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Cahill leads Australia to 2-1 win over Serbia

Tim Cahill and Brett Holman scored second half goals to give Australia a 2-1 victory over Serbia in their final World Cup Group D match on Wednesday.

Chile beat Honduras to end 48 years of hurt

Chile beat Honduras to end 48 years of hurt

Jean Beausejour scored the only goal as Chile beat Honduras 1-0 in their Group H opening match on Wednesday.

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Pitch, ball under scrutiny as Slovenia win

Slovenia chalked up their first World Cup win when a dreadful mistake by Algeria goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi handed them a 1-0 victory.

Algeria keeper hands Slovenia 1-0 win

Algeria keeper hands Slovenia 1-0 win

A dreadful mistake by Algeria goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi handed Slovenia a 1-0 victory in their opening World Cup Group C match on Sunday.

From human-fat meatballs to a pink mountain

Last year, Chilean-born artist Marco Evaristti mixed fat removed from his body by liposuction with ground beef to make meatballs, which he fried in olive oil and displayed in a…

Annan to see south Lebanon destruction

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will see the destruction in southern Lebanon at first hand on Tuesday when he visits the area during a Middle East tour designed to…

Annan to shore up Lebanon truce

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will discuss the deployment and role of a planned 15Â 000-strong peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon when he visits Beirut on…

Lebanese oil slick hits ancient Phoenician port

The Lebanese port of Byblos has survived the Romans, the Crusades and the armies of Alexander the Great but now it faces a 21st-century menace, brought to its shores on a tide of…

Bush: Lebanon needs UN troops urgently

United States President George Bush called on Monday for the urgent deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force to southern Lebanon to shore up a week-old truce between…

Mideast truce ‘very fragile’, Merkel warns

German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the situation in Lebanon as ”very fragile” on Monday as a truce between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas entered its second…