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DISSIDENT CUBAN ROCKER DEFIANT AS TRIAL OPENS

By Javier Galeano (AP)

A punk rocker known for his raunchy lyrics criticizing Fidel Castro and Cuba's communist government cried "freedom!" as he was led into a courthouse Friday to stand trial on charges of "pre-crime social dangerousness."

Gorki Aguila, the 39-year-old lead singer of Porno para Ricardo, faces up to four years in prison if convicted of the charge, which Cuba uses to prosecute behavior that runs contrary to "communist morality."

Family, friends and political activists chanted Aguila's name as he arrived in a police car and was escorted inside the building. The trial was closed to the ...

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Vijay Singh wins Barclays in dramatic playoff

By (AP) : Tuesday ~ August 26, 2008

Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole.

The 45-year-old Fijian closed with a 1-under 70 to match Garcia (70) and Kevin Sutherland (68) at 8-under 276 on the sun-baked Ridgewood Country Club course, the first-time site after 41 seasons at Westchester Country Club.

Singh, the 1993, 1995 and 2006 winner at Westchester, earned 11,000 FedEx Cup points in the playoff opener to take the lead with 109,500 points _ 5,125 ahead of second-place Garcia. The W...

Vijay Singh wins Barclays in dramatic playoff

By (AP) : Tuesday ~ August 26, 2008

Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole.

The 45-year-old Fijian closed with a 1-under 70 to match Garcia (70) and Kevin Sutherland (68) at 8-under 276 on the sun-baked Ridgewood Country Club course, the first-time site after 41 seasons at Westchester Country Club.

Singh, the 1993, 1995 and 2006 winner at Westchester, earned 11,000 FedEx Cup points in the playoff opener to take the lead with 109,500 points _ 5,125 ahead of second-place Garcia. The W...

Vijay Singh wins Barclays in dramatic playoff

By (AP) : Tuesday ~ August 26, 2008

Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole.

The 45-year-old Fijian closed with a 1-under 70 to match Garcia (70) and Kevin Sutherland (68) at 8-under 276 on the sun-baked Ridgewood Country Club course, the first-time site after 41 seasons at Westchester Country Club.

Singh, the 1993, 1995 and 2006 winner at Westchester, earned 11,000 FedEx Cup points in the playoff opener to take the lead with 109,500 points _ 5,125 ahead of second-place Garcia. The W...

Vijay Singh wins Barclays in dramatic playoff

By (AP) : Tuesday ~ August 26, 2008

Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole.

The 45-year-old Fijian closed with a 1-under 70 to match Garcia (70) and Kevin Sutherland (68) at 8-under 276 on the sun-baked Ridgewood Country Club course, the first-time site after 41 seasons at Westchester Country Club.

Singh, the 1993, 1995 and 2006 winner at Westchester, earned 11,000 FedEx Cup points in the playoff opener to take the lead with 109,500 points _ 5,125 ahead of second-place Garcia. The W...

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Bin Laden lashes out at Arab leaders in new msg.

By By MAZHAR ALI KHAN (AP) ---

Osama bin Laden released a new message on Sunday that accused Arab leaders of sacrificing the Palestinians and called on Muslim militants in Egypt to help break the blockade of Gaza.

"Those (Arab) kings and leaders sacrificed Palestine and Al-Aqsa to keep their crowns. ... But we will not be relieved of this responsibility," bin Laden said in the audio message posted on an Islamic militant Web site where al-Qaida leaders have issued past statements.