The Globe and Mail - Basketball News

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• Canada should romp in tuneup tourney
  National men's basketball team faces New Zealand and Lebanon at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto

  


• Mavs take flyer on former dunk champion
  Gerald Green signs a one-year, minimum-salary contract

  


• Clippers' Kaman becomes German citizen
  Los Angeles centre will team up with Dirk Nowitzki at an Olympic qualifying tournament later this month

  


• Raptors entertain idea of Buffalo exhibitions
  ‘[Buffalo] is a market that has been good to us and if the arena is right and the economics work, we'd look at it,' Peddie says

  


• SuperSonics, Seattle reach last-minute settlement
  Sonics will move to Oklahoma City but owner will pay $75-million to city and team's name and colour cannot be used

  


• Beasley leaves first practice with injury
  No. 2 overall pick Michael Beasley's first official practice with the Miami Heat ended quickly

  


• Celtics' Perkins undergoes shoulder surgery
  Boston's second-round draft pick Bill Walker has surgery to repair damage to his right knee

  


• Baron Davis on the verge of signing with Clippers
  Star guard is set for a quick move after shocking Golden State

  


• New Zealand undone by athletic Canadians
  ‘The world isn't used to seeing us play like that,' guard says

  


• So ends debate about Raptors' point guard
  Calderon becomes Toronto's point guard of the future

  

The Globe and Mail - Europe News

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• Deutsche Bank buys parts of ABN Amro
  Deutsche Bank AG said yesterday it had agreed to acquire parts of ABN Amro Bank NV's commercial banking activities in the Netherlands for $1.1-billion (U.S.) in cash. The businesses to be acquired by Deutsche Bank include two corporate client units, 13 commercial advisory branches, parts of the Rotterdam-based Hollandische Bank Unie NV and the factoring services company IFN Finance BV. The businesses will use the Deutsche Bank brand name. The deal is in line with competition commitments Fortis Bank made in 2007 when it took over parts of ABN AMRO. DBK (Frankfurt) rose €2.89 to €54.96 ($88.44).

  


• MySpace gets deal with Russian carrier MTS
  News Corp.'s MySpace has entered into a partnership agreement with Russia's largest carrier, MTS, to launch a social platform for mobile Internet users, an MTS official said yesterday. Under the agreement, social networking site MySpace will create an exclusive WAP-portal for subscribers of MTS Russia, who currently number more than 60 million.

  


• Pact could put U.S. missiles in Poland as anti-Iran shield
  The United States and Poland have tentatively agreed to base American missiles in Poland for a future missile shield against Iran, U.S. and Polish officials said yesterday.The outline deal reached in Washington this week improves chances that President George W. Bush will have the key elements of his missile defence plan in place by the time he leaves office, but there is no guarantee the shield will ever be built or would work as advertised.

  


• Swiss worry UBS probe a black mark on country
  Switzerland's Finance Minister yesterday defended Swiss banking giant UBS AG as lawmakers voiced concerns a U.S. tax evasion probe of the bank could sully the country's reputation. The ''presumption of innocence'' should be applied to the bank, said Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz. U.S. authorities have taken steps to oblige UBS to divulge the details of bank accounts held by U.S. citizens in the investigations. As complying would mean flouting Swiss privacy and banking secrecy laws, Swiss authorities are also involved in the issue. Yesterday, a parliamentary commission said it was ''worried about the eventual negative consequences of this case for the Swiss financial centre.'' UBSN (Zurich) rose 32 francs to 20.62 francs ($20.61).

  


• G8 in dire need of shakeup, Medvedev says
  Western financial institutions failed to spot, then halt, the global economic crisis, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said, adding it might be wise for the world's largest economies to listen to Russian solutions for a change.

  


• Writedown fears persist despite shuffle at UBS
  UBS AG failed to calm investors' fears of further asset writedowns yesterday, dishing out instead a restructuring of top management and sending the shares to a fresh 10-year low.

  


• Britain's wiretap violated rights, top court rules
  Europe's top rights court ruled against the British government yesterday for intercepting telephone calls between British and Irish rights groups and their clients, violating their right to privacy.British rights group Liberty and its Irish counterparts British Irish Rights Watch and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties said Britain set up an eavesdropping facility in northwestern England that intercepted much of the telephone, fax and e-mail traffic between Britain and Ireland in the 1990s.

  


• French army chief of staff resigns after shooting
  France's army chief of staff resigned yesterday, two days after a soldier wounded 17 people by mistakenly firing live ammunition into the crowd during a display at an army base, the presidency said.

  


• Denmark recession worrying sign for Europe
  Europe got a first taste of recession yesterday when Denmark, a country that fronted the housing boom of the past decade, said economic output had shrunk for two quarters in a row.

  

The Globe and Mail - Golf News

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• Marino takes lead at AT&T
  Local shoots 5-under 65 to own first place after first round at Congressional's Blue Course

  


• Wie to play in Ottawa
  18-year-old star may play next month's CN Canadian Women's Open, reports Lorne Rubenstein

  


• AT&T National field missing a slew of stars this year
  Too bad the PGA Tour doesn't publish a disabled list

  


• Ochoa sees her days on tour as numbered
  Canadian Women's Open defending champion expects to play just another six years or so

  


• PGA Tour begins random drug testing
  New anti-doping program takes effect at this week's AT&T National

  


• Montgomerie not giving up on Ryder Cup
  Scot hopes a successful defence of his European Open title this weekend will help earn a spot on the European team

  


• Tiger's absence opens up a world of possibilities
  PGA Tour sees this as a wonderful opportunity to showcase so many other stars in golf

  


• Canadian moments to remember
  A look at the top 10 moments in Canadian golf

  


• International golfers rule LPGA majors
  It isn't a good sign for U.S. golf

  


• Olazabal fails to qualify for British Open
  Two-time Masters champion gets eliminated after taking a bogey on the third hole of a playoff; Clarke also misses cut

  

The Globe and Mail - Health News

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• First the stroke, then a Newfoundland accent
  Southern Ontario woman's file is the first documented case of foreign accent syndrome in Canada

  


• Start your day with a square of chocolate
  According to researchers, a big breakfast packed with protein, carbs - and even something sweet - can lead to weight loss

  


• A surprisingly potent placebo: face time with me
  Patients who receive more attention from their doctors see a dramatic improvement

  


• Babies need more than sugar to ease their pain, study finds
  Giving newborns sucrose does not reduce discomfort

  


• B.C. court clears path for cancer survivors to sue over hormone replacement
  Hundreds of women claim they got breast cancer after taking the drugs Premarin and Premplus

  


• Sex diseases shoot up in older Britons
  Number of STDs in people over 45 more than doubles in less than decade, report says, blaming Internet dating, erection aids

  


• WHO lauds quick TB test
  Four African nations to receive first tests for drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis

  


• A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the brain
  Study participants suffer memory lapses after consuming a high-fat, high-sugar meal

  


• A supercomputer takes on a killer
  This $20-million machine is hard at work trying to figure out why cancer behaves the way it does

  


• Will running ruin my knees?
  Studies show that non-runners are more likely to develop osteoarthritis than those who regularly pound the pavement

  

The Globe and Mail - Science News

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• European scientists link serotonin to sudden infant death
  Researchers in Italy have found that an imbalance of the neuronal signal serotonin in the brainstem caused sudden death in mice, and hope their findings will shed new light on sudden infant cot death.

  


• Sound wood yields sweet sounds
  Remarkably consistent density of grain in ancient instruments holds key to the magical tones of a Stradivarius

  


• Solar system dented
  Scientists need new model after NASA's space probes find surprising shape to outer edges

  


• Penguins' decline points to climate havoc
  Plight of the flightless bird indicates big changes in the world's oceans due to human activities, researcher says.

  


• 'Universal' glasses for poor children tested
  Years of tests by Dutch scientists lead to one-size-fits-all frame that may help kids see

  


• Student breaks back of bags
  Ontario high-schooler develops way to decompose plastic bags in months rather than years

  


• Water expert raises alarm about coal-bed mining in salmon rivers
  Plan for more than 1,000 wells to be dug to extract methane poses massive threat to stocks

  


• Monarch butterflies can't get by on a wing and a prayer
  Insects' spectacular annual migration between Canada and Mexico could be threatened unless there is trilateral co-operation to ensure habitat conservation, report warns

  


• Thousands apply for two Canadian astronaut jobs
  Ontario, Quebec lead the pack of stargazers as more than 5,000 applications come in from across country

  


• Whales lose, Japan wins as whaling meet ends
  Little achieved at International Whaling Commission meeting after anti-whaling countries failed to stop Japan's whale hunting

  

The Globe and Mail - Globe Sports News

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• Marino takes lead at AT&T
  Local shoots 5-under 65 to own first place after first round at Congressional's Blue Course

  


• Red Sox shutout Yankees
  Lester helps Bosox end five-game skid with sharp five-hitter over full nine innings

  


• Lumsden runs wild
  Running back leads the charge as Ticats trounce Argos

  


• Track athletes aim for Beijing
  Canadian championships kick off in Windsor

  


• Canada should romp in tuneup tourney
  National men's basketball team faces New Zealand and Lebanon at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto

  


• Blake signing could put Sharks over the hump
  Veteran defenceman adds much-needed experience to a team on the cusp

  


• Jays fail to capitalize on bad luck around them
  Injuries strike rest of AL East, but Toronto's still well on the outside

  


• Crandell finds lifeline
  Veteran QB gets chance to star with 'Riders

  


• Canada targets two track medals
  Athletics team was shutout in Athens and Sydney but hopes to raise bar in August at Beijing Games

  


• The Leafs' potential lineup
  With deal for Grabovski and signing of Moore, Toronto's roster for 2008-09 season begins to take shape

  

The Globe and Mail - World News

World news from a Canadian perspective, from Canada?s best source for news continuously updated by The Globe and Mail

• Ferry sinking kills 38 in Myanmar
  Motorized ship goes down in cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta

  


• Obama has little choice but to drift toward centre
  Conservative Democrats may have his fate in their hands, which is why he's steering 'safe' on guns and national security

  


• Pakistani forces lie low in Taliban town
  In Darra, known for its weapons bazaar, the sound of gunfire is more about commerce than confrontation

  


• Despite fire, some in Big Sur refuse to leave
  Explosive wildfire rages in popular tourist region, but many stay behind to try to save home and businesses

  


• Fired Kandahar police chief says Canadians let him down
  Prison break was military failure, Sayed Agha Saqib says, adding that soldiers did nothing to help round up prisoners

  


• White House condemns Supreme Court decision on Guantanamo detainees
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• Pope to launch 24-7 Bible reading relay on Italian TV
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• Former royal butler's collection of letters, notes, to be auctioned
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• Bush will attend opening ceremonies of Olympics
  Some world leaders have said they may boycott the Aug. 8 opening event to protest the most recent Chinese security crackdown in Tibet

  


• Death toll rises to 11 in Kenyan cholera outbreak
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