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Cricket World Cup stories: 4 news briefs
Teams cancel Pakistan visits; 20 arrested in attack
Times (UK) Mar 4, 09 4:27 AM CST
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As Pakistani officials arrested some 20 suspects in yesterday's attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore, new fears emerged that sports events may become a new target for terrorists, reports the Times of London. One international team canceled a trip to Pakistan last night, and the country's plans to co-host cricket's World Cup in 2011 are now in doubt. Fears have also been raised about the 2012 Olympics and their susceptibility to a commando-style attack.
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New tests show Bob Woolmer died of natural causes
Guardian (UK) Jun 12, 07 9:21 PM CDT
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Police in Jamaica ruled today that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes, reversing their previous stance that he had been murdered. Found dead in a Jamaican hotel room the day after Pakistan lost to Ireland in March's World Cup, the 58-year-old coach was originally said to have been strangled.
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Australian Juggernaut to Face Sri Lanka in Cricket Final
Australia's News Network Apr 26, 07 5:25 AM CDT
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Australia's wily bowlers looked unbeatable in an all-around thumping of fellow Antipodeans South Africa. The Aussies will oppose Sri Lanka in the final of a cricket World Cup marked by controversy and intrigue, including the as-yet-unexplained death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer following an eliminating loss to Ireland on St. Patrick's Day.
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Woolmer now said to
be strangled, after team's surprising loss
Guardian (UK) Mar 23, 07 8:42 AM CDT
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The death of Bob Woolmer, the English-born Pakistani cricket coach, was ruled a murder yesterday, roiling the sedate world of international cricket with a crime investigators call “extraordinary and evil.” When Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica last Sunday, it was thought he died from a heart attack, but an autopsy confirms he was strangled.
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