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Telegraph, 07.01.09 07:31 UTC

Reader Competition: Win a place on the first leg of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race

Nearly 2,000 adventurers have met Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's round-the-world race challenge. Will you be next?

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The Independent, 23.12.08 15:32 UTC

Kosatka hit by economic woes

Crisis talks were underway today, but the prospects of leaving Singapore on the fourth leg of the Volvo round the world race to Qingdao, China, next month looked bleak for the Russian entry, Kosatka. ...

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Seattle Times, 04.12.08 10:07 UTC

Health-worker rally attacked

Johannesburg, S. Africa Zimbabwean riot police officers brandishing batons charged into a group of 100 doctors and nurses on Wednesday in Harare, the capital, breaking up a demonstration for better ...

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USA Today, 04.12.08 04:02 UTC

Fire in China company dorm kills 11

BEIJING (AP) — A fire at the dormitory of a seafood company Thursday killed 11 workers and injured 10 others in eastern China, an official said.

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The Independent, 01.12.08 02:02 UTC

Ben Ainslie: 'I can only win one medal per Games & dash; I've done all I can do'

When Ben Ainslie was 15 he won a junior world championship sailing a Laser Radial, a class of dinghy. Someone at the BBC, noting this splendid achievement, decided that it would be nice to invite him ...

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The Independent, 14.11.08 00:06 UTC

Rampaging winds ahead of Volvo race

Before the intriguing second leg of the Volvo round the world race even began, storm force winds gusting up to 60 knots had been hampering preparations in Cape Town and the organisers were praying ...

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Belfast Telegraph, 02.11.08 12:30 UTC

Target in sight for brave Dakota

Blind girl set to fly to China for treatment next February

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The Independent, 07.10.08 23:34 UTC

Pirate warning as world race nears start

Fewer icebergs but more pirates will keep hazard levels as high as ever as the eight-boat Volvo fleet leaves Alicante on Saturday for its first, 6,500-mile ocean leg of a round the world race that ...

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San Francisco Chronicle, 21.09.08 16:34 UTC

China milk scandal claims victim outside mainland

(09-21) 08:36 PDT BEIJING, China (AP) -- A Hong Kong toddler has developed a kidney stone after drinking Chinese milk the first reported victim outside the mainland affected by a widening scandal ...

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Houston Chronicle - World, 21.09.08 16:01 UTC

China milk scandal claims victim in Hong Kong

BEIJING A Hong Kong toddler has developed a kidney stone after drinking Chinese milk the first reported victim outside the mainland affected by a widening scandal over a toxic chemical found in baby ...