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