Allegations of corruption linked to gambling have long damaged the reputation of Chinese football, but the acquisition of Ivory Coast star Drogba, fresh from helping Chelsea to win the 2012 European Champions League, was seen as a major coup.

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"Seriously, after that massive meteor in california a few weeks ago, the one that hit russia, and now this hugee one tonight, " wrote a Twitter user by the name of Olivia, referring to the Russia incident and a mass shooting star sighting on the West Coast last night.

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Short circuit star Emmett has made one previous appearance on the north coast.

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The Sirius Star is believed now to be anchored somewhere off the coast of Somalia, near the pirate port of Eyl in the northern Puntland region of the country.

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The restaurant, tucked in a cove on the rocky coast of northeast Spain, maintained a three-star Michelin rating for more than a decade and was ranked the world's best place to eat five years running by Restaurant magazine.

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"I think this World Cup in Africa is very important, for the continent, not only for the Ivory Coast and not only for me, " the Chelsea star said.

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While Sanchez has a little bit of familiarity with Mornhinweg's West Coast-style system, it's something entirely new for Smith, the former West Virginia star who set a slew of school records during his Mountaineers career.

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Yet by the time Adria was 24 he was the head chef at El Bulli on the Catalan coast in northeastern Spain, at that time a struggling restaurant in danger of losing its Michelin-star rating.

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Within a matter of weeks, Milton Berle's "Texaco Star Theater, " previously known only to those who lived within range of one of NBC's nine East Coast affiliates, was being viewed in 24 cities by an audience of almost 4.5 million.

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