as an elected official at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum in Pasay City Saturday.
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Vindicated. This is how re-elected Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III felt when he showed up at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City for his proclamation on Saturday.
Unlike Senator-elect Nancy Binay, the wife of former Senate President Manuel “Manny” Villar is not feeling nervous about reporting for work in the Senate come July.
The winning candidates from the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) could only heave a sigh of relief.
Now, she's coming. The daughter of Vice President Jejomar Binay will show up at her first proclamation as an elected official at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum in Pasay City Saturday.
Follow the Commission on Elections' partial official results of the 2013 Senatorial elections.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will proclaim more winners in the senatorial race Saturday night, amid criticisms of "premature" proclamations.
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When the poll body proclaimed Aquilino Martin "Koko" Pimentel senator-elect Friday, he joined seven of his fellow bets in the administration slate.
Amid questions hurled against its early partial proclamation, the poll body on Friday named three more winning Senate candidates even before it completed its official count.
By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Powerball jackpot Saturday night could exceed the $600 million figure being advertised, possibly rivaling the largest lottery payoff in U.S. history, a Texas Lottery official said on Saturday. "Oftentimes, the advertised amount is lower than what the actual jackpot ends up being," said Kelly Cripe, a spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery. "It's entirely possible this $600 million jackpot will end up being a bigger jackpot. ...
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song written by the guitarist of Black Sabbath.
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Back on Earth, Canadian astronaut and cyberspace tweeter Chris Hadfield is getting a rough re-introduction to gravity after a five-month stint aboard the International Space Station, the former commander told reporters during a video webcast from Houston. Hadfield became a social media rock star with his zero-gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and a continuous stream of commentary on Twitter about his life in orbit. But living
By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - An Idaho man who admitted to breaking into a Boise zoo last year and killing a monkey was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday, court records show. Michael Watkins, 22, of Weiser, Idaho, in March pleaded guilty to attempted grand theft, a felony, and misdemeanor animal cruelty stemming from the break-in and beating death of the monkey at Zoo Boise in November. The primate was one of the zoo's two Patas monkeys, ground-dwelling animals from Africa that
By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - An encyclopedia of Italian political slang has shone a light on a colorful and Byzantine world where lawmakers and journalists speak a language you won't find in any ordinary dictionary. The confusing nature of Italian politics has come to the fore in recent months, with an electoral result in which the leading party won the lower house but not the senate, a resulting two-month stalemate, and the final formation of a government led by none of the candidates who
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By Leilanie G. Adriano, VERA Files At the warehouse of farmer Ricardo Tolentino in Laoag, Ilocos Norte are the sweetest and juiciest mangoes, courtesy of a hot water treatment developed at the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU). The technology was … Continue reading →
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