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China edge Australia at East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Cup

AFC Seoul (July 28, 2013) China finished their East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Cup campaign unbeaten after edging Australia 4-3 in a high scoring thriller played at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium on Sunday.

In the last-round match of the round-robin format competition, Yu Dabao, Sun Ke, Yang Xu and Wu Lei scored a goal apiece for the Chinese who are the only finalists amongst four nations involved in the qualifiers of the AFC Asian Cup 2015.

China, fielding a strong side in the competition, went ahead against Holger Osieck side as early as in the 5th minute through Dabao after Sun Xiang released an ideal cross at the centre.

Western Sydney Wanderers attacking midfielder Aaron Mooy brought the score at 1-1 level in the 30th minute but the relentless Chinese dominated the proceedings in the second half when Ke put China 2-1 ahead in the 56th minute.

The dramatic final four minutes produced the remaining of the goals as when Xu and Lei scored goals respectively in the 87th and 88th minute to make it 4-1 for the Chinese, it looked like that the game was over but Australia responded with two goals in the death from Adam Taggart and Mitchell Duke. It was too little too late for the Socceroos as they went down 4-3 in a highly entertaining match of the competition.

Australia qualified automatically in the AFC Asian Cup 2015 which they will host while China have managed a win in two matches of Group C of the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers so far.

Source: http://boxscorenews.com/china-edge-australia-at-east-asian-football-federation-eaff-cup-p59004-199.htm

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Livni Leaves for Washington

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Livni Leaves for Washington

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni took off towards Washington on Sunday night, where she will meet with PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat as peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority resume.

"I'm leaving with a sense of responsibility but also with great hope,? she said. ?There is now an opportunity for both sides to pave the way towards resolving the conflict, which is extracting a heavy price from both nations.?

Source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/273247

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Cleveland kidnapping victim appears at music festival

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - One of the three women starved, beaten and sexually assaulted for years after being kidnapped by former Ohio school bus driver Ariel Castro made a surprise public appearance on Saturday at a concert in Cleveland.

Amanda Berry, along with Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, was freed from Castro's home in a rundown area of Cleveland on May 6. The women began disappearing in 2002 and had been bound in chains and ropes during their confinement, authorities said.

Smiling and wearing a black t-shirt, jeans and sunglasses, the 27-year-old Berry received raucous applause as she walked on the stage at the RoverFest 2013 event in downtown Cleveland after being announced by local radio host Rover.

Berry pointed a finger skyward and waved and shook the hands of some of the cheering concert-goers.

"I told her she had a little bit of time to make up on the partying and you guys would help her out tonight," Rover said according to a video posted on YouTube by radio station WMMS.

Berry did not speak before exiting the stage. She was later called back by the rapper Nelly when he finished his set.

Her appearance came two days after Castro pleaded guilty to hundreds of charges of kidnapping and rape in a deal to avoid the death penalty. The move spared Berry, DeJesus, 23, and Knight, 32, from having to testify at a trial.

Castro has agreed to a sentence of life in prison without parole as part of his plea deal. His sentencing is scheduled for August 1.

(Editing by Eric M. Johnson and Paul Simao)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cleveland-kidnapping-victim-appears-music-festival-194823101.html

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Give them a hand: Gesturing children perform well on cognitive tasks

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Young children who use gestures outperform their peers in problem-solving tasks, says a new study. Children aged between two and five were asked to sort cards printed with colored shapes first by color, then by shape. Making this switch can be tricky but the study found that kids who gesture are more likely to make the mental switch and group the shapes accurately.

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Spanish High-Speed Train Crash Offers Safety-System Lessons

The tragic incident has brought a decades-old Spanish success story crashing to a halt

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The driver of the high-speed train that derailed July 25 at a sharp curve in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, killing at least 80 passengers and?injuring 130 more, told controllers he took the curve at around 190 km/h, despite an 80 km/h speed limit. He survived the crash and is now under investigation by local authorities. Even if the driver turns out to have been responsible for speeding, potential passengers might wonder what else had to fail in the safety system to allow one man?s error to harm so many people.

The crash is the first fatal accident of a high-speed train in Spain, which launched its high-speed network in 1992 and now serves around 100,000 passengers a day. Authorities have not yet assigned it a cause. But it may turn out to be an anomaly. "The most common [reasons for a derailment are] problems with the track or rail and equipment," says mechanical engineer George Bibel at the University of North Dakota, author of Train Wreck: The Forensic of Rail Disasters. While train accidents from Connecticut to France have made news lately, derailments are a declining threat, at least in the U.S., where they dropped about 90 percent from 1976-2011.

The decline is thanks in part to improved monitoring of aging infrastructure such as rails, wheels and bearings, Bibel says. Spanish media reported that the tracks on which this train was running were not designed for the fastest class of high-speed trains. The implication is that the tracks may somehow have contributed to the accident. Lower-grade tracks do vibrate more and wear down faster. And using the same tracks for multiple types of trains, such as high-speed, longer local passenger trains, or even cargo, can also promote uneven metal fatigue. Changing temperatures or wet tracks can combine with worn-down train wheels or uneven loading of a train to promote derailing. Yet things as basic as regular inspections of hot spots with an infrared sensor or of metal fatigue with an ultrasound sensor can alert rail operators to aging infrastructure.

Higher-tech control systems are also emerging. Both the U.S. and Europe are adopting semi-automated braking systems designed to take over from speeding drivers. The track at the accident site, which was very close to the station, used older-generation signaling technology called ASFA, which alerts the driver to upcoming speed restrictions but which cannot override his or her control. The Madrid-Barcelona high-speed train line, in contrast, uses the Level 2 European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), which can override the driver. The train drivers union announced that the tragedy "could have been avoided" if ERTMS had been installed on that stretch of track. Even if that is true, Spain already has one of the highest? ERTMS deployments in Europe. In the U.S., rail authorities have warned that they are unlikely to complete a legislated upgrade to similar technology in time for the 2015 deadline.

Source: http://rss.sciam.com/~r/ScientificAmerican-News/~3/n4eBaXuEU4o/article.cfm

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IHG signs third Holiday Inn property in Rome

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) one of the world?s largest hotel companies, has announced the signing of its third Holiday Inn hotel in Rome, the Holiday Inn Rome ? Pisana.

Holiday Inn Rome ? Pisana is due to open in quarter four of 2013, following a conversion from an existing hotel brand to an IHG branded hotel, and will operate under a franchise agreement with Roma Ovest S.r.l., part of JSH Group.

Boasting 229 bedrooms, two restaurants and an elegant lounge bar, the Holiday Inn Rome ? Pisana

is ideal for leisure travellers wanting to relax in a modern welcoming environment.? The hotel?s seven meeting rooms equipped with the latest audio and visual technologies, and the addition of free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel caters to the needs of business travellers frequenting the city of Rome.

The hotel is ideally located halfway between Rome City Centre and Rome Fiumicino Airport allowing easy travel to Rome?s impressive historical sites including the Vatican Museum, St. Peter?s Basilica, Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum.

IHG?s Director of Development for Italy, Domenico Magnati, said: ?The addition of this hotel to our portfolio of Holiday Inn properties in Rome is in line with our growth strategy for Europe.

Our increased presence in this region will not only offer travellers a greater choice of hotels and improved flexibility, but will ensure we continue to anticipate the needs of our guests and respond to market demand.?

Owner of Roma Ovest S.r.l, said: ?We?re delighted to be providing new accommodation in Rome, offering business and leisure travellers improved access to one of the most visited cities in Italy and a comfortable night?s stay.?

IHG has 32 hotels* (5, 026) rooms open in Italy, with another four in the pipeline* that will open in the next three to five years.

The Holiday Inn brand family has grown so rapidly that it?s now the largest hotel brand in the world with over 400,000 rooms in over 100 countries.

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