With Spain's top club's all losing key players - Eto'o is expected to play for Cameroon against Rwanda - while La Liga is still in the balance.

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Along Lantau's south shore is on Pui O beach, where events space Ooh-La La (852-2984-8710) has more than 200 tents for rent and a private campsite behind their restaurant.

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In the unchanging world Parisians called la France profonde, night was host to hobgoblins, witches, and will-o'-the-wisps.

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