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* England captain taken aback by Pietersen fall out * Batsman has apologised, says Surrey's Stewart * South Africa's Kallis says he will be missed (Adds Strauss, Stewart quotes) By Matt Barker LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - England captain Andrew Strauss said Kevin Pietersen's falling out with the ECB was a surprise after the batsman was dropped for sending … [Read more...] about WRAPUP 2-Cricket-England’s Strauss surprised by Pietersen row

(Adds comment from NBC) LOS ANGELES Aug 13 (Reuters) - Nine Nobel Peace laureates, including retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, o n Mo nday called on television network NBC to cancel its "Stars Earn Stripes" reality show, calling it a bid to "sanitize war by likening it to an athletic competition." The competition show, due to air for the first time on M … [Read more...] about UPDATE 1-Nobel laureates call for end to TV’s ‘Stars Earn Stripes’

Aug 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Cincinnati Masters Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Lleyton Hewitt(Australia)beat Mikhail Youzhny(Russia)6-4 6-4 Stanislas Wawrinka(Switzerland)beat Paul-Henri Mathieu(France)6-2 3-6 6-1 Denis Istomin(Uzbekistan)beat Julien Benneteau(France)6-3 6-1 Florian Mayer(Germany)beat Fabio … [Read more...] about UPDATE 1-Tennis-Cincinnati Masters men’s singles round 1 results

* Rand up in anticipation of global stimulus * Pulls back from 8.07/06 resistance barrier * Treasury weekly auction results after 0900 GMT JOHANNESBURG, Aug 14 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand firmed against the dollar on Tuesday, with investors betting that continued weakness in global growth will lead to co-ordinated monetary stimulus from central banks, which … [Read more...] about Rand firms in a range, retreats from 8.07 resistance

(Repeats to give analyst's name and title after first quote) LONDON Aug 14 (Reuters) - Israeli shares and the shekel picked up on Tuesday after sharp falls driven by a spike in political risk, while emerging European currencies firmed modestly and emerging stocks rose 0.7 percent on expectations of more policy stimulus from global central banks. Romania's leu rose … [Read more...] about REFILE-EMERGING MARKETS-Israeli assets recover, E.European FX firms up