There was just enough drizzle Monday at Wimbledon for the tournament referee to crank on the roof, and it's a good thing he did. The Speedmaster Broad Arrow Watchestranslucent plastic ceiling over Centre Court was about the only real novelty on the day. Six sessions left in the tournament, and already the Americans are whittled down to their three usual thumpers: Andy Roddick and theSpeedmaster Day Watches Williams sisters. All three players moved into the quarterfinal round, during a day that promised considerable upheaval but delivered only that roofSpeedmaster Legend Watches - which was summoned in the second set of Dinara Safina's victory over Amelie Mauresmo.

The classic outdoor court instantly became a glowing indoor arena, a great success, as the roof was locked into place at 4:46 p.m. All the biggest names moved on withoutSpeedmaster Reduced Watches much perspiration, even on the hottest day of the English summer. Omega classic watches Roddick survived a tough tiebreaker set,Desire Watches then cruised over Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3. Venus held off three breakpoints in the very first game, then absolutely trounced Ivanovic the rest of the way, 6-1, 1-0 (ret.). Ivanovic, a former French Open champion, was serving at 30-40 down in theDiver Senstar Watches first game of the second set, when she landed wrong and felt a sharp pain on her inner thigh.

"I couldn't step on my leg ever since," Ivanovic said. She dissolved in tears, then retired. "Today I felt really sad for her actually," Venus Le Locle Watchessaid. "She was really upset. This is Wimbledon. It's the last place you want to have an injury that you can't overcome. She tried not to show it." Her father, Richard, was thoroughly impressedPorto Chrono Watches by the effort. "I thought Venus played out of this world, it was the 'Venus Williams Show'," Richard Williams said. He was less impressed with Serena's 6-3, 6-1 win over Daniela Hantuchova, who played mind- numbingly bad tennis. The fatherPR50 Watches continued to suggest she needs to become more aggressive, moving into the court.

Serena seemed to agree. "I feel like I definitely need to step it up, play better, really start playing some great tennis or go home," Serena said. "And I don't want to go home, so I'm just getting more serious." The only other remaining U.S. player inPR 100X Flyback Watches the main singles draw, Melanie Oudin, lost in the fourth round to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, 6-4, 7-5. Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling for the 11th straight time, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). He next plays giant serve-and-volleyer Ivo Karlovic,PRC200 Watches who again managed to serve 35 aces in his four-set victory over Fernando Verdasco. "I like those sort of challenges," said Federer, who is undefeated against Karlovic in eight meetings. "It's maybe not the most fun match PRS200 Watchesto go through.

But I like to beat this guy, because he makes it hard on us to beat him." There was a bit of a stir yesterday when the All-England Club admitted to a surge of "flu-like illnesses" among its personnel, including PRS516 Watchesballboys, and told the sick employees to stay home. England is on full alert about the Swine Flu, and caution is the rule. The club put out a notice urging all people on the grounds to wash Titanium Watchestheir hands frequently and cover their mouths whenever sneezing or coughing. "I just got a letter," Venus Williams said,Quadrato Watches after beating Ana Ivanovic, 6-1, 0-1 (ret.). "I guess there's sicknesses all around. Hopefully our immune systems are strong enough. That's what they're there for. We'll put ours in use, take vitamin C, keep playing and call it a day." 

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President Obama said Friday that he doesn't take Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand for an apology seriously after the Iranian president Golden Ellipseaccused him of interfering in the country's affairs. "The United States has gone out of its way notGondolo to interfere with the election process in Iran, and I'm really not concerned about Mr. Ahmadinejad apologizing to me," Obama said in a joint White House appearance with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after they conferred privately.

 "I would suggest Mr. Ahmadinejad think carefullyGrand Complications about the obligations he owes to his own people, and he might want to consider looking at the families of those beaten, shot or detained. That's where Mr. Ahmadinejad and others need to answer their questions," he said. Iran's violent post-election chaos has captured Twenty~4the world's attention and elicited increasingly sharp condemnations from Obama. Iran's ruling clergy have widened the clampdown on the opposition since a bitterly disputed June 12 presidential election, and scattered protests have replaced the initial mass rallies. At least 17 people have been killed in the World Timestate-led crackdown on protesters.

 Ahmadinejad was proclaimed the landslide winner over opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Obama also told reporters Friday that Mousavi has "captured the imagination or spirit" of those within Iran who are "interested in opening up." He said Mousavi has become a representative Vacheron Constantin Classicof the people who've been demonstrating in the streets of Tehran, and who've been showing what Obama calls "extraordinary bravery." Ahmadinejad on Thursday called on Obama to apologize after the U.S. president said he was "appalled and outraged" by post-election violence. "Mr. Obama made a mistake to say those things. ... Our question is why he fell into this trap and said things that previously (President) Bush used to say," the semi-official Fars News Agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.

"Do you want to speak (with Iran) with this tone? If that is your stance then what is left to talk about?" said Ahmadinejad. "I hope you avoidCaree Historique interfering in Iran's affairs and express your regret in a way that the Iranian nation is informed of it." Merkel backed Obama's stand. She said Iran must be kept from getting a nuclear weapon. Merkel pledged to seek the identify the victimsChronometre Royal Watches Items of violence of Iran and what happened to them, though she didn't specify how such an effort would be conducted. "Iran cannot count on the world turning a blind eye," she said.

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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's ArgentineDe Ville firecracker was identified Thursday as Maria Belen Chapur, a 43-year-old divorcee and high-powered international businesswoman. Camera crews clustered in front of her Buenos Aires apartment building, trying to get a photo. [Editor's note: A South Carolina blog has DeVille Prestigeidentified the woman pictured here as Shapur, but that report has not yet been confirmed.] Shapur, who has two children, speaks English, Portuguese and Chinese, Terra Argentina reported.

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DENVER, Colorado (AFP) – Ireland A won the Churchill Cup rugby union tournament with a convincing 49-22 final victory over England Saxons. Declan Kidney's side ran in six tries overall and ledExplorer 20-12 at half-time in sweltering heat after tries from Devon Toner and Isaac Boss.

Another try 24 seconds into the second half by Sean GMT MasteCronin increased Ireland's edge. Felix Jones, Johne Murphy and John Muldoon all notched tries after that before Tom Varndell gave the Saxons a parting shot with a consolation try. Jonathan Sexton kicked three penalties Ladies Datejusfor the Irish and converted three tries, and Fergus McFadden converted another two. Ben Woods also crossed in the second half for the Saxons, who had four penalties from Stephen Myler.

"England are a very good team - I'm not going to Pearlmastersay we smashed them in every facet, but we had the hunger," Kidney said. "I'm a little bit shocked," admitted Saxons captain Phil Dowson. "We'll have to have a look at video, but it's not going to be pretty in terms of set-pieces." Argentina Jaguars defeated Canada 44-29 Sea Dwellerto claim third place earlier Sunday. Benjamin Urdapilleta scored 24 points, scoring a try and booting five conversions and three penalties. Captain Agustin Creevy, Francisco Merello, Tomas De Vedia and Leonardo Senatore also scored tries for the Jaguars.

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BEIJING – Rockets center Yao Ming has called a possible move to Cleveland an "unknown" amid rumors that the Cavaliers' new ChineseDe Ville part owners want to sign him. In a recent interview with his hometown Shanghai TV station, Yao said he continued to have "much affection" for the Houston Rockets, the DeVille Prestigeteam that took him in the first round of the 2002 draft and with whom he has played all six of his NBA seasons. Yao has not won a championship, but said Houston's drive to the second-round of the playoffs this year had given him hope that the Rockets canDouble Eagle contend next season.

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"This is all an unknown," Yao said in the interview, a transcript of which was posted online Friday. "I've already been with Houston for such aSeamaster long time, I still have much affection for this team," he said. "Moreover, this past season we were very successful, and that let me see some hope." Cleveland has not publicly expressed interest in Seamaster Aqua TerraYao, who has one guaranteed year left on his contract with Houston, including a player option for the 2010-11 season.

Yao broke his troublesome left foot in GameSeamaster Planet Ocean3 of the second-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers, the eventual champions. The lure of a championship remains strong and Yao Speedmasterconceded to feeling jealous of fellow China national team member Sun Yue, who played for the Lakers. "There's a little bit of envy," Yao said. "If I didn't have Speedmaster Broad Arrowfeel even some jealousy, then I'm afraid that really would make me a little too much of a slacker."

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In the days since Iran's contested presidential vote, demonstrators have proved resourceful and adept in bypassing a government clampdown onZenith information sharing. Aided by mobile phones and an array of Internet services, technology-savvy Iranians have organized among themselves and communicated with the outside world, sending personalized and unfiltered accounts of events as they unfold in their country.

 We examine the role technology is playing in Iran's post-election saga, and how it is affecting the balance of power between some Piagetautocratic regimes and the people. Iranians have seized the world's attention through gripping, first-hand people-to-people reporting. Surf the Internet, and you will find countless uploaded videosLouis Vuitton depicting defiance, as well as chaos and violence on the streets.

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Maybe Hollywood isn't so recession-proof after all. After months of blistering revenues, box-officeRolex ticket sales are slowing.

 For the third straight week, sales fell behind last year's pace, pulling summer behind 2008 for the first time. While Hollywood still has a 6% lead overOmega last year overall, analysts wonder whether summer has many blockbuster bullets left in the chamber. MORE: The season's hits and misses so far "We've definitely hit a lull," says Chad BreitlingHartigan of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. "It's almost like Hollywood didn't show up the first two weeks of June.

And I'm not sure we'll have any runaway hits like we did last year." Overachieving midsize films — the strength of this year's movie slate — have gone missing in summer, except for The Hangover. While earlier films such as Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Taken far exceeded projections, summer pictures such asTag Heuer Angels & Demons and Land of the Lost have either just met expectations or faltered.

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That could change when Transformers: Revenge ofkirium the Fallen hits screens June 24. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince follows July 15. "I think we'll be fine," says Gitesh Pandya ofLink BoxOfficeGuru.com. "Hollywood had to take a breather from all the action, and the second wave is on the way."

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian officials sought U.S and European help to salvage foundering peacemaking on Monday after tough terms laid outwholesale watch by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but they stopped short of refusing to resume negotiations.

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 However, he removed from the negotiating agenda the fate of RivaPalestinian refugees displaced by Israel's 1948 creation and said Israel would retain sovereignty over all of Jerusalem — two issues previous Israeli governments had agreed to negotiate. Netanyahu also said he would keep building in Jewish settlements on land claimed by the Palestinians, despite a U.S. demand for a complete wholesale watchfreeze. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he would not resume talks unless Israel honored previous pledges to halt construction. Palestinian negotiator Saeb ErekatGucci watches said Netanyahu's speech was so riddled with conditions that he "left nothing for negotiations." But he said the Palestinians didn't want to be cast in the role of rejectionists and didn't rule out the resumption of talks that broke off late last year. "Netanyahu wants to put us in a Omegasituation where he looks like he offered something, and we said no," Erekat said. "Netanyahu's speech wasRolex very clear.

He rejects the two-state solution." Erekat said he contacted American, European and Russian mediators in the wake of the speech and urged them to hold Israel — along with the Palestinians — 100 G-Rectangleto their obligations under previous peace plans. Israel is required to halt settlement construction, while Palestinians must rein in militants. Netanyahu's move came after months ofBreitling pressure from Washington to endorse Palestinian statehood, as successive Israeli governments before his have done.

"There are new international circumstances that demanded I make a decision," Netanyahu told a party meeting on Monday. "This is the policy I chose." Related StoriesIsrael's Netanyahu Calls for Creation of Palestinian 101 G-RoundState for First Time In Washington, Robert Gibbs, a spokesman for President Barack Obama, welcomed Netanyahu's conditional acceptance of Palestinian statehood as an "important step forward." But he suggested more needs to be done, saying the U.S. would work with all sides to make sure they fulfill the obligations "necessary to achieve a two-state solution." The European Union also said Netanyahu's endorsement was a step in the right direction.

At the same time, Netanyahu's nationalist toneTag Heuer, tough conditions and vague language on peacemaking appeared to avert a crisis in his hawkish coalition, where there was strong opposition to the U.S. pressure. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the most powerful hard-liner in Netanyahu's government, said the prime minister's speech outlined "the balance between our aspirations for peace and the aspiration for security." In his speech, Netanyahu called on Arab leaders to 102 G-Minimeet with him "any time, any place." But he pointedly avoided mentioning an Arab peace initiative that offers to trade normalized ties with the entire Arab world for a complete Israeli withdrawal from lands captured in 1967, a demand Israel rejects.

 He demanded Palestinians recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state — another way of saying Palestinian refugees must give up their hopes of returning to lost homes inside Israel. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a key mediator between Israel and the Palestinians, said that demand "will further complicate the situation and scuttle any chance of peace," according to the state news agency MENA. In Jordan, the pro-government Al-Rai daily ran an editorial104 G-Bandeau titled, "Netanyahu offered rotten merchandise. Nobody will buy it." Lebanese President Michel Suleiman described Netanyahu's speech as "intransigent when it comes to dealing with peace or regarding the solution for Palestinian refugees." Saudi Arabia's state-run Al-Nadwa daily said "every paragraph of Netanyahu's speech makes us more pessimistic." The Arab League's undersecretary general forCartier
Palestinian affairs, Mohammed Sobeih, said the speech might satisfy "extremists in Israel" but was "too far from what peace needs."

The Syrian news agency published a call on world powers to force Israel to stop settlement construction. In Beirut, Hezbollah, another bitter enemy of Israel, said the speech disappointed "so-called moderate Arabs" who were hoping for peace with Israel. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who brokered theA Lange & Sohne landmark 1979 treaty between Egypt and Israel, said his experience in the region shows that no differences are insurmountable. But he criticized key points in the speech — Netanyahu's intention to keep all of Jerusalem and his demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, which Carter said would make it hard for Obama to rally Arab support. Carter reserved his harshest words for settlements. "If Israeli continues to Audemars Piguetexpand the settlements," he said, "then the prospects for peace will be greatly diminished, if not made almost impossible."

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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Donald Tsang pledged on Tuesday to take quick action to curb youth drug abuse amid rising public concern over the issue after reports of youngsters taking ketamine even in school. Speaking after the Executive Council meeting in the morning, Tsang said the secretary for security will discuss with schools interested in a voluntary drug testing scheme, to see whether pilot schemes can be launched early. "The quicker we act, the more students we can save," he said. "Young people Ferrari Perpetual Calendar Watches are the most valuable asset of Hong Kong. Drug abuse is their number one enemy. I pledge the government will spare no effort in combating the youth drug problem." He said he was deeply disturbed to learn of drug abuse among students, and the fact that the problem is worsening. He guaranteed more resources will be earmarked Ferrari Scuderia Watches to expedite the implementation of needed measures. A string of youth drug abuse cases dominated newspaper headlines in Hong Kong since the start of this month. Three boys of a secondary school were found unconscious Thursday in a park due to drug overdose. Two days later, two 15-year-old girls were found dazed on a beach. The latest victim of the youth drug scandal is four female students caught using drugs at school premises.

World leaders gathered in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer in northern France on Saturday to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day landing that broke Nazi Germany's grip on France and changed the course of history. Some 200 veterans who survived the 1944 allied landings in Normandy attended the high-profile event with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, U.S. President Barack Obama, Britain's Prince Charles, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as well as 9,000 other guests. According to French TV channel TF1, U.S. and French flags are fluttering wholesale watches beside the bone-white crosses beneath which 9,387 soldiers lie. Rolling in wheelchairs or trudging with canes, the veterans visited the memorial wearing uniforms and unit hats bedecked with medals and battle ribbons. A 21-cannon salute boomed out over cliff top graveyard wholesale watch overlooking the Omaha Beach and the playing of taps sent tears streaming down the veterans' weathered cheeks. Sarkozy hailed the courage of allied soldiers and their sacrifice for France, saying "We cannot name them all, those heroes to whom we owe so much. They were so many, but we shall never forget them." "It was unknowable then," Obama said in a speech, "but so much of the progress Replica watches that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach only six miles long and two miles wide." "Had the Allies failed here, Hitler's occupation of this continent might have continued indefinitely." the U.S. president added.

More financial support is needed for the manufacturing and service sector for stronger economic growth, economists told on Sunday. At a time when overseas demand Les Palais Watches is unlikely to recover in the near future, it becomes crucial to develop the domestic market, said Zeng Jianhua, head of China Construction Bank's Guangdong office, when referring to the economic powerhouse in southern China whose foreign trade takes up nearly 70 percent of its total economic output. Zeng said lenders in Guangdong Province should give more loans to the local manufacturing industry, information and technology developers, steel companies, automobile makers and home appliance manufacturers. Banks should also enhance lending to encourage individual consumption Mariner Watches and help residents purchase houses, start businesses and complete education, according to Zeng. Apart from banks, other financial institutions including insurance companies and security firms could strengthen cooperation and carry out better services in fields like industrial regrouping and social security system, an unnamed official with the local banking regulatory body said. Statistics released on Saturday showed Guangdong's major industrial enterprises, which saw a big decline in the fourth quarter Saratoga Watches of last year, realized 117.2 billion yuan (17.18 billion U.S. dollars) in output value in April, up 3.5 percent year on year or 6.8 percent month on month. The province's foreign trade value was 47.14 billion U.S. dollars, a decline of 18.1 percent from the same month of last year. But the value was 5.2 percent above the March level.

Guangdong Province, an economic powerhouse PRS516 Watches in southern China, witnessed a slower decline of external trade, a rally in industrial production and a steady growth in investment against the current global downturn in the first four months of this year. The provincial statistical bureau said on Saturday that in April, Guangdong's foreign trade value was 47.14 billion U.S. dollars, a decline of 18.1 percent from the same month of last year. But the value was 5.2 percent above the March level. In April, the province actually Quadrato Watches used 1.64 billion U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment, up 7.2 percent year on year. The growth, the third since February, was 1.2 percentage points higher than the March level. FDI actually used amounted to 5.36 billion U.S. dollars for the first four months, up 2.9 percent on the same period of last year. Guangdong's major industrial enterprises, which saw a big decline Titanium Watchesin the fourth quarter of last year, realized 117.2 billion yuan in output value in April, up 3.5 percent year on year or 6.8 percent month on month. The industrial output value was up 2.1 percent year on year in the first four months, and the growth rate was 1.2 percentage points higher than the January-March level. Consumption, another important indicator of the provincial economy, remained robust. In April, Guangdong's retail sales stood at 112.94 billion yuan, up 14.9 percent on the same month of last year. In the first four months of this year, 16.23 million square meters of commercial housing were sold in the province, up 40.8 percent year-on-year.