It was the second match in four days where Ferguson has courted controversy, having claimed that his striker Robin van Persie "could have been killed" after Swansea's Ashley Williams kicked a ball at his head in Sunday's 1-1 draw.

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As head of a small state, Pope Benedict can draw on an extraordinary range of talent and expertise in formulating his policy towards the Muslim world.

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Le Roy is keen to find more strikers, as the Black Stars lack firepower up front - a long-standing problem which raised its head again in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Australia.

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In Italy, Juventus continued their miserable run with a 1-1 draw at lowly Livorno , the second in a row for new head coach Alberto Zaccheroni.

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The head teacher of Ripon College, Paul Lowery, says the two schools draw on each other's strengths - the traditional curriculum at the grammar school and the college's expertise in technology.

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Ireland's poor Euro 2008 qualification campaign has resulted in fierce criticizm but calls for Staunton's head eased last week after the side's 1-1 home draw against the Czech Republic following a humiliating 5-2 defeat by Cyprus earlier this month.

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And I'd like to address that head-on by assigning all of you some reading that will help you draw your own conclusions.

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The pair went head-to-head - almost literally - for the first time in the 2-2 draw at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup fifth round, Diouf's first start for Rangers.

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Compaq got a head start on the cost-reduction process by fielding more than 200 teams to draw up "road maps" detailing products Compaq would continue to produce and how they would be marketed and sold.

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