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Two passengers aboard a cruise ship were killed when 26-foot waves crashed into the vessel Wednesday off France, officials said. Up to 14 others were injured.

Kevin Smith’s most famous role is a guy who rarely speaks. But he’s got a lot to say — much of it profane — after being kicked off a Southwest Air flight because he didn’t fit comfortably into the seat.

The West Indies’ score of 287 for 5 was the highest made by a team batting second, eclipsing the West Indies’ own mark of 285 against Pakistan in Sharjah in 1993.
The Trinidadian Simmons and the opener Stuart Williams started the onslaught in a stand of 89 runs for the second wicket in just 13 overs. Chasing Australia’s formidable 286 for 9 on a perfect Bourda pitch and lightning-fast outfield, Jimmy Adams added an unbeaten 60 to seal the result with 16 balls to spare, giving the West Indies the five-match series 4-1. The Mexican, ranked 142 places above Wood at No 43, defeated Jana Novotna to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals in January.. Phil Simmons and Carl Hooper each hit half-centuries to pace the West Indies to a record-breaking five-wicket victory over Australia on Saturday in the fifth and final one-day international. Rostagno had not played a match on the main tour for 18 months before Saturday’s three- sets win over Britain’s Mark Petchey.Sampras’s coach, Tim Gullikson, who has a brain tumor, begins a six-month programme of chemotherapy treatment today.Clare Wood, Britain’s only other representative in the singles events, lost her second- round match against Angelica Gavildon, 6-3, 6-4. Sampras, who needs to reach the semi-finals to deny Agassi the chance of taking the world No 1 ranking, defeated the Californian Derrick Rostagno, 6-3, 6-2 Agassi beat Japan’s Shuzo Matsuoka, 6-2, 6-4. Seven Britons, including Jane Tabor and Mike Morrissey, who regularly officiate for the International Tennis Federation, await the outcome of a commission which is due to clarify the situation today.It was an encouraging weekend for Australians.

Paul Kilderry, a qualifier ranked No 194, defeated the sixth seed, Richard Krajicek, 6-3, 3-6, 6- 2, and Mark Philippousis, 18, the youngest competitor in the men’s singles, eliminated Krajicek’s Dutch compatriot, Paul Haarhuis, 7-6 6-3.These results followed Todd Woodbridge’s straight sets win against the ninth seed, Todd Martin, in addition to which Mark Woodforde has lined up another crack at Jim Courier, having won three of his previous seven matches against the seventh-seeded American.Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi both opened with straight-sets victories. Most of the international officials here have sufficient time on their hands to hold a seminar on the subject.Between 30 and 40 visiting umpires and line judges from 12 different countries were stood down by the organisers when doubts were raised that their visas did not entitle them to work in the United States as a result of a change in the law in 1993. He once asked officials if it was permissible to smoke during change-overs. On Becker’s return to national service this year Braasch was discarded; not that he could complain, being ranked No 102 in the world and No 5 in his homeland.The 27-year-old left-hander from Westphalia would not expect to be mentioned in the same breath as Becker and Stich, though that is not such a bad thing when the two German rivals are fighting an unedifying battle of pride regarding who should be paid most for representing their country.Braasch capitalised on Edberg’s declining form, retrieving a 1-4 deficit in the second set and winning the tie-break 7-1, the Swedish 11th seed double-faulting on match point.Still some way behind tennis’s dollar millionaires, Braasch is an easy- going type who likes a drink, a smoke and a joke.

The 6-3, 7-6 win against Edberg in the second round of the most prestigious tournament outside the four Grand Slams provided his most invigorating experience since he advanced to the final of the Los Angeles event last August, only to lose to his compatriot Boris Becker.At that time, Braasch was Stich’s doubles partner in the German Davis Cup team, chiefly because Becker was sulking. Substitute not used: Grobbelaar (gk).Referee: K Cooper (Pontypridd).. Karsten Braasch bears a passing resemblance to Rolf Harris and scurries into his serve with the elegance of Groucho Marx. Having eliminated Stefan Edberg from the Lipton Championships here yesterday, he told the Centre Court crowd that he won in straight sets in order to watch Michael Jordan’s comeback on television. It was refreshing to encounter a jocular German after Michael Stich’s graceless departure on Saturday, the 1991 Wimbledon champion compounding a dismaying 6-3, 6-2 loss to Michael Joyce, a Californian ranked No 126 in the world, by saying that he did not like being in Miami and did not think it was worth returning again.
Braasch thoroughly enjoyed his unaccustomed place in the sun. Substitutes not used: McGregor, Rigby (gk).Southampton (1-4-3-2): Beasant; Widdrington (Hughes, 67); Dodd, Hall, Monkou, Benali; Magilton, Maddison (Heaney, 67), Le Tissier; Watson, Shipperley. Dave Beasant did well before letting Forest’s third through his hands – confirming Roy’s change of luck after 15 barren weeks – but will surely give way to the Zimbabwean’s fabled resilience as the Saints strive to get out of jail.Goals: Roy (38) 1-0; Collymore (64) 2-0; Roy (82) 3-0.Nottingham Forest (4-4-2): Crossley; Hland, Cooper, Chettle, Pearce; Stone, Phillips, Bohinen, Woan; Collymore, Roy (Lee, 84).

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Philippine authorities charged a mayor and a group of unidentified suspects with 25 counts of murder Tuesday in the slaying of dozens of unarmed people, a court spokesman said.

President Obama pressed Wall Street bankers at the White House on Monday, urging them to make more loans and modify mortgages to help taxpayers who propped their banks up with federal bailouts.

Lawmakers voted Thursday to push back the deadline to file for extended unemployment benefits until June 2, a measure President Obama promptly signed into law.

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To the delight of fans back home in Tokyo, Hideki Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win a Most Valuable Player award for the World Series.

British airlines have put into effect measures to stop people with swine flu boarding flights in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading further.

The ads for this year’s Super Bowl ran the gamut from popular TV shows to celebrity cameos to motherly love — but the oddest and most omnipresent theme was men without pants.

Greece is not looking for a bailout by the rest of Europe as it struggles to bring down sky-high budget deficits and public debt after years of profligate spending, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said Monday.