bucking growing international pressure tuesday , yasser arafat faced off with his prime minister-designate , mahmoud abbas , over cabinet appointments , despite the risk of scuttling a u.s.-backed plan for palestinian statehood .

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indian cricketer venkatesh prasad was issued with a warning sunday after clashing with new zealand 's craig mcmillan in saturday 's limited-overs international in taupo .

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turkey 's star striker hakan sukur said monday he would go to italy this week to discuss signing with juventus of turin .

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cypriot government spokesman michalis papapetrou wednesday warned turkey to stay away from northern cyprus , saying any attempt to annex the northern part to turkey would signal the end of ankara 's european accession .

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cyprus warns turkey to keep hands off northern cyprus