They would also lose centre-back Fabricio Coloccini to a groin injury before half-time.

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Morrison was particularly impressive and was unlucky when the giant figure of Fabricio Coloccini managed to block his goalbound shot.

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Elmander poked in and Davies scored his second penalty against a Newcastle side who had Fabricio Coloccini sent off for elbowing Elmander.

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Newcastle, however, were nowhere near as convincing at the back and Fabricio Coloccini was regularly threatened with embarrassment by Gabriel Agbonlahor's raw pace.

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Owen then saw a six-yard header saved by Jussi Jaaskelainen, who scrambled the ball away before Fabricio Coloccini could pounce to put in the rebound.

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Newcastle are short of defensive cover with just Fabricio Coloccini and Steven Taylor available as senior professionals at centre-back, while Danny Simpson has filled in, along with Thomas Kadar and Ben Tozer in reserve.

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By Plinio Sist and Fabricio Nascimento Ferreira.

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Ronaldo Fabricio, president of Eletronuclear, the nuclear-generating division of Eletrobras, boasts that Brazil's known reserves of uranium could supply 30 stations like Angra 2 for 30 years and only about a third of the country has been prospected for uranium.

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Full of danger, Owen missed an simple chance from six yards and tested Kirkland with a header, though Wigan could have gone 2-0 up after Henri Camara raced past Fabricio Coloccini and saw his shot come back off the inside of the post.

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