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Raila Odinga, towering Kenyan opposition figure, dies aged 80
Odinga, who ran five times for presidency and had profound influence on Kenyan politics, has died in India The veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who ran five times for the presidency and had a profound influence on the country’s politics, has died aged 80 in India. Odinga was in the southern city of Kochi…
Alysa Liu ends long U.S. drought at women’s figure skating world championships
By The Associated Press BOSTON — Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief, her golden dress shimmering in the lights of TD Garden, and the appreciative roar from a sellout crowd reminded her why she had returned to the sport following a nearly two-year retirement. When her score was finally read, the 19-year-old from…
US and Russian figure skaters were on board crashed plane
A number of figure skaters – including six people associated with the Figure Skating Club of Boston – were among the passengers on board an aeroplane that hit a helicopter above Washington DC on Wednesday evening. The group from Boston include two former Russian world champions who are now coaches – Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim…