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President-elect Jose Mujica retreated to his flower farm and shunned the spotlight on Monday, saying that dumping more talk on Uruguayans after a speech-filled campaign "would be like raining on what is already wet." Congratulations poured in from across Latin...

Updated on Monday, November 30, 2009, 09:44 IST Montevideo: Jose Mujica, a leftist former rebel, was declared the winner of a presidential runoff vote in Uruguay after his opponent ex-president Luis Lacalle conceded defeat. The co-founder of the radical leftist...

Uruguay's likely next president tried to lead an armed revolution as a young man, hiding in sewers, killing a police officer and twice escaping prison through elaborately dug tunnels. Polls suggest Jose Mujica — now 74 and committed to working...

Recent times have been marked by disappointment: of the past four editions of the World Cup, they only played one, in 2002, and even then they crashed out in the first round. On the way to South Africa, however, Uruguay...

As always, the lengthiest football tournament in the world offered up a wealth of facts and figures. No fewer than 853 matches were played across the six confederations to determine which 31 of the 200 participating countries (more than ever...

The United States qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand with a 27-6 victory over Uruguay on Saturday. The Eagles, who had qualified for all but one of the previous six World Cups, followed up their 27-22...

The 20-month-old girl suffered serious facial injuries after she approached the husky inside the salon, near Chapel Street's Jam Factory, around 10.20am. The dog is believed to belong to the owner of the salon, a police spokeswoman said. The girl...

In the 69th minute, a header from veteran striker Sebastian Abreu, 33, appeared to give Uruguay a decisive lead before 65,000 spectators...Only four minutes later another veteran, Walter Centeno, 35, made the most of a rebound in the box to...

Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 11:55PM EST U ruguay came out of the testing atmosphere of the Saprissa stadium on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Costa Rica in their World Cup qualifying play-off that leaves them with...

In a study involving more than 200 students, researchers found the women mistakenly linked sickness, blackouts and dizziness to poisoning by a stranger when it was more likely to be caused by excessive alcohol consumption. And they found evidence of...