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Olivier Giroud faced his former club as Arsenal opened their Champions League Group B campaign in Montpellier.

Media tycoon Conrad Black asked a federal appeals court in the US today to throw out his conviction for fraud.

You’re afraid to talk about how well the yard is going for fear of jinxing it but I couldn’t be happier at the moment, as the last few weeks have been very good. Mind you, I was beginning to have my doubts last Saturday evening.

I have said it more than once here that you just have to take what racing throws at you. It’s a great leveller and some days you get a kick in the teeth but on others things work out well.

FERNANDO TORRES was caught up in what FIFA would call a simulation controversy as Spain edged their way into the last 16 with a narrow 2-1 victory over 10-man Chile, but only after some theatrics from the Liverpool striker resulted in Marco Estrada being sent off.

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THE Philippine Congress proclaimed Benigno Aquino III the country’s new president yesterday amid high hopes he will fulfil his campaign promise to eliminate corruption and poverty and restore trust in government.

A final count by the Philippine Congress shows that Benigno Aquino III has won last month’s presidential elections by a landslide.

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The son of Corazon Aquino had a wide lead in the Philippines’ presidential elections today after campaigning on a promise to restore the government’s credibility by prosecuting corrupt officials.

Islamic clerics have called on Filipino Muslims not to support former President Joseph Estrada’s bid to return to power in elections in May.

Justice Department lawyers showed "poor judgment" but did not commit professional misconduct when they let CIA interrogators use waterboarding and other harsh tactics at the height of the US war on terror, an internal review said.

An American soldier who had told his family he did not want to return to Iraq apparently killed himself in a Puerto Rican motel days before he was to join his unit and head back to the war zone, police in the US territory said today.

Military officers defied a deadline to surrender after storming out of their coup trial in the Philippines capital today, taking over a luxury hotel and demanding that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resign.

Shamed Philippines President Joseph Estrada was free today for the first time in more than six years after his successor pardoned him from a life sentence for corruption.

Kelly Pavlik knocked out Jermain Taylor in the seventh round in Atlantic City last night to claim the WBC and WBO middleweight belts and become undisputed middleweight world champion after a thrilling fight.

Deposed president Joseph Estrada, who once pulled off the Philippines’ biggest election victory, was sentenced to life in prison today after a landmark six-year trial on charges that he took bribes and kickbacks in office.

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced she had quashed a coup plot today and declared a state of emergency, gambling that the backlash wouldn’t leave her crippled.

OSCAR-WINNING actor Russell Crowe has reached a settlement with an employee at a New York hotel who claimed the actor threw a phone at him.

Russell Crowe has reached an amicable settlement with the New York hotel clerk he was charged with assaulting earlier this year.

Russell Crowe is facing a lawsuit from the hotel porter he injured at New York City's Mercer Hotel during a telephone rage assault earlier this month, after settlement talks collapsed.

ACTOR Russell Crowe is expected to be hit with a punitive damages claim this week after CCTV footage showed his alleged attack on a New York hotel worker with a telephone.

Actor Russell Crowe is expected to be hit with a punitive damages claim this week after allegedly attacking a New York hotel worker with a telephone.

Hollywood actor Russell Crowe hopes the man he injured during an altercation at a New York City hotel in the early hours of Monday morning will accept his apologies.

The hotel clerk who was allegedly the target of Russell Crowe's early morning rage on Mondayhas confessed he was so terrified of the ranting Gladiator star, he hid in an office.

AS the credits roll on another Cannes Film Festival, it may go down as a year in which the on-screen line-up outshone that on the famed red carpet.

The final Star Wars film will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, it was announced today.

A total of 20 movies from China to Iraq and Canada are to compete for top honour at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers announced today.

Security forces in the Philippines were on red alert today as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared she had a new mandate to govern after the final election tally showed her winning by 1.1m votes.

Filipinos voted for president today amid high security and reports of scattered violence in a race pitting an incumbent who strongly backs the US war on terror against a film star whose best friend lost the job in disgrace three years ago.

Walter Estrada claims there is no reason to seek advice from Manuel Medina ahead of his challenge to Scott Harrison’s WBO featherweight title tomorrow night.

World WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison will face Walter Estrada in the second defence of his crown on March 6 at Braehead Arena.

A teenage father whose newborn son was found alive in a portable toilet in freezing weather in Wisconsin has been jailed for eight years.

Police in the Philippines today arrested a key aide of disgraced former President Joseph Estrada over allegations of involvement in a mutiny by renegade troops.

Lawyers for ousted Philippine president Joseph Estrada say they will not attend the opening of his trial and have also advised him not to go.

Former President Joseph Estrada will become the first Philippines leader to face trial when he goes before a judge on Monday charged with plundering the economy - an offence that carries a maximum penalty of death.

Ousted Philippines President Joseph Estrada faces the death penalty after arraigned today for economic plunder.

A judge ordered former Philippines President Joseph Estrada to be arraigned today for perjury, rejecting a last-minute bid by his lawyers to have the charge thrown out and stirring fears his supporters could cause trouble.

A Philippines' court has rejected a police petition to hold ousted President Joseph Estrada's corruption trial in a military hospital due to security concerns.

An explosion at a political rally in the home town of jailed former Philippines President Joseph Estrada has left 12 people injured, one seriously.

Manila residents awoke under a ‘‘state of rebellion’’ today, more stunned than reassured after Philippines police quelled riots that left at least six dead.

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a ‘‘state of rebellion’’ today after security forces firing warning shots, tear gas and water cannons clashed with stone-throwing backers of ousted leader Joseph Estrada.

Ousted Philippines president Joseph Estrada was arrested today for alleged corruption in office.