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<h5>Rooney double sinks Liverpool as tensions flare</h5>
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<p class="legend">Manchester United's striker Wayne Rooney celebrates scoring his second goal during their English Premier League football match against Liverpool at Old Trafford. Rooney's double helped Manchester United down Liverpool 2-1 as the ill-feeling remaining from the Luis Suarez racism controversy escalated.</p>
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<p>MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) - Wayne Rooney's double helped Manchester United down Liverpool 2-1 here Saturday as the ill-feeling remaining from the Luis Suarez racism controversy escalated.</p>
<p>Suarez scored an 80th minute consolation for Liverpool to ensure an anxious finale for United but the game will be remembered for other reasons involving the Uruguay international.</p>
<p>Players from both sides had to be separated in the tunnel at half-time by police and stewards as Patrice Evra confronted Suarez, starting a game for the first time since serving an eight-match FA suspension handed out for making racist comments to the United defender.</p>
<p>There were also ugly scenes on the final whistle as Evra celebrated with United supporters and infuriated Liverpool players with his gestures.</p>
<p>Again, stewards, police and match officials were involved in keeping rival players apart.</p>
<p>Suarez had refused to shake Evra's hand before the game and the animosity between the pair further incited what has long been one of the most bitter rivalries in British football.</p>
<p>However chaotic the scenes at half-time, United clearly responded superbly after the restart, Rooney scoring twice in the opening five minutes of the second half.</p>
<p>After just over a minute of the period, Ryan Giggs' right-wing corner was helped on by Liverpool's Jordan Henderson and Rooney was unmarked to volley the ball home from half a dozen yards.</p>
<p>Then, three minutes later, Jay Spearing was caught in possession by Antonio Valencia who advanced purposefully before sliding the ball through for Rooney to finish clinically from 12 yards.</p>
<p>Both managers had called for calm in the pre-game build-up and spoken of the need to move on but Suarez's snub of Evra as the teams lined up before kick-off ensured the bitter dispute rumbled on.</p>
<p>When the attention finally switched to the football, Liverpool full-back Glen Johnson cut in from the right promisingly and fired in a near-post shot which David de Gea handled well although United soon responded with Danny Welbeck's neat touch finding Antonio Valencia whose far-post cross was well handled by Pepe Reina as Rooney prepared to pounce.</p>
<p>Jose Enrique tripped Valencia inches outside the box and Giggs' superb cross was headed behind well by Johnson with Rooney heading the resulting corner tamely at the Liverpool goalkeeper.</p>
<p>And Liverpool offered their hosts a reminder of how dangerous they could be on the break when a brilliant pass from Suarez set up Johnson for a fierce shot which bounced narrowly wide.</p>
<p>United were quickly back in the ascendancy and good work from Valencia played in Rafael whose curling shot was stopped by Reina before Rooney chanced his arm from the edge of the area and then, on 30 minutes, United came closest yet to an opening goal.</p>
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<p>Veterans Giggs and Paul Scholes linked with the winger's cross finding the midfielder whose firm header brought a superb reflex save out of Reina from six yards.</p>
<p>United were forced into some committed defending before the end of the half, however, as Steven Gerrard and Martin Skrtel threatened with shots and Suarez broke through in the dying seconds with Ferdinand tackling him from behind.</p>
<p>Suarez appealed that he had been fouled and his frustration was evident on the half-time whistle when he kicked the ball violently into the crowd, team-mates Daniel Agger and Skrtel, either side of him, rushing to escort him from the field as tempers frayed further.</p>
<p>The incidents in the dressing room area made way for United's explosive start to the second half and, shortly after his goals, Rooney squandered the chance of a hat-trick when he mis-hit his shot after Scholes pass.</p>
<p>Giggs, following clever play from Welbeck, burst into the Liverpool area and saw a menacing far-post cross cleared as United sought the third goal that would kill off the game once and for all.</p>
<p>Suarez punished United for their wastefulness after 80 minutes, responding first after Ferdinand mis-controlled a deep Charlie Adam free-kick and firing into the goal from close range.</p>
<p>And, after Welbeck wasted an opportunity with a rash shot, Johnson almost claimed an improbable equaliser with a 20-yard shot which forced de Gea into an acrobatic tip over his cross-bar.</p>
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<p class="legend">Iconic 1960s group The Beach Boys, with original band members Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, perform at Rockefeller Center in New York City in 2005. The Beach Boys and award-winning songstress Adele will stage comeback performances this weekend at the Grammys, the music industry's annual star-studded awards bash.</p>
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Iconic 1960s group The Beach Boys and award-winning songstress Adele will stage comeback performances this weekend at the Grammys, the music industry's annual star-studded awards bash.</p>
<p>Paul McCartney, Coldplay and Bruce Springsteen are also among major acts to play Sunday in Los Angeles, where country legend Glen Campbell, suffering from Alzheimer's and on a farewell tour, will receive a lifetime achievement award.</p>
<p>Adele, playing her first live show since undergoing throat surgery last year, is nominated in six categories at the Grammys, just one behind top-tipped US rapper Kanye West, with seven nods.</p>
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<p>The British soul singer broke records with her breakthrough second album "21," including the hits "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You." It is unclear what she will sing Sunday night at the Staples Center.</p>
<p>But arguably an even bigger comeback will be by the Beach Boys, who will perform on stage for the first time since announcing a 50th anniversary reunion tour and album.</p>
<p>The original members of the band, famous for hits including "Good Vibrations," "California Girls" and "Surfin' USA," will play with two Grammy nominees, Foster The People and Maroon 5, organizers said.</p>
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<p>"I miss the boys and it will be a thrill for me to make a new record and be on stage with them again," said core band member Brian Wilson, announcing the reunion in December.</p>
<p>West is nominated in the most categories at this year's Grammys -- the music industry's version of the Oscars -- while the Foo Fighters and Hawaiian crooner Bruno Mars were tied with Adele, with six nominations.</p>
<p>Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" is tipped for Record of the Year, along with Bon Iver's "Holocene," Mars's "Grenade," "The Cave" by British folk rockers Mumford and Sons, and Katy Perry's "Firework."</p>
<p>The London songstress's album "21" also leads the nods for Album of the Year, and will fight it out with the Foo Fighters' "Wasting Light," Lady Gaga's "Born this Way," Mars's "Doo Wops and Hooligans" and Rihanna's "Loud."</p>
<p>West's seven nods include "All of the Lights" for Song of the Year, up against Mumford and Sons' "The Cave," Mars's "Grenade," Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" and Bon Iver's "Holocene."</p>
<p>Although West garnered the most nods, mainly in rap categories, he could come away disappointed. Last year Eminem topped the nominations with 10 nods but went home with only two gongs.</p>
<p>In the running for Best New Artist -- the category Adele won in 2009 -- are The Band Perry, Bon Iver, J. Cole, rapper Nicki Minaj and Skrillex. The latter was shortlisted for five awards, as was Lil Wayne.</p>
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<p>Other performers at Sunday's show include Springsteen and the E Street Band, veteran crooner Tony Bennett as well as more current stars including Perry, Minaj and Taylor Swift.</p>
<p>British megagroup Coldplay will play with Rihanna, while ailing "Rhinestone Cowboy" star Campbell -- on his Goodbye Tour before retiring -- will perform with award-winning country stars The Band Perry and Blake Shelton.</p>
<p>Former Beatle McCartney will perform at the show, after being honored at a pre-Grammys tribute show also featuring legendary soft rockers James Taylor and Neil Young with Crazy Horse.</p>
<p>Host for the evening will be rapper LL Cool J, while other presenters including Jack Black, Ringo Starr, Marc Anthony, Gwyneth Paltrow and country music trio Lady Antebellum, who won the most Grammys last year with five.</p>
<p>Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan were among the biggest stars at last year's Grammys show.</p>
<p>Grammys organizers this year cut the number of categories in the awards show from 109 to 78, the first restructuring since the music industry's top prizes were first handed out in 1959.</p>
<p>A protest is planned Sunday afternoon, shortly before the Grammys show gets underway at 5:00 pm (0100 GMT Monday), by musicians and others angry at the demise of award categories including Latin jazz, Hawaiian and Native American.</p>
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<p class="legend">Martin Guptill's continued domination of the Zimbabwe bowling steered New Zealand to a seven-wicket win with 19 balls to spare in the opening Twenty20 match at Eden Park.</p>
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<p>AUCKLAND (AFP) - Martin Guptill's continued domination of the Zimbabwe bowling steered New Zealand to a seven-wicket win with 19 balls to spare in the opening Twenty20 match at Eden Park Saturday.</p>
<p>Guptill's imperious 91 not out off 54 deliveries was the backbone of New Zealand's 160 for three, and along with Kane Williamson (48), they overtook Zimbabwe's 159 for eight in the 17th over.</p>
<p>The New Zealand opener has seldom been troubled by the Zimbabwe attack and his 91 was his fifth successive half-century against the tourists following 51, 70, 77 and 85 in the Test and three one-day internationals.</p>
<p>His partnership with Williamson put on 137 for the third wicket after New Zealand made a shaky start to their run chase.</p>
<p>In an eventful second over, the first two deliveries from Kyle Jarvis were dispatched to the boundary by Rob Nicol before the bowler dismissed both Nicol and Brendon McCullum in two legitimate balls separated by a wide.</p>
<p>New Zealand were then in trouble at two for 15 but Zimbabwe were unable to cash in on the pressure and it was to be another 15 others before they were able to take a third wicket.</p>
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<p>After 10 overs, New Zealand were 101 for two and the outcome was already assured. There was no sign of any respite for Zimbabwe in a nightmare tour where they have been thrashed in the one-off Test and three ODIs.</p>
<p>Guptill raced ahead hitting five fours and six sixes while a more circumspect Williamson reached 48 before he was run out taking an unnecessary single when New Zealand were then only eight runs short of their target.</p>
<p>Two balls later and the game was over with Guptill belting a six and a two leaving debutant batsman Colin de Grandhomme to have a brief time in the middle and not face a ball.</p>
<p>Jarvis was the only successful Zimbabwe bowler taking two for 32 after his side had won the toss and posted what should have been a competitive 159 for eight.</p>
<p>Hamilton Masakadza blasted 53 off 36 balls at the top of the innings and Elton Chigumbura finished off at the tail with 48 off 24 deliveries to contribute the bulk of the Zimbabwe runs.</p>
<p>Zimbabwe also had a rocky start to their innings with Brendan Taylor bowled by New Zealand debutant Michael Bates for three in the second over and Forster Mutizwa followed in the next over without scoring to be two for 16.</p>
<p>Bates, who also claimed Chigumbura in the final over, finished his first international bowling spell with an impressive three for 31 while Kyle Mills took two for 32.</p>
<p>The second Twenty20 match, and the final match of the Zimbabwe tour, will be played in Hamilton on Tuesday.</p>
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<p class="legend">A model walks the runway during the Lacoste Fashion Show at Lincoln Center during the Fall 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. At the Lacoste show on day three of New York fashion week, cellophane vitrines of fake white stuff lent an appropriate wintry flavor to the venerable French sportswear brand's fall-winter collection.</p>
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<p>NEW YORK (AFP) - Snowflakes fell on New York on Saturday -- and not just out on the streets.</p>
<p>At the Lacoste show on day three of New York fashion week, cellophane vitrines of fake white stuff lent an appropriate wintry flavor to the venerable French sportswear brand's fall-winter collection.</p>
<p>The distinctive 1960s Alpine ski resort theme grew out of creative director Felipe Oliveira Baptista's rummaging through the archives of the crocodile-logo label founded by Rene Lacoste, the 1920s tennis legend.</p>
<p>Lacoste dressed the French national ski team in 1966, Baptista told AFP, "and I also had access to family photos from the 1930s in Chamonix," the quintessential French ski resort, for inspiration.</p>
<p>Close-fitting outfits were the result, with paneled leggings, quilted jackets and vests, and tight mini-dresses with silver zipper pockets, complemented with ski-google sunglasses and headbands.</p>
<p>"These are very easy-wearing clothes," explained Baptista backstage. "We gave a lot of thought to comfort, to having an alluring garment that would also be easy to live with."</p>
<p>In other shows Saturday, New York's own Jill Stuart appealed to the inner Gossip Girl in every 30-something woman with a collection that gave pride of place to box-pleated A-line mini-skirts and dresses.</p>
<p>Particularly fetching, and likely to fly off the sales rack next autumn, were handsome navy blue cape jackets with sleeves cropped an inch or two up the wrist, worn with the shiniest of patent leather platform boots.</p>
<p>Stuart's front-row guests included socialite Olivia Palermo, actress Nicki Reed, and Ramses Barden of the Super Bowl-winning New York Giants whose pre-show patience with autograph hunters and bloggers was a master class in magnanimity.</p>
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<p class="date">02/11 | 21:45 GMT</p>
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<p class="legend">Handout picture released by Cuban website www.cubadebate.cu shows Cuban former President Fidel Castro during a meeting with foreign writers and intellectuals held in Havana on February 10. Castro met for more than nine hours with writers and intellectuals at Havana's International Book Fair, in a return to form for the ailing Cuban leader, the local media reported.</p>
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<p>HAVANA (AFP) - An animated Fidel Castro met for more than nine hours with writers and intellectuals at Havana's International Book Fair, in a return to form for the ailing Cuban leader, the local media reported Saturday.</p>
<p>Some of the writers and scholars at Friday's event congratulated Castro for his "obvious recovery" from his illness of recent years, the communist party daily Granma reported.</p>
<p>It was Castro's first public appearance since April 2011, when he attended the Communist Party Congress where his brother, Raul Castro, was appointed to replace him as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.</p>
<p>Retired from power since July 2006, the 85-year-old Castro spent part of his nine hours at the book fair discussing environmental issues, saying the risk of human extinction was "more serious today than two decades ago."</p>
<p>"We have to fight, we cannot allow ourselves to be overcome by pessimism. It is out duty," he said.</p>
<p>The meeting was arranged by the non-governmental organization In Defense of Humanity.</p>
<p>The official website Cubadebate released 42 photos from the event, some of which showed Castro animated and smiling as he held up copies of his memoirs.</p>
<p>Other photos showed attendees like 1980 Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel and Brazilian theologian Frei Betto.</p>
<p>Last week, Castro announced the publication of his memoirs, entitled "Fidel Castro: Guerrilla of Time," which recounts stories from his childhood and explains how he became a revolutionary. The two-volume memoirs are told through conversations with Cuban journalist Katiuska Blanco.</p>
<p>In 2010, he published two books, "The Strategic Victory" and "The Strategic Counteroffensive," in which he narrated his experiences as a guerrilla fighting the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista from 1952 through 1958.</p>
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