Iraq South spoiled the party

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Johannesburg - Asia-Iraq Champion South Africans diePartystimmung spoiled at the start of the Confederations Cup.
The globetrotter Teamvon coach Bora Milutinovic defied Gastgebervon 2010 from the World Cup on Sunday in the opening game of the mini-World Cup ein0: 0 and rejoined the hopes of Bafana Bafana to the semifinals Einzugins a severe shock.
At a soccer feast dieFans waiting at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, including the state president, Jacob Zuma, in vain. Instead, they got imersten tournament leaves a sour kick to see without great highlights.
48,827 viewers in the nearly packed arena ensured mitihren Vuvuzelas horns called for a deafening noise, this jolly atmosphere was not communicated itself to denRasen however.
For, after a colorful African dance at derEröffnungsfeier lacked the two teams to Turnierstartjeglichen playfulness and creativity.
The surprisingly without ex Dortmund's Steven Pienaar angetreteneGastgeber could nichtabstreifen their nervousness before the big backdrop and made too many mistakes in construction.
The vonMilutinovic defensive team set the outsider sogarbisweilen seemed pleasing in the playgrounds. The gate of Itumeleng Khune, who had been selected ahead of Bielefeld, Rowen Fernandez, but was also the Asian champion from 2007 is not seriously hazardous.
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Hamilton needs to break the curse of silver -

São Paulo - Norbert Haug (55) has long been aware how to lose. In 19 years as a Mercedes sports boss there in Formula 1 and DTM celebrate many victories, but to justify even more defeats.
"We have raised the bar and now need to plug in times of criticism," Haug says the Express. "I can live with."
Schwabe, namely, the same amount of time already knows how to do arithmetic well missed titles.
After having lost the DTM-final against Audi, he says: "Our C-Class has got more points than the cars of the competition. So there is no reason to be sad. "He knows that among the general public, only the drivers' title.
Haug's balance sheet ( "Now we have silver and gold with the drivers for the designers. That's okay") is actually a curse: Curse of the Silver!
Even worse than in the DTM it works in Formula 1 After the last track, built in 1999 by Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes is often the best car, but the World Cup winning others.
Five Vice title in eight years: The Silver Arrows as Vice arrows! Haug takes it easy: "If I were sarcastic I would say: We have experience in how it is to miss the track closest to.
Because I'm realistic and positive, I say that only one team was better placed. "
That was after the missed by Lewis Hamilton by one point once again Ferrari title in 2007, ironically, with ex-Mercedes driver Kimi Räikkönen. In the World Cup final on Sunday in Sao Paulo Hamilton has another seven-point advantage (this time on Felipe Massa) and the chance to break the silver-curse.
Haug has no fear of failure again, "Lewis certainly has no problems with self-doubt." But he is careful also with anticipation: "For me, Lewis runs world champion if he is world champion."
For the Schwabe has learned since the Formula-1-Entry 1993 "humility": "We did not arrive with swollen breasts in Brazil. And none of us takes off, if it will work. "
Haug knows: "World Champion will be the one with the most points. I hope he sits in a silver car. "

Baby thought dead is alive again

Asunción - Double shock for a couple in Paraguay: First they lose their baby shortly after birth. And then the father when you look down into the coffin that breathes his declared dead son.
The 24-year-old mother brought the boy after only five months of pregnancy to the world. For an hour, physicians had tried to revive the preemies. Without success. Or so thought the doctors of the maternity ward.
To say goodbye to the baby and keep vigil to be, was the supposed corpse in an empty box of medication brought to the parents. Even in the sadness deepens preparations, the couple heard a faint whimper. When looking into the box then be sure: The baby is breathing!
They brought the child back to the hospital where his condition was stabilized in an incubator. "It was as if this box eraus been born," said the father was overwhelmed by feelings.
The doctors are faced with a puzzle. At birth the baby had no heartbeat was still breathing.

They dug with their bare hands Spilled

Dusseldorf - Interior Ingo Wolf has received 35 years on St. Nicholas rescuers from NRW with the life-saving medal.
Including five persons from Moenchengladbach and one from Kaarst. Wolf: "It takes courage to help people in a life-threatening situation. This altruistic desire deserves the highest respect. "
After a gas explosion in a residential and commercial building Gladbacher hasten the neighbors Astrid Reske and Jürgen Odenhausen the accident site. They follow the groaning and moaning of wounded, which are buried under rubble. Try with their bare hands to free two seriously injured people from the rubble. The two will remain in the building, until the rescue services to the victims.
Markus Paas from Kaarst Alsdorf Robert Bonn has agreed with the medical service at the site of a coal-fired power plant in Grevenbroich than a 450 tons of dissolved heavy piece of Großkesselgerüstes and plunges into the depths. The monster pulls even with working platforms, on which there are four workers. The assistants climb over steel and concrete and conceal the serious injuries, although Paas own knee injury. After 90 minutes every four injured are rescued.
Tim Kamphausen, Oliver Sauer and Ingo Vitz save in a fire in a house Gladbacher an elderly lady from certain death. She was surprised by the fire and lies unconscious in the bathroom. In spite of the flames takes care of the trio suffered by the woman, the first and second degree burns have.

FBI mug shot released by Osama bin Laden

Washington / Madrid --
In the search for terror lord Osama bin Laden, the U.S. has now published another search with pictures. The images show a gray-haired and well-aged Al-Qaeda leader.
The mastermind behind the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington and on the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya 1998 has not in the photo instead of his usual hat and long beard, a truncated beard.
Piquant: When creating the image was used by the investigators, the photo of the Spanish politician Gaspar Llamazares. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the FBI, according to El Mundo.
A technician had recourse in the search for matching elements on the face of Internet search engine Google. He had come across a picture of Llamazares. "This was done without any intention," said FBI spokesman of the leaf. "It was a mistake. The technician had not the slightest inkling of who it was there. "
As the Madrid newspaper El Mundo reported on Saturday, came the hair and forehead clearly by the Spanish parliament. Llamazares in Spain is a respected politician. He sits on the United Left (IU) in the Spanish Parliament, and had the Mehrparteienbündnis cited for many years.
The politician asked the Spanish government to appeal to the competent authorities in the U.S. complaint, and joined legal action against the FBI is not sufficient.

Dariusz Michalczewski under the hood

Danzig / Cologne - In the ring had Dariusz Michalczewski fear nothing and nobody in the small cathedral, Gdansk was the ex-boxing champion, on Easter Sunday, however, correct Muffensausen.
 "I stood for half an hour around the altar, and waited for my bride," the 40-year-old told the next day on the phone. "I've believed that no longer comes."
But of course, Barbara (did not hang 29) its "Tiger". "I was only 15 minutes too late," you can hear them laughing in the background rufen.Liebe, the mood of the German-Polish Sonnyboys were not affected by the cliffhanger anyway.
"It was a beautiful day," said Michalczewski, raves about a priest ( "I did not know him, but he has done very well"), from the wedding trip "with carriage and horses," the feast "with eighty guests" in the Waldschlösschen - and third fortiori by his wife, whom he calls even if their youth like "my third child."
Dorota, the mother of his sons, Michael (21) and Nicolas (17), he had married twice, divorced Patricia, he was in autumn 2007. Now it shall be for eternity, but says the man who has vehurt they received "30 million drunk and": "I've become a different person." Barbara has tamed him: "She is a person in which I repeatedly New discover she is cheeky, she is self-confident - that fascinates me. "
Now, ten days in Italy with Michalczewskis painter friend Bruno Bruni is spangling. And what do they do? "What shall we do during the marriage already," says the Tiger, laughing, "we do children," One will be out for three months ...

Advent, Advent, a boxing ring burns

Cologne --
The boxing fans is a hot Christmas into the house. Marco Huck (25) makes on Saturday with his first WBO cruiserweight title defense in the beginning in Ludwigsburg.
Next week can Oldie heavyweight Vitali Klitschko (38) in Bern, the WBC champion, his fists speak again. On 19 December is Brähmer (31) conferred on the drawing board his WBO confirm Halbschwergewichtstitel in Schwerin in the ring.
Huck, who had secured the title in August by a point win against the Argentines Victor Emilio Ramirez, get it today (22.15 clock / ARD) with the British Ola Afolabi do. The 29-year-old, according to Huck's trainer Ulli Wegner, "a clever child of nature", a special caliber. "I was not even sent Vitali Klitschko to the ground," he says. For years, Afolabi is the Ukrainian part-time politician as a sparring partner.
"Dr. Iron fist "even gets it (December 12, RTL/22.10 Clock) with the unbeaten in 22 professional fights Americans Kevin Johnson (doing 30). Wink asked Klitschko the "slept off Fox" already for clemency: "I know you have respect for older people - that is not so hard to beat."
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On Saturday before Christmas (23.15 clock / ZDF) Brähmer, who has received the title of a struggle for the Cruiserweight Ascended Universe Stallgenossen Zsolt Erdei virtually "gave" his opponent Dmitry Sukhotsky would crap out fight.
The 28-year-old Russian has 14 wins but also with a spotless record, he has, however, quite erboxt against whistle. Maybe Brähmer but previously, there are still a more difficult struggle: On 9 December will be heard before the District Court of Schwerin back against him. It's about personal injury - outside the ring.