Germany sealed top spot in Group A in impressive style, with a Miroslav Klose brace and Lukas Podolski’s first goal of the 2006 FIFA World Cup sealing an emphatic 3-0 win over Ecuador.  Both these sides had already qualified for the Round of 16 prior to this match, [...]

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            Switzerland surged to the top of Group G with a convincing 2-0 win over Togo in Dortmund on Monday, 19 June which leaves the Helvetians leading the section on goal difference. Victory was secured by goals from Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta in the 16th and 88th minute respectively, [...]

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              Ecuador made history by beating Costa Rica 3-0 in Hamburg to qualify for the knockout rounds of the FIFA World Cup™ for the first time on Thursday, 15 June, 2006. Carlos Tenorio, Agustin Delgado and Ivan Kaviedes scored the goals that secured the South Americans’ progress from Group [...]

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The U.S. military today released new information about Abu Musab Zarqawi’s successor, quickly elevating the stature of the Egyptian militant whom is said in Internet postings to be the new head of Al Qaeda in Iraq. The U.S. military also announced today that the number of American military deaths in Iraq has reached 2,500, though [...]

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 Nigeria recently paid huge sums of money to some of the richest countries. UK organisations which are members of the Jubilee Debt Campaign are urging the UK government to return its share of this money to Nigeria to fight poverty. Nigeria made a huge payment of $12.4 billion (£7 billion) to the wealthiest countries in the [...]

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Day 3 opened with explosive matches, as Mexico scored twice in the final 20 minutes to defeat Iran 3-1 in their opening Germany 2006 match in Nuremberg on Sunday, 11 June 2006. With the teams tied at 1-1, Omar Bravo capitalised on a mix-up in the Iran defence to slot home his and Mexico’s second [...]

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            England stuttered to victory in their Group B opener in Frankfurt thanks to a third-minute Paraguay own goal. England had put three points on the board against Paraguay through an own goal from Carlos Gamarra with only two minutes on the clock. Attempting to meet David Beckham’s curling free-kick, [...]

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The world’s biggest sporting event outside the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, is here again. As teams converge in Germany for the soccer fiesta, the real question on everyone’s lips is who will win the trophy this time? Will it be the Samba boys of Brazil, who are tagged as favourites, the Azzuris from Italy, the German [...]

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The U.S. Senate blocked a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage as a Republican-led election-year drive failed to clear a procedural hurdle. The Senate fell 11 votes short of mustering the 60 needed to shut off debate and force the proposal to a final roll call. Supporters said they took some solace from the [...]

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 Research published Monday offers some of the first strong evidence-based advice on what approach is best at getting a baby to sleep through the night. What some baby experts offer up in opinion and theory, psychologist Ian St. James-Roberts has put to the test. In his latest research, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, he [...]

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The U.S. government is worried that women will be forced to become prostitutes and sell themselves at the month-long World Cup event in Germany.As a result, Washington asked Germany on Monday to step up its plans to stop sex workers from crossing into the country to take advantage of the popular games. Prostitution is legal [...]

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About 18 months ago, in November 2004, on the last lap of a journey that had taken me about way round the world, I picked up an airline (KLM) inflight magazine, called Holland Herald. I kept it somewhere at home  and only found it recently while doing spring cleaning. Inside it was an article titled [...]

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Mr. Obiora Madu, from MultiMix Export Academy, gave the final paper presentation today. The theme was ‘Trade facilitation, the role of supply chain management’. He started by saying international trade is an indispensable engine of economic growth. He also mentioned that trade expands markets, facilitates competition, increases productivity and disseminates knowledge. Furthermore, he said that [...]

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