Posts Tagged Western Europe

Boudia leads US team for world championships

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Olympic gold medalist David Boudia leads a team of 15 American divers who will compete at the world championships in Barcelona, Spain, in July.

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Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title

Chelsea players, with Fernando Torres, from Spain, in the center, celebrate at the end of the Europa League final soccer match between Benfica and Chelsea at ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday May 15, 2013. Chelsea defeated Benfica 2-1. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League for the 11th straight season.

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Fognini, Stakhovsky, Mathieu advance at Nice Open

NICE, France (AP) — Fabio Fognini overcame a sloppy first set to beat Italian countryman Marco Cecchinato 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Nice Open.

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Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League for the 11th straight season.

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Does France have right plan to revive its economy?

FOR STORY SLUGGED FRANCE SHRINKING ECONOMY -  In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, French Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg delivers a speech after meeting workers and trade union representatives of ArcelorMittal, in Florange, northeast France.  The 50-year old lawyer Montebourg, is the man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest in the country, but according to some analysts he is fast gaining a reputation for doing the opposite, as public spats with international companies, and efforts to block employee layoffs are being seen as the epitome of what is wrong with the French economy. (AP Photo/Mathieu Cugnot, File)

PARIS (AP) — The man charged with reviving France’s shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite.

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