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  • Hurdler Merritt gears up for new Diamond League season

    American hurdler Aries Merritt, who won his first Olympic gold in London and set a world record in the men's 110m hurdles last year, has geared up for the 2013 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League Shanghai leg. "I will try to start the season in my best form and hopefully I'll be in my best so I won't disappoint the fans that come to watch the competition," ...

  • Chinese ambassador urges U.S. to be truly neutral on Sino-Japanese territorial dispute

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  • Jamaican sprinters rule Shanghai Diamond meet

    Eugene Hoshiko/AP SHANGHAI (AP) -- Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 meters and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men's 200. Carmelita Jeter, who pulled up at the finish with an apparent leg injury. Jeter fell to the track after the race and lay on her back ...

  • Jamaica dominates Jeter injured in Shanghai

    Eugene Hoshiko/AP SHANGHAI (AP) -- Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 meters and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men's 200. Carmelita Jeter, who pulled up at the finish with an apparent leg injury. Jeter fell to the track after the race and lay on her back ...

  • James victorious but Merritt in Shanghai scare

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his controversial predecessor and his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League meet on Saturday.But 110m hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt was given a scare in a world championship season when he pulled up with an apparent injury after just three strides.As ...


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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) [DVD]

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) [DVD]

The Man Who Knew Too Much was the only film Alfred Hitchcock made twice. He was never completely satisfied with the original 1934 version, which was made in his native England and was the first of his espionage spy thrillers. He felt that the narrative was too confusing and the technical aspects were not all that they could have been. In an interview with Franois Truffaut, he said he f ... ...

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  • James claims victory over rivals in Shanghai

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his controversial predecessor and his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League meet on Saturday.But 110m hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt was given a scare in a world championship season when he pulled up with an apparent injury after just three strides.As ...

  • Pole Vault Isinbayeva Wins Comeback Meet in Shanghai

    MOSCOW, May 18 (R-Sport) - Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva won her first competition of the season on Saturday by jumping 4.70 meters at the Diamond League meeting in Shanghai. The 30-year-old skipped the winter season after a tough Olympic year in which she won bronze, and is using the event in China to prepare for the Moscow world athletics championships in August. The Russian ...

  • James powers to victory in Shanghai

    Olympic champion Kirani James, centre, powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. Photo by: Aly ...

  • Athletics-Diamond League Meeting Shanghai menwomen results

    May 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Diamond League Meeting Shanghai Men/Women on Saturday Men's 1500m 1. Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:32.39 2. Gebremedhen Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 3:32.43 3. Collins Cheboi (Kenya) 3:32.96 4. Abdalaati Iguider (Morocco) 3:33.29 5. Bethwell Birgen (Kenya) 3:33.67 6. Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3:33.85 7. James Kiplagat Magut (Kenya) 3:35.29 8. Teshome ...

  • Airline bomb hoax suspect caught in Jiangsu

    A man who allegedly made false bomb threats that affected flights in five Chinese cities was caught on Friday afternoon in Yancheng City of east China's Jiangsu ...

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