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 Jordan limped out of title contention in the 27th FIBA Asia Championship after receiving a 50-94 beating from Asian powerhouse Iran in the quarterfinal round at the MOA Arena in Pasay City Friday.

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Smart Gilas Pilipinas overwhelmed a young United Arab Emirates with a series of runs in the second half for a 95-60 rout yesterday in a big confidence boost for its virtual knockout match with Japan for the last semifinal berth in the William Jones Cup here.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 657641 [Title] => Clinton: Nations suppress Internet at own risk [Summary] =>

Restricting the Internet will not hold back surging popular demand for democratic reforms in the Middle East or elsewhere, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says, and the Obama administration is ready to help dissidents evade such restrictions to promote human rights and democracy in repressive states.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 490584 [Title] => Middle East fives loom new Asian powers [Summary] =>

The just-concluded 31st William Jones Cup competition in Taipei showed Middle Eastern countries as emerging powerhouse teams or new threats to China for supremacy in Asian basketball.

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MANILA, Philippines – The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas yesterday said it is willing to go to the long and tedious process of naturalizing American CJ Giles in time for the 2011 FIBA-Asia Championships.

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South Korea, which topped the 2002 Busan Games, is bracketed in Group A with Qatar, Iran and Jordan while China is in Group B with Lebanon, Japan and Kazakhstan, according to the Doha Games website.

The four slots will be contested by 12 other countries divided into four groups of three with the top finishers of each bracket advancing to the second round.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Jordan coach: Iran is strongest team in FIBA Asia
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 Jordan limped out of title contention in the 27th FIBA Asia Championship after receiving a 50-94 beating from Asian powerhouse Iran in the quarterfinal round at the MOA Arena in Pasay City Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-09 17:49:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1114697 [AuthorName] => Aldo Avinante [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 715528 [Title] => Gilas rebounds, faces must-win vs Japan [Summary] =>

Smart Gilas Pilipinas overwhelmed a young United Arab Emirates with a series of runs in the second half for a 95-60 rout yesterday in a big confidence boost for its virtual knockout match with Japan for the last semifinal berth in the William Jones Cup here.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 657641 [Title] => Clinton: Nations suppress Internet at own risk [Summary] =>

Restricting the Internet will not hold back surging popular demand for democratic reforms in the Middle East or elsewhere, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says, and the Obama administration is ready to help dissidents evade such restrictions to promote human rights and democracy in repressive states.

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The just-concluded 31st William Jones Cup competition in Taipei showed Middle Eastern countries as emerging powerhouse teams or new threats to China for supremacy in Asian basketball.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 475585 [Title] => SBP takes long route to tap Giles [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas yesterday said it is willing to go to the long and tedious process of naturalizing American CJ Giles in time for the 2011 FIBA-Asia Championships.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358017 [Title] => Team RP not in roster of Doha caging [Summary] => The Philippines is not included in the roster of 20 teams led by defending champion South Korea and powerhouse China seeing action in the 2006 Doha Asian Games slated Dec. 1-15.

South Korea, which topped the 2002 Busan Games, is bracketed in Group A with Qatar, Iran and Jordan while China is in Group B with Lebanon, Japan and Kazakhstan, according to the Doha Games website.

The four slots will be contested by 12 other countries divided into four groups of three with the top finishers of each bracket advancing to the second round.
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