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U.S. calls Myanmar election laws a mockery

WASHINGTON March 12, 2010 Myanmar’s military government has enacted new laws for elections due later this year. The United States feels it makes a "mockery" of democracy.

In the circumstances, the elections will be a joke, U.S. said on Wednesday. It also felt it would weaken U.S. efforts to improve ties with the country earlier known as Burma.

Court in Azerbaijan rejects appeal to release bloggers

BAKU March 11, 2010 Two Azerbaijani opposition bloggers, Adnan Hajizade, 26, and Emin Milli, 30, were sentenced to two years and two and a half years imprisonment over a violent incident in a cafe in the capital Baku last July. 

Indian Wells women's singles first round results

March 11, 2010 - Indian Wells women’s singles first round results on Wednesday (* denotes new result).

* Virginie Razzano (France) beat Kristina Barrois (Germany) 6-3 6-4

* Jill Craybas (U.S.) beat Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) 6-0 7-5

* Peng Shuai (China) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-1 2-6 6-4

   Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4

   Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-2

   Olga Govortsova (Belarus) beat Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) 6-0 4-6 7-6(8)

   Alicia Molik (Australia) beat Tatjana Malek (Germany) 6-1 6-3

   Vera Dushevina (Russia) beat Jelena Dokic (Australia) 6-0 6-3

All England championships first round results

BIRMINGHAM, England March 11, 2010 - First round results at the All England badminton championships on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result):

    Men’s singles

* Andrew Smith (England) beat Eric Pang (Netherlands) 21-10 21-11

* Simon Santoso (Indonesia) beat Wong Choong Hann (Malaysia) 17-21 21-16 21-12

* 5-Peter Gade (Denmark) beat Dicky Palyama (Netherlands) 21-17 21-17

* Rajiv Ouseph (England) beat Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (France) 21-17 21-19

4-Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) beat Hu Yun (Hong Kong) 17-21 21-11 21-12

West Indies v Zimbabwe, third ODI - WI win by 141 runs

March 11, 2010 Scoreboard from the third one-day international between West Indies and Zimbabwe at Arnos Vale, St.Vincent on Wednesday:

    West Indies innings

C. Gayle st Taibu b Utseya                33

A. Barath c Maruma b Utseya            35

S. Chanderpaul run out                      58

D. Ramdin c Utseya b Maruma          19

N. Deonarine c Chigumbura b Lamb  21

U.S. to launch operation in Kandahar city

WASHINGTON Feb 27, 2010 U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan will launch a new military operation later this year to get full control of Kandahar, the

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