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Maradona promises 'men of steel'

BUENOS AIRES: Diego Maradona took over as Argentina coach on Tuesday and brushed aside the possibility of failure in the role.

New boss names Scottish hit squad

BUENOS AIRES: Diego Maradona, confirmed as Argentina coach here on Tuesday, has named his squad for his first game in charge, the Nov 19 friendly against Scotland.

Barca qualify as Brits suffer CL nightmare

PARIS: Catalan giants Barcelona were the first team to progress to the Champions League knockout stages after Tuesday's group matches after a 1-1 draw with Swiss side Basel.

Lefty faces tough defense of HSBC Champions crown

Phil Mickelson and Padraig Harrison head up the greatest field of golfers ever assembled in Asia for this week's 2008 HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

Road to recovery

It was almost noon on Saturday and Nanba, one of the worst-hit towns in Pingwu county of Sichuan province, seemed to have regained its sense of being the bustling town center it was before May 12, when the earthquake leveled the town and broke the only bridge connecting the town to the outside world.

Victims galvanized into action

The Associated Office of the NGO Relief Campaign closed its doors in Sichuan as soon as work in the quake zone shifted from rescue to recovery.

Nothing but a ghost town

Two candles flicker and a bundle of incense smolders in front of the rubble of a residential building on Hehuachi Road in Sichuan's Dujiangyan city.

Healing process always takes time

A large clock tower near Hanwang's city center was frozen at 2:28, the moment the May 12 earthquake struck Sichuan. The enormous timepiece had become a monument to a piece of time, reminding Hanwang of what it could hardly forget.

How clean-up program is improving local lives

In the ruins of the collapsed Hongbai Primary School, reporter Fu Jing discovered several students' drawings that had survived the cave-in.

I hope i can do everything - Yale

Students from Pingwu Middle School, including Yale (above) who hoped he could do everything, shared their wishes with volunteers:

Strait from the heart

Taiwanese actress Ah Lei Gua never thought she could win a top award on the mainland until she was named best supporting actress in the Full Blossom Film Festival, known as the mainland's Academy Awards, last September.