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Doha  - The WTA has made a partial nod to player pressure, agreeing to institute byes at two events due to special circumstances.

Stockholm  - Stockholm-based Carnegie Investment Bank AB on Monday unveiled plans to issue new shares worth 1.2 billion kronor (151 million dollars).

Stockholm  - Swedish state-owned energy group Vattenfall said Monday it has bought the Thanet Offshore Wind project off the British coast for 35 million pounds (55 million dollars).

Washington  - A secret order since 2004 has allowed several covert raids against al-Qaeda targets by US special forces into countries including Syria and Pakistan, The New York Times reported Monday on its website.

Los Angeles - The Detroit Pistons’ second game with newly-acquired Allen Iverson was worse than the first.

Shanghai  - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga blamed clueless ball kids for his opening loss at the Masters Cup, with the petulant French player perhaps finding excuses for his own rookie mistakes on court.

Ludwigsburg, Germany - Investigators hope to put alleged Nazi war criminal Ivan John Demjanjuk on trial as officials of the German central office for solving Nazi crimes Monday handed over the results of their preliminary investigation to prosecutors.

New York  - The animated comedy Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa was the king of the box-office jungle over the weekend in North America, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday.

Dannenberg, Germany - A shipment of spent radioactive fuel was prepared for the last stage of its trip to a long-term storage site early Monday as thousands of police protected the train against protestors.

Cologne, Germany  - A crying baby should never be shaken as this can cause severe brain damage or even death, Germany’s professional association for paediatricians said in Cologne.