French netter Montcourt found dead

MANILA - Tennis player Mathieu Montcourt has been found dead at his home in Boulogne-Billancourt, France on Tuesday. The Frenchman, ranked 119th in the world, was 24. According to a TennisWeek.com report, the cause of Montcourt's death is not yet known. The online article also cited a report by radio station RMC which quoted the Association of Tennis Professionals as saying that Montcourt suffered a pulmonary embolism.“Mathieu was a promising player on the rise,” said Patrice Dominguez, technical director of the French Tennis Federation. “He was a very hardworking player and a very kind man,” Dominguez was quoted on TennisWeek.com.World No. 2 Rafael Nadal said he was shocked upon hearing the death of his colleague. “I can't believe it. I knew Mathieu since we were kids. We competed together at all the events at an international level there is since you are a kid… and of course afterwards once becoming professionals,” the Spaniard wrote on RafaelNadal.com.Tennis Week also reported that Montcourt was suspended for eight weeks and fined last August for betting on tennis matches. Montcourt denied such allegations of betting on his own matches. An independent officer also found no evidence showing “any intent to affect the outcome of any matches wagered upon.”The Frenchman’s suspension was shortened in May.

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India's swine flu death rate is increasing

Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in

Cuba's world-famous cigar festival closes in Havana

Sunday, February 28, 2010 HAVANA: Hundreds of wealthy merchants and cigar aficionados from all parts of the world gathered in Havana this week to bid high stakes for humidors full of premium cigars. Cuba's annual Habanos festival ended on Friday night with an auction of ornate humidors of cedar and mahogany stacked with hand-rolled stogies that raised 800,000 euros ($1.09 million dollars). Habanos S.A. executives this month said cigar sales fell 8 percent to $360 million in 2009, so they have created the Julieta, a smaller, milder version of the Romeo y Julieta cigar, aimed specifically at female smokers. Women now make up only 5 to 10 percent of customers for Habanos. But even with the creation of the Julieta, Garcia said Habanos has only modest hopes for 2010 sales, due largely to a weak economy in Spain, the biggest market for Cuban cigars. The flavor of premium tobacco relies on the soil and climate in which it is grown. The western province of Pinar Del Rio, famous fo

Cyprus lace to be declared UNESCO cultural heritage

Tuesday, September 08, 2009 NICOSIA: Traditional hand-made lace produced in the Larnaca district village of Lefkara in Cyprus known as lefkaritiko includeded in UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Soseilos said that the relevant UNESCO committee has already decided to include lefkaritiko in its list of the world’s ICH, a more recent addition to UNESCO’s long-standing list of World Heritage sites, and the decision will be formally announced at the UNESCO General Assembly next month. The tradition of needlework and lace embroidery in Lefkara goes back centuries.

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