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Sania-Huber storm into the semifinal of Amelia Island tennis event

Amelia Island, Florida, Apr 7 (UNI) Sania Mirza's dazzling display in the doubles continued and the Indian, pairing with Liezel Huber of South Africa, stormed into the semifinals of the 600,000-dollar Bausch and Lomb tennis championship here on Thursday.

Sania-Huber toyed with the Aussie pair of Nicole Pratt and Bryanne Stewart before knocking them out 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

Contrary to their jittery first round win on Wednesday, the Indo-South African duo were ruthless from the start and broke the Aussies six times in the first set en-route to win it 6-2.

After grabbing the lead, Sania-Huber mounted the pressure and broke their opponents twice and, despite squandering their serve once, won the second set and the match.

Sania-Huber will now take on the winner of the match between Russian pair of Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina and second seed Spanish-American duo of Virginia Ruano Pascual and Meghann Shaughnessy.

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Hamas urges EU not to suspend aid to government

GAZA, Apr 7 (Reuters) Hamas today urged the European Commission not to suspend aid to the new government led by the Islamic militant group, saying it would be a form of ''collective punishment'' on the Palestinian people. ''We urge Europe to adopt the language of dialogue without preconditions. Setting preconditions will not help the stability of the region,'' Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas lawmaker, told Reuters. A senior British official said the European Commission would announce on.....

Philippine army says kills 10 communist rebels

MANILA, Apr 7 (Reuters) The Philippine army today said it had killed about 10 rebels from the communist New People's Army (NPA) after troops overran a large guerrilla base on the southern island of Mindanao. Colonel Francisco Simbajon, an army spokesman in the south, said yesterday fighting was triggered by a military raid on a rebel encampment on the slopes of Mount Bawaya. Simbajon said two soldiers were killed during the assault and two were wounded.....

Gun with swastika killed Senegal student in Russia

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Apr 7 (Reuters) A Senegalese student was shot dead by a gun emblazoned with a Nazi swastika today as he came out of a night club in Russia's second city, St Petersburg. ''Six of us were going home together when there was a shot from behind us. One of us turned round and saw a man with a gun. One of us collapsed and the rest of us were frightened and went to.....
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