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CARACAS. Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he is cancer-free, citing a series of medical exams in Cuba that showed no recurrence of the illness following two months of chemotherapy treatments.
The 57-year-old leader announced the test results on live television Thursday after returning from Cuba, saying thorough exams found no sign of any malignant cells in his body.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
"I'm free of illness," Chavez said on state television, wearing military fatigues as he arrived in the southwestern town of La Fria.
Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba in June to remove a cancerous tumor from his pelvic region. He has not revealed where the tumor was located nor the type of cancer with which he was diagnosed.
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The Obama administration delivered a blunt warning Thursday that the United States will do what it must to go after militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan, whether Pakistan helps or not. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton led an unusually large U.S. delegation for two days of talks with civilian and military leaders who have resisted previous U.S. demands to take a harder tack against militants who attack American soldiers and interests in Afghanistan. "Our message is very clear," Clinton said. "We're going to be fighting, we are going to be talking and we are going to be building ... and they can either be helping or hindering, but we are not going to stop."
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A Russian military jet crashed in the country's far east Thursday, killing both crew members, officials said.
Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov said in a televised statement that the Su-24 bomber crashed while landing at the Ukrainian air base in the Amur region near the border with China.
The jet was flying from its base in Voronezh in western Russia to undergo planned repairs at an aircraft-making plant. There was no damage on the ground.
Russia's main investigative agency has opened a probe into the crash, the cause of which wasn't immediately known. Konashenkov said the air force will conduct an inspection of its entire Su-24 fleet following the crash.
A Chinese court has rejected an activist's appeal of her nine-month jail term for staging a noisy protest.
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of Wang Lihong ior creating a disturbance when she helped lead a protest on behalf of three bloggers accused of slander. A retired businesswoman, Wang became outraged at officials' abuse of power and found an outlet in the Internet, becoming a well-liked figure in China's activist community.
Her supporters and rights groups say the charges against her were fabricated to punish her for her wider activism, noting that she alone was charged for a protest many others attended.
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WHAT FELTER COULD
SURPRISE FANS THIS
SEASON?
I'll go with forward Kevin Young. the transfer from Loyola Marymount. Coach Bill Self said Young has a chance to be a starter, and he will have plenty of opportunities to prove himself this season. With forward Jamari Traylor ineligible, Young looks to be the third scholarship forward on the roster, garnering him plenty of playing time. Thomas Robinson will be consistent, somewhere around 12 points and eight rebounds a game. The rest of the production down low will have to come from Jeff Withey and Young. At Loyola in 2009, Young broke freshmen records in total rebounds (224) and rebounds per game (7.2). He's also played for the Puerto Rican under-19 team, so the experience is there.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson watches on as the one-on-one interviews progress at the 2011 Big 12 media day at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. This is Henrickson's eighth season as coach. The Jayhawks look to improve on their 21-13 record of last year.
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Coaches such as Oklahoma's Sherri Coale stressed the strength of the conference that sent seven of its 12
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our relationship has no value to him, and then he asks to sleep with me, the answer is: no."
KIM MULKEY
Baylor coach
the moves were based on football, women's basketball was also affected by the changes.
The Jayhawks feature seven players from Texas and one from Oklahoma. Henrickson said the additions of
petitive standpoint, it is even more challenging because of the strength that the southern part of the league has and how talented those teams are." Nickerson said.
"When you play in a league that has the strength that the women's basketball conference or the Big 12 Conference and women's basketball has, you don't want to see that broken up for any reason." Coale said. "And that's not good
teams to the NCAA tournament last season.
As the conference continues to change, the rivalries that have lasted through the existence of the conference will also be affected.
southern games would be more motivating for those athletes and would be a good opportunity for recruiting.
When asked about whether she
"Our rivalry belongs in the Big 12." Henrickson said.
would continue to schedule Missouri if the school left the conference, she paused and winked.
Tensions were highest regarding the decision of Texas A&M to leave the Big 12 for the SEC. The Aggies are the defending national champions and are predicted to
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey compared the abandoned rivalry with Texas A&M to an ended marriage and admitted that she did not want to continue the competition beyond the conference.
"If a man wants to divorce me and says our relationship has no
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finish second in the conference despite the loss of two starters.
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value to him, and then he asks to sleep with me, the answer is: no," Mulkey said. "We are not going to play them anymore, because they decided that playing us was not important to them."
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