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AFP – Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 in an all-Russian final of the French Open on Saturday to take away her second Grand Slam title.
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By Dave Scheiber, Times Staff Writer
Friday, June 5, 2009
Steve Cauthen knows a excellent horse tale when he sees it. In fact, he helped script the last truly fantastic one 31 years ago. At just 18, the jockey dubbed “Stevie Wonder” guided Affirmed to victory over archrival Alydar by a nose in the Belmont Stakes and captured the sport’s Holy Grail: the Triple Crown. The feat has not been accomplished since. But there’s another narrative in the making this afternoon on the same Elmont, N.Y., oval that has captivated Cauthen, now 49, and much of the sporting world. An unassuming, long-overlo
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AFP – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she saw no progress in China on human rights, regretting that neither economic reforms nor US pressure were making Beijing budge.
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