And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Brianna Blake with Robert Berger in Jerusalem and Dorian Jones in Istanbul.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

James, equal pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter and Blake Jones, the co-founder and president of a solar electric company.

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Jones also confirmed Wales international Blake "rolled his ankle" in the warm-up and was replaced in the starting line-up by teenager Adam Matthews.

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