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Pujols and Pedroia win MVP awards

Pujols joins a select band who have won multiple MVP awards Albert Pujols and Dustin Pedroia have been named as Major League Baseball's Most Valuable Players for 2008. St Louis Cardinals slugger Pujols, 28, picked up the...

Medvedev against changing method of electing Russian governors

IZHEVSK, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday it would be wrong to change the current system of choosing regional leaders, which he described as "optimal." In a Monday TV interview,...

Queens Park Rangers poised to appoint Paulo Sousa as new manager

QPR are understood to be on the verge of appointing Paulo Sousa as their manager, after the former Portuguese international was seen at the club's training ground yesterday. Sousa has reportedly agreed contractual terms,...

Another prize chance for Sebastian Barry as Costa shortlists are announced

Another chance for Sebastian Barry as Costa shortlists are announced Shortlists for the five categories of the Costa book awards avoid some of the bigger books of the year – and give others a second shot at a prize Booker miss,...

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Spend! Spend! Spend! This seems set to be the theme for next week's pre-Budget report. Yet some ministers have started sloshing the cash around already, judging by the volte-face of James Purnell, work and pensions secretary,...

Respect us now! FA bans for United boss Ferguson and Chelsea striker Drogba

The FA made an example of two of the biggest names in English football yesterday, handing out bans to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. The struggling Respect Campaign received a...

Dustin Pedroia named AL MVP

won the AL MVP award Tuesday, becoming the first second baseman to earn the honor in nearly a half-century. Nellie Fox was the previous second baseman to become AL MVP, in 1959 with the White Sox. Pedroia was even left off one...

Russian Newsweek warned for "insulting" Muslims

By Associated Press Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - Added 3m ago MOSCOW - Moscow prosecutors say they have warned the Russian-language edition of the Newsweek magazine for allegedly insulting Muslims. The Moscow Prosecutor’s...

Challenging Kremlin, ex-generals criticize military reforms

By MIKE ECKEL | Associated Press Writer MOSCOW (AP) _ The Kremlin is grappling with a growing opposition in the military to the most sweeping overhaul of Russia's armed forces in over a generation. Retired generals warned...

Pujols joins quest to lure MLS team to St. Louis

St. Louis is among seven cities vying for two expansion teams for 2011 ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Baseball star Albert Pujols added his name to a group working to bring a new Major League Soccer team to St. Louis. The announcement on...

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