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Tennis Now was there to interview Andy Roddick and Captain Jim Courier after he lost to David Ferrer in Austin, Texas at the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup.

Tennis Now was there to interview Mardy Fish and Captain Jim Courier after he lost to Feliciano Lopez and David Ferrer in Austin, Texas at the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup.

James Waterson reports about the latest news in the tennis world. Spain defeated the United States 3-1 in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Sunday, when David Ferrer defeated Mardy Fish in four sets. They will face France, who beat Germany 4-1, in the semifinals. Meanwhile, Serbia dismissed Sweden 4-1 and will face Argentina in the other semifinal. John Isner won his second career title when he beat Olivier Rochus in Newport, while Roberta Vinci and Polona Hercog won the titles in Budapest and Bastad, Sweden. Читать дальше...

The inaugural class of fellows at the American Academy in Jerusalem was announced last month by the Foundation for Jewish Culture, which will host the four selected American artists while they develop new work in the dynamically, culturally rich city. The project is the brainchild of Elise Bernhardt, the foundation’s president, who modeled it on […]

Prime Minister Julia Gillard

We have had a long debate about climate change in this country.

Fred LeRoy handed the star blanket to Jai Steadman and reminded his nephew of his tribal roots.

Boosting cooperation between countries sharing the waters of the Amu Darya, Central Asia’s longest river, could be key to future peace and security in the region, a new report launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon re-appointed Edmond Mulet to his former post of Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations in March 2011.

The independent United Nations expert on minority issues today called on Bulgaria to turn its policies on Roma integration into concrete action by dedicating the financial resources necessary to improve the living conditions of this group that she said remained in desperate circumstances and totally marginalized.

Sustainable development and global trade will be the focus of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s visits to Finland and Switzerland later this week, his spokesperson announced today.

The United Nations envoy for Cyprus voiced sadness at the loss of life in the deadly explosion at a naval base in the south of the country earlier today, adding that the UN mission has offered to donate blood to help the injured and has cut electricity consumption after a power plant was damaged.