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26/03/2007

To Rugby World Cup Final via jail for Portuguese players

It was a moment of joy for Portugal. And it was natural. The country is debuting for the first time at the Rugby World Cup finals to be held in France from September 7 to October 20.

Portugal lost 18-12 to Uruguay in Montevideo but qualified for the World Cup with a seven-point lead from the first leg in Lisbon. They thus beat Uruguay 24-23.

But in the influence of excessive celebration of joy, six players of the Portugal landed themselves in jail. They overdid the celebration, clashed with the police and were arrested and jailed.

The president of the Portuguese Rugby Federation, Didio de Aguiar, said: "The competition is very demanding, they had a free night and unfortunately they went out drinking. That was it."

It was a bit more than that as they clashed with the police and a police officer, it is alleged, was struck.

The un-named Six spent the night in jail but were released without trial and would leave for home country today, a day after the rest of the team.

Portugal will be in the same World Cup group as New Zealand, Romania, Italy and Scotland. 27/03/2007

US army faulted in Football star’s case

A Pentagon watchdog has criticised nine US officers including four generals over the mis-reported death of former American football star Pat Tillman in Afghanistan. 27/03/2007

Scientist discovers "semi-identical" twins.

U.S. Scientists have revealed details of the world's only known case of "semi-identical" twins. 27/03/2007

US accused of human rights abuses:

Martin Scheinin, a special investigator working with the UN Council on Human Rights, has prepared an official report that states that U.S. immigration authorities have been applying discriminatory rules against foreigners based on their nationality or religion. 27/03/2007

Entertainment headlines

Anna Nicole died of Drug overdose

Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith died of An accidental overdose of prescription drugs including a potent sedative, ending weeks of uncertainty over the tabloid star's sudden death. 27/03/2007

Teenage Ninja Turtles top US box office

TMNT", the sequel to the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, has knocked war epic "300" from the top of the US box office this week. 27/03/2007

Sports Headlines

Clijsters bows out of Miami

Belgium's fourth seed Kim Clijsters crashed out of the Sony Ericsson Open with a 4-6 6-4 6-2 loss to China's Li Na in Miami. 27/03/2007

Tiger Woods clinches 6th title

Tiger Woods won his sixth World Golf Championships title on Sunday by clever use of matchplay strategy off the 18th tee. 27/03/2007

Business
Bush praises flex-fuel vehicle makers.27/03/2007

Microsoft Vista Sells 20M Copies in Feb.

Microsoft Corp. has sold 20 million consumer copies of the new Windows Vista operating system worldwide in February. 27/03/2007

Bush praises automakers for flex-fuel vehicles

President Bush, seeking to rev up support for his energy plan, praised domestic automakers Monday for building more “flexible fuel” vehicles capable of running on ethanol and biodiesel blends. 27/03/2007