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Rafael Benitez admits the loss of "the Anfield effect" will be a huge blow to his Liverpool side in the Champions League semi-final with Chelsea.»

The Pistons have too much experience among their core guys and too much balance for the young but willing Sixers. Unless Philly can get its fast-break offense going against walk-it-up, milk-the-clock Detroit, the Sixers will end up losing a few 83-76 games en route to a five-game defeat. For the S»

Arsene Wenger insists he expects to keep Arsenal´s best players next season despite a disappointing campaign in which their English Premier League title hopes crumbled.»

Germany's economy appears to be humming along, with unemployment figures at their lowest in 15 years. But this development is being driven by what experts say is a "worrying" explosion in the low-wage sector.»

Normally, all that comes between Simbach in Germany and Braunau in Austria is the River Inn. But now, a controversial bronze sculpture is at the bottom of a diplomatic incident.»

German Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer has called for a drastic rise in European agricultural production, in a reverse of the bloc's previous agricultural policy, to counter rising world food prices and shortages.»

German-born Pope Benedict XVI stresses friendship and respect between Jews and Catholics during his historic visit to a US synagogue.»

European Union justice ministers have agreed that using the Internet to publish bomb recipes or call for acts of terrorism to be committed should count as a criminal offence.»

A senior manager at German electrical engineering giant Siemens has linked former chief Heinrich von Pierer to suspicious payments in connection with a large government project in Argentina, German media reported.»

The EU's Slovenian presidency said that it would not invite the Dalai Lama to Brussels to meet with the bloc's foreign ministers, as Paris has proposed, but would not rule out other contacts with the Tibetan leader.»