He became an international semi-pariah following the Hague-based UN Tribunal's move to indict him for war crimes during the Kosovo conflict last year.

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More uninspiring numbers are due out this week from the trade group Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) concerning second-quarter demand for semiconductor wafers.

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The achievements include sending rovers to Mars, placing countless communication and imagining satellites in orbit, and the International Space Station, a semi-permanent home in space.

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Kenya shocked the international cricket community by reaching the semi-finals of the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.

BBC: SPORT | Cricket | Kenya cricket row nears solution

And now political analysts, unable or unwilling to understand the Russian desire for security and abstract international prestige at the hands of a semi-dictatorial lesser Napoleon taking precedence over freedom of the press and squeaky clean elections.

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Only the semi-finals and finals of one-day knockout tournaments, and international matches, attract full houses.

ECONOMIST: Dead bat

Berger also cut his price targets today on Atmel, Fairchild, International Rectifier, LSI, Marvell, Maxim, Nvidia, ON Semi, Silicon Labs and Texas Instruments.

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Such symposia are held semi-annually in conjunction with the IATT meeting, where UN agencies and international NGOs come together to harmonize and improve the education sector response to HIV and AIDS around the world.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

For the first time since the break-up of the USSR, the national side reached the knockout stages of an international tournament as they dispatched the Netherlands on their way to the European Championship semi-finals.

BBC: Russian minnows hit the big time