ADELAIDE: New Zealanders sang and danced their way into 2011, with firework displays and sold-out concerts entertaining revellers in one of the first countries in the world to welcome the New Year.

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Shin signs up for HSBC Champions

THE TOP-RANKED Asian golfers, led by world No. 1 Shin Jiyai, have confirmed their participation for the 2011 HSBC Women’s Champions.

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Millions gathering worldwide to ring in new year

Madrid — Dazzling fireworks lit up Australia’s Sydney Harbor, communist Vietnam held a rare, Western-style countdown to the new year, and Japanese revelers released balloons carrying notes with people’s hopes and dreams as the world ushered in 2011.

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New Year’s Eve Around The World

Millions gathering worldwide to ring in new year

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A Benji Marshall master class has inspired West Tigers to a thrilling 26-24 victory over Canberra.

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Tigers v Dragons for grand final spot

A Benji Marshall master class has inspired West Tigers to a thrilling 26-24 victory over Canberra.

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Newport Gwent Dragons, who suffered a 40-17 mauling in their Celtic League rugby union opener last weekend, bounced back with a 23-11 win over Glasgow.

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Newport Gwent Dragons Aled Brew and Scott Morgan are in the clear over incidents they were cited for following Sunday’s win over Glasgow.

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Dragons sign Cheeseman from Bath

Centre Tom Cheeseman moves from Bath to Newport Gwent Dragons on loan for the rest of the season.

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DRAGONS PAIR CITED

Two Newport Gwent Dragons players have been cited following the Magners League clash against Glasgow at Rodney Parade last weekend.

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METALS-Copper stumbles on China growth worries

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Slew of 3-D TV movies for the home? Not so fast

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you’re thinking of buying a 3-D television based on the belief that you’ll be able to purchase 3-D movies that have hit theaters in the past few years, think again.

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Dracula is coming to the iPad

The original vampire who gave us a reason to fear the dark is coming to Apple’s iPad as a whole new, interactive experience. PadWorx Digital Media, an independent developer of a new category of interactive eBooks for tablet PCs, announced today it will release Bram Stoker’s Dracula at the App Store in time for Halloween. [...]

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GLASGOW coach Sean Lineen has called for neutral touch judges to be appointed to Magners League matches after two Newport Gwent Dragons players were cited for alleged attacks

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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ TENNIS: Floyd tennis outduels Dragons

After the Floyd Central and Silver Creek tennis teams split the first four events on Tuesday, the fate of the match came down to the No. 2 doubles match.  

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GIRLS TENNIS: Lady Dragons fall to McLane

1st Singles: Karin Denton (G) def. Alice Bell (W), 6-1,6-0 2nd Singles: Katie Genberg (W) def. Shay Hashey (G), 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 3rd Singles: Linsey Ripple (G) def.

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Laura Tvrdik became the ninth Minnesota State Moorhead volleyball player to amass 1,000 kills in her career as the Dragons went 2-0 at the Dragon Classic on Saturday.

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Dragons ‘will be motivated’

Kamehameha-Hawaii coach David Baldwin knows a 29-0 loss against a neighborhood rival is a bitter pill to swallow. So when Honokaa hosts Kamehameha-Hawaii at 2 p.m. Saturday in a key Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division II football game, Baldwin figures the Dragons will try to take their collective frustration out on his team.

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Pratt volleyball sweeps at Smoky Valley

The Greenback volleyball team traveled to Lindsborg Tuesday to take on the Vikings and the Halstead Dragons in the opening of league competition. Pratt, which last played a week and a half ago in the Skyline Tournament, looked rusty, making several unforced errors and struggled at times to find their rhythm but eventually put enough runs together to come away with a 26-24, 25-19 victory.

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Warriors derail Dragons

HONOKAA — Kamehameha’s air assault dropped a number of big bombs on Honokaa on Saturday afternoon, and its defense made key stops when it needed them most, allowing the visiting Warriors to defeat the Dragons 27-14 in a Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division II football game.

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BOOK CLUB Kathy Harber/Grant Park How often they meet: Monthly About this club: Members come from Midtown, Decatur, Alpharetta, Dunwoody and Stone Mountain.

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Rumor: BioWare Working On Unannounced Handheld Game

We know BioWare has Dragon Age 2 , Star Wars: The Old Republic , and Mass Effect 3 on its to-do list, but apparently we can add another project to their already hefty development docket — and it’s a handheld project, too. As you can see on the LinkedIn profile of BioWare QA lead Mitchell Fujino ( Play.tm via VG247 ), Fujino has “Unannounced Handheld Game” listed as his current project. BioWare …

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YAMAGATA (Kyodo) In response to climate change, agricultural laboratories nationwide are conducting research to see whether crops can be cultivated farther north than their usual growing regions. Experimental farms in 11 prefectures have been conducting the studies, including Yamagata, which is trying to cultivate “yuzu” (citron), a fruit commonly grown in warmer areas to the south.

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MSUM Hall of Fame to add 8 new members

The Minnesota State Moorhead Athletics Hall of Fame will induct eight new members at its banquet Oct. 16 at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead.

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Time Crisis 2nd Strike on iPhone

The rail shooting series returns as Time Crisis 2nd Strike comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch this week. Players can choose from four standard-issue weapons throughout 10 Episode Mode stages as well as a competition mode. With the addition of touch controls, the game implements onscreen pedals allowing the player to hide and reload [...]

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? FOSTER 38, TYLER STEWART 8: Dezmond Chumley led the Foster Dragons to a 30-point second half, and Foster rolled to a 38-8 win over Tyler Stewart on Tuesday at Judson Stadium.

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Penalties to drag on

The Dragons will continue to ignore calls to play on when awarded penalties, vowing to persist with their successful – albeit dull – goal-kicking tactic.

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