Sharapova surges to third grand slam title (Reuters)

Reuters - It was to be the Glam Slam, the
squealer versus the squeaker. Instead, Saturday's Australian
Open women's final was a battle of brinkmanship and jangling
nerves. Ana Ivanovic blinked first and Maria Sharapova was the
champion.

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Obama walks a tricky racial line (AP)

AP - Barack Obama is walking a tricky racial line, trying to excite black support in the South without getting tagged as "the black candidate" and scaring off anybody else.

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Foreigner helps mediate residents' disputes

A British-South African who majored in medicine and is interested in Chinese law has been working as a mediator to settle disputes between residents in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

Kate Kinahan, the 27-year-old woman, entered Nanjing University's law school in 2003 to study dispute settlement.

Early last month, she became a mediator in the Haining Road branch of the Gulou district bureau of justice.

When she joined the branch staff to settle a recent housing dispute between family members, those involved in the dispute were surprised a foreigner was one of their mediators. They were soon impressed with her proficiency in Chinese and the law.

(chinadaily.com.cn January 12, 2007)

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