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Madrid  - Spain are keen to show the world that their triumph at Euro 2008 was no flash in the pan.

Washington  - At the 2009 Confederations Cup, the United States will be anxious to test their progress on the international stage along the way to the 2010 World Cup.

Milan  - Marcello Lippi hasn’t said much about it but he certainly won’t be pulling any punches when he takes his world champion squad to the Confederations Cup that Italy play for the first time next June.

Buenos Aires/Rio de Janeiro  - Brazil are in far from their best form, and a divorce is evident between fans in the football- crazy South American country and the low-performance side led by coach Carlos Dunga.
However, the same team won the 2007 Copa America to earn the chance to defend their title at the 2009 [...]

Tokyo  - Suzuki Motors Corp bought back its 3.02-per-cent stake from the US auto giant General Motors Crop (GM), the Japanese automaker said Tuesday.

San Francisco  - Jerry Yang, who helped kick start the internet revolution in 1995 as co-founder of web portal Yahoo, is stepping down as the company’s chief executive.

Los Angeles  - California always evoked bikini-clad beach beauties, high-tech hothouses and carefree surfers in the endless sunshine of America’s most populous state.

Singapore  - A Turkish national was slapped a 656 US dollar fine for spreading the word that a plane getting ready to take off from Singapore’s Changi Airport would blow up, the Straits Times reported Tuesday.

San Francisco  - Silicon Valley company Spansion sued Samsung on Monday alleging that the South Korean company had violated numerous patents in its flash memory products and asking the courts to ban the sale of devices like the Apple iPod that use Samsung memory modules.

San Francisco  - Jerry Yang, who helped kick start the internet revolution as co-founder of web portal Yahoo, is stepping down as the company’s chief executive.